Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon
Temp: 39°F
Winds: N 3mph
Weather Conditions: cloudy, some rain sprinkles
The Point was very birdy this morning with flocks of Eastern Bluebirds, Cedar Waxwings, American Goldfinch, American Robins and Yellow-rumped Warblers constantly calling and landing in treetops. The rips were fairly close in, and many Northern Gannets, gulls and cormorants were actively feeding.
58 species
Species | Count |
Canada Goose | 18 |
Mute Swan | 35 |
Tundra Swan | 6 |
Northern Shoveler | 20 |
Gadwall | 28 |
Eurasian Wigeon | 1 |
American Wigeon | 38 |
Mallard | 20 |
Northern Pintail | 13 |
Green-winged Teal (American) | 6 |
Ring-necked Duck | 26 |
Surf Scoter | 5 |
Black Scoter | 43 |
Surf/Black Scoter | 50 |
Long-tailed Duck | 4 |
Bufflehead | 12 |
Ruddy Duck | 9 |
Pied-billed Grebe | 3 |
Mourning Dove | 9 |
American Coot | 9 |
Killdeer | 1 |
Bonaparte’s Gull | 9 |
Ring-billed Gull | 6 |
Herring Gull (American) | 11 |
Great Black-backed Gull | 9 |
gull sp. | 75 |
Forster’s Tern | 2 |
Red-throated Loon | 6 |
Northern Gannet | 44 |
Double-crested Cormorant | 22 |
Great Egret | 2 |
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) | 2 |
Turkey Vulture | 1 |
Northern Harrier | 1 |
Bald Eagle | 3 |
Red-shouldered Hawk | 1 |
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 1 |
Red-bellied Woodpecker | 1 |
Downy Woodpecker | 1 |
Merlin | 1 |
American Crow | 6 |
Carolina Chickadee | 8 |
Tree Swallow | 3 |
White-breasted Nuthatch | 1 |
Carolina Wren (Northern) | 8 |
European Starling | 12 |
Northern Mockingbird | 2 |
Eastern Bluebird | 18 |
Hermit Thrush | 1 |
American Robin | 400 |
Cedar Waxwing | 28 |
House Finch | 10 |
American Goldfinch | 62 |
Fox Sparrow | 1 |
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) | 6 |
White-throated Sparrow | 2 |
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) | 40 |
Common Grackle | 200 |
blackbird sp. | 30 |
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) | 78 |
Northern Cardinal | 1 |