4 responses to “Very little migration last night”

1. Date: 14-Apr-07 WindDesc: light Temp(F): 35

   StartTime: 7:10 AM WindDir: W CloudCover: none

   EndTime: 9:15 AM Location: HMF

   Notes: very little migration last night, although large flock of
   WHTHSP and DAEYJU were evidently augmented from
   previous days. Two FOS birds (Palm W. and Brown Thrasher), and confirmed M&F
   PILWOO.

   English Name Scientific Name Notes

   E. Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum – 1

   Chickadee sp. Poecile sp. – BLCACH song

   Wood Duck Aix sponsa – 2 in woods

   Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor –

   Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus – 1

   Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis –

   Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis – many

   American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis –

   House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus – 3

   Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura –

   Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus –

   American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos –

   Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus –

   Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata –

   Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus – M & F foraging

   Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis – many- huge flock

   Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus –

   Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia –

   Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos –

   Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater – many

   Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca –

   Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens –

   Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus –

   Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula –

   Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa – many

   Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe – many- definitely

   Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis – in display fields

   White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis –

   Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla – many

   Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus – many

   Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum – 1

   Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes – 2

   American Robin Turdus migratorius – many

   Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura –

   White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis – many- huge flock

2. This morning at Peaslee WMA-
   Black and White Warbler has finally arrived!!
   Also, on Tarkiln Pond seen from Weatherby Road-
   a couple of Purple Martins and a couple of Barn Swallows have joined the Tree Swallows. Two Blue-wnged Teal have joined the Wood Ducks, Ring-billed Ducks and Black Ducks also on the pond.

3. Thanks Karen!

   FOS Chipping Sparrows (2) at my feeders (it always takes everything a few extra days to make it to Somerset…) along with 4 House Finches…guess the neighbors’ feeders are empty.

4. Wow- and raptors!

   8 Red-tailed Hawks
   6 Broad-winged Hawks
   1 Red-shouldered Hawk
   1 American Kestrel
   10 Black Vultures
   8 Turkey Vultures
   150! Vultures (8:1 Black:Turkey) at 4:30pm, in two kettles, over Amwell Rd. just east of 206