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Migration at the Point – September 15, 2021

Leaders: Chris Marks, Mary Watkins

Temp: 75° F

Winds:  SSW 5-10 mph

Weather Conditions:  clear

40 species

Species Count
Mute Swan 5
Mallard 2
Mourning Dove 12
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Sanderling 24
Laughing Gull 35
Ring-billed Gull 6
Herring Gull 24
Lesser Black-backed Gull 4
Great Black-backed Gull 30
Least Tern 3
Common Tern 3
Forster’s Tern 6
Royal Tern 45
Double-crested Cormorant 32
Great Egret 1
Green Heron 1
Osprey 12
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Merlin 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 1
Carolina Chickadee 4
Tree Swallow 4
Barn Swallow 8
Carolina Wren 3
European Starling 20
Northern Mockingbird 8
House Finch 6
American Goldfinch 3
Bobolink 18
Common Grackle 4
Black-and-white Warbler 1
American Redstart 4
Magnolia Warbler 1
Palm Warbler (Western) 5
Northern Cardinal 2