It was a steadily busy morning at Higbee today! 2,880 American Robins flew north along the far treeline while 503 goldfinches bounced across the breadth of the dike in flocks. Some Purple Finches (22), House Finches (12), and Pine Siskins (7) were mixed in, but not quite in the numbers hoped for. It will be interesting to see how birdy this late season count period will be in falls where October wasn’t laden with cold fronts.
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| Robins at sunrise. |
4 Red-breasted Nuthatches, 2 Rusty Blackbirds, 8 Eastern Bluebirds, and 6 Hooded Mergansers that flew down the bay were the diversity bonus of the morning. Tomorrow and Tuesday’s forecast looks grim, but Wednesday could be productive!
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| Rusty Blackbird across the Delaware Bay. |
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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