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.