Friday night's radar indicated that a fair number of birds were leaving our general locality and cruising south on calm weather. Also, a group of birders were cruising east that same evening to arrive for dawn at the closest offshore, underwater canyons from our port. They had a great pelagic experience. Anyway, back to Morning Flight. There were small numbers of birds around the dike and flying by but enough to be totally fun! This was certainly enhanced by the trio of new folks to the dike who spent the whole morning with me. Thanks for the good company Pennsylvania birders Stanley, Kathy (or Cathy?), and Patrick! A slower day at the dike means you can pour over the details of each sighting and talk about them for a while without diluting your focus on bird movement and vocalizations very much. That's a geeky way of saying "Hanging out at Morning Flight, whether at the dike or the observation platform is SUPER COOL!!!
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 2
Eastern Kingbird - 1
Red-eyed Vireo - 1
Blue-gray Gnatcacther - 6
American Robin - 3
Northern Mockingbird - 2
Cedar Waxwing - 34
Blue-winged Warbler - 1
Tennessee Warbler - 1
Nashville Warbler - 1
Northern Parula - 1
Yellow Warbler - 4
Cape May Warbler - 3
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1
Pine Warbler - 1
Black-and-white Warbler - 3
American Redstart - 22
Northern Waterthrush - 10
Wilson's Warbler - 1
warbler sp. - 2
Dickcissel - 1
Bobolink - 13
Total: 116
