Morning Flight, 16-19 October 2015

Phew, it got cold!  The early morning temps have dropped into the 30's for the past two days. Flight activity may have dropped off due to this even though wind patterns have been conducive for migration for the past week.  Another Red-headed Woodpecker today was a nice highlight and getting us toward one of the best fall seasons ever for this species.  Kinglets and sparrows are now daily features at the dike.  We look forward to a few more very large passerine movements in the next week or so!

Species	Oct 16	Oct 17	Oct 18	Oct 19
Red-headed Woodpecker				1
Red-bellied Woodpecker			1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker		2	1
Downy Woodpecker	1	2	2	4
Northern Flicker	29	30	86	24
Eastern Phoebe			3	2
Blue Jay				1
Red-breasted Nuthatch		1		1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher		1		1
Golden-crowned Kinglet		17	24	8
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	2	7	13	5
kinglet sp.		2	7
Eastern Bluebird				4
Catharus sp.		1
American Robin	3	1	58	8
European Starling	30	53	17
American Pipit	2	37	12	7
Cedar Waxwing	11	52	173	16
Ovenbird	1
Black-and-white Warbler	1
Orange-crowned Warbler				1
Nashville Warbler		1	2
Oreothlypis sp.		1
American Redstart	1
Northern Parula	3	8	1	2
Blackpoll Warbler	37	29	16	17
Black-throated Blue Warbler	2	5	8	1
Palm Warbler	23	51	20	11
Pine Warbler			1
Yellow-rumped Warbler	427	1,250	1,359	588
Black-throated Green Warbler		1	4
warbler sp.	18	380	220	20
Chipping Sparrow		22	1	5
Field Sparrow		1
Savannah Sparrow	2	2	3	3
Dark-eyed Junco		2	2	2
Northern Cardinal				1
Blue Grosbeak			1
Dickcissel			1
Eastern Meadowlark	5		4	10
Rusty Blackbird		5	6	19
Baltimore Oriole			1
Purple Finch		3
House Finch		13	1	4
Pine Siskin			2	6
American Goldfinch	26	83	31	14
House Sparrow	11
Total warblers	513	1,726	1,631	640
Total	635	2,063	2,081	786