At home today:  probably the best flock I have ever seen here, in terms 
of number and concentration of birds; reminiscent of birding in Peruvian 
rainforest. After finding the flock I followed it for about an hour, and 
was seeing new birds the whole time. Many numbers below are probably 
low; I estimated there were more than 100 birds present.

Species highlights were the Philadelphia Vireo, Swainson's Thrush, and 
Lincoln's Sparrow.  Great birding!
Spencer Hardy, Norwich

Observation date: 9/16/09
Notes: mostly cloudy, cool.
Number of species: 30

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2 w/flock
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Blue-headed Vireo 1 w/flock
Warbling Vireo 2 w/flock
*Philadelphia Vireo 1 w/flock, first seen here in > a year, bright*
Red-eyed Vireo 3 w/flock
Ruby-throated Hummingbird     1, getting late
Blue Jay 10
American Crow 2
Black-capped Chickadee 10 w/flock
Tufted Titmouse 3 w/flock
White-breasted Nuthatch 3, 2 w/flock
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 w/flock
*Swainson's Thrush 1 w/flock, very gray flanks*
Nashville Warbler 3 w/flock
Chestnut-sided Warbler 2 w/flock
Magnolia Warbler 6 w/flock, nice collection of ages/plumages
Black-throated Blue Warbler 2 w/flock
Yellow-rumped Warbler 6 w/flock
Black-throated Green Warbler 15; almost every plumage I have ever 
observed, most abundant bird in the flock
Blackburnian Warbler 1 w/flock
Pine Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 1 w/flock, first winter? first of the fall here, 
usually numerous
Black-and-white Warbler 1 w/flock
American Redstart 1 w/flock, female type
Common Yellowthroat 2 loosely w/flock
Scarlet Tanager 2 w/flock
Song Sparrow 2
*Lincoln's Sparrow 2*
American Goldfinch 6, feeding young

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)


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