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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Morning Flight 8/26/09
posted by Cameron Cox | 5:50 PM
After the deluge of birds yesterday, today was quite tame. Still the two American Avocets made an appearance to spice things up. There are still a number of Eastern Kingbirds around even after 380 Don counted yesterday. A fair number of them seem to be suffering from acute "Brett Favre Syndrome". Most cannot decide if they are coming or going.
Location: Cape Island--Higbees Beach SWA--Dike
Observation date: 8/26/09
Number of species: 74
Mallard 8
Double-crested Cormorant 6
Green Heron 1
Glossy Ibis 1
Osprey 2
Bald Eagle 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
American Kestrel 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Semipalmated Plover 8
Killdeer 2
American Avocet 2 back again after missing yesterday.
Spotted Sandpiper 4
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 6
Lesser Yellowlegs 8
Sanderling 30
Semipalmated Sandpiper 35 Mostly Juveniles. The switch to juvs has happened suddenly in the past few days.
Western Sandpiper 1
Least Sandpiper 35 Mostly very bright juvs.
White-rumped Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull 140
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull 8
Great Black-backed Gull 30
Caspian Tern 5
Common Tern 4
Forster's Tern 12
Royal Tern 3
Rock Pigeon 8
Mourning Dove 12
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 3
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 180 Counted 88
White-eyed Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 8
Purple Martin 20
Tree Swallow 15
Barn Swallow 65 Most appeared to be on the move again today after milling about in the N wind yesterday
Carolina Chickadee 3
Carolina Wren 8
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4
Veery 1
American Robin 16
Gray Catbird 6
Northern Mockingbird 3
Brown Thrasher 1
European Starling 350
Cedar Waxwing 85
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Northern Parula 1
Yellow Warbler 8 Counted 6
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 2 Counted 1
Black-and-white Warbler 8 Counted 4
American Redstart 35 Counted 27
Ovenbird 2
Northern Waterthrush 15
Common Yellowthroat 3
Northern Cardinal 12
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 4 Counted 2
Bobolink 250 High overhead southbound.
Red-winged Blackbird 95
Common Grackle 6
Brown-headed Cowbird 10
Baltimore Oriole 6 Counted 4
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 5
Location: Cape Island--Higbees Beach SWA--Dike
Observation date: 8/26/09
Number of species: 74
Mallard 8
Double-crested Cormorant 6
Green Heron 1
Glossy Ibis 1
Osprey 2
Bald Eagle 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
American Kestrel 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Semipalmated Plover 8
Killdeer 2
American Avocet 2 back again after missing yesterday.
Spotted Sandpiper 4
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 6
Lesser Yellowlegs 8
Sanderling 30
Semipalmated Sandpiper 35 Mostly Juveniles. The switch to juvs has happened suddenly in the past few days.
Western Sandpiper 1
Least Sandpiper 35 Mostly very bright juvs.
White-rumped Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull 140
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull 8
Great Black-backed Gull 30
Caspian Tern 5
Common Tern 4
Forster's Tern 12
Royal Tern 3
Rock Pigeon 8
Mourning Dove 12
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 3
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 180 Counted 88
White-eyed Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 8
Purple Martin 20
Tree Swallow 15
Barn Swallow 65 Most appeared to be on the move again today after milling about in the N wind yesterday
Carolina Chickadee 3
Carolina Wren 8
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4
Veery 1
American Robin 16
Gray Catbird 6
Northern Mockingbird 3
Brown Thrasher 1
European Starling 350
Cedar Waxwing 85
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Northern Parula 1
Yellow Warbler 8 Counted 6
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 2 Counted 1
Black-and-white Warbler 8 Counted 4
American Redstart 35 Counted 27
Ovenbird 2
Northern Waterthrush 15
Common Yellowthroat 3
Northern Cardinal 12
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 4 Counted 2
Bobolink 250 High overhead southbound.
Red-winged Blackbird 95
Common Grackle 6
Brown-headed Cowbird 10
Baltimore Oriole 6 Counted 4
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 5
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