[Maine-birds] Sandy Point Morning Flight, 9/28

Hi all,

 

A great flight passed over and through Sandy Point Beach, Cousin's Island, Yarmouth this morning.  Shoreline stabilization work (presumably by the Town of Yarmouth) could have been timed better to minimize some minor loss of already-minimized vegetation, but their re-seeding attempt provided excellent forage for most of this morning's White-throated Sparrows, and the Dickcissel. 

 

40F. Light NW to N.  Partly cloudy, becoming overcast.

6:37-9:15.

With Scott Barnes. 

 

233 unidentified

166 Yellow-rumped Warblers

142 Dark-eyed Juncos

70 White-throated Sparrows

69 Canada Geese

57 Blackpoll Warblers

43 Blue Jays

39 Northern Parulas

26 Cedar Waxwings

24 Golden-crowned Kinglets

21 American Robins

13 Palm Warblers

12 American Pipits

12 Black-throated Green Warblers

11 Ruby-crowned Kinglets

10 Green-winged Teal

9 Blue-headed Vireos

9 Magnolia Warblers

9 Savannah Sparrows

7 Nashville Warblers

6 Northern Flickers

6 Song Sparrows

5 Wood Ducks

5 Rusty Blackbirds

4 Common Loons

3 Red-eyed Vireos

3 Chipping Sparrows

3 American Goldfinches

2 Northern Harriers

2 Black-throated Blue Warblers

2 Common Yellowthroats

1 Lesser Yellowlegs

1 American Kestrel

1 Peregrine Falcon

1 Hairy Woodpecker (5+ "false starts")

1 Eastern Phoebe

1 Red-breasted Nuthatch

1 unidentified Catharus

1 Yellow Warbler

1 White-crowned Sparrow (First of fall)

1 Indigo Bunting

1 DICKCISSEL

1 Common Grackle

1 Pine Siskin

 

Total = 966

 

-Derek

 

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