Comments on: Very little migration last night http://www.woodcreeper.com/2007/04/14/very-little-migration-last-night/ We're tracking bird migration over New Jersey using Doppler radar and a community of diehard birdwatchers Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:00:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: David http://www.woodcreeper.com/2007/04/14/very-little-migration-last-night/comment-page-1/#comment-18131 David Sun, 15 Apr 2007 01:44:15 +0000 http://www.woodcreeper.com/2007/04/14/very-little-migration-last-night/#comment-18131 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 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

]]> By: David http://www.woodcreeper.com/2007/04/14/very-little-migration-last-night/comment-page-1/#comment-18117 David Sat, 14 Apr 2007 19:05:39 +0000 http://www.woodcreeper.com/2007/04/14/very-little-migration-last-night/#comment-18117 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. 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.

]]> By: Karen http://www.woodcreeper.com/2007/04/14/very-little-migration-last-night/comment-page-1/#comment-18110 Karen Sat, 14 Apr 2007 16:49:42 +0000 http://www.woodcreeper.com/2007/04/14/very-little-migration-last-night/#comment-18110 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. 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.

]]> By: David http://www.woodcreeper.com/2007/04/14/very-little-migration-last-night/comment-page-1/#comment-18104 David Sat, 14 Apr 2007 14:00:56 +0000 http://www.woodcreeper.com/2007/04/14/very-little-migration-last-night/#comment-18104 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. <b> English Name <i> Scientific Name </i> </b> Notes E. Palm Warbler <i> Dendroica palmarum </i> - 1 Chickadee sp. <i> Poecile sp. </i> - BLCACH song Wood Duck <i> Aix sponsa </i> - 2 in woods Tufted Titmouse <i> Baeolophus bicolor </i> - Great Horned Owl <i> Bubo virginianus </i> - 1 Red-tailed Hawk <i> Buteo jamaicensis </i> - Northern Cardinal <i> Cardinalis cardinalis </i> - many American Goldfinch <i> Carduelis tristis </i> - House Finch <i> Carpodacus mexicanus </i> - 3 Turkey Vulture <i> Cathartes aura </i> - Northern Flicker <i> Colaptes auratus </i> - American Crow <i> Corvus brachyrhynchos </i> - Fish Crow <i> Corvus ossifragus </i> - Blue Jay <i> Cyanocitta cristata </i> - Pileated Woodpecker <i> Dryocopus pileatus </i> - M & F foraging Dark-eyed Junco <i> Junco hyemalis </i> - many- huge flock Red-bellied Woodpecker <i> Melanerpes carolinus </i> - Song Sparrow <i> Melospiza melodia </i> - Northern Mockingbird <i> Mimus polyglottos </i> - Brown-headed Cowbird <i> Molothrus ater </i> - many Fox Sparrow <i> Passerella iliaca </i> - Downy Woodpecker <i> Picoides pubescens </i> - Hairy Woodpecker <i> Picoides villosus </i> - Common Grackle <i> Quiscalus quiscula </i> - Golden-crowned Kinglet <i> Regulus satrapa </i> - many Eastern Phoebe <i> Sayornis phoebe </i> - many- definitely Eastern Bluebird <i> Sialia sialis </i> - in display fields White-breasted Nuthatch <i> Sitta carolinensis </i> - Field Sparrow <i> Spizella pusilla </i> - many Carolina Wren <i> Thryothorus ludovicianus </i> - many Brown Thrasher <i> Toxostoma rufum </i> - 1 Winter Wren <i> Troglodytes troglodytes </i> - 2 American Robin <i> Turdus migratorius </i> - many Mourning Dove <i> Zenaida macroura </i> - White-throated Sparrow <i> Zonotrichia albicollis </i> - many- huge flock 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

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