10/2/12

ENE winds at a code 3, mostly clear skies, and a smattering of ducks.

2 CANG
12 GADW
35 AMWI
2 MALL
11 NOPI
46 NSHV
18 GWTE
12 BWTE
15 REDH
12 GRSC
4 LESC
87 Scaup sp.
4 DCCO
1 GBHE
1 BBPL
2 SAND
47 BOGU
1 LBBG
4 CATE
145 COTE

10/1/12

East winds turning N, cloudy skies, and light winds.

The first four hours sucked, all the migration was in the last half of the count. Mostly distant crap.

There was no Vireos or anything interesting here today.

11 CANG
1 AMWI
3 MALL
50 NOPI
38 NSHV
5 GWTE
55 BWTE
5 LESC
47 Scaup Sp.
2 COLO
2 HOBR
4 DCCO
1 SAND
1 CATE
1 LBBG (adult on the beach in the last hour)
2 FOTE
107 COTE

9/30/12

ITS THE LAST DAY OF SEPTEMBER!!! This month that started off great (jaegers 11 out of 13 days! WESA!!), then went to crap. Is over!!! Surely October will be better?!

14 CANG
4 WODU
7 AMWI
14 NOPI
2 GWTE
5 REDH
1 LESC
3 SUSC
5 RBME
1 RTLO
1 COLO
5 HOGR
242 DCCO (one flock of 235)
4 SACR (very rare here in fall) 
6 SAND
2 BOGU
1 FRGU (a less then approachable first year bird, that wasn't interested in bread)
1 LBBG (adult on the beach in the last hour)

9/29/12

 Clouds to clear skies, and SW winds that peaked at a 3 lead to another lovely day at the University, add in Visitors weekend and it was a busy day for people (not birds) on the pier!

The only thing of note was the first Jaegers in nearly two weeks, all passed by in the second and third hours going N.

2 GADW
7 AMWI
11 NOPI
1 NSHV
3 SUSC
3 DCCO
5 SAND
1 LTJA (int. juvie, we almost missed it as we didn't notice it til it was directly N of the pier, going away from us. It likely jumped the pier behind us. Record shot below. I think this scores 10 points for 50 days of rare!) 
1 PAJA (adult LM chasing gulls well offshore in the second hour)
1 Jaeger sp. (int. juvie going north, waaaaaaaay out there)
1 CATE
1 COTE

Ha! The committee cant reject this one!

Lil Jon the RBGU caught this WTSP about 4ft from the pier, then enjoyed his breakfast in front of me.

9/28/12

Mostly clear with code 2 N winds, and stuff. Yeah, another big flight!

Screw September.

1 MUSW (FIRST OF THE SEASON!!!!!!!!!!!) 
3 CANG
13 BWTE
17 REDH
1 RNDU
2 GRSC
1 LESC
1 SUSC
1 RTLO
2 COLO
1 DCCO
1 KILL
1 LEYE
8 SAND
1 LIGU (distant south bound adult)
6 BOGU

A RBNU spent the last few hours of the count feeding on the big lighthouse, it ate alot of moths.

10/2/12

ENE winds at a code 3, mostly clear skies, and a smattering of ducks.

2 CANG
12 GADW
35 AMWI
2 MALL
11 NOPI
46 NSHV
18 GWTE
12 BWTE
15 REDH
12 GRSC
4 LESC
87 scaup sp
4 DCCO
1 GBHE
2 SAND
47 BOGU
1 LBBG (adult)
4 CATE
145 COTE

9/27/12

Cloudy, heavy distortion, and code 3 NE winds where the order of the day. North winds you say? Surely that means there was a waterbird flight, right?!

Yeaaaah no.

91 CANG
1 MALL
1 SUSC
3 RBME
1 COLO
22 DCCO
14 SAND
2 BOGU
1 CATE
5 COTE

There were some passerines around, including a lone CCSP (without a single CHSP). Its probably the first fall record for Tiscornia, and slightly odd as usually when you see one in the fall locally its buried in a massive pulsating flock of CHSP.

One of two Merlins that are hanging around and have probably eaten a mega or two.