Today's flight was not big on numbers, but the birds that flew did so beautifully and were quite diverse! The highlight was Scott Whittle calling out a Lark Sparrow that went right by us, briefly landing on the dike. A close second was a Yellow-throated Vireo that swung by quickly, we were only able to get fuzzy out of focus shots of it. The flight was very manageable and was a joy to photograph and count at the same time.
A reminder that conditions look great for the Minotaur V rocket to launch it's payload bound for the moon from the Virginia coast and will be visible from Cape May shortly after it's launch at 11:27PM tonight. Many of us on the boat are looking forward to being two hours offshore the jersey coast in the dark of the night witnessing the rocket fly pretty much overhead heading out over the Atlantic Ocean- it should be a treat! Glen Davis will be filling in for me at the dike tomorrow morning! Thanks buddy!
57° F
NNE @ 5-10 MPH
Clear conditions
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 2
Northern Flicker - 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1
Eastern Kingbird - 10
Red-eyed Vireo - 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 14
Cedar Waxwing - 99
Tennessee Warbler - 3
Nashville Warbler - 1
Northern Parula - 4
Yellow Warbler - 14
Magnolia Warbler - 1
Cape May Warbler - 6
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 2
Black-throated Green Warbler - 1
Palm Warbler - 1
Black-and-white Warbler - 8
American Redstart - 60
Worm-eating Warbler - 1
Northern Waterthrush - 7
warbler sp. - 10
Bobolink - 50
Baltimore Oriole - 4
Lark Sparrow - 1
Yellow-throated Vireo - 1
Orchard Oriole - 1
Total: 305
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| Lark Sparrow!!! |
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| Adult male American Redstart flight calling, or opening wide for the dentist! |
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| American Redstart |
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| Black-throated Blue Warbler |
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| Baltimore Oriole |
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| Cape May Warbler |
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| Cape May Warbler |
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| Nashville Warbler |
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| A very pale Northern Waterthrush! |
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| Probably one of the last Worm-eating Warblers of the year, they're migration here is just about to end to points further south. |
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| And lastly a good bird but a fuzzy photo- a Yellow-throated Vireo! They fly every once in a while at the dike, generally one a fall. |
