ML609257204
Contributor
Gautam Apte Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Cape Island--Higbee Beach WMA--Dike/Morning Flight Songbird Count
Cape May, New Jersey, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
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- Behaviors
- Flying
Observation details
Careful count - all S. Remarkable movement - ongoing displacement associated with passage of TS Ophelia - many photos/video. Most in large flocks (max 178) - hourly totals 5, 181, 85, 145, 103, 0, 0, 44, 165, 14. Today’s flight in two distinct waves - the first mid-morning comprised of large flocks moving over land to SW (similar numbers but likely different birds tallied by Aidan Place at hawkwatch and the majority of both of ours evidently seen by Tom Reed at Cape May Point); the second beginning around 1430 and consisting of smaller flocks moving low to S over bay, coinciding with influx of southbound terns and skimmers.
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- Original file size
- 27.08 MB