[Maine-birds] Sandy Point Morning Flight, 10/18

Hi all, 

A good flight passed over and through Sandy Point Beach, Cousin's Island, Yarmouth this morning. 

6:56-9:15am.

31F, clear, NW increasing to 7.3 and gusty.

With Dan Nickerson.

349 American Robins

232 Yellow-rumped Warblers

41 Cedar Waxwings

35 Dark-eyed Juncos

34 unidentified

33 Palm Warblers

32 Canada Geese

30+ White-throated Sparrows

17 Rusty Blackbirds

14 Blue Jays

6 American Pipits

5 Chipping Sparrows

4 Blue-headed Vireos

4 Black-capped Chickadees

4 Hermit Thrushes

3 unidentified shorebirds (high; intriguing)

3 Ruby-crowned Kinglets

3 White-crowned Sparrows

3 Purple Finches

3 American Goldfinches

2 Eastern Phoebes

2 Common Grackles

1 Greater Yellowlegs

1 Sharp-shinned Hawk

1 Hairy Woodpecker (crossed after 7 "false starts")

1 Northern Flicker

1 Winter Wren

1 Golden-crowned Kinglet

1 unidentified Catharus

x Song Sparrows (noticeable increase)

T=866

-Derek

 

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 Derek and Jeannette Lovitch

 Freeport Wild Bird Supply

 541 Route One, Suite 10

 Freeport, ME 04032

 207-865-6000

 www.freeportwildbirdsupply.com  

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