Subject: [Tweeters] American Redstart in Rockport
Date: Sep 2 17:09:32 2011
From: Ryan Merrill - rjm284 at gmail.com


There was a nice flock of migrants at Howard Miller Steelhead Park in
Rockport this morning. At one point a Warbling Vireo was perched in a
bush next to a Cassin's Vireo and gray-headed Orange-crowned Warbler
which would have made a wonderful picture with the coloration being
the same in all three species. These are the migrant totals, most of
which were in the one flock west of the main camping area along the
river:

Western Wood-Pewee - 1
Willow Flycatcher - 3
Hammond's Flycatcher - 3
Cassin's Vireo - 3
Warbling Vireo - 20+
Red-eyed Vireo - 2
Swainson's Thrush - 2
Orange-crowned Warbler - 20 (8+ were gray-headed)
Audubon's Warbler - 8
Black-throated Gray Warbler - 25+
Townsend's Warbler - 5
American Redstart - 1 female-type
MacGillivray's Warbler - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 12
Wilson's Warbler - 2
Lincoln's Sparrow - 6
Western Tanager - 3
Black-headed Grosbeak - 3
Red Crossbill Type 4 - 2

The past couple days there has been a flock of around 19 Horned Larks
at the northeast corner of March Point.

On Tuesday there was a Willet along Padilla Bay on Samish Island.

Good birding,
Ryan Merrill
Samish Island