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Migration at the Point – October 5, 2022

Leaders: Brett Ewald, Chris Marks, Mary Watkins

Temp: 57°F

Winds: N 5-10 mph

Weather Conditions: partly sunny

75 species

Species Count
Mute Swan 21
Blue-winged Teal 2
Gadwall 2
Eurasian Wigeon 1
American Wigeon 25
Mallard 10
Green-winged Teal 4
Ring-necked Duck 1
Black Scoter 39
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 3
Mourning Dove 26
Common Nighthawk 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Killdeer 1
Sanderling 37
Least Sandpiper 2
Laughing Gull 4
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull 15
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 42
Caspian Tern 1
Forster’s Tern 14
Royal Tern 13
Double-crested Cormorant 9
Brown Pelican 3
Great Blue Heron 16
Great Egret 5
Snowy Egret 3
Black Vulture 5
Turkey Vulture 6
Osprey 9
Northern Harrier 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 18
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 2
American Kestrel 13
Merlin 7
Peregrine Falcon 2
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 17
American Crow 2
Common Raven 1
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tree Swallow 125
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 5
European Starling 45
Gray Catbird 5
Brown Thrasher 1
Northern Mockingbird 6
House Sparrow 5
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 2
Chipping Sparrow 1
Bobolink 1
Baltimore Oriole 1
Red-winged Blackbird 28
Brown-headed Cowbird 75
Common Grackle 19
American Redstart 14
Cape May Warbler 3
Bay-breasted Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 8
Yellow-rumped Warbler 28
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 4