After the front passed last night, birds took to the air all across the mid-Atlantic. Densities were lower than the last few nights, which is probably a reflection of the number of birds that are “migration-ready”. Local densities will likely have decreased due to the exodus, but birding conditions should remain good given the moderate arrival of new spring migrants. Here’s the radar from sunset last night through sunrise this morning.
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Date: 25-Mar-07 WindDesc: light Temp(F): 43
StartTime: 8:25 AM WindDir: N CloudCover: pc
EndTime: 9:20 AM Location: HMF
Notes: some migration last night, but most was exodus. Much
fewer birds around.
English Name Scientific Name
Chickadee sp. Poecile sp.
Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
Canada Goose Branta canadensis
Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata
Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens
Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
American Robin Turdus migratorius
Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
Chris Vogel posted to Jerseybirds:
While the best bird of the day was asssuredly the Barn
Swallow which I did not see but only heard about, via
credible observers-though its presence is perfectly on
time for arrival in Cape May; A bit of sea-watching
from Cape May Point revealed:
1 E. Phoebe flying in over Delaware Bay
A couple of thousand Scoter off St. Mary’s Jetty.
a few hundred Scaup of both persuasions seen from the
same spot.
one flock of 4 Horned and 1 Pied-billed Grebe-all
together and rather unexpectedly flying north into
the Bay, as seen fron St. Mary’s. A PBG crossing the
bay, even in the early morning, is something of an
oddity few can confess to having seen from Cape May
Point.
good numbers of Gannets and a flock of Canadas in the
bay, not to mention the 50 Red-throated Loons and
little flocks of Oldsquaw were also to be had in half
an hour of Sea-watching from CMPt.
One or two Fox Sparrows and a very yellow-bellied male
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker were at Schellenger’s
Landing.
and while I missed the afore-mentioned Creepers, etc.
at Ponderlodge, Golden-crowned Kinglets were very much
more in evidence.
And Great-horned Owlets in the neghborhood are
developing horns and have facial discs at his point,
though still beiing perfectly white and fuzzy.
And as if in response to “are they Ring-bills or
Laughers”- two phalanxes of 60 0r so mid-sized gulls
Laughed like only Laughing Gulls can at the
possibillity of having their identities mistaken as
they headed NW-even for just a moment or two. Flocks
of Laughing Gulls, flying NW over the Bayshore, and
laughing like Ophelia all the way, are surely the best
sign of spring madness that this birder knows of!
Summer can’t be too far behind…amen and amen!
Cheers
CJV
Cape May, NJ