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Lighthouse Point migrants 9/10

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Frank Mantlik
Wed, Sep 10, 2008 7:58 PM

I birded the woods at Lighthouse Point, New Haven this morning (9/10) from about 7-9 am, then joined the hawkwatchers till 11am.  There were a few mixed flocks of warblers, etc., as follows:
4 R-th hummingbird
2 Red-bell. woodpecker
2 downy woodpecker
8 No. Flicker
1 E. Wood-pewee
1 Willow/Alder flycatcher
2 other Empidonax
1 Great Crested Flycatcher
1 E. Kingbird (from hawkwatch)
1 Warbling vireo
6 Red-eyed vireo
5 Carolina wren
2 House wren
1 Veery
1 Gray-cheeked/Bicknell's Thrush
1 Brown Thrasher
31 Cedar Waxwings (including from hawkwatch)
1 Blue-winged warbler
1 Nashville Warbler
1 Northern Parula
1 Yellow Warbler
2 Magnolia Warbler
1 Prairie Warbler
10 Black & white Warbler
12 American Redstart
1 Northern Waterthrush
2 Common Yellowthroat
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
12+ Bobolinks

The Hawkwatch tally included (till 11am when I left): 2 Bald Eagles, a couple Merlins, a few sharp-shinneds and Cooper's, 1 Broad-wing, and a number of Ospreys.

Frank Mantlik
Stratford

I birded the woods at Lighthouse Point, New Haven this morning (9/10) from about 7-9 am, then joined the hawkwatchers till 11am. There were a few mixed flocks of warblers, etc., as follows: 4 R-th hummingbird 2 Red-bell. woodpecker 2 downy woodpecker 8 No. Flicker 1 E. Wood-pewee 1 Willow/Alder flycatcher 2 other Empidonax 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 E. Kingbird (from hawkwatch) 1 Warbling vireo 6 Red-eyed vireo 5 Carolina wren 2 House wren 1 Veery 1 Gray-cheeked/Bicknell's Thrush 1 Brown Thrasher 31 Cedar Waxwings (including from hawkwatch) 1 Blue-winged warbler 1 Nashville Warbler 1 Northern Parula 1 Yellow Warbler 2 Magnolia Warbler 1 Prairie Warbler 10 Black & white Warbler 12 American Redstart 1 Northern Waterthrush 2 Common Yellowthroat 1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 12+ Bobolinks The Hawkwatch tally included (till 11am when I left): 2 Bald Eagles, a couple Merlins, a few sharp-shinneds and Cooper's, 1 Broad-wing, and a number of Ospreys. Frank Mantlik Stratford