Neo-tropical Migration: Part II Begins!
KurtCapt87@aol.com
Thu, 24 Sep 1998 21:59:19 EDT
Well, the latest cold front is shaking the later migrants loose and this
morning yielded good results at Riverbend Park, Great Falls, VA. It looks
like Part II of the neo-tropical migration has begun!
A Wood Thrush called as I got out of the car at the Nature Center this
morning, 24 Sept 98 about 0715. It was very foggy about 30 feet up and the
tops of the trees were quite hazy. Still, I peered into the canopy but found
only a Titmouse. Then, after a few seconds a flycatcher appeared and then
another. I caught them in my bins - E. Peewees. Soon, 6 Peewees were darting
this way and that (they just dropped in from the fog!) in the shrouded canopy
above the parking lot. I noticed that a few smaller birds joined them: a
Mag, Blackburnian and Black-throated Green, then a Scarlet Tan. The darting
birds quickly moved off to the left - south - and were gone. Only a DeeDee
called afterwards. I then walked left the short distance to the start of the
trail for the meadow and began a very pleasant morning. The highlights
were...
your standard 5 woodpeckers
E. Peewee - 6+
Least Flycatcher - 1
Phoebe - 2
House Wren - 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2
Gray-cheeked Thrush (sp., no vocalization) - 1
Wood Thrush - 3
Brown Thrasher - 1
Blue-headed Vireo - 1
Philadelphia Vireo - 1
Red-eyed Vireo - 6
Tennessee - 1
Magnolia - 7
Cape May - 1
Black-throated Blue - 2
Black-throated Green - 14+
Blackburnian - 1
Palm - 2
Bay-breasted - 3
Black & White -2
Am Redstart - 1
Ovenbird - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 20
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 5
Swamp Sparrow - 1
Kurt Gaskill