Tonight looks like it’s going to be a big one for birds migrating into the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic US. Northwest winds are forecast from northern New York state down to the Delmarva Peninsula. Throughout the night, winds will likely turn more northerly along the coast, and even northeasterly inland, but by that time there will have been plenty of birds pushed eastward by morning. Expect good-to-great birding conditions in Cape May (okay, maybe I’m biased, since I’m headed there now!) and generally good birding at coastal and inland Fall migrant traps. If you don’t hear from me by 7am, it’s because I was out listening to nocturnal migrants and not near my computer!
Good Birding
David
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National Park dredge spoils. Gloucester county. Again, as always, never sure when the birds came in. But some highlights:
1 YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER
8 EASTERN PHOEBES
7 GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS
13 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS
10 HERMIT THRUSHES
1 BLUE-HEADED VIREO
2 TENNESSEE WARBLERS
1 PARULA
1 MAGNOLIA WARBLER
1 BLACK-THROATED BLUE
1 BLACK-THROATED GREEN
20 PALM WARBLERS
27 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS
1 CONNECTICUT WARBLER
10 COMMON YELLOWTHROATS
2 INDIGO BUNTINGS
2 FIELD SPARROWS
2 LINCOLN’S SPARROWS
15 SWAMP SPARROWS
200 WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS – that number is a bit of an estimate.
3 JUNCOS
40 Or os AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES
These are great numbers for here and for this date for all of these species.