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Migration at the Point – September 11, 2024

Leaders: Brett Ewald, Chris Marks, Mary Watkins

Temp: 65° F

Winds: NE 5-8 mph

Weather Conditions: sunny

58 species

Species Count
Mute Swan 5
Mallard 3
Mourning Dove 9
Chimney Swift 5
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Virginia Rail 1
Ruddy Turnstone 2
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull 7
Herring Gull (American) 9
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Forster’s Tern 3
Royal Tern 8
Double-crested Cormorant 17
Green Heron 1
Great Blue Heron 3
White Ibis 12
Osprey 11
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2
American Kestrel 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Least Flycatcher 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 3
Eastern Kingbird 2
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 7
Carolina Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 1
Tree Swallow 75
Purple Martin 1
Barn Swallow 6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6
Carolina Wren 3
European Starling 13
Northern Mockingbird 8
Cedar Waxwing 6
House Sparrow 7
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 5
Chipping Sparrow 1
Bobolink 30
Red-winged Blackbird 55
Common Grackle 5
Northern Waterthrush 6
Black-and-white Warbler 3
Common Yellowthroat 1
American Redstart 5
Cape May Warbler 2
Northern Parula 2
Yellow Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 2
Northern Cardinal 3
Indigo Bunting 5
Dickcissel 1