Good morning all.
This morning Ian Cannell, Margaret Liubavicius and I went down to The Islands knowing the winds and colder weather overnight and hoping for a good movement of birds and we were not in the least disappointed.
If we thought that it was amazing that we found 5 Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrows on Sept. 29th then today was extra amazing with 6 Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrows found ( easy walking and no rubber boots required :>)) not to mention the LeConte's Sparrow and 5 Orange-crowned Warblers, Oops ! I mentioned them. What a day and great weather again to boot and below are a sample of what we found and we only birded Hanlans Point.
Bald Eagle, Cooper's Hawk, Merlin, 36 E. Phoebes, Red-breasted Nuthatches, Brown Creepers, House Wrens, 100+ Golden-crowned Kinglets, 200+ Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Veery, Gray-cheeked and Swainson's Thrushes, 250+ Hermit Thrushes, Eastern Bluebird, Gray Catbirds, Brown Thrashers, 5 Orange-crowned Warblers, N. Parula, Nashville, Black-throated Green, and Black-throated Blue Warblers, 65 Palm Warblers, 12 Sparrow species including 3 Clay-colored, 11 Field, Savannah, 6 N. Sharp-tailed, Fox, 75+ Song, 26 Lincoln's, 19 Swamp, 1200+ White-throated, 300+ White-crowned, and 200+ Dark-eyed Juncos. All these and more on Hanlans Point.
Enough birds to keep us busy checking them out. Good to get home to rest my eyes and arms.
