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Posted by Robin and Liz on 16:05:49 10/11/07
Cape Florida got its share of the goodies today, with the best diversity of the season. In addition to the typical Caribbean migrants, this current pulse has some wintering birds and later fall migrants. Yesterday a Lincoln's Sparrow was near the restrooms and today, Philadelphia Vireo and Bay-breasted Warbler were around the Pond Trail and bike path. Swainson's Warblers are still around and House Wrens have returned. Curiously, catbirds are still missing in numbers.
Most active, though, were the raptors. The skies were filled with Sharp-shinned and Cooper's Hawks. Adding to the mix were Northern Harrier, Merlins, American Kestrels, Peregrine Falcon and a couple of Broad-winged and Red-shouldered Hawks. Good viewing is from the mound (Hawk Moundtain?) near No Name Harbor parking area. Liz and I had 6 Cooper's and a Merlin in one binocular view.
To groundtruth David's observation of continuing migration throughout the morning, I heard a Gray-cheeked Thrush flight call at 9:30 AM! Bird numbers steadily increased during the morning, with irregular pulses probably due to the numerous raptors around.
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