As Ed mentioned, I enjoyed a nice morning flight at Bayside yesterday. I arrived at 6am, just as the heron flight was getting started and Ed and Jim showed up around 7:45 or so. Starting around 6:30, American Redstarts started flying over head, with several landing in the trees at the point. Given the early date, I wasn't expecting the variety or numbers, but I still don't know if this was a "good" day or not. There just isn't enough data from the first half of August to know what should be expected.
I do believe that the Dickcissel and Black-throated Green Warbler were rather early. Hopefully Mark Hoffman can confirm if Worcester has any earlier fall records of either. Otherwise, the warblers that we did see are known to be early migrants. I was surprised not to see any Prothonotary Warblers, I've had them quite regularly in August on Assateague.
Here is the complete list:
Assateague I. NS--Bayside, Worcester, US-MD
Aug 8, 2011 6:00 AM - 8:45 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Comments: Hafner only until 7:45, then joined by Boyd and Stasz. Decent number of migrants for August 8th.
52 species (+4 other taxa)
Double-crested Cormorant 7
Brown Pelican 8
Great Egret 11
Snowy Egret 35
Little Blue Heron 51
Tricolored Heron 38
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Osprey 2
Semipalmated Plover 2
Killdeer 1
Whimbrel (American) 3
Least Sandpiper 2
peep sp. 4
Short-billed Dowitcher 1
Laughing Gull 30
Herring Gull (American) 6
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Least Tern 1
Forster's Tern 2
Royal Tern 9
Mourning Dove 6
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Chimney Swift 6
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Eastern Kingbird 5 A little surprised at the low number, but it might just be a week or 10 days early. Will soon be abundant.
Fish Crow 4
Purple Martin 64 Probably low, seemingly engaged in active migration.
Tree Swallow 4
Bank Swallow 1 Not common on Assateague.
Barn Swallow 14
Carolina Chickadee 2
Carolina Wren 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Gray Catbird 13
Northern Mockingbird 2
Brown Thrasher 5
European Starling 13
Cedar Waxwing 3
Blue-winged Warbler 2 A little early, good looks at both in flight. Bright yellow, except for white undertail coverts, black line through the eye, 2 white wingbars
Yellow Warbler 21 Most after 8am.
Black-throated Green Warbler 1 ***EARLY*** Adult male, black throat, yellow face, white belly with black flank streaks, wingbars, seen flying out of cedar at point at very close range.
Yellow-throated Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 3
Black-and-white Warbler 2
American Redstart 26 Probably a little low, I was unsure how many birds were just hanging out vs. those heading to South Point
Northern/Louisiana Waterthrush 1 Suspected Louisiana by impression of being large and chunky.
warbler sp. 3
sparrow sp. 1 flyover - appeared to be a Spizella.
Northern Cardinal 13
Indigo Bunting 1
Dickcissel 1 ***EARLY*** heard giving buzzy flight note then seen flying low over the parking lot and could confirm as a female.
Red-winged Blackbird 27
Boat-tailed Grackle 3
Orchard Oriole 1 Suprising low number, but there may not be many left!
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 2
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Matt Hafner
Forest Hill, MD
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