[Maine-birds] Sandy Point Morning Flight, 9/30

Hi all,

Another excellent flight passed over and through Sandy Point, Cousin's Island, Yarmouth this morning.

6:36-9:45

50F, very light rain, NW 5.0-7.3 to 5.4-6.7mph.

1914 Unidentified

436 Yellow-rumped Warblers

345 Northern Parulas

259 unidentified kinglets - (*2nd highest).

204 Ruby-crowned Kinglets

123 Cedar Waxwings

52 Palm Warblers

49 Blackpoll Warblers

33 Golden-crowned Kinglets

31 Black-throated Green Warblers

24 White-throated Sparrows

23 Northern Flickers

21 Magnolia Warblers

20 American Redstarts

16 Black-throated Blue Warblers

11 American Robins

10 Common Loons - (*New record high.)

10 Red-eyed Vireo

9 Rusty Blackbirds

6 Dark-eyed Juncos

6 Nashville Warblers

6 Black-and-white Warblers

5 American Kestrels

4 Swamp Sparrows

4 Eastern Phoebes

4 Blue-headed Vireos

4 Savannah Sparrows

3 Sharp-shinned Hawks

2 White-crowned Sparrows

2 Merlins (migrants; at least 3 hunting)

2 Common Yellowthroats (possibly crossed! But definite increase in the brush)

2 Chestnut-sided Warblers

2 Baltimore Orioles

1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

1 Swainson's Thrush

1 Lincoln's Sparrow

1 Wilson's Warbler

1 Brown Creeper

1 Least Flycatcher

1 Hermit Thrush

1 unidentified vireo

1 Wood Duck

1 Osprey

Total =  3,633 (*10th highest)

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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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