Sandy Point Morning Flight, 9/26 (over 1300 plus two DICK)
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Derek and Jeannette Lovitch
Sep 26, 2016, 4:52:45 PM9/26/16
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Hi all,
A great flight passed over and through Sandy Point Beach, Cousin's Island, Yarmouth this morning. Far too under the weather yesterday to make it on what was undoubtedly also a great flight, I hoped to pick up the dregs this morning. Instead, the flight greatly surpassed my expectations. Birds were coming in waves at all levels and on both sides, at least 3 Merlins were hunting the crossing, and a stiff (and rather chilly!) wind kept a lot of birds low. It was a tough morning for counting and identifying, but it was a lot of fun - especially when a Merlin nabbed something so close to our heads we heard the impact!
6:35-10:45.
40F, NW 13mph to NNW 7.8, mostly clear.
40F, NW 13mph to NNW 7.8, mostly clear.
343 Unidentified
265 Northern Parulas
122 Black-throated Green Warblers
115 Northern Flickers
102 Yellow-rumped Warblers
71 Blackpoll Warblers
47 Palm Warblers
24 American Redstarts
20 Red-breasted Nuthatches
20 Cedar Waxwings
20 Dark-eyed Juncos
18 Canada Geese
18 Black-capped Chickadees
16 Golden-crowned Kinglets
15 Red-eyed Vireos
15 Black-and-white Warblers
14 Nashville Warblers
12 White-throated Sparrows
10 Tennessee Warblers (*2nd highest count)
8 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers
7 Blue-headed Vireos
7 American Goldfinches
6 Common Loons
6 White-breasted Nuthatches (* new record count!)
5 Eastern Phoebes
5 Ruby-crowned Kinglets
4+ Merlins (one migrant, 3+ hunting including at least 3 successful catches)
4 Blue Jays
4 Yellow Warblers
4 Magnolia Warblers
3 Sharp-shinned Hawks
3 American Robins
2 American Pipits
2 Black-throated Blue Warblers
2 Common Yellowthroats
2 DICKCISSELS
2 White-crowned Sparrows
1 Osprey
1 unidentified vireo
1 unidentified thrush
1 Brown Creeper
1 Bay-breasted/Blackpoll warbler
1 Indigo Bunting
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
1 Scarlet Tanager
1 Baltimore Oriole
265 Northern Parulas
122 Black-throated Green Warblers
115 Northern Flickers
102 Yellow-rumped Warblers
71 Blackpoll Warblers
47 Palm Warblers
24 American Redstarts
20 Red-breasted Nuthatches
20 Cedar Waxwings
20 Dark-eyed Juncos
18 Canada Geese
18 Black-capped Chickadees
16 Golden-crowned Kinglets
15 Red-eyed Vireos
15 Black-and-white Warblers
14 Nashville Warblers
12 White-throated Sparrows
10 Tennessee Warblers (*2nd highest count)
8 Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers
7 Blue-headed Vireos
7 American Goldfinches
6 Common Loons
6 White-breasted Nuthatches (* new record count!)
5 Eastern Phoebes
5 Ruby-crowned Kinglets
4+ Merlins (one migrant, 3+ hunting including at least 3 successful catches)
4 Blue Jays
4 Yellow Warblers
4 Magnolia Warblers
3 Sharp-shinned Hawks
3 American Robins
2 American Pipits
2 Black-throated Blue Warblers
2 Common Yellowthroats
2 DICKCISSELS
2 White-crowned Sparrows
1 Osprey
1 unidentified vireo
1 unidentified thrush
1 Brown Creeper
1 Bay-breasted/Blackpoll warbler
1 Indigo Bunting
1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
1 Scarlet Tanager
1 Baltimore Oriole
T= 1348
-Derek
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Derek and Jeannette Lovitch
Freeport Wild Bird Supply
541 Route One, Suite 10
Freeport, ME 04032
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