Sandy Point Morning Flight, 9/22

[Derek Lovitch]

Hi all,
Another moderate flight passed over and through Sandy Point Beach, Cousin’s Island, Yarmouth this morning. A high flight and silhouetting clouds reduced the percentage of identified birds.

6:26-9:15
41F, mostly cloudy, NW 2.3-3.9 to NNW 6.7-8.3mph

223 Unidentified
68 Northern Parulas
43 Blackpoll Warblers
26 Palm Warblers
22 Yellow-rumped Warblers
18 Blue Jays
15 Northern Flickers
15 Dark-eyed Juncos
12 Black-capped Chickadees
12 Black-throated Green Warblers
12 Purple Finches
10 American Redstarts
9 Red-eyed Vireos
5 Ruby-crowned Kinglets
5 Savannah Sparrows
4 Ospreys
4 Yellow Warblers
4 Magnolia Warblers
3 Red-breasted Nuthatches
3 Nashville Warblers
3 Black-and-white Warblers
2 American Kestrels
2 White-breasted Nuthatches
2 Golden-crowned Kinglets
2 American Pipits
2 Cape May Warblers
2 Rusty Blackbirds
1 Northern Harrier
1 Eastern Phoebe
1 Black-throated Blue Warbler
1 Tennessee Warbler
1 Pine Siskin
x Common Yellowthroats

T = 572

2-3 hunting Merlins
1 1st cycle Bald Eagle clipped wires

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