Re: [Maine-birds] Sandy Point Morning Flight, 8/29/12

Migration on Stratton Island in York Bay was lighter-both seen and banded. Birds may simply have continued directly to the mainland here.

Our list included (in rough order of numbers)

Northern Waterthrush

Cedar Waxwing

Red-breasted Nuthatch

Red-eyed Vireo

Gray-cheeked Thrush

"Traill's" Flycatcher

Black-and-white Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Purple Finch 

No Parulas or Redstarts noted.

Monarch Butterflies and Common Green Darners were moving through. 

Stella

www.projectpuffin.org

On Aug 29, 2012, at 14:51, Derek and Jeannette Lovitch <freeportwildbird@yahoo.com> wrote:

Hi all,

 

An exceptional Morning Flight passed over and through Sandy Point Beach, Cousin's Island, Yarmouth this morning, setting a new August record.

Here's the rundown:

 

Record counts are denoted with an (*).

6:00am to 9:00am.

54F, clear, light WNW to N.

 

364 Unidentified

234 Northern Parulas*

199 American Redstarts

61 Cedar Waxwings

31 Black-and-white Warblers*

28 Black-throated Green Warblers

25 Yellow Warblers

12 American Robins

11 Red-eyed Vireos

10 Red-winged Blackbirds

10 Purple Finches

8 Magnolia Warblers

7 Least Flycatchers

7 Red-breasted Nuthatches

6 Nashville Warblers

6 Blackburnian Warblers*

6 Yellow-rumped Warblers

6 American Goldfinches

5 Northern Waterthrushes *tie

4 Tennessee Warblers

4 Bay-breasted Warblers

4 Chipping Sparrows

3 Eastern Phoebes

3 Bobolinks

2 Eastern Kingbirds

2 Philadelphia Vireos

2 Black-throated Blue Warblers

2 Ovenbirds

2 Brown-headed Cowbirds

1 Greater Yellowlegs

1 Merlin

1 Mourning Dove

1 Olive-sided Flycatcher

1 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

1 Eastern Wood-Pewee

1 Cliff Swallow

1 Tufted Titmouse (did not cross after 3 "false-starts")

1 House Wren

1 Veery

1 Canada Warbler

1 Wilson's Warbler

1 Scarlet Tanager

 

Total= 1,077 *August record.

 

On my blog today, I correlated the recent weather and last night's big flight on the radar.  For more information, check out: http://maineoutdoorjournal.mainetoday.com/blogentry.html?id=113481

 

-Derek

 

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