With late-November upon us and the 2020 morning flight count in the books, I’ve been meaning to post about the last few weeks of the season. An incredible early season was equally matched by an unprecedented flight of northern finches throughout October and November. Species moving south in force this…...
MORNING FLIGHT UPDATE – OCTOBER 4th (another mega flight!)
Flights this week were consistently good with a few days that really stood out. Strong diversity continued as well with multiple mornings having over 20 species of warblers. As a whole this year, I feel very fortunate to have such good weather conditions on a regular basis; hopefully, this trend…...
MORNING FLIGHT UPDATE – September 27
It was a surprisingly productive week given the number of days with south and southwesterly winds. Flights were consistent with excellent diversity throughout. Tuesday and Wednesday had nice northwesterly winds with strong flights of Blackpoll Warblers, Parulas, and Palm Warblers. Thursday brought light west winds and high overcast skies producing…...
MORNING FLIGHT UPDATE – September 13 (Pileated Woodpecker!)
A relatively slow week compared to the last. However, we did have a couple productive days and some notable highlights. The week started with east winds, high humidity and high temperatures. Counts were low with only a handful of migrants while the mosquitoes were out with force and hungry. Similar…...
