[Maine-birds] Sandy Point Morning Flight, 9/24.

Hi all,

 

A moderate flight passed over and through Sandy Point Beach, Cousin's Island, Yarmouth this morning, but featured excellent diversity.

6:30-9:15am.
46F, clear, NNW 2.8 to NNE 6.3mph.

230 Unidentified
86 Black-throated Warblers
71 Northern Parulas
65 Yellow-rumped Warblers
26 Red-eyed Vireos
21 Blue Jays
14 Magnolia Warblers
13+ Swainson's Thrushes (few crossed; lots of swirling at the point made it tough to count).
12 Chipping Sparrows
11 Blackpoll Warblers
11 Palm Warblers
9 Common Yellowthroats
9 American Redstarts
8 Ruby-crowned Kinglets
8 Cedar Waxwings
7 Eastern Phoebes
7 Black-throated Blue Warblers
6 Blue-headed Vireos
5 Nashville Warblers
5 American Goldfinches
4 Red-breasted Nuthatches
4 American Robins
4 White-throated Sparrows
3 Common Loons
3 Northern Flickers
3 Unidentified vireos
3 Indigo Buntings
3 Golden-crowned Kinglet
3 Lincoln's Sparrows
3 Swamp Sparrows
3 Pine Siskins
3 Black-and-white Warblers
2 Black-capped Chickadees
2 Scarlet Tanagers
2 Savannah Sparrows
2 Dark-eyed Juncos
2 Baltimore Orioles
1 Osprey
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
1 Semipalmated Sandpiper
1 Hairy Woodpecker (8 "false starts")
1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
1 Least Flycatcher
1 Philadelphia Vireo
1 Brown Creeper
1 Eastern Bluebird
1 Northern Waterthrush
1 Yellow Warbler
1 Ovenbird
1 Bobolink
1 Rusty Blackbird

Total= 686

-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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