With moderate winds straight out of the west and a beautifully clear sky, it *should* have been a good morning for visible songbird migration at Higbee. However, precipitation from Friday’s nor’easter, now over Pennsylvania and northern New Jersey, blocked out the bulk of migratory activity last night.
Nearly all activity was concentrated on the far eastern treeline, and I spent much of the morning staring down the scope counting a trickle of American Robins and Yellow-rumps. That said, any morning where you can watch Sharpies, Red-tails, and harriers hunt against an orange sky as Tree Swallows swirl is a great time in my book!
The highlight of the morning was breaking 2,000 Purple Finches for the season! We only needed three more, and we had 34 northbound today. I just can’t get tired of them!
As always, you can find our official count totals on Trektellen here, and our complete eBird checklist of the day’s observations here.
Bring on the next day!
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