11/4/13

Cloudy skies and more E winds (up to 13), temps hit 15.

None of this led to anything

11 TUSW
3 CANG
3 GADW
6 AMWI
6 MALL
1 NOPI
23 REDH
1 GRSC
3 LESC
18 Scaup
10 WWSC
63 RBME
2 RTLO
26 COLO
3 HOGR
1 DCCO
2 DUNL
59 BOGU

With the east winds we were standing up on the dune in the hopes that maybe anything of interest would fly by. While rapidly loosing interest in the lack of waterbirds Warren Whaley pointed out a raptor nearly on top of us, I lifted my bins expecting it to be the local juvie RTHA. Imagine my surprise when (the bird was so close I could only get its head and chest in the bins) it was in fact a juvie NOGO! I believe this is only the second record for Tiscornia, and the first since 2011.

11/3/13

Partly cloudy skies, E winds going S upto 9 knots, and temps hit 10.

20 TUSW
13 GADW
2 ABDU
15 MALL
2 CANV
47 REDH
374 Scaup
1 SUSC
2 WWSC
8 BLSC
4 LTDU
35 BUFF
5 RBME
4 RTLO
12 COLO
33 HOGR
12 DCCO
16 DUNL
45 BOGU
2 COTE

blergh

One SEOW came in off the lake in the afternoon

11/2/13

Cloudy skies with light to moderate rain, NW winds to 12, and temps hitting 9.

There was actually a decent flight!

19 TUSW (right on schedule)
3 CANG
17 GADW
1 MALL
10 GWTE
36 REDH
405 Scaup
2 SUSC
20 WWSC
7 BLSC
12 BUFF
1 COGO
100 RBME
5 RTLO
40 COLO (Miller Beach had nearly 250 today, I think we got screwed by the rain)
9 HOGR
1 RNGR
2 DCCO
156 BOGU (and nothing else)
1 COTE

11/1/13

Ahh November, the month of megas!

Cloudy skies, some light rain, and SW winds hitting 17...

82 CANG
36 GADW
3 ABDU
4 MALL
3 NSHO
11 REDH
42 Scaup
1 WWSC
6 BLSC
20 RBME
9 COLO
7 HOGR
2 DCCO
1 KILL
14 BOGU

yeash November is off to a stellar start

10/31/13

Cloudy skies and heavy to moderately heavy rain for the whoooooooooole freaking day. South winds hit 15 and temps peaked at 17.

A year ago Sandy rolled through.

I really miss Sandy

1 GWTE
4 REDH
5 COLO
3 HOGR
3 BOGU

Major Suckage.

10/30/13

Mostly clear skies with more light easterly winds, temps ended the day at 15.

Hah, birds.

Not

116 CANG (one flock at the end of the count)
1 ABDU
6 MALL
1 NOPI
2 GWTE
280 Scaup
13 WWSC
5 BUFF
15 RBME
2 RTLO
5 COLO
3 HOGR
5 DUNL
9 BOGU
1 COTE

10/29/13

A cloudy, hazy day. E winds up to 9 knots and temps hit 12.

3 CANG
4 GADW
3 AMWI
4 ABDU
31 MALL
14 REDH
259 Scaup
16 WWSC
11 BUFF
89 RBME
1 RTLO
3 COLO
17 HOGR
1 RNGR
10 DCCO
1 SAND
1 DUNL
2 BOGU
1 LBBG

10/28/13

Clear skies and light NE winds while temps reached 14.

3 CANG
9 GADW
12 ABDU (big flight)
54 MALL
1 NSHO
1 RNDU
1 GRSC
1 LESC
140 Scaup
1 SUSC
24 WWSC
9 BLSC
5 BUFF
5 RBME
6 RUDU
1 RTLO
20 COLO
13 HOGR
1 DCCO
2 KILL
1 PUSA (spent over an hour chilling on the pier, the best looks Ive had at Tiscornia)
2 AMWO (rare in the fall, similer to an Eastern Red Bat when flying head on a mile out)
2 BOGU

With the easterly winds there was a bit of a hawk flight that included a late OSPR. 

10/27/13

Mostly clear skies with SW winds up to 11 and temps hit 13.

2 CANG
47 GADW
8 AMWI
39 MALL
4 NOPI
4 NSHO
1 GWTE
1 CANV
217 REDH (great flight!)
3 RNDU
2,110 Scaup (great flight!)
3 SUSC
15 WWSC
5 BLSC
17 BUFF
2 RBME
1 RNDU
1 RTLO
24 COLO
36 HOGR
1 RNGR
1 DCCO
1 PESA
13 BOGU

There was a nice bit of a hawk flight with a total of 8 RLHA, 1 PEFA, 1 MERL, and 1 BAEG.

10/26/13

Mostly cloudy skies and SW winds up to 17 obviously led to the second biggest flight of the season!

592 GADW (new county high count)
114 AMWI
242 MALL
44 NOPI
118 NSHO
11 GWTE
4 BWTE
5 CANV
186 REDH
21 RNDU
1,850 Scaup
37 SUSC
3 WWSC
13 BLSC
15 BUFF
37 RBME
2 RUDU
2 RTLO
24 COLO
8 HOGR
1 RNGR
2 DCCO
3 AGPL
3 GRYE
3 LEYE
1 SAND
5 DUNL
1 PAJA (moulting adult that came right now the shoreline, annoyingly not the LTJA reported to the north)
1 Jaeger sp (thick stocky dark immature type well offshore, sure didn't feel like a PAJA)
56 BOGU
1 GBBG
1 SAGU (southbound juvie well out at the end of the count)
2 COTE

10/25/13

Cloudy skies and west winds up to 12, temps reached 9.

Good flight early on, but nothing really came of it.

213 GADW
19 AMWI
11 MALL
15 REDH
834 Scaup
2 SUSC
6 WWSC
4 BLSC
6 BUFF
69 RBME
5 COLO
4 HOGR
6 RNGR (groups of 4 and 2, new county high count!)
14 DCCO
56 BOGU

1 MERL and 2 BAEG were the only non-waterbirds of note.