9/8/13

 Mostly cloudy skies and light NE winds didn't really do much for migration, but um...yeah...

27 CANG
3 MALL
3 DCCO
1 BBPL
1 SEPL
4 SAND
1 PAJA (int. juvie N bound in the 4th hour)
4 BOGU
1 CATE
67 COTE

9/7/13

Tiscornia on a Saturday woooo!

Mostly clear skies, light S winds, and several birders hoping for a jaeger.

And hot damn they got their wish!

9 CANG
4 MALL
2 DCCO
1 BBPL (juvie)
8 SAND
1 SESA
3 PAJA (#1 was a really fresh int. morph juvie (still had the pale feather tips!) and went south right past then end of the piers in the first hour! Both #2 and #3  were juvie types and were further out in the 3rd and 8th hours, and also were heading south. Nothing like a south wind to get the jaegers moving!)
4 BOGU
1 CATE
1 FOTE
194 COTE

9/6/13

Another "beautiful day", with not much in the way of birds. 

65 CANG
1 PALO (basic plumage going south in the 4th hour, this is the long awaited first fall record for Tiscornia!)
4 DCCO
8 SAND
1 Jaeger sp (distant PAJA type that spent the last two hours of the count harassing gulls well offshore. This marks the 100th Jaeger I've seen at Tiscornia)
24 BOGU
2 CATE
1 FOTE
9 COTE

 This Silver-haired Bat spent the day roosting behind my backpack (one did the same thing last year too!) 

9/5/13

A jaeger a day keeps the boredom away!

Just kidding, its up to the COTE to do that.

Moderate NE winds and temps in the 70s led to a surprisingly slow day. North winds suck.

10 CANG
8 DCCO
23 SAND
1 PAJA (intermediate juvie going south)
6 BOGU
2 CATE
156 COTE

Quiz bird!

9/4/13

 Clear skies, warm temps and winds that started SW but ended W.

Yup....

2 MALL
4 NOPI
1 GWTE
58 BWTE
1 COLO
2 DCCO
61 SAND (two flocks totalling 53 flew past in the 8th hour)
1 BASA
2 BOGU
1 CATE
9 FOTE
242 COLO (including a flock of 93 in the 7th hour!)
3 BLTE

9/3/13

More Northerly winds, and not much else.

EXCEPT THE BIGGEST COTE PUSH OF THE FALL

and delicious pastries!

3 CANG
26 MALL
3 NSHO
4 GWTE
4 BWTE
1 Loon sp. (rather distant, but geez it felt PALO)
3 DCCO
2 SEPL (pathetically a season high count)
1 KILL
4 SAND (crap numbers thus far this season)
1 BASA
7 BOGU
447 COTE (steady numbers all day including flocks of 71 and 88. Over 100 spent the afternoon feeding just off the pier)
5 BLTE

9/2/13

A cold front led to N winds, but not the 20+knots forcasted. Try a wind that peaked at 11 knots....lame.


like the waterbird flight. Despite the efforts of the assembled crew it was a dismal flight (or maybe expectations were too high). If it hadn't been for a late burst of COTE things would have really sucked.

4 CANG
3 MALL
5 NSHO
2 GWTE
25 BWTE
24 DCCO
8 SAND
1 SPSA
7 BOGU
2 CATE
255 COTE (a fantastic push in the last 20min of the count, including a flock of 187!)