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Migration at the Point – May 17, 2023

Leaders: Brett Ewald, Chris Marks, Brian Moscatello

Temp: 63°F

Winds:   N 10-15 mph

Weather Conditions: partly sunny

55 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 2
Mute Swan 11
Mallard 1
Black Scoter 1
Mourning Dove 5
Chimney Swift 21
American Oystercatcher 1
Semipalmated Plover 3
Killdeer 1
Ruddy Turnstone 3
Red Knot 12
Semipalmated Sandpiper 35
Laughing Gull 45
Herring Gull 4
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Least Tern 7
Common Tern 2
Forster’s Tern 15
Double-crested Cormorant 30
Great Egret 1
Green Heron 1
White Ibis 2
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 11
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Blue Jay 2
Fish Crow 2
Carolina Chickadee 5
Purple Martin 40
Tree Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 5
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
House Wren 2
Carolina Wren 4
European Starling 18
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 3
American Robin 6
House Sparrow 15
House Finch 9
Chipping Sparrow 3
Field Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 2
Eastern Towhee 1
Baltimore Oriole 1
Red-winged Blackbird 7
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
Common Grackle 25
Common Yellowthroat 3
Pine Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 2
Northern Cardinal 9
Indigo Bunting 1