Major Morning Flight, Lark Sparrow, Cerulean, etc.

In the pre-dawn Michael O'Brien and I were listening for nocturnal migrants at Norbury's Landing, hearing far fewer thrushes than Sunday morning but more warbler notes. It appeared there would be some morning flight . . .

. . .but I don't think any of us were expecting the 3,217 birds I wound up counting, with help from Cameron (who supposedly had the day off), Michael, Vince Elia and Tom Reed. Highlights were a Lark Sparrow at the end of the count (interestingly, Tony Leukering had another or same at Villas WMA about 45 minutes later), 2 Cerulean Warblers, 2 Louisiana Waterthrushes, 2 Prothonotary Warblers, 4 Warbling Vireos, a Yellow-throated Vireo, and a rainstorm of mostly American Redstarts. The full list from the dike is under View from the Field, which is where we report seasonal monitoring results. Reach it by mousing over "Recent Sightings" and selecting View from the Field.