[Maine-birds] Sandy Point Morning Flight, 10/6.

Hi all,

Another disappointingly light flight passed over and through Sandy Point Beach, Cousin's Island, Yarmouth this morning on near-calm conditions.

6:41-9:00.
40F, clear, Calm to very lt west.
Evan Obercian and Will Russell joined me in counting on the bridge.

109 Yellow-rumped Warblers
44 Black-capped Chickadees (one growing flock still working on crossing when we left; 7+ "false starts" and counting. *New Record High.).
36 Palm Warblers
28 Blackpoll Warblers
19 Unidentified
16 Dark-eyed Juncos
14 White-throated Sparrows
9 Ruby-crowned Kinglets
9 Cedar Waxwings
7 Tufted Titmice (*New Record High. One crossed early, followed by 4 moe after several false starts, and two more still working on it).
6 Blue Jays
5 Northern Parulas
4 Northern Flickers
4 Golden-crowned Kinglets 
4 Chipping Sparrows 
4 American Goldfinches 
3 Blue-headed Vireos
3 Black-throated Blue Warblers
2 Bonaparte's Gulls 
2 Eastern Phoebes
2 Red-eyed Vireos
2 American Robins 
2 Common Yellowthroats
2 Black-throated Green Warblers
2 Pine Siskins
1 Common Loon 
1 Greater Yellowlegs 
1 DOWNY WOODPECKER
1 Pileated Woodpecker
1 Brown Creeper 
1 Hermit Thrush 
1 Tennessee Warbler 
1 Nashville Warbler
1 American Redstart
1 White-crowned Sparrow 
1 Baltimore Oriole
1 Purple Finch 
# Song Sparrows

T= 350

-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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