Comments on: Heavy Migration Over the Eastern Flyway http://www.woodcreeper.com/2009/10/26/heavy-migration-over-the-eastern-flyway/ We're tracking bird migration over New Jersey using Doppler radar and a community of diehard birdwatchers Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:55:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Wendy and Stuart Malmid http://www.woodcreeper.com/2009/10/26/heavy-migration-over-the-eastern-flyway/comment-page-1/#comment-39209 Wendy and Stuart Malmid Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:52:27 +0000 http://www.woodcreeper.com/?p=1067#comment-39209 We went to Big Brook and Thompson Park in Monmouth County. We discovered an Ash-throated Flycatcher at Thompson Park and also saw a Nashville Warbler. Big Brook had a Nashville W. and Fox Sparrow. Both spots held very little variety and very low numbers of birds. So despite the Ash-throated FC one would say for Monmouth County anyway, birding was extremely slow. Birds definitely kept going farther south overnight. We went to Big Brook and Thompson Park in Monmouth County. We discovered an Ash-throated Flycatcher at Thompson Park and also saw a Nashville Warbler. Big Brook had a Nashville W. and Fox Sparrow. Both spots held very little variety and very low numbers of birds. So despite the Ash-throated FC one would say for Monmouth County anyway, birding was extremely slow. Birds definitely kept going farther south overnight.

]]> By: Tom Reed http://www.woodcreeper.com/2009/10/26/heavy-migration-over-the-eastern-flyway/comment-page-1/#comment-39208 Tom Reed Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:12:50 +0000 http://www.woodcreeper.com/?p=1067#comment-39208 7:45am - 10:15am, morning flight from Reed's Beach: 4 Red-bellied Woodpeckers (all apparent migrants) 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ~20 N. Flickers 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch ~20 Eastern Bluebirds 2,130 Am. Robins ~20 Am. Pipits (southbound) ~40 Cedar Waxwings 873 Yellow-rumped Warblers 3 Chipping Sparrows 2 Dark-eyed Juncos 3 Bobolinks 175 Red-winged Blackbirds (always hard to tell here if these are migrating or just heading out for the day...but most were in tight bunches moving north along the treeline this morning) ~35 E. Meadowlarks 1 Rusty Blackbird 1 Purple Finch 30 House Finches 90 Am. Goldfinches Also 10 Common Loons, 7 Harriers, 35 Sharpies, 525 D-c Cormorants and a Snipe. 7:45am – 10:15am, morning flight from Reed’s Beach:

4 Red-bellied Woodpeckers (all apparent migrants)
1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
~20 N. Flickers
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch
~20 Eastern Bluebirds
2,130 Am. Robins
~20 Am. Pipits (southbound)
~40 Cedar Waxwings
873 Yellow-rumped Warblers
3 Chipping Sparrows
2 Dark-eyed Juncos
3 Bobolinks
175 Red-winged Blackbirds (always hard to tell here if these are migrating or just heading out for the day…but most were in tight bunches moving north along the treeline this morning)
~35 E. Meadowlarks
1 Rusty Blackbird
1 Purple Finch
30 House Finches
90 Am. Goldfinches

Also 10 Common Loons, 7 Harriers, 35 Sharpies, 525 D-c Cormorants and a Snipe.

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