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Migration at the Point – October 25, 2023

Leaders: Brett Ewald, Chris Marks, Mary Watkins

Temp: 50°F

Winds: SW 5-10mph

Weather Conditions: clear

58 species

Species Count
Mute Swan 9
Blue-winged Teal 2
Northern Shoveler 5
Gadwall 17
Eurasian Wigeon 1
American Wigeon 9
Mallard 17
American Black Duck 3
Northern Pintail 8
Green-winged Teal 3
Ring-necked Duck 15
Surf Scoter 35
Black Scoter 150
Surf/Black Scoter 750
Ruddy Duck 5
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Mourning Dove 7
American Coot 1
Killdeer 1
Herring Gull 25
Great Black-backed Gull 17
Lesser Black-backed Gull 4
Caspian Tern 1
Forster’s Tern 4
Common Tern 2
Royal Tern 8
Common Loon 1
Double-crested Cormorant 39
Green Heron 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 28
Cooper’s Hawk 3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Northern Flicker 6
American Kestrel 1
Merlin 1
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 5
Carolina Chickadee 4
Tree Swallow 16
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 5
European Starling 17
Gray Catbird 3
Northern Mockingbird 7
American Robin 20
Cedar Waxwing 1
House Sparrow 14
House Finch 52
Chipping Sparrow 1
Field Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 1
Eastern Towhee 1
Eastern Meadowlark 6
Red-winged Blackbird 62
Palm Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2000
Northern Cardinal 5