Hi Night Flight enthusiasts, Jim Danzenbaker here from Battle Ground, Clark County, Washington which is located about 20 miles north of Portland, Oregon,
I was glad to hear a flood of nocturnal migrants flying over my house in Battle Ground, Clark County this morning. I estimated about 5 birds per minute at 4:45am which built to about 15 birds per minute from 5:10am until about 5:45am and then it dropped off completely after 6am. Interestingly, this coincided with the National Weather Service Radar from Portland which showed lots of blue (presumed migrants) at that time which dropped off at around 6:06am. I estimated the following numbers: Swainson's Thrush 475 Yellow Warbler 1 Orange-crowned Warbler (I think) 1 This flight was not unpredictable since the winds turned northwest yesterday evening for the first time in several days and there was a fairly low cloud deck. This morning, there wasn't even a hint of a breeze. This is the earliest that I've had a big flight. It usually starts around August 25th.-- Kep your eyes and ears skyward! Jim Jim Danzenbaker Battle Ground, WA 360-723-0345 jdanzenba...@gmail.com -- NFC-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_WELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_RULES http://www.mail-archive.com/nfc-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html --
