Shorebirder

I'm still here! Blog activity is down to a trickle at best, but I do hope to keep this going at some level. I still believe this type of space serves a purpose on the interwebs, though there are now many ways to share media & reports (eBird, social media, Cloudbirders etc). I enjoy having a space that is 1) my own, 2) no account needed to access, and 3) easily searchable. Yesterday morning I made my first visit of the season to Willard's Island at Hammonasset Beach State Park in Madison, CT. This has proven to be a reliable and fun location to witness the "morning flight" of warblers during autumn migration. The weather setup was a bit unusual with well-offshore Hurricane Erin, rather than a classic autumn cold front, providing a north wind. I tallied 233 individual warblers of 10 species, nine of which actively engaged in morning flight. For perspective, pretty much any morning with 100+ birds I consider a solid day here. This is not Bluff Point (Groton, CT), whe...