Migration at the Point - Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Great walk with Piping Plovers posing on the beach, lots of gannets, a Winter Wren coming in off the bay and passing within feet of us, new arrivals like House Wren, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Common Yellowthroat and Purple Finch, and a group of Whimbrel flying by.

Leaders:  Brett Ewald, Chris Marks, Mary Watkins, Adehl Schwaderer,,and Steve Weis.
56 species

Canada Goose  9
Mute Swan  2
Mallard  5
Surf Scoter  17
Black Scoter  21
Mourning Dove  11
Chimney Swift  5
American Oystercatcher  2
Piping Plover  3     On beach at near Coral Ave. dune crossing. One with flag band on right leg.
Killdeer  1
Whimbrel  17     Flybys over north end of Lily Lake.
Sanderling  6
Bonaparte's Gull  2
Laughing Gull  15
Herring Gull (American)  25
Great Black-backed Gull  11
Forster's Tern  3
Red-throated Loon  3
Common Loon  2
Northern Gannet  125
Double-crested Cormorant  60
Black Vulture  3
Turkey Vulture  7
Osprey  8
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Northern Flicker  3
Merlin  1
Blue Jay  3
Fish Crow  7
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  1
Purple Martin  5
Tree Swallow  12
Barn Swallow  35
Carolina Chickadee  3
Tufted Titmouse  2
Red-breasted Nuthatch  2
House Wren  3
Winter Wren  1     Arrival across the bay, just above the water, then beach, passing with feet of the group before landing in the dunes.
Carolina Wren  3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  6
American Robin  10
Northern Mockingbird  2
European Starling  7
House Finch  5
Purple Finch  1
Chipping Sparrow  3
Field Sparrow  2
White-throated Sparrow  3
Eastern Towhee  1
Red-winged Blackbird  3
Brown-headed Cowbird  12
Common Grackle  25
Common Yellowthroat  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  3
Northern Cardinal  6
House Sparrow  12

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