[Maine-birds] Sandy Point Morning Flight, 10/19.

Hi all,

With clouds holding tight, only a light flight passed over and through Sandy Point Beach, Cousin's Island, Yarmouth this morning, despite perfect winds.

6:59-8:45am.
46F, Cloudy, NW 9.5mph.

122 Yellow-rumped Warblers
56 Ruby-crowned Kinglets
45 American Robins
27 Unidentified
25 Palm Warblers
23 Dark-eyed Juncos
15 Golden-crowned Kinglets
12 White-throated Sparrows
10 Chipping Sparrows
7 Hermit Thrushes (including a flock of 5 that crossed together over an hour after sunrise. Although the occasional Catharus crosses, most are within the first half hour of the count, and on all other occasions have only been single birds).
7 Rusty Blackbirds
3 Unidentified kinglets
1 Greater Scaup
1 Common Loon
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
1 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Northern Flicker
1 Eastern Phoebe
1 Red-eyed Vireo
1 Blue-headed Vireo
1 Black-throated Blue Warbler
1 Blackpoll Warbler
1 Cedar Waxwing
1 Swamp Sparrow
1 White-crowned Sparrow
1 Purple Finch
x Song Sparrows

T= 354

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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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