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Migration at the Point – April 12, 2023

Leaders: Brett Ewald, Mary Watkins, Chris Marks

Temp: 57°F

Winds: W 1-5 mph

Weather Conditions: clear

57 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 4
Mute Swan 14
Mute Swan - Brett Ewald

Mute Swan photo by Brett Ewald

 
Mute Swan - Brett Ewald

Mute Swan photo by Brett Ewald

 
Gadwall 15
American Wigeon 6
Mallard 3
Ring-necked Duck 3
Surf Scoter 7
Black Scoter 28
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 4
Mourning Dove 17
American Coot 1
American Oystercatcher 1
Purple Sandpiper 1
Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs 2
Laughing Gull 16
Herring Gull 8
Lesser Black-backed Gull 7
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Red-throated Loon 6
Common Loon 2
Northern Gannet 130
Double-crested Cormorant 75
Great Blue Heron 6
Great Egret 1
Green Heron 1
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 6
Osprey 8
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Eastern Kingbird - Brett Ewald

Eastern Kingbird photo by Brett Ewald

 
Blue Jay 1
Fish Crow 8
Carolina Chickadee 4
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Purple Martin 2
Tree Swallow 5
Barn Swallow 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
Carolina Wren 3
European Starling 15
Brown Thrasher 1
Northern Mockingbird 4
American Robin 6
House Sparrow 4
House Finch 9
American Goldfinch 2
Chipping Sparrow 3
Field Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 7
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Brown-headed Cowbird 19
Common Grackle 35
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 7