[Maine-birds] Sandy Point Morning Flight, 9/19

Hi all,

An excellent flight passed over and through Sandy Point Beach, Cousin's Island, Yarmouth this am. 

53F, mostly clear, NNW 10.0-11.4 to N 12.8-14.6mph.
6:22-9:30.

1,017 unidentified
198 Northern Parulas
173 Yellow-rumped Warblers
169 Blackpoll Warblers
122 Black-throated Green Warblers
58 Cedar Waxwings
40 White-throated Sparrows (including at least 6 that contemplated crossing just after sunrise)
38 American Redstarts
31 Ruby-crowned Kinglets
27 Northern Flickers
22 Magnolia Warblers
17 Red-eyed Vireos
15 Black-and-white Warblers
12 Dark-eyed Juncos
11 Black-throated Blue Warblers
10 American Goldfinches
9 Palm Warblers
9 Cape May Warblers
9 Scarlet Tanagers
9 Golden-crowned Kinglets
8 American Robins
6 Swainson's Thrushes
6 Rusty Blackbirds
6 Tennessee Warblers
6 Yellow Warblers
4 Chestnut-sided Warblers
4 Eastern Phoebes
3 Blue Jays
3 Red-breasted Nuthatches
3 Nashville Warblers
2 Least Sandpipers
2 Bay-breasted Warblers
2 Eastern Wood-Pewees
2 Savannah Sparrows
2 Chipping Sparrows
1 Eastern Kingbird
1 American Pipit
1 Northern Harrier
1 Bobolink
1 Prairie Warbler
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker (dnc after 2 false-starts).
1 Hairy Woodpecker (dnc after 2 false-starts)
1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1 GRAY-CHEEKED/BICKNELL'S THRUSH - landed briefly in shrubs below bridge. 2-second look strongly suggestive of Bicknell's, which I have yet to confidently identify here.
1 Tufted Titmouse (dnc after 1 false-start)
1 Blue-headed Vireo
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak

1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird

x Common Yellowthroats

Total = 2,059

-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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