Ticking Over

A rather steady week which concluded on 29th October with most birders leaving the island to mark the season drawing to a close. There will be coverage next week by a Spanish team. 

New arrivals in the previous week included a Black-and-white Warbler on 25th, a Dicksissel on 28th and a Scarlet Tanager on 21st.  A Northern Harrier could have been the season's second bird or could possibly have been the same bird from earlier on in the month (which may have moved back and forth from Flores) . Stayers from the previous week included Northern Parula, Black-throated Blue Warbler and a hatful of american waterbirds.  

 

First-winter male Black-throated Blue Warbler

First-winter female Scarlet Tanager

First-winter male Northern Parula

First-winter Ring-billed Gull (all photos by Vincent Legrand) 

29th October    Nothing of note.

28th October    1 juv Dickcissel at campsite found by Tobias Epple et al, Northern Harrier, 4 Ring-necked Ducks, 1 American Coot

27th October    Northern Harrier in Caldera, Osprey, 1 Garganey, 4 Ring-necked Duck, American Coot, 1 Lapland Bunting,   1 White-rumped Sandpiper, 

26th October    1 Northern Parula, 1 Ring-billed Gull 

25th October 1 Northern Parula, 1 Black-throated Blue Warbler, 1 Black and white Warbler found in Fojo by Martin Schuk, 1 Lapland Bunting

24th October    1 Black-throated Blue Warbler, 2 Buff-bellied Pipit, 1 Lapland Bunting, 1 Peregrine ('Arctic-type'), 2 Glossy Ibis, Osprey, 1 Semipalmated Sandpiper, 1 Pectoral Sandpiper, 1 White-rumped Sandpiper, 4 Ring-necked Ducks

23rd October     1 Northern Parula, 1 Semipalmated Plover, 1 Lapland Bunting 

22nd October    1 Black-throated Blue Warbler, 2 Buff-bellied Pipit, Pectoral Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, 4 Ring-necked Duck , 1 Blue-winged Teal (from seawatch)

21st October     1 Black-throated Blue Warbler, 1 first-winter female Scarlet Tanager, 2 Red-eyed Vireo, 1 Redwing, 1 Semipalmated Plover, 1 Osprey, Pectoral Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Spotted Sandpiper, 2 Glossy Ibis, 4 Ring-necked Duck