I was able to have a little downtime from work and birded on Assateague the first three days of this week (Monday am through Wednesday noon). No megas here, but a nice time of year if one enjoys searching through flocks of Myrtle Warblers.... Only the "highlights/high counts" listed, plus all warblers (total 6 species, and 2 vireos) to give some idea of where I went.
10/19 (very windy from NW, very little flight)
AI/Bayside/Point
Myrtle Warbler 100
Golden-crowned Kinglet 50 (filling the cedars)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 15
Eastern Meadowlark 2 (flew to mainland)
Purple Finch 3
Life of the Marsh Trail
Myrtle Warbler 80
Pine Warbler 1
Maintenance Yard
Myrtle Warbler 8
Bayside/Vireo Grove
Myrtle Warbler 20
Bayside/Inland
Myrtle Warbler 160
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Northern Paurla 1
Pine Warbler 1
Pine Siskin 1 (fly over)
Ocean Side Campgrounds
Mrytle Warbler 110
Marsh Wren 1
Tree Swallow 1600
Common Yellowthroat 1
State Park/South
Mrytle Warbler 30
White-crowned Sparrow 2
10/20 (ligther NW winds, decent flight)
Bayside/Point
Myrtle Warbler 520
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Blue-headed Vireo 1 (singing, or at least trying to)
White-crowned Sparrow 1
Purple Finch 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 26
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1 (new late date for me in WC; photos)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2 (together, in flight overhead)
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 (regular migrant here)
North of Ranger Station
Mrytle Warbler 200
Snow Goose 22
Merlin 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
State Park/South
Mrytle Warbler 115
Western Palm Warbler 3
Blackpoll Warbler 1
State Park/S-Curve Woods
Mrytle Warbler 25
Red-breasted Nuthatch 3
State Park/North
Mrytle Warbler 40
Eastern Phoebe 1
10/21 (no real flight)
Bayside/Point
Mrytle Warbler 120
Western Palm Warbler 1
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Baltimore Oriole 1
House Wren 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Bayside/Inland
Mrytle Warbler 260
Pine Warbler 1
Northern Parula 1 (new late date for me in WC)
Indigo Bunting 1
Vireo Grove
Mrytle Warbler 30
Maintenance Yard
Mrytle Warbler 60
Recycling Center
Myrtle Warbler 15
Good birding,
Mark Hoffman |