Orchard Hill and home

Red eyed Vireo, Orchard Hill UMASS Amherst, Sept 12, 2012

Northern Parula, Orchard Hill UMASS Amherst, Sept 12, 2012

White throated Sparrow, Orchard Hill UMASS Amherst, Sept 12, 2012

Philadelphia Vireo, Orchard Hill UMASS Amherst, Sept 12, 2012

Black throated Green Warbler, Orchard Hill UMASS Amherst, Sept 12, 2012

Blackburnian Warbler, Orchard Hill UMASS Amherst, Sept 12, 2012

Yellow Warbler, Orchard Hill UMASS Amherst, Sept 12, 2012

Black throated Green Warbler (blurry shot but gives you an idea of how many of these were around), Orchard Hill UMASS Amherst, Sept 12, 2012



Black throated Green Warbler, Orchard Hill UMASS Amherst, Sept

Magnolia Warbler, Orchard Hill UMASS Amherst, Sept

Sharp shinned Hawk, Orchard Hill UMASS Amherst, Sept

Black throated Green Warbler, Orchard Hill UMASS Amherst, Sept

Red eyed Vireo, Orchard Hill UMASS Amherst, Sept 12, 2012

I started out another cool morning making the trip over to orchard hill. Although there was not as much migration last night as the previous two I still hoped there would be some good stuff around. I caught up with Ian Davies there and we waited for the sun to get the activity moving for the day. It started off a little slow but then picked up nicely. We heard a Connecticut Warbler again there and saw it briefly and then never saw it again. Lots of other migrants around including 50+ Black throated Green Warblers and good numbers of Magnolia and Northern Parula. I could go on and on with the specifics but I'll let the eBird list tell the story....overall another productive morning.

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S11565870

More photos from today (as well as the last several days) on my Flickr site at:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54277284@N05/sets/72157631355936860/

Red breasted Nuthatch, Belchertown, MA, Sept 12, 2012

After returning from orchard hill I picked up Wilson and we headed to Jabish Canal for a walk. The best bird by far was an Olive sided Flycatcher. I have had this species here on several occasions before.

At home while working on some projects outside a few mixed species flocks came through with the highlight being a Cape May Warbler (#204). 

Radar image from midnight last night showing minor migration

Another neat web site to keep up with nocturnal migration is found at the following link:

http://www.oldbird.org/Data/2012/Skinner/Skinner.htm

The site is updated everyday and can give you some great info as far as what some of the species migrating at night are by analyzing the various flight calls.