I had some spare time & a strong desire to be in the field. The setup was marginal, but I wanted some birds in flight... Always something interesting to see in the field (esp. if you look closely).
My first fall PROW (!), DICK and OSFL as the main species highlights.
84 YEWA is one of my highest ever counts for fall. The number of vireos and empids was also quite good for the date.
Red-breasted Nuthatch is hopefully a positive sign for the rest of the fall.
Birds like Indigo Bunting, Blue Jay and N. House Wren end up being highlights - as unseasonal or unexpected movers....
The tally:
Rock Pigeon 1
Mourning Dove 16
Chimney Swift 10
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 4
Downy Woodpecker 4
Northern Flicker 1
Olive-sided Flycatcher 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Traill's Flycatcher 6
Least Flycatcher 1
Empidonax sp. 9
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 5
Eastern Warbling Vireo 10
Red-eyed Vireo 5
vireo sp. 3
Blue Jay 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Northern House Wren 1
European Starling 40
Gray Catbird 4
American Robin 10
Cedar Waxwing 140
House Sparrow 3
House Finch 2 1,1
American Goldfinch 10
Chipping Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 1
Bobolink 5
Baltimore Oriole 13
Red-winged Blackbird 200
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle 75
Northern Waterthrush 1
Prothonotary Warbler 1
Tennessee Warbler 2
Bay-breasted Warbler 1
Northern Yellow Warbler 84
new world warbler sp. 6
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 1
Dickcissel 1
passerine sp. 5
