I have included below a summary of our recent trip. Below that you will find information on a new WhatsApp Bird Alert I've started for Monhegan Island and a continuing request for sightings for the Birds of Monhegan Book in preparation.
We just returned from a New Jersey Audubon trip to Monhegan Island - September 14 - 19. Despite predominantly SSW winds and fog precipitated by the high pressure system blocking Hurricane Florence, we managed 89 species, which included 7 raptors, 5 shorebirds, 5 flycatchers, 14 warblers, 7 sparrows and more! The most activity occurred the first afternoon of our arrival and the last morning, with birds occurring in moving groups. We took the Port Clyde route to/from the island. Highlights included:
Red-necked Grebe - 1 inshore waters near Port Clyde 9/14
Northern Gannet - hundreds
Great Cormorant - 4
White-winged Scoter - 1 Lobster Cove 9/15
Osprey - 2
Northern Harrier - 1
Merlin - multiples every day - at least 6 on 9/16
Peregrine Falcon - 3
Semipalmated Plover - 1 Lobster Cove 9/19
Whimbrel - 2 over harbor 9/19
Least Sandpiper - 5 Lobster Cove 9/19
Wilson's Snipe - 1 Ice Pond 9/16
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 inshore islands 9/14
Common Nighthawk - 1 at dusk 9/17
Olive-sided Flycatcher - 1 Lighthouse Field 9/16
Carolina Wren - at least 3
Blue-headed Vireo - 1 each on 9/14 and 9/16
Philadelphia Vireo - 1 each on 9/14, 9/18, 9/19
Red-eyed Vireo - many
Tennessee Warbler - 3
Northern Parula - 3
Yellow Warbler - many
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1
Magnolia Warbler - 2
Cape May Warbler - 10+
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 10+
Black-throated Green Warbler - 3
Blackpoll Warbler - 10+
Black-and-white Warbler - 2
American Redstart - 8
Northern Waterthrush - 2
Common Yellowthroat - 10+
Scarlet Tanager - 1
Dickcissel - 2 (9/16 & 9/19)
Clay-colored Sparrow - 1 Lighthouse Field 9/16
Lark Sparrow - 1 near Ice Pond 9/16
Baltimore Oriole - 10+
Purple Finch - many
As a timely means to spread sightings on Monhegan more quickly to birders scattered around it, I have already started a WhatsApp group as a Bird Sighting Alert. Although reception is spotty for many on the island, I still think it will be beneficial, even if you don't receive the notice immediately or even until you reacquire service or return to your accommodations. For many, I hope it will provide real-time notice for sought-after birds. To sign up, all you have to do is provide your name and phone number for me to add you, and have WhatsApp on your phone, which is a free download (see my contact info below) After that, you will receive any postings by members of the group and can post your own if you are fortunate to be birding there. There is room for 256 members in the group - I know there are a lot of Monhegan birders out there and some have already signed up. Hope you will too.
Also, I am continuing to compile and write species accounts for the Birds of Monhegan book I'm working on. Any sightings appreciated - I have access to ebird sightings - historical sightings particularly beneficial. Thanks!
Brett Ewald
Program Director
Cape May Bird Observatory
brett.ewald@njaudubon.org
716-628-8226
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