Morning Flight, 11-15 October 2015

Our mid-season bonanza continues these past few days.  In mid-October it's hard to find a morning that doesn't have at least some activity.  Wednesday and Thursday were notable by their totals of Blackpoll Warbler with 319 and 322.  Yesterday's (Thursday Oct 15) overall numbers and diversity were fitting of a classically birdy mid-October day in Cape May with 322 Northern Flickers, 14,717 warblers, and 37 Rusty Blackbirds.  Check it out below...

Species	Sun, Oct 11	Mon, Oct 12	Tues, Oct 13	Wed, Oct 14	Thur, Oct 15
Belted Kingfisher		2
Red-headed Woodpecker					1
Red-bellied Woodpecker			1		1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker				1	2
Downy Woodpecker	3	4		2
Northern Flicker	16	11	1	7	322
Eastern Phoebe		2	1		7
Red-eyed Vireo		2			3
Blue Jay	1			2
Golden-crowned Kinglet	2	3		2	17
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	2	1		2	20
kinglet sp.					1
Eastern Bluebird		4
Catharus sp.					1
American Robin	1			1	17
Northern Mockingbird				1
European Starling	3	20	4	34	82
American Pipit	3		11	7	17
Cedar Waxwing	92	22		2	121
Northern Waterthrush		2		1	1
Black-and-white Warbler		2		3	5
Tennessee Warbler		2		1	12
Orange-crowned Warbler			1
Nashville Warbler	3	3	2	6	14
Oreothlypis sp.	1		1
Common Yellowthroat	1
American Redstart	2	1			5
Cape May Warbler	3	5		1	8
Northern Parula	15	14	1	23	44
Magnolia Warbler		1		1	4
Blackpoll Warbler	36	71	6	319	322
Black-throated Blue Warbler	8	5		12	25
Palm Warbler	25	17	7	92	373
Pine Warbler	2	1		1	6
Yellow-rumped Warbler	244	164	161	278	5,041
Black-throated Green Warbler	4	5	2	6	15
warbler sp.	54	78	5	259	8,842
Chipping Sparrow	5	1			17
Field Sparrow		2
Savannah Sparrow	5	2	3	1	9
White-crowned Sparrow	1			1
Dark-eyed Junco					1
Blue Grosbeak	1
Indigo Bunting	3	4	1	3	4
Dickcissel		2		3	3
Bobolink	1				1
Eastern Meadowlark	1	1		2	3
Rusty Blackbird				1	37
Baltimore Oriole					2
House Finch	4	3	3		5
Pine Siskin	2		1		2
American Goldfinch	3	12	24	47	72
Total warblers	398	371	186	1,003	14,717
Total	547	469	236	1,122	15,485