Morning Flight - Sunday, October 15, 2017

We had birds-a-plenty up on the Higbee dike this morning with Yellow-rumped Warblers moving in droves. The light Southwest winds created MULTIPLE flight paths early this morning with birds going North, South, West, high overhead, and over the ocean! Couple that with the dark, cloudy skies it was a counter's nightmare (because every bird was basically a black streak flying across the sky). Some of my favorites from the day included a late Scarlet Tanager, pushes of both Dickcissel and Savannah Sparrows, and a flyby Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. 

The Trektellen totals live here: http://www.trektellen.nl/count/view/1746/20171015

Not a lot of photo opportunities today, but I really liked this molty molty Blue Jay.

Cheers to the start of another week!

Melissa