Sue and I just returned from a three day trip to one of our favorite North American birding destinations - Monhegan Island, Maine. Monhegan Island is a well known fall migrant trap twelve miles off the coast of Maine (roughly opposite Rockland, Maine). On Friday, September 25th, after twelve days of south winds, a cold front from Canada produced one of the most impressive fallouts we have ever witnessed. We birded from 6:30 in the morning until 5:00PM and were observing birds constantly. Our species totals are conservative, with other observers numbers being 2x to 3x higher than our estimates. It is interesting to note that the flight consisted primarily of warblers - we did not observe any grosbeaks, tanagers, or buntings. In addition to the warbler flight other good birds seen during the three days included a Say's Phoebe (seen on Thursday), Philadelphia Vireo (3), Lark Sparrow (2), Dickcissel (2), Lapland Longspur (2), and Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow (1).
September 25th Birds Red-eyed Vireo - 45 Blue-headed Vireo - 1 Philadelphia Vireo - 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler - 300 Palm Warbler - 175 Parula Warbler - 50 Nashville Warbler - 35 Black-throated Green Warbler - 25 Chestnut-sided Warbler - 18 Magnolia Warbler - 15 Black & White Warbler - 10 Blackpoll Warbler - 6 Common Yellowthroat - 12 Blackburnian Warbler - 2 Black-throated Blue Warbler - 3 Yellow Warbler - 6 Prairie Warbler - 2 Cape May Warbler - 1 Bay-breasted Warbler - 2 Tennessee Warbler - 1 Wilson's Warbler - 1 Savannah Sparrow - 50 Ken & Sue Feustel -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES Archives: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
