There were many highlights on our recent NJ Audubon Eco-Travel trip to Monhegan Island September 18-23, including 19 species of warbler and a number of vagrants—among the 104 bird species recorded—despite fog on the ride out and persistent NE winds throughout our time on the island. There were also many butterflies and even a garter snake. Harbor and Gray Seals, along with Harbor Porpoise, added to the spectacle. Highlights below. You can view a more expansive summary and photos from the trip on The Birds of Monhegan Facebook Page. A seasonal update to The Birds of Monhegan book will be posted there later in the fall. Don't have a copy of the book, you can purchase one at www.birdsofmonhegan.com or reach out directly to me for a signed softcover or a limited edition, signed hardcover.
The Monhegan Birds WhatsApp group has also worked well, with postings being sent/received on numerous occasions. If you aren't already a member but would 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 Ewald
Director, Cape May Bird Observatory
716-628-8226
Common Loon - several around island and on the ferry over/back (Port Clyde)
Northern Gannet – only 4 seen
Great Cormorant - 2
Great Blue Heron - 2
Wood Duck – 5; 1 continuing at the Ice Pond, 4 visiting there on 9/21
Green-winged Teal – 1; back of Meadow on 9/23
Common Eider - 200+
Black Scoter – 7; 1 from ferry on 9/18, 5 flyby Lobster Point on 9/20, 1 off Manan on 9/22
Osprey - 2
Bald Eagle - 4, 2 adults around Monhegan
Northern Harrier - 4
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 7
American Kestrel - 7
Merlin - 17
Peregrine Falcon - 4
Ring-necked Pheasant – 25+
Sora – 1; under an apple tree along Ocean Dr. on 9/22!!
Black-bellied Plover - 1 flybys on 9/20
Solitary Sandpiper - 1 at Ice Pond each day
Greater Yellowlegs – 1 flyby on 9/20
Laughing Gull - 10+
Lesser Black-backed Gull – 5+; various ages and dates
Common Tern – 1 late
Black Guillemot - 40+
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1 near Tribler on 9/20
Ruby-throated Hummingbird – 9
Northern Saw-whet Owl – 1 on 9/23 (14th Monhegan record)
Belted Kingfisher - 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 7
Northern Flicker - 30+
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 2
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - 1 on 9/22 along Alder Trail
Eastern Phoebe - 2
Eastern Kingbird – 1; present 9/19-23
Common Raven - 2
Northern Mockingbird - 1 around edge of Meadow
Brown Thrasher - 1 on 9/22
Cedar Waxwing - 100+
Blue-headed Vireo – 5
White-eyed Vireo – 1 at Underhill Trail 9/20
Red-eyed Vireo - 50+
Carolina Wren – 6+
Winter Wren – 2
Purple Finch - 5
Clay-colored Sparrow – 2 across from Trailing Yew on 9/19
Savannah Sparrow - 5
Lincoln's Sparrow – 6+
Swamp Sparrow – 15+
White-throated Sparrow – 20+
Bobolink - 2
Baltimore Oriole – 1
Rusty Blackbird – 1 on 9/20
Tennessee Warbler - 1 on 9/21
Nashville Warbler – 1 on 9/18
Northern Parula - 5
Yellow Warbler - 10+
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1 on 9/22-23
Magnolia Warbler - 4
Cape May Warbler - 5
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler – 40+
Black-throated Green Warbler - 4
Prairie Warbler - 1 on 9/21
Palm Warbler – 15+
Blackpoll Warbler - 2
Black-and-white Warbler – 20+
American Redstart – 10+
Northern Waterthrush - 2
Common Yellowthroat - 30+
Wilson's Warbler – 5; 2 on 9/21, 3 on 9/23
Canada Warbler - 2 on 9/21
Rose-breasted Grosbeak – 1 on 9/21
Indigo Bunting – 1 on 9/21
Dickcissel - 2 on 9/21 along Ocean Ave.
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