[Maine-birds] Sandy Point Morning Flight (Great flight; 16spp warblers), 9/19

Hi all,
A great flight passed over and through Sandy Point Beach, Cousin's Island, Yarmouth this morning.

6:22-9:30.
36F, Clear, NW 9.2 becoming N 12.4mph.

515 Cedar Waxwings (*Record High)
349 Unidentified
325 Northern Flickers (*3rd highest)
247 Northern Parulas
40 Black-throated Green Warblers
34 Magnolia Warblers
26 Blackpoll Warblers
20 American Redstarts
18 White-throated Sparrows
15 Black-and-white Warblers
13 Yellow Warblers
12 Yellow-rumped Warblers
9 Red-eyed Vireos
8 Palm Warblers (First of fall)
7 Sharp-shinned Hawks (*Record High)
7 Black-throated Blue Warblers
7 American Robins
6 Common Loons
6 Nashville Warblers
5 Ruby-throated Hummingbirds (*tied Record High)
5 Red-breasted Nuthatches
4 Lincoln's Sparrows
4 Rusty Blackbirds (FOF)
4 American Goldfinches
3 Scarlet Tanagers
3 Savannah Sparrows
2 Northern Harriers
2 Ospreys
2 Eastern Phoebes
2 Blue Jays
2 Ruby-crowned Kinglets (FOF)
2 Blackburnian Warblers
2 Chipping Sparrows
2 Purple Finches
1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1 PILEATED WOODPECKER (4th recorded crossing)
1 Eastern Wood-Pewee
1 Unidentified Empid
1 Unidentified flycatcher
1 Philadelphia Vireo
1 Unidentified vireo
1 WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH (~1/year)
1 Swainson's Thrush
1 Unidentified Catharus
1 Golden-crowned Kinglet
1 NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD (5th recorded crossing)
1 Tennessee Warbler
1 Cape May Warbler
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
1 Red-winged Blackbird
1 Pine Siskin (FOF)
x Common Yellowthroats

Total =  1,727

-Derek

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Derek and Jeannette Lovitch
Freeport Wild Bird Supply
541 Route One, Suite 10
Freeport, ME 04069
207-865-6000
www.freeportwildbirdsupply.com

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