Yesterday's weather was two fold; sultry hot in the early afternoon at the hawkwatch and cold and breezy in the evening on beaches further north. Fog lingered throughout the night leaving a very muggy sunrise the next morning. An adult Peregrine Falcon stood watch over Higbees like the Dark Knight in the rising sun. Interesting at first, but more evident a half hour into the survey that a majority of the birds flying were heading south. It was a great flight of Yellow-rumped Warblers up high to the west over the dike with a few other birds mixed in. An adult Red-headed Woodpecker perched out giving good views to everyone up top, and eventually flew around us a couple times trying to figure out where it was going. Today was the first day a good flight of Scoters flew by- 56 Surf Scoters and 133 Black Scoters.
66° F
E-SE @ 0-5 MPH
Muggy conditions
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1
Northern Flicker - 46
Cedar Waxwing - 13
Nashville Warbler - 1
Northern Parula - 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 393
Palm Warbler - 8
Blackpoll Warbler - 18
Black-and-white Warbler - 1
Northern Waterthrush - 2
warbler sp. - 157
Savannah Sparrow - 12
Indigo Bunting - 5
Dickcissel - 1
Bobolink - 11
Red-headed Woodpecker - 1
Total: 729
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| Adult Peregrine Falcon standing watch |
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| Adult Red-headed Woodpecker |
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| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
