Not much time to cruise the island today. A bit occupied with a crew
here to erect our wind generator for the winter.
The obivious thing has been the ton of WHITE THROATED SPARROWS with
SWAMP, SONG & SAVANNAH SPARROWS mixed in for variety. A few CHIPPING
SPARROWS, several (4+) CLAY COLOURED SPARROWS and an adult LARK
SPARROW rounded out the "little brown birds".
I'm likely exaggerating to say that there are enough PALM WARBLERS to
sink a battleship but combined with the YELLOW RUMPED WARBLERS the two
species would load a fair sized vessel to its Plimsoll Line. There is
just a swarm of them; certainly several hundreds on the island today.
Thrown in are representatives from other species like the
BLACKTHROATED GREEN WARBLERS & COMMON YELLOWTHROATS.
GOLDEN CROWNED KINGLETS also took a jump in numbers over night.
An INDOGO BUNTING & a HOODED WARBLER remain, likely hold-overs from
yesterday.
PEREGRINES & HARRIERS stalked the island throughout the day but did
little to slow the massacre of insects.
The Bird Of The Day? BROWN CREEPER.
One was seen yesterday but at least 8 were working the rock crevices
west of the lighthouse this PM. One can assume there were more
elsewhere on the island since there are several favoured locations.
I like those little buggers. Very little disturbs them and they don't
mind being followed around, closely, for extended periods.
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