Sandy Point Morning Flight, 10/6

[Derek and Jeannette Lovitch]

Hi all,

A moderate flight passed over and through Sandy Point Beach, Cousin's Island, Yarmouth this morning. A steady trickle (despite a fairly high flight on the light wind) allowed for a high rate of identification, but a hunting Merlin wreaked havoc on crossing birds, and made keeping track of individual counts a little challenging.

6:41-9:05
43F, clear, W 3.5mph to NW 3.1 to calm.

115 Blue Jays (* new record high count)
89 Yellow-rumped Warblers
73 Blackpoll Warblers
61 Palm Warblers
54 unidentified
21 Ruby-crowned Kinglets
13 Chipping Sparrows
10 White-throated Sparrows
8 Golden-crowned Kinglets
4 Northern Parulas
3 Common Loons
3 Eastern Phoebes
3 Dark-eyed Juncos
2 Merlins
2 Black-throated Green Warblers
1 Northern Harrier
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 Blue-headed Vireo
1 Cedar Waxwing
1 American Redstart
1 Nashville Warbler
1 Black-throated Blue Warbler
1 White-crowned Sparrow
1 Purple Finch
x Gray Catbirds

-Derek

 

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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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[Stella Walsh]

It is alway interesting to compare what we get in the nets in West Falmouth with the Sandy Point birds. 

In Falmouth, it was all about the sparrows today. (As Derrick noted a bit ago, sparrows tend not to do that morning reorienting flight that makes Sandy Point so busy, but somewhat shorter on sparrows.)

15 New Swamp Sparrows

11 White-throated Sparrows

10 Song Sparrows

 2 White-crowned Sparrows

Other "fun" birds included a first of the season Eastern Bluebird and Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.  Three Eastern Phoebes were also nice to have.

With more mature trees, we often miss the high foraging birds. Winds last week pushed many of these lower. Friday and Saturday were all about Ruby-crowned Kinglets. 

Stella

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