Morning Flight, 23-24 September 2015

Northeast winds keep a'comin and a'comin.  These winds were calm last night, however, and could account for the today's uptick in numbers and more obvious morning flight behavior since the previous two mornings.  A decent showing, and most of today's count of warblers were traveling southwest to northeast and quite high, maybe 300-1000 feet up.  As the days travel out of the peak time for many neotropical migrants we hope to catch a few more high-diversity situations before mid-October onslaught of Yellow-rumped Warbler appears.  Palm Warbler daily counts should continue to rise starting now, and many other species can continue to migrate in good numbers such as Black-throated Blue and Blackpoll Warblers.  I know that the many excited and gracious visitors up to the dike will hope for this and much more-- like for say a decent look at a Connecticut Warbler in flight-- there's always something to shoot for!

Species	23 Sept	24 Sept
Downy Woodpecker		4
Northern Flicker		25
Red-breasted Nuthatch		1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher		2
American Robin		3
European Starling		25
Cedar Waxwing		81
Northern Waterthrush	1	2
Black-and-white Warbler	2	12
Tennessee Warbler		3
Connecticut Warbler	1
American Redstart	1	21
Cape May Warbler		5
Northern Parula	6	24
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler		1
Chestnut-sided Warbler		1
Blackpoll Warbler	3	5
Black-throated Blue Warbler	1	3
Palm Warbler	3	41
Pine Warbler	1
Yellow-rumped Warbler	1	4
Prairie Warbler	1	2
Black-throated Green Warbler	1	1
warbler sp.	5	37
Savannah Sparrow		1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak		1
Indigo Bunting	2	10
Dickcissel	1	2
Bobolink	10	98
House Finch		2
American Goldfinch		11
House Sparrow		29
Total warblers	27	162
Total	40	457