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Migration at the Point – September 27, 2023

Leaders: Brett Ewald, Chris Marks, Mary Watkins

Temp: 64°F

Winds: NE 10-13mph

Weather Conditions: partly sunny

55 species

Species Count
Mute Swan 7
Black Scoter 2
Mourning Dove 4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Sanderling 17
Ring-billed Gull 1
Herring Gull 12
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 25
Royal Tern 11
Double-crested Cormorant 55
Great Blue Heron 1
Green Heron 1
White Ibis 5
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 9
Northern Harrier 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 6
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 2
Broad-winged Hawk 2
Northern Flicker 20
American Kestrel 4
Merlin 3
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 1
Carolina Chickadee 1
Tree Swallow 250
Barn Swallow 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Carolina Wren 2
European Starling 15
Gray Catbird 9
Brown Thrasher 1
Northern Mockingbird 3
House Sparrow 9
Lincoln’s Sparrow 1
Bobolink 5
Red-winged Blackbird 29
Common Yellowthroat 4
American Redstart 4
Cape May Warbler 2
Northern Parula 1
Magnolia Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 4
Blackpoll Warbler 2
Palm Warbler 2
Prairie Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Indigo Bunting 1