Tuesday 23 August 2016

[Maine-birds] Sandy Point Morning Flight, 8/23

Hi all,
It's definitely fall now! A light flight passed over and through Sandy Point Beach, Cousin's Island, Yarmouth this morning in my first visit to "my office" of the season.

5:52-8:05
55F, clear, W2.7-WSW3.5mph.

51 Yellow Warblers
40 American Redstarts
38 Unidentified
37 Red-breasted Nuthatches*
21 Cedar Waxwings
15 American Goldfinches
8 Magnolia Warblers
6 Black-throated Green Warblers
4 Barn Swallows
4 Cliff Swallows
4 Northern Parulas
2 Black-and-white Warblers
2 Prairie Warblers
1 Solitary Sandpiper
1 Merlin
1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1 Great-created Flycatcher
1 Unidentified empid
1 Warbling Vireo
1 Unidentified vireo
1 American Robin
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
1 Red-winged Blackbird
X Common Yellowthroats

T=246

*good late summer flights of Red-breasted Nuthatches are usually a sign of a good winter finch year on the horizon.

Sent from my iPhone

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