8/30/13

Today was sunny with south winds, and no fog!

5 NSHO
1 GWTE
4 BWTE
8 DCCO
1 GBHE
1 KILL
4 AMAV (4 showed up in the 4th hour, and ended up being flushed a mile or so up the beach by dog walkers...)
1 SEPL
1 SAND
1 SESA
1 BASA
3 BOGU
1 FOTE
245 COTE (including a flock of 72)

8/29/13

After yesterdays fog filled funfest  I was excited to start today off with more fog!

For six straight hours visibility was under 400m, with three hours having visibility under 200m!

There was a brief 15-20min in the 4th hour when the fog lifted slightly and visibility hit 1k, but then it was fogfogfogfogfog til the 7th hour.

YUM!














thats the sun.

Fogbow!

 Birds?

3 GWTE

13 DCCO (one was leucistic, the first I've ever seen in a DCCO) 

3 SAND

1 LESA

1 SESA

1 BBSA (spent the last two hours of the count dodging beach walkers)
1 PAJA (a rather grayish first fall type that gave a great look as it flew by the pier less then 70 yds out, close enough that one of the fisherman asked what it was! Sadly though, even with pics it likely won't make it into the official county records)
7 BOGU
3 FOTE
27 COTE

8/28/13

 Today featured 6 hours of a fog hampered count, four of those six were spent in fog so thick you couldn't see the lighthouse from the lighthouse.

Did I mention what was either a light rain or a heavy mist that fell most of the day?

Anyways, what do you do when your fogged in on the pier?

Maybe this!

Or if your a Waterbird counter (and single), you search the lighthouses for Bats.

This Silver-haired Bat was re-adjusting its roosting position.



















Birds?

Matt brought pizza to the count today, it was better then the birding.

 3 BWTE
35 DCCO (saved the day in the last hour with one flock of 34)
1 BBPL (whistled it in in the fog, bit never did see it)
1 SESA
3 BOGU
1 CATE
3 COTE

1 PEFA and 1 ad. BAEA somehow found the lake in the fog.

827/13

Let the slow days continue....wooo.

Cloudy skies, light S winds, and temps that reached 27 truly made this a eh day.

4 MALL
3 NSHO
1 GWTE
7 BWTE
3 DCCO
2 SAND
1 SESA
9 BOGU
2 CATE
64 COTE ( three groups totaling 62 came by in the last hour which almost saved the day)

No SAGU were seen at Tiscornia today though, so the day was not saved.

8/26/13

ugh. No birds, lovely crappy nice weather.

8 MALL
2 GWTE
32 BWTE
1 DCCO
2 GBHE
5 SAND
8 BOGU
1 CATE
6 COTE
12 BLTE (maybe theres still a few left on the lake?)

A juvie PEFA made a pass at the gulls in the first hour, other then that non-waterbirds were quite.

8/25/13

 There is not much to say about today.

It was hot, with light S winds, clear skies and boat loads of tourists.

And it really sucked for migrants.

6 MALL

2 BWTE

10 DCCO

1 GBHE

1 GREG

1 AMGP (molting adult) 

9 BOGU

1 CATE

1 FOTE

23 COTE

Also had 1 COHA, 1 juvie PEFA, and 1 OSPR.

8/24/13

Today was about the Bats.

But damn the weather was nice.

E winds, temps hit 24 and the sun was shiiiiining bright

1 MALL
3 GWTE
84 DDCO
2 GBHE
1 KILL
1 SPSA
3 LEYE
15 SAND
9 BOGU
2 CATE
5 FOTE
10 COTE

Seven Bats came in off the lake between the first and second hours this morning, atypically two gave good views flying around the lighthouse and down the pier.

 I think the first one is a Silver-haired Bat, while the second might be a Eastern Red Bat.