Birdcast this morning showed a movement of migrants overnight on the peninsula. Leonie and I headed out on the bayside looking for any fallout of migrants that had come in during therain overnight. We looked for migrants at Sem Lane in Belmont. There was not much, but the CLAY-COLORED SPARROW we first noted on the 29th was still present foraging in thefennel at the end of Sem Lane. Arriving at Shorebird Park off of Marine Parkway in Redwood Shores, there were a number of migrants. Birds were already dispersing out of the parkinto the neighborhood. What we did note were a first fall female MAGNOLIA WARBLER and a BLACKPOLL WARBLER. Both warblers were flycatching from the emergence of termitesduring the rain. Other migrants were a very late Western Wood-Pewee, Swainson's Thrush getting near the late side, Yellow Warbler and ( 2 ) Townsend's Warblers. Another wanderingWhite-breasted Nuthatch was unexpected at this location.
Ron Thorn, Leonie Batkin
