I stopped at AlumCreekDam yesterday and Hoover Dam today, looking for late landbird migrants and waterfowl, and found little of either.  The gorgeous weather seems to have allowed most migrating landbirds to move south, while not really stimulating waterfowl to leave areas around Canada & Lake Erie.  Notables included:

Waterfowl - little other than a few Pied-billed Grebes at both sites, and 1 Pintail with the Mallard below Hoover Dam

Raptors - 1 Osprey was still fishing around hoover dam today.

Vultures - most have moved on, with only 1-2 Turkey Vultures at each site

Gulls - probably 150 Ring-bills were on Alum Creek beach, while around 120 were on the sandbars around County Line Bridge at Hoover.  around 10-12 Bonapartes were fishing above each dam.

Fruit-eaters - still flocks of Robins and Waxwings, with more around AlumCreek Lake where the grape & honeysuckle crops are still strong.  A few Bluebird flyovers were at each site.

Kinglets - no more Ruby-crowns, but a few Golden-crowns were at both spots

Warblers - nothing other than a few Yellow-rumps (4 at AlumCreek; 2 at Hoover)

Sparrows - still a handful of Chipping at both spots, along with small flocks of White-throats.

Blackbirds - a few flyover flocks of Redwings were at both sites early, headed south.

Finches - nothing other than resident House Finches and Goldfinches.

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