Ah, yes. The dreaded southeast winds. We’d been fortunate to largely avoid these during August, but there had to come a time eventually. If there was a day to forget my SD card, this was it (read: that’s exactly what happened).
The morning’s most abundant mover were Red-winged Blackbirds, which made a small but distinct push southwards. Efforts to yank a Yellow-headed Blackbird out of the proceedings did not find success. We had our usual smattering of early-season warblers, headered by some delightful sulphur-washed Northern Waterthrushes.
We had another two Dickcissels, both of which were heard-only birds (I’m telling myself they were above the low cloud ceiling to make myself feel better about it). We also had our first Common Loon of the season moving south over the Delaware Bay, still in velvety alternate plumage. Take that, Seawatch!
This week's forecast is less than ideal for coastal migration, but we'll be here counting regardless. As always, you can find the link to the official count on Trektellen here and the complete eBird checklist here.
Bring on Day 33!
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