What started out as a very quiet walk in the rain at Campbell Flats turned into a fairly active 45 minutes, with some obvious migrant fall out. Conditions that favor concentrations of migrants here seem to be low overcast, if not drizzle, usually in association with warm temperatures and southerly air flow -- not the classic autumn cold fronts that get boreal migrants on the move. As often happens in these conditions, low light and fast-moving birds in treetops make for challenging identifications.
Highlights:
Canada Goose 18
Great Blue Heron 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Phoebe 4
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 1
House Wren 3
Gray Catbird 5
Cedar Waxwing 2
Tennessee Warbler 2
Mourning Warbler 1 in corn, calling in view with 2 yellowthroats
Common Yellowthroat 8
Magnolia Warbler 2
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 4
Bay-breasted/Blackpoll Warbler 1
Palm Warbler (Western) 1
Pine Warbler 1 Singing
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Wilson's Warbler 1
Savannah Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 26
Lincoln's Sparrow 4
sparrow sp. 10+ (probably Songs)
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 3
Indigo Bunting 24 Definitely undercounted
Red-winged Blackbird 20 in corn
View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S39174000________________________
Chris Rimmer
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
PO Box 420 | Norwich, Vermont 05055
802.649.1431 x202
http://vtecostudies.org/