Hello all, Mostly poor weather in Delaware this past week meant that my total number of NFCs was fewer than in previous weeks. I had a total of 358, of which only 199 were identifiable. The most numerous identifiable call this week was Green Heron. Below are the totals and wind direction for each night, as well as the species totals (estimated minimum individuals in parentheses).
9/24 248 (Light North winds) 9/25 43 (Light South winds) 9/26 11 (Strong South winds) 9/27 51 (Light Southwest to moderate Northeast winds) 9/28 No data (rain) 9/29 No data (rain) 9/30 5 (Strong Northeast winds) Green Heron 44(16) Swainson’s Thrush 10(3) Veery 9(4) American Redstart 15(6) Black-and-white Warbler 1(1) Cape May Warbler 14(5) Common Yellowthroat 5(2) Northern Parula 30(10) Northern Waterthrush 2(2) Ovenbird 6(2) Palm Warbler 6(3) Chestnut-sided Warbler 3(2) Warbler Sp. 148 Savannah Sparrow 25(9) Indigo Bunting 14(5) Bobolink 4(2) Rose-breasted Grosbeak 6(2) Passerine Sp 4 Bird Sp. 7 Jerald Delaware -- *Jerald* -- NFC-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_WELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_RULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC-L_SubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nfc-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NFC-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NFCL.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
