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Migration at the Point – October 2, 2024

Leaders: Brett Ewald, Chris Marks, Mary Watkins

Temp: 67° F

Winds: ENE 5-10 mph

Weather Conditions: mostly sunny

Lighthouse parking area to Coral Ave. beach/dune crossing to Lily Lake.

74 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 3
Mute Swan 9
Blue-winged Teal 18
Northern Shoveler 1
Mallard 17
American Black Duck 4
Green-winged Teal 16
Surf Scoter 4
Mourning Dove 2
Killdeer 1
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Ruddy Turnstone 1
Laughing Gull 2
Herring Gull 19
Great Black-backed Gull 5
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Royal Tern 19
Common Loon 1
Northern Gannet 1
Double-crested Cormorant 8
Brown Pelican 6
Great Egret 7
Great Blue Heron 115
White Ibis 7
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 7
Osprey 16
Northern Harrier 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 65
Cooper’s Hawk 4
Bald Eagle 1
Belted Kingfisher 3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 52
American Kestrel 5
Merlin 3
Peregrine Falcon 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 39
American Crow 1
Common Raven 2
Carolina Chickadee 7
Tufted Titmouse 2
Tree Swallow 150
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Carolina Wren 5
European Starling 1
Gray Catbird 14
Northern Mockingbird 9
Cedar Waxwing 19
House Sparrow 15
American Goldfinch 3
Savannah Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 1
Bobolink 1
Red-winged Blackbird 60
Brown-headed Cowbird 7
Rusty Blackbird 1
Northern Waterthrush 2
Common Yellowthroat 11
American Redstart 8
Northern Parula 3
Yellow Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 3
Pine Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 7
Prairie Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 4
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