Sandy Point Morning Flight, 10/22

[Derek and Jeannette Lovitch]

Hi all,

For the second day in a row, it was an unexpectedly great flight passing over and through Sandy Point Beach, Cousin's Island, Yarmouth. Usually, a southwesterly component (beginning after 1:00am) squashes the flight here, but obviously, it did not today.

7:05-9:12

33F, mostly cloudy but clearing, WSW 7.3mph becoming SW and increasing.

663 American Robins

309 Yellow-rumped Warblers

233 Ruby-crowned Kinglets *3rd highest

88 unidentified kinglets

75 unidentified

54 Golden-crowned Kinglets

47 Dark-eyed Juncos

47 Common Grackles

19 American Goldfinches

14 White-throated Sparrows

7 White-crowned Sparrows

6 Northern Flickers

6 Black-capped Chickadees

5 Hermit Thrushes

5 Rusty Blackbirds

5 Purple Finches

4 Palm Warblers

4 House Finches *tied record high

3 American Kestrels

3 Brown Creepers

3 Chipping Sparrows

3 Savannah Sparrows

2 Blue-headed Vireos

2 Snow Buntings

2 unidentified sparrows

2 Cedar Waxwings

1 Sharp-shinned Hawk

1 Peregrine Falcon - actively hunting again.

1 Hairy Woodpecker

1 Eastern Phoebe

1 Tufted Titmouse

1 BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER (photo)

T= 1,617

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 Derek and Jeannette Lovitch

 Freeport Wild Bird Supply

 541 Route One, Suite 10

 Freeport, ME 04032

 207-865-6000

 www.freeportwildbirdsupply.com  

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