There were many highlights on our recent NJ Audubon trip to Monhegan Island - Sept. 21 - 26, including 20 species of warbler and a number of vagrants, among the 102 bird species recorded. Listing below. Notable were the Double-crested Cormorant nests (at least three) below Whitehead that still contained young (7 young in the 3 nests), something I have never seen at this late date. The butterflies were exceptional, with many species present, but the 1,000+ Monarchs stole the show. Single Minke Whales were seen on the way out on 9/21, from Lobster Cove on 9/24, and the way back on 9/26.
The Monhegan Birds WhatsApp group worked well, with postings being sent/received on numerous occasions. Although concerns about reception on the island sometimes are an issue, we found that in most cases it was not a problem and the alerts went through right away. Another advantage of being in the group is that you are notified of unusual birds timely, even if you aren't on the island. If you'd like to join the group, please download WhatsApp onto your phone and send me you phone number so that I can add you.
As always, seeing friends and fellow birders/butterfliers on the island is part of the specialness of Monhegan.
Brett
Brett Ewald
Director
Cape May Bird Observatory
brett.ewald@njaudubon.org
Common Loon - several around island and on the ferry over/back (Port Clyde)
Northern Gannet - 100+
Great Cormorant - 7
Double-crested Cormorant - 100+, including adults with young on nests below Whitehead
Great Blue Heron - 1
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron - 2, juveniles at Ice Pond on several days
Wood Duck - 2 flybys over Meadow on 9/22
Green-winged Teal - 1 Ice Pond on 9/25
American Black Duck - 2
Mallard - 20+
Common Eider - 100+
Black Scoter - 4, 1 flyby Manana and 3 from ferry
White-winged Scoter - 5 flybys past Manana
Osprey - 2
Bald Eagle - 5, 2 adults around Monhegan
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 9
Cooper's Hawk - 1 juvenile on 9/24 (surprising underreported on Monhegan)
American Kestrel - 3
Merlin - 10+
Peregrine Falcon - 5+
Ring-necked Pheasant - 5
Black-bellied Plover - 2 flybys on 9/22
Semipalmated Plover - 3
Solitary Sandpiper - 1 in Meadow 9/25
Ruddy Turnstone - 1 on Outer Duck Rocks 9/25
Laughing Gull - 10+
Ring-billed Gull - 3
Herring Gull - 250+
Great Black-backed Gull - 250+
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 adult on Nigh Duck 9/23
Black Guillemot - 10+
Mourning Dove - 10+
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1 near Tribler on 9/24 and Ice Pond on 9/26
Common Nighthawk - 3 over Lighthouse Hill on 9/25
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 2
Belted Kingfisher - 3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 10+
Downy Woodpecker - 2
Red-headed Woodpecker - 1 juvenile on hill east of Trailing Yew on 9/26
Northern Flicker - 25+
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 4
Least Flycatcher - 1 on 9/22
Eastern Phoebe - 5+, arrived on 9/25
Great Crested Flycatcher - 2
Eastern Kingbird - 1
Tree Swallow - 1 on 9/24
Blue Jay - 25+
American Crow - 5+
Common Raven - 1
Black-capped Chickadee - 25+
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 2, 1 each on 9/22, 9/23
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 7
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 on 9/24, 9/25
Veery - 1 on 9/24 at start of Whitehead Trail
American Robin - 4
Gray Catbird - 5+
Northern Mockingbird - 1 around edge of Meadow
Brown Thrasher - 1 on 9/22
Cedar Waxwing - 100+
European Starling - 25+
Blue-headed Vireo - 1 on 9/25
Philadelphia Vireo - 4, 2 each on 9/22 and 9/25
Red-eyed Vireo - 20+
Tennessee Warbler - 1 on 9/22-24
Nashville Warbler - 7+
Northern Parula - 5+
Yellow Warbler - 5+
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 2 on 9/25
Magnolia Warbler - 2, 9/25 and 9/26
Cape May Warbler - 5+
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 25+
Black-throated Green Warbler - 2
Prairie Warbler - 2 on 9/25 and 9/26
Palm Warbler - 4
Bay-breasted Warbler - 2
Blackpoll Warbler - 3
Black-and-white Warbler - 2
American Redstart - 2
Northern Waterthrush - 2
Common Yellowthroat - 10+
Wilson's Warbler - 3, 9/24 and 9/25
Canada Warbler - 1 on 9/25
Northern Cardinal - 6+
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 2
Indigo Bunting - 4
Blue Grosbeak - 1 on 9/22 and 9/25
Dickcissel - 2 each on 9/22 and 9/25 (1 on 9/26)
Chipping Sparrow - 5+
Savannah Sparrow - 6 at Lobster Cove on 9/22
Lark Sparrow - 1 adult along Tribler Rd. on 9/23
Song Sparrow - 10+
Lincoln's Sparrow - 2 on 9/24 and 9/25
White-throated Sparrow - 4 on 9/25 (1 on 9/26)
White-crowned Sparrow - 1 juvenile on 9/24 behind school
Bobolink - 10+
Red-winged Blackbird - 1 on 9/24 and 9/26
Common Grackle - 15+
Baltimore Oriole - 5+
Purple Finch - 1 female on 9/24
American Goldfinch - 10+
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