Yesterday at Caumsett State Park I had one of the better fall birding days (from a numbers standpoint) in recent memory. Birds were everywhere, but unfortunately scattered widely over Caumsett's 1500 acres. By the end of the day I had recorded sixteen species of warblers and some good numbers of individual species. High counts included Tennessee Warbler (21),and BT-Blue (18). Both these species were attracted to the Aralia berries on the trees along Harbor Road. Because so many birds were feeding high in the trees, I was observing only a fraction of the birds present. Other species observed in number included Scarlet Tanager (16) and Red-eyed Vireo (22). I ended the day with sixty-one species, the majority passerines. Oddly, there were no notable species observed - quantity not quality.
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