42 species

A lot of migrants came in last night. New for the season were a few Blackpoll Warblers in their fall plumage: white wingbars, lightly streaked on a yellowish/greenish breast, strongly streaked on the back, buffy on the undertail coverts (several of these features distinguish them from the similar Bay-breasted and Pine Warblers). Blackpolls are famous for some of the longest non-stop migrations undertaken by any land bird (some of them have been known to take off from the Canadian Maritimes and hit terra firma only on the coast of S. America!). Nevertheless, a few almost always appear in the woods at this time of year.

Here's a complete list of birds seen this morning (42 species in all):

Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Canada Goose
Mallard
Black Duck
Red-tailed Hawk
Greater Yellowlegs
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Royal Tern
Mourning Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow (calling)
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Cedar Waxwing (young ones catching insects high up among the standing dead trees)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (flocks eating Red Cedar berries)
Blackpoll Warbler (see above)
Common Yellowthroat (unexpected; several came in last night)
Northern Cardinal
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
American Goldfinch
House Finch

Eric Salzman