[va-bird] Sunset Beach 9/29/02

 
Sunset Beach apparently had good flights both this morning (9/29) and 
yesterday morning (9/28), but only this morning's flight was observed (I 
extrapolate a good flight yesterday there from the birds in the trees around 
the yard here, which held 40 Red-eyed and 2 Philadelphia Vireos, plus many 
warblers).  Sue Heath (0645 to 0715), Mitchell Byrd (0645-0830), Harry 
Armistead (0745-0830), and Bob Anderson (0800-0830) were on hand to observe 
this morning's flight.  

This morning's list included:

American Kestrel 200+
Merlin 2
Peregrine Falcon 2
Northern Harrier 2
Osprey 20+
Sharp-shinned Hawk 30+
Cooper's Hawk 10+
Pileated Woodpecker 1! seemed to be migrating!!
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 150+
Red-bellied Woodpecker 7 [still a common reverse-migrant here]
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 (present since 9/27 in the yard here; same arrival 
time each year)
House Wren 7
Winter Wren 1
[Carolina Wren 1 -- another seen on the CBBT!!]
Northern Mockingbird 15+ (many surely migrants)
Gray Catbird 20+
Brown Thrasher 15+
Belted Kingfisher 4
Blue Jay 20+
Cedar Waxwing 50+
Eastern Phoebe 1 [first one on Eastern Shore was 18 September on Wash Flats]
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
 [no Empidonax!]
Veery 1
Gray-cheeked Thrush 1
Red-eyed Vireo 50+
White-eyed Vireo 1 imm.
Philadelphia Vireo 6
Nashville Warbler 1
Cape May Warbler 30 (3 more at Kiptopeke mid-morning)
Palm Warbler 120+ (about one-third Yellows; the first Yellow Palm arrived 
9/27)
Black-and-white Warbler 120+ (no ad. males seen)
Northern Waterthrush 15+ (plus one in the yard here)
American Redstart 130+
Black-throated Blue Warbler 90+ (many ad. males)
Tennessee Warbler 1
Myrtle Warbler 10 (the first was noted 9/20 here)
Northern Parula 7 (plus 4 at Kiptopeke)
Blackpoll Warbler 9
Oporornis sp. 1 possibly a Mourning
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 (our first of the year here)
Scarlet Tanager 1
Baltimore Oriole 3 (plus one at Kiptopeke)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 10 (plus 8 pre-sunup at Kiptopeke)
Indigo Bunting 40+ (plus 20+ at Kiptopeke)
Dickcissel 1 calling
 
Single Blue Grosbeak and Summer Tanager were at Kiptopeke mid-morning.  Hal 
Wierenga and Lynn Davidson noted "good numbers" of thrushes passing in the 
predawn hours, including many Veery and Gray-cheeked as well as the more 
numerous Swainson's Thrushes.  Last night's Common Nighthawk numbers were 6 
at Kiptopeke and 30+ around Capeville (Bob Reniers; Bob Anderson and Harry 
Armistead).  Today's hawkflight was outstanding!  

Ned Brinkley
Cape Charles, VA 
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