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Migration at the Point – October 15, 2025

Leaders: Brett Ewald, Mary Watkins, Pam Hubert, Dennis McKane.

Temp: 60°F

Winds: N 10 mph

Weather Conditions: mostly sunny

55 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 15
Mute Swan 4
American Wigeon 2
Mallard 10
Ring-necked Duck 2
Black Scoter 33
Surf/Black Scoter 11
Mourning Dove 2
Greater Yellowlegs 1
American Herring Gull 35
Great Black-backed Gull 21
Lesser Black-backed Gull 3
Forster’s Tern 5
Double-crested Cormorant 21
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 22
Sharp-shinned Hawk 10
Cooper’s Hawk 21
Bald Eagle 1
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Northern Flicker 4
Merlin 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 2
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tree Swallow 35
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 9
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
European Starling 24
Gray Catbird 6
Brown Thrasher 2
Northern Mockingbird 3
Eastern Bluebird 1
American Robin 3
Cedar Waxwing 11
House Sparrow 10
House Finch 23
American Goldfinch 1
Dark-eyed Junco 4
White-throated Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 7
Lincoln’s Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 5
Red-winged Blackbird 120
Brown-headed Cowbird 12
Common Yellowthroat 2
American Redstart 1
Blackpoll Warbler 2
Palm Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 65
Prairie Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 3
Dickcissel 1
New Jersey Audubon