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Migration at the Point – May 8, 2024

Leaders: Brett Ewald, Chris Marks, Brian Moscatello, Barry Hershfeld

Temp: 65°F

Winds:

Weather Conditions: mostly sunny

55 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 4
Mute Swan 4
Mallard 1
Black Scoter 27
Mourning Dove 14
Chimney Swift 6
American Oystercatcher 2
Black-bellied Plover 2
Killdeer 1
Short-billed Dowitcher 1
Laughing Gull 29
Herring Gull 3
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Least Tern 5
Forster’s Tern 15
Common Tern 3
Royal Tern 2
Common Loon 2
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Green Heron 1
Osprey 5
Belted Kingfisher 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 3
Eastern Kingbird 2
White-eyed Vireo 1
Fish Crow 5
Carolina Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 2
Purple Martin 21
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
House Wren 1
Carolina Wren 8
European Starling 11
Gray Catbird 6
Northern Mockingbird 3
American Robin 3
Cedar Waxwing 31
House Sparrow 12
House Finch 7
American Goldfinch 2
Chipping Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 1
Baltimore Oriole 1
Red-winged Blackbird 5
Common Grackle 32
Common Yellowthroat 1
Cape May Warbler 2
Yellow Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 4
Northern Cardinal 11
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 2