In anticipation of finally witnessing a Fall passerine migration we headed overt to RMSP this morning. On arriving at 6:45 AM, we noted that the winds were light out of the N/NE, and there was a smattering of migrants (primarily warblers) making they way down the beach. One of our first birds was a Yellow-breasted Chat, observed near the dumpster in the NW corner of the Field 2 parking lot. A calling Dickcissel was along the 4-wheel drive road out to Democrat Point. On heading back to our car at about 8:00AM we observed a silent Common Raven heading west down the beach, our first for RMSP. Once the winds picked up out of the NE, migration came to an abrupt halt, having left us a window of about an hour and a half to actually see some bird movement. We went down to West End to see if there was any activity, but the only thing of note was an American Woodcock flushed from the grove of trees at the West End turn-around.
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