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Migration at the Point – October 18, 2023

Leaders: Brett Ewald, Chris Marks, Mary Watkins

Temp: 55°F

Winds: N 2-5mph

Weather Conditions: sunny

61 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 2
Mute Swan 6
Wood Duck 1
Northern Shoveler 3
Gadwall 2
American Wigeon 13
Mallard 9
American Black Duck 1
Northern Pintail 1
Green-winged Teal 6
Surf Scoter 4
Black Scoter 110
Pied-billed Grebe 4
Mourning Dove 3
Laughing Gull 1
Herring Gull 11
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Forster’s Tern 15
Royal Tern 3
Common Loon 1
Double-crested Cormorant 127
Green Heron 1
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 11
Osprey 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 4
Cooper’s Hawk 11
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Northern Flicker 5
Peregrine Falcon 1
Eastern Phoebe 4
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 2
Carolina Chickadee 3
Tree Swallow 23
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet 6
Carolina Wren 3
European Starling 12
Northern Mockingbird 7
Eastern Bluebird 1
American Robin 14
Cedar Waxwing 16
House Sparrow 6
House Finch 3
Chipping Sparrow 1
Field Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 3
Red-winged Blackbird 75
Brown-headed Cowbird 90
Nashville Warbler 1
American Redstart 1
Palm Warbler 1
Pine Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 225
Northern Cardinal 1