Migration continues after the hurricane.

Hi all,

Its been a fairly busy week after the inclement weather on the weekend. Not a lot of damage over here on the Shore relative to some other areas and our nets and station seemed to have survived the hurricane quite well.

The migration overall this week has been dominated by a few species, namely American Redstart and Black & white Warbler with lesser numbers of Ovenbirds, Northern Waterthrushes, Empidonax flycatchers and Veeries. New species the last couple of days were Magnolia and Canada Warblers.

The next few days are most likely to be a bit lacklustre as we are back into a southerly flow of air. But I'm always pleasantly surprised at the diversity at this site even on the slow days. So there could still be some goodies out there to catch.

Totals to 9/2/11
Mourning Dove 1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Yellow-shafted Flicker 2
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1
Acadian Flycatcher 2
Traill's Flycatcher 48
Least Flycatcher 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 10
White-eyed Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 9
Carolina Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 2
Carolina Wren 23
House Wren 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
Veery 24
American Robin 1
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 3
Brown Thrasher 2
European Starling 1
Blue-winged Warbler 3
Yellow Warbler 3
Magnolia Warbler 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 4
Black-throated Blue Warbler 4
Myrtle Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 15
Black and white Warbler 49
American Redstart 157
Worm-eating Warbler 4
Ovenbird 22
Northern Waterthrush 18
Mourning Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 15
Canada Warbler 1
Yellow-breasted Chat 8
Field Sparrow 4
Summer Tanager 7
Northern Cardinal 22
Blue Grosbeak 11
Indigo Bunting 4
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Orchard Oriole 1
Total 503
Species 47

45 birds recaptured