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Migration at the Point – May 7, 2025

Leaders: Brett Ewald, Pam Hubert, Caroline Behnke

Temp: 60° F

Winds: E 3-5mph

Weather Conditions: mostly sunny

54 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 5
Mute Swan 2
Mallard 1
Surf Scoter 1
Black Scoter 19
Mourning Dove 17
Chimney Swift 19
American Oystercatcher 3
Killdeer 2
Short-billed Dowitcher 39
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull 38
American Herring Gull 6
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Least Tern 11
Forster’s Tern 8
Common Tern 1
Red-throated Loon 4
Double-crested Cormorant 29
Green Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 8
Osprey 2
Bald Eagle 1
Red-headed Woodpecker 5
Red-bellied Woodpecker 9
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Blue Jay 6
Fish Crow 5
Carolina Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 1
Purple Martin 24
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 1
Northern House Wren 5
Carolina Wren 1
European Starling 6
Gray Catbird 4
Northern Mockingbird 5
Eastern Bluebird 1
American Robin 6
House Sparrow 7
House Finch 15
Field Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird 3
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
Common Grackle 25
Common Yellowthroat 3
Yellow Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 2
Northern Cardinal 9
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 1