More later

9/13/12

A cold front passed through mid morning!

There wasn't much moving before it hit, or after though. Shocking.

1 CANG
2 GADW
1 AMWI
1 ABDU
3 MALL
3 NOPI
10 NSHV
17 GWTE
217 BWTE
2 RTLO (both in breeding plumage, record early)
124 DCCO
1 RUTU
1 SAND
1 BASA
1 Phalarope sp (see below)
1 PAJA (a light morph juvie. It was working its way south when it flushed up the phalarope, it did a abrupt turn and proceeded to chase it down, force it onto the water then ate it in a couple gulps. This was a first for me)
14 BOGU
1 CATE
17 FOTE
37 COTE
2 BLTE

9/12/12

Another day of clear skies and south winds. Woo.

The first three hours and the last three hours really sucked, however the middle two were rather enjoyable.

17 CANG
1 MALL
13 NOPI
26 NSHO
382 BWTE (336 in the 4-5th hours. Today's flight puts the season total at 5,335!)
1 GBHE
1 WHIM (distant flyover in the 4th hour)
4 HUGU (came in from the NW in the 4th hour, as they neared the pier they quickly gained altitude until they were specs at 60X, then shot inland heading SE)
1 RUTU
19 SAND
1 Jaeger sp. (ho-hum, another day another jaeger. Distant PAJA type well out there)
11 BOGU
3 FOTE
3 COTE

There was nice mix of passerines in the parkinglot today, including 2 WIWA, 1 CMWA, 1 COYT, 1 BTNW, 3 PAWA, 1 YEWA, and 2 RBNU. And the first campus record of Dainty Sulphur, surprising only in the fact that I've been seeing them everywhere but here this year.

9/11/12

South winds were about the only change from yesterday.

Oh, and the lowest day count of the season!

5 CACG
1 AMWI
2 MALL
3 NSHO
7 GWTE
1 HOGR
4 RUTU
21 SAND
1 SESA
1 Phalarope sp. (the usual excuses on the lack of an ID, a whales spray got in my eyes while a Walrus was trying to eat my tripod-your typical midwest problems)
1 PAJA (intermediate juvie took one pass through the gulls and headed south in the 4th hour)
2 Jaeger sp. (1 extremely dark bird in the 2-3rd hours bombing gulls offshore, eventually headed south. 1 bird waaaaay out there in the 5th hour)
5 BOGU
4 FOTE
9 COTE

9/10/12

Clear, rather calm. Decent enough day, no dying shearwaters or anything exciting.

55 CANG (biggest flight of the season!)
2 AMWI
2 NSHO
5 GWTE
1 RNGR (record early)
4 DCCO
2 GBHE
1 RUTU
19 SAND
1 PAJA (intermediate juvie spent the last three hours of the count trying to rape the gulls offshore. Craptastic photo below)
7 BOGU
1 LBBG (missed it last fall)
2 CATE
12 FOTE
153 COTE (decent flight, now over 2,000 for the season)

 

9/9/12

um yeah. Birdz! Or not.

Day two of the cold front continued with code 3 N winds and mostly clear skies.

And a lack of birds.

29 CANG
1 GADW
1 AMWI
3 GWTE
40 BWTE
1 PBGR
2 DCCO
3 RUTU
27 SAND
1 BBSA (following SAND flock on the beach in the afternoon)
1 PAJA (int. morph juvie in the third hour, horrible crap non-id'able photo below. Enjoy!)
6 BOGU
8 FOTE
53 COTE

9/8/12

The first real cold front of the fall hit overnight, resulting in early morning showers and code 5 WNW winds. Naturally, there was no waterbird flight.

5 AMWI
2 NOPI
18 NSHV
3 GWTE
3 BWTE
2 PBGR
7 DCCO
2 RUTU
40 SAND
2 PAJA (a striking dark morph adult in the third hour, and a intermediate morph juvie in the last 10 minutes of the count)
23 BOGU
2 CATE
10 FOTE
163 COTE (small flocks trickling past all day)

idiot tourists.