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Migration at the Point – September 4, 2024

Leaders: Brett Ewald, Chris Marks, Mary Watkins

Temp: 64° F

Winds: NE 10-15 mph

Weather Conditions: clear

51 species

Species Count
Mute Swan 3
Mallard 7
Mourning Dove 4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Purple Gallinule 1
Purple Gallinule - Brett Ewald

Purple Gallinule photo by Brett Ewald

 
Purple Gallinule - Brett Ewald

Purple Gallinule photo by Brett Ewald

 
Purple Gallinule - Brett Ewald

Purple Gallinule photo by Brett Ewald

 
Purple Gallinule - Brett Ewald

Purple Gallinule photo by Brett Ewald

 
Purple Gallinule - Steve Droste

Purple Gallinule photo by Steve Droste

 
Ruddy Turnstone 1
Sanderling 5
Laughing Gull 25
Ring-billed Gull 1
Herring Gull 7
Great Black-backed Gull 10
Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
Forster’s Tern 7
Common Tern 2
Royal Tern 6
Common Loon 1
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Brown Pelican 2
Little Blue Heron 1
Green Heron 1
Green Heron - Steve Droste

Green Heron photo by Steve Droste

 
Great Egret 2
Great Blue Heron 1
White Ibis 19
Glossy Ibis 2
Osprey 5
Bald Eagle 1
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
crow sp. 4
Carolina Chickadee 4
Tree Swallow 300
Purple Martin 14
Barn Swallow 15
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Carolina Wren 3
European Starling 2
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 5
House Sparrow 11
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 2
Bobolink 15
Red-winged Blackbird 35
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle 9
American Redstart 5
Bay-breasted Warbler 1
Yellow Warbler 2
Northern Cardinal 3