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Location Gooseberry Neck
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Owner Marshall Iliff

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Effort

Protocol:  Traveling
  • Observers:  2
  • Distance:  1 mi

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With clear, calm conditions overnight, light NW winds, and a moderate radar signal Tim Spahr and I agreed to meet here for morning flight watch. Bev King and others were there as well (they had a Short-billed Dowitcher that we missed). We stayed at the parking lot for the first 2 hours in calm conditions and then walked to the tip and back. The thicket with the swale before the sumac stand (before the toweR) was as good as I've ever seen it with three species of flycatchers, two vireos, Ovenbird and more. Not much movement offshore; seaweed wrack is old and not very good for shorebirds anymore. OTHER FAUNA: Gray Seal - 4. LEPS: See http://www.e-butterfly.org/ebutterflyapp/#/checklists/view/55605. Am.Copper - 2; Orange Sulphur - 4; Cabbage White- 70; Monarch - 3. ODES: Green Darner (2), darner sp. (4), Black Saddlebags (2), Wandering Glider (2).
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Totals

67
Species Observed
+5 other taxa, 2,172 individuals
13
Species with Photos
6
Species with Audio

Observations

  1. Mute Swan

    Number observed:  7

    Details

    Flybys heading W over Horseneck Beach

  2. Mallard

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    Flyovers heading W over Horseneck Beach

  3. Common Eider

    Number observed:  18

  4. White-winged Scoter

    Number observed:  3

    Details

    Flying east (surprisingly) offshore in groups of one and two; my FOY returning migrants of the fall

  5. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Flyover heading N; notably scarce since spring 2016

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    F Flyover (Observed)

  6. Mourning Dove

    Number observed:  6

    Details

    none in obvious migration

  7. Ruby-throated Hummingbird

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    One flyby, one seen well in thickets; none in morning flight

  8. American Oystercatcher

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    One adult seen (MJI obly) on rocky island to right of causeway as I arrived; usually not very regular here but seemingly more so since July 2016

  9. Black-bellied Plover

    Number observed:  12

    Details

    Multiple flyby flocks including five over mainland flying E down beach with Red Knot

  10. Semipalmated Plover

    Number observed:  13

    Details

    Multiple flybys and birds on beach

  11. Spotted Sandpiper

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Juv on East Beach

  12. Greater Yellowlegs

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Calling flyover

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    F Flyover (Observed)

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  13. Ruddy Turnstone

    Number observed:  18

  14. Red Knot

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Flyby with Black-bellied Plovers heading E down beach and identified by size, mostly; MJI only

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    F Flyover (Observed)

  15. Sanderling

    Number observed:  70

  16. Pectoral Sandpiper

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Calling flyover heading E; photos by TS

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    F Flyover (Observed)

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  17. Semipalmated Sandpiper

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Juv on rocks off tip

  18. peep sp.

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Flyover with Sanderlings

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    F Flyover (Observed)

  19. Laughing Gull

    Number observed:  55

    Details

    Moving W at dawn in small groups and feeding off island all morning; count probably very low

  20. Ring-billed Gull

    Number observed:  3

  21. American Herring Gull

    Number observed:  15

  22. Great Black-backed Gull

    Number observed:  2

  23. Forster's Tern

    Number observed:  5

    Details

    Flew over neck a couple times in groups of two and three

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  24. Common Tern

    Number observed:  16

  25. Sterna sp.

    Number observed:  12

  26. Common Loon

    Number observed:  3

    Details

    Migrants see flying west

  27. Double-crested Cormorant

    Number observed:  135

    Details

    Several migrant groups

  28. Great Egret

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    Over mainland towards Allen's Pond

  29. Turkey Vulture

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    Over mainland at the end of our count

  30. Osprey (American)

    Number observed:  5

  31. Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Flushed from bush near parking lot

  32. Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Morning flight

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    F Flyover (Observed)

  33. Merlin (Taiga)

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    From one to three seen; one hunted parking lot and later one seen one mile S of point swooping on warbler that it eventually nabbed; photos TS

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  34. Peregrine Falcon (North American)

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Flying E over Horseneck Beach

  35. Great Crested Flycatcher

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    *uncommon; seen very well in sumac thicket area before tower; large, bulky Myiarchus with thick bill and and chesty appearance, bright yellow belly, medium gray head, rich rufous in wings and tail, and strong and well-defined white edges to tertials

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  36. Eastern Kingbird

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    *late; called out by Tim as it dropped in to thicket near Great Crested and grabbed a bug or berry, paused, and then flew off; seen well, including slate-gray back, strong edging to wing coverts etc., indicating a juvenile, whitish underparts with faint gray wash on breast, pale tip to tail and tail without any prominent notch

  37. Philadelphia Vireo

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    *rare; seen well in thicket and maybe photographed by Tim spahr; medium yellow on central breast, faint eyeline and grayer crown, and dark lores eliminate Warbling Vireo; in same thicket as Great Crested

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  38. Red-eyed Vireo

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    seen well; in same thicket as Great Crested

  39. American Crow

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    calling flyby headed to tip and back; photos by MJI

  40. crow sp.

    Number observed:  12

    Details

    tight flock of slender looking crows flying E over Horseneck Beach; I have yet to see Fish Crow here, but I suspect that's what these were

  41. Tree Swallow

    Number observed:  1600

    Details

    rough estimate of large flocks feeding over island most of day

  42. Barn Swallow (American)

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    one by MJI, one by TS

  43. Red-breasted Nuthatch

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    hesitant migrant made several attempts at "the jump" but never made it

    Media

  44. Northern House Wren

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    in Great Crested thicket

  45. European Starling

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    on mainland

  46. Gray Catbird

    Number observed:  14

  47. American Robin

    Number observed:  2

  48. Cedar Waxwing

    Number observed:  19

    Details

    several small flocks moving N

  49. House Finch

    Number observed:  8

  50. American Goldfinch

    Number observed:  14

    Details

    mixed flocks moving up and down island; locals?

  51. Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)

    Number observed:  3

    Details

    at tip

  52. Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)

    Number observed:  14

  53. Eastern Towhee

    Number observed:  2

  54. Bobolink

    Number observed:  3

    Details

    calling flyovers heading N

  55. Baltimore Oriole

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    one in morning flight, one in Great Crested thicket

  56. Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    one lone male heading N in morning flight; note that blackbirds have not been roosting here since July/early Aug

  57. Ovenbird

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    *rare; only my second record here; one seen well in sumac thicket (ph. MJI) and another just 50m away seen simultaneously (the "Great Crested Thicket"); probably not that unusual here, but hard to pull out of thickets in migration!

  58. Black-and-white Warbler

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    one in morning fight, one female in sumac thicket

  59. Common Yellowthroat

    Number observed:  11

  60. American Redstart

    Number observed:  9

    Details

    most in morning flight; photos

    Media

  61. Northern Parula

    Number observed:  3

    Details

    morning flight; photos

    Breeding & Behavior Code:

    F Flyover (Observed)

    Media

  62. Bay-breasted Warbler

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    morning flight; one identified in the field, the other identified from photos and audio as the bird flew overhead with Black-throated Green, showing wing bars, bright yellowish breast, slender appearance etc.; photos of both birds by Tim Spahr

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  63. Yellow Warbler (Northern)

    Number observed:  5

    Details

    four in morning flight, one in thickets; all bright aestiva types, but fairly late for such a decent movement (matching Andy Farnsworth's observations from New York City's Tribute of Light)

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  64. Blackpoll Warbler

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    in morning flight

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  65. Black-throated Blue Warbler

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    adult male in morning flight; on early end of their movement; photos

    Media

  66. Palm Warbler

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    in morning fight low along east shoreline; subspecies uncertain but presumably Western on this date

  67. Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    calling flyver giving 'check' note that took both me and Tim several moments to recognize

  68. Black-throated Green Warbler

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    flyover seen well; photos

    Media

  69. new world warbler sp.

    Number observed:  5

    Details

    misc. zeeps and seeps overhead

  70. Scarlet Tanager

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    one flyover seen well in aborted morning flight; later a high flyover Scarlet Tanager trailing a waxwing flock was accompanied by another tanager that seemed larger (maybe not enough for Summer, but...(

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  71. tanager sp. (Piranga sp.)

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    see notes for Scarlet Tanager; probably a second Scarlet Tanager but high overhead

  72. Dickcissel

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    *rare; always a treat, a calling flyver at the point was the most enjoyable moment of the morning since Tim and I both failed an "out of context" bird test. With a large Tree Swallow movement I thought I heard a Bank Swallow in the flock. Moments later, Tim asked (hearing a call that I missed), was that a Bank Swallow. After that it called 3 more times and we agreed there was a Bank Swallow somewhere, but could not find it. Then just as I decided it was in fact a Rough-winged (I still could not find it), Tim said "oh, it's a Dickcissel" as a medium-sized passerine bounded overhead gave a couple clear Dickcissel calls along with a 'spik!' flight note. It circled twice more and then dropped into thickets at the tip. Although we both would have recognized this in context in morning flight, throwing the call in with a massive swallow flock appeared to have gotten our wires crossed! Always fun to misidentify!

Additional species seen by Timothy Spahr:

  1. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

    Number observed: 1
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