Leaders: Kathy & Roger Horn, Alan Crawford, Pam Hubert, Bernie Hodgdon
Temp: 65° F
Winds: E 15 mph
Weather Conditions: light rain
Today was a day of streaming migrants at CHC WMA. Palm Warblers, Gray Catbirds, Bluejays and Northern Flickers, mostly segregated by species, were in constant motion. We had a few other warbler species as well and who knows what we missed, peering through wet binoculars! Falcons are also on the move, and we saw both American Kestrels and Peregrine Falcons. There were a couple of lingering Ospreys. October 9th is the last day for public comment on the Atlantic Menhaden Draft Addendum ll which the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission will be considering at their November meeting. While no single factor is likely to explain the alarming crash of the Osprey population, management of the commercial fishing industry, its catch limits and the timing of those catches, may be of benefit to the Osprey population as more data is being collected. To learn more and to comment, see Atlantic Menhaden Draft Addendum II – Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission .
38 species
| Species | Count |
| Canada Goose | 2 |
| Mourning Dove | 3 |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 1 |
| American Herring Gull | 4 |
| Double-crested Cormorant | 122 |
| Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) | 1 |
| Osprey (American) | 3 |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk (Northern) | 3 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 1 |
| Northern Harrier | 1 |
| Belted Kingfisher | 2 |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 1 |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | 2 |
| Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) | 10 |
| American Kestrel | 2 |
| Peregrine Falcon | 1 |
| Eastern Phoebe | 1 |
| Blue Jay | 20 |
| American Crow | 1 |
| Carolina Chickadee | 2 |
| Tufted Titmouse | 1 |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 1 |
| Northern House Wren | 1 |
| Carolina Wren | 4 |
| Gray Catbird | 28 |
| Brown Thrasher | 1 |
| Veery | 1 |
| American Robin | 3 |
| Song Sparrow | 1 |
| Black-and-white Warbler | 2 |
| Common Yellowthroat (trichas Group) | 3 |
| American Redstart | 4 |
| Cape May Warbler | 1 |
| Northern Parula | 1 |
| Palm Warbler (Western) | 46 |
| Pine Warbler | 2 |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) | 5 |
| new world warbler sp. | 30 |
| Northern Cardinal | 4 |
Blog post by Kathy & Roher Horn
