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Re: [CT Birds] Bluff Point (10/6)

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Russ Smiley
Wed, Oct 7, 2015 2:13 AM

The morning flight this Tuesday (10/6) was similar to what Chris witnessed yesterday. Again there were very many YRWAs. Sprinkled sparsely among them were a prairie, palm, pine, and two black-throated blue warblers and some sparrows, juncos, blue-headed vireos, towhees, phoebes, and one brown creeper. The kinglets were numerous and displaying their colorful crests. Many birds flew by unidentifiable. The birds started to move with the sunrise (~6:50) and the pace fell off sharply by 8:00, the stragglers being yellow -rumps and sparrows.
Russ Smiley
Marlborough, CT

-----Original Message-----
From: CTBirds [mailto:ctbirds-bounces@lists.ctbirding.org] On Behalf Of Chris Elphick via CTBirds
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Subject: [CT Birds] Bluff Point

About 160 warblers, at least half of which were myrtles.  The only other flyover warbler I got an ID on was a black-and-white, but I also had blackpoll, bt blue, and common yellowthroat in the woods.  Also small numbers of both kinglets, blue-headed vireos, a few flickers, 2 tanagers, a grosbeak, and 2 common loons.  Lots of towhees and several swamp sparrows and juncos. Chris Elphick @ssts Storrs, CT elphick@sbcglobal.net _______________________________________________
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The morning flight this Tuesday (10/6) was similar to what Chris witnessed yesterday. Again there were very many YRWAs. Sprinkled sparsely among them were a prairie, palm, pine, and two black-throated blue warblers and some sparrows, juncos, blue-headed vireos, towhees, phoebes, and one brown creeper. The kinglets were numerous and displaying their colorful crests. Many birds flew by unidentifiable. The birds started to move with the sunrise (~6:50) and the pace fell off sharply by 8:00, the stragglers being yellow -rumps and sparrows. Russ Smiley Marlborough, CT -----Original Message----- From: CTBirds [mailto:ctbirds-bounces@lists.ctbirding.org] On Behalf Of Chris Elphick via CTBirds Sent: Monday, October 05, 2015 8:09 PM To: CTbirds Subject: [CT Birds] Bluff Point About 160 warblers, at least half of which were myrtles. The only other flyover warbler I got an ID on was a black-and-white, but I also had blackpoll, bt blue, and common yellowthroat in the woods. Also small numbers of both kinglets, blue-headed vireos, a few flickers, 2 tanagers, a grosbeak, and 2 common loons. Lots of towhees and several swamp sparrows and juncos. Chris Elphick @ssts Storrs, CT elphick@sbcglobal.net _______________________________________________ This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. For subscription information visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org