Whoa! Last night was a biggie. Here’s the radar from sunset last night through sunrise this morning. Looks like the biggest flight so far- and probably the most diverse.
Whoa! Last night was a biggie. Here’s the radar from sunset last night through sunrise this morning. Looks like the biggest flight so far- and probably the most diverse.
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VERY Birdy this morning around HMF…I can only imagine elsewhere!
White-throats were EVERYWHERE- probably making up a good portion of the migration last night, although diversity was MUCH higher today than it has been. Big sighting was a CANADA WARBLER in the exact same place I saw one last year…very cool!
Here’s my total list from this morning:
Red-tailed Hawk
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Great Crested Flycatcher
White-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Brown Creeper
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Eastern Bluebird
Veery – FOS
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
Blue-winged Warbler – Everywhere
Tennessee Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler – FOS
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler – Everywhere
Prairie Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler – 1 – FOS
Black-and-white Warbler – Everywhere
American Redstart – FOS – 6
Ovenbird – Many more than yesterday
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler – FOS – 1
Canada Warbler – FOS 1
Scarlet Tanager
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow – Many- probably made up a good portion of last nights migration
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
Thanks to Bill Elrick for pointing me to ClipBird
Great day here in New Haven, CT too!
Local spot East Rock Park full of birds this AM!
Personal list of warblers for this morning:
Northern Parula
Worm Eating
Yellow
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow Rump
Black and White
Palm
Common Redstart
Nashville (two)
Blue Winged
Black Throated Green (lots)
Black Throated Blue (many)
Yellow Throated (one)
Chestnut Sided (several)
and drumroll please. . .
Cerulean!!! (one)
Other folks saw Ovenbird and Prairie
Kind of weird around DC. Warbler diversity seemed to be down, as well as numbers of individuals, but there were some very good birds (sedge wren, Kentucky, grasshopper sparrow).
Date: Friday, May 5, 2006 – 7:30 to 11:45AM. Things had
basically quieted down by 10:45AM, but we still picked up
2 new warblers!
Weather: well, David, what happened here! 2:45 AM or so
was SW winds, but I didn’t have time to check this morning.
Usually on just SW winds, the birds continue on and I might get a
few migrants at Glassboro – and one each.
Glassboro Woods is in Gloucester County – in south Jersey.
Highlights:
What’s actually breeding and what’s moving through is going to be
difficult to discern today.
4 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOOS
1 EASTERN PEWEE
2 PHOEBES
4 GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHERS
13 WHITE-EYED VIREOS
2 BLUE-HEADED VIREOS – still around or newly arrived in I don’t know.
1 WARBLING VIREO – migrant
19 RED-EYED VIREOS
25 GNATCATCHERS – these should all be breeders now.
1 BLUEBIRD
12 WOOD THRUSH
I wish I could have gotten there earlier, since today wood have been
a good day for other Thrush sp. Have to get there early.
2 CATBIRDS – foy for Glassboro Woods.
6 BROWN THRASHERS – foy for here.
3 CEDAR WAXWINGS
5 BLUE-WINGED WARBLERS – 4 in one small area. No way all breeders there.
1 GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER
4 NORTHERN PARULA
1 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER
2 MAGNOLIA WARBLERS
31 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS
1 BLACK-THROATED GREEN
1 BLACKBURNIAN
7 PINES – quiet today for them.
2 PRAIRIES
6 PALMS
2 BLACKPOLLS – me at work – we didn’t have them at Glassboro.
1 REDSTART
25 BLACK and WHITE WARBLERS
7 PROTHONOTARY – still showing nicely.
7 WORM-EATING
20 OVENBIRDS
2 LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSHES
1 NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH – late for me. foy.
4 KENTUCKY WARBLERS
6 COMMON YELLOWTHROATS
8 HOODED WARBLERS
3 SCARLET TANAGERS
lots of WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS – 30 or so. Lost count. Migrants.
4 INDIGO BUNTINGS – foy for here.
1 BLUE GROSBEAK
2 BALTIMORE ORIOLES
Etc. 67 species total. Can I dream another morning like this down here!!
2 ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAKS by another birder. Who left right as the migrant
flocks were appearing. Work I think! We didn’t track down the Rose-breasted.