The front last night didn't do as much on the Eastern Shore as we might have
liked; both numbers and diversity of Neotropical and short-distance migrants
were lower than one might have guessed based on the weather map. The winds
were perhaps too strong for a good migration before 0230, so it might be that
tomorrow morning's flight is better (though we tend to do better on NW winds
here). The reverse migration at Sunset Beach was surprisingly skittish this
morning, considering the light winds from the NNE, and it seemed to come in
waves with 15 minute lulls in between, rather odd. Numbers are below, the
first from Sunset Beach 0710 to 0815, the other from Kiptopeke 0905 to 1130.
Tree Swallow 5/500
Cliff Swallow 0/1
Bank Swallow 0/1
House Wren 3/1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 0/0 (one in Cape Charles)
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1/0
Red-headed Woodpecker 0/1 (also one here at the house, first for the yard)
Pileated Woodpecker 0/1 (looked for all the world like it was migrating!!)
Belted Kingfisher 1/3
Northern Mockingbird 1/1 (looking like migrants)
Eastern Wood-Pewee 3/0
Traill's Flycatcher 1/0
Acadian Flycatcher 0/1 (scarce this year)
Least Flycatcher 1/0
Empidonax sp. 2/0
Philadelphia Vireo 1/0 (first of the fall here; beautiful; observed feeding
for 10 min.)
Red-eyed Vireo 14/1
White-eyed Vireo 1/0 (in tree with both other vireo spp.)
Black-and-white Warbler 0/1
Northern Parula 1/0 (Tom Saunders)
Black-throated Blue Warbler 3/10
Yellow Warbler 1/5
American Redstart 15/20+
Wilson's Warbler 0/1
Palm Warbler 0/1
Blackpoll Warbler 0/1
Tennessee Warbler 0/1
Magnolia Warbler 2/1
Nashville Warbler 0/1
unidentified warbler 45/25
Bobolink 5/40
Summer Tanager 6/3
Scarlet Tanager 1/0
Baltimore Oriole 40 (mostly in one group)/20
There were a few surprising absences in this crowd, but surely the next front
will get us caught up.
Ned Brinkley
Cape Charles, VA
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