from John Oshlick and Glenn Williams, briefly with Bob and Kathy Maleski: 9/11 - Groton, Bluff Point State Park -- CONNECTICUT WARBLER, OPORORNIS SP., SWAINSON'S THRUSH, 20 RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES, PURPLE FINCH, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT (seen after morning flight in the shrubby area near the hot corner with the old foundation.  1000+ warblers of 14 species ~85% American Redstarts John and I saw both Oporornis in flight and think the second was a Connecticut also.  Third day in a row of good movement there, but few birds landed and gave good looks - when looks were to be had they were almost always redstarts.  Many non-redstarts unIDed in flight.  Unusually, four Ovenbirds were definitely doing morning flight.  Fun to see a flyover flock of five gnatcatchers.  Saw my first Ruby-crowned Kinglet of the season.  As is often the case when things get fast and furious there, many birds missed and many species totals undercounted. Complete list below. Glenn Williams Mystic Subject: eBird Report - Groton, Bluff Point , 9/11/10 To: gswilliams9@yahoo.com Date: Saturday, September 11, 2010, 10:17 AM Location:     Groton, Bluff Point Observation date:     9/11/10 Notes:     with John Oshlick, briefly with Bob and Kathy Maleski Number of species:     64 Canada Goose     58 Mute Swan     12 American Black Duck     1 Double-crested Cormorant     3 Osprey     3 Sharp-shinned Hawk     3 Red-tailed Hawk     1 Buteo sp.     2 Killdeer     1 Greater Yellowlegs     1 Ring-billed Gull     1 Herring Gull     50 Rock Pigeon     8 Mourning Dove     14 Chimney Swift     2 Downy Woodpecker     1 Northern Flicker     16 Eastern Wood-Pewee     15 Empidonax sp.     7 Eastern Phoebe     3 Great Crested Flycatcher     12 White-eyed Vireo     3 Red-eyed Vireo     3 Blue Jay     2 American Crow     6 Fish Crow     2 Tree Swallow     25 Black-capped Chickadee     4 Tufted Titmouse     4 Red-breasted Nuthatch     20 White-breasted Nuthatch     1 Carolina Wren     2 House Wren     2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     18     Interestingly a flock of 5 flyovers Ruby-crowned Kinglet     1     first of the season here Swainson's Thrush     1     Heard calling at dawn American Robin     10 Gray Catbird     5 Northern Mockingbird     1 European Starling     40 Cedar Waxwing     15 Northern Parula     15 Yellow Warbler     3 Magnolia Warbler     3 Black-throated Blue Warbler     25 Black-throated Green Warbler     15 Prairie Warbler     2 Palm Warbler     7 Blackpoll Warbler     12     probably well under-counted Black-and-white Warbler     25 American Redstart     700     Of the 1000+ warblers it seemed that 85% or more were redstarts Ovenbird     7     Interestingly, four were definitely doing morning flight Connecticut Warbler     1     Seen well in flight Oporornis sp.     1     probable Connecticut seen in flight Common Yellowthroat     4 Yellow-breasted Chat     1     In the park after morning flight warbler sp.     250     Probably way more than this - redstart numbers based on percentage, so in reality more birds were unIDed.  Eastern Towhee     2 Scarlet Tanager     25 Northern Cardinal     1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak     2 Bobolink     10     probably many more Red-winged Blackbird     20 Brown-headed Cowbird     12 Baltimore Oriole     1 blackbird sp.     20 Purple Finch     1 House Finch     1 American Goldfinch     2 This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)