Morning Flight, 17 August 2016

This morning's local wind forecast was for a southeast direction, but at the Higbee Dike winds were from the southwest and perhaps that helped with the visible migration.  The flight was small-ish but active with swallows and kingbirds putting on an aerial show.  The species highlights came in the form of charismatic shorebirds/waders.  Early on two splendiferous American Avocets flew by and later on, my wife Kashi's absolute favorite bird in the whole world,-- Piping Plover.

Here's that data!:

Totals Cape May - Morning Flight Songbird Count 2016
Note: zeros (0’s) indicate species present but not counted in migration	17 Aug 2016
NORTH	2h 15m
Mourning Dove	52
Belted Kingfisher	1
Tree Swallow	2
Barn Swallow	174
Cedar Waxwing	4
Northern Mockingbird	1
American Robin	1
European Starling	36
House Finch	9
Black-and-white Warbler	2
American Redstart	6
Northern Waterthrush	1
Song Sparrow	0
Indigo Bunting	1
Bobolink	42
Yellow Warbler	3
SOUTH
warbler sp.	3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird	2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	5
American Goldfinch	2
Piping Plover	1
Purple Martin	23
White-eyed Vireo	0
Eastern Kingbird	92
Common Grackle	4
Field Sparrow	0
Red-winged Blackbird	74
Western/Semipalmated Sandpiper	1
Cooper's Hawk	0
American Avocet	2