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Location Cape Island--Higbee Beach WMA--Dike/Morning Flight Songbird Count
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Owner Andrew Dreelin

Effort

Protocol:  Stationary
  • Observers:  4

Checklist Comments

Awesome

Submitted from eBird for iOS, version 1.6.31

Totals

72
Species Observed
+7 other taxa, 8,714 individuals
8
Species with Photos

Observations

  1. Brant (Atlantic)

    Number observed:  1

  2. Surf Scoter

    Number observed:  20

  3. White-winged Scoter

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Female

  4. Black Scoter

    Number observed:  65

  5. Surf/Black Scoter

    Number observed:  175

  6. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)

    Number observed:  15

  7. Mourning Dove

    Number observed:  6

  8. Yellow-billed Cuckoo

    Number observed:  1

  9. Chimney Swift

    Number observed:  1

  10. Killdeer

    Number observed:  1

  11. peep sp.

    Number observed:  1

  12. Laughing Gull

    Number observed:  50

  13. American Herring Gull

    Number observed:  10

  14. Great Black-backed Gull

    Number observed:  15

  15. Forster's Tern

    Number observed:  2

  16. Royal Tern

    Number observed:  1

  17. Common Loon

    Number observed:  8

  18. Double-crested Cormorant

    Number observed:  5

  19. Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)

    Number observed:  2

  20. Black Vulture

    Number observed:  15

  21. Turkey Vulture

    Number observed:  80

  22. Osprey (American)

    Number observed:  1

  23. Sharp-shinned Hawk (Northern)

    Number observed:  30

  24. Cooper's Hawk

    Number observed:  12

  25. Accipitrine hawk sp. (former Accipiter sp.)

    Number observed:  5

  26. Northern Harrier

    Number observed:  2

  27. Bald Eagle

    Number observed:  4

  28. Red-tailed Hawk (borealis)

    Number observed:  3

  29. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

    Number observed:  3

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  30. Red-bellied Woodpecker

    Number observed:  2

  31. Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)

    Number observed:  30

  32. American Kestrel

    Number observed:  1

  33. Merlin (Taiga)

    Number observed:  2

  34. Peregrine Falcon

    Number observed:  2

  35. Eastern Phoebe

    Number observed:  3

  36. Blue-headed Vireo

    Number observed:  2

  37. Blue Jay

    Number observed:  256

    Details

    *northbound total; irruption year

  38. Tree Swallow

    Number observed:  10

  39. Northern Rough-winged Swallow

    Number observed:  4

  40. Ruby-crowned Kinglet

    Number observed:  5

  41. Golden-crowned Kinglet

    Number observed:  44

  42. White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern)

    Number observed:  4

    Details

    *first of season for MFSC

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  43. Red-breasted Nuthatch

    Number observed:  67

    Details

    *northbound total; irruption year

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  44. Brown Creeper

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    *first of season for MFSC

  45. Carolina Wren (Northern)

    Number observed:  2

  46. European Starling

    Number observed:  60

  47. Gray Catbird

    Number observed:  1

  48. American Robin

    Number observed:  1726

    Details

    *first notable/moderate flight of season for MFSC

  49. Cedar Waxwing

    Number observed:  134

  50. American Pipit

    Number observed:  1

  51. House Finch

    Number observed:  1

  52. Purple Finch

    Number observed:  98

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  53. House/Purple Finch

    Number observed:  3

  54. Pine Siskin

    Number observed:  4

  55. American Goldfinch

    Number observed:  407

    Details

    *continuing notable influx; many more around the point.

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  56. Chipping Sparrow

    Number observed:  3

  57. Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)

    Number observed:  1

  58. Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica)

    Number observed:  1

  59. Eastern Towhee

    Number observed:  1

  60. Eastern Meadowlark

    Number observed:  2

  61. Red-winged Blackbird

    Number observed:  40

  62. Brown-headed Cowbird

    Number observed:  1

  63. Common Grackle

    Number observed:  1

  64. Northern Waterthrush

    Number observed:  1

  65. Nashville Warbler

    Number observed:  1

  66. Cape May Warbler

    Number observed:  21

    Details

    *high for the date; northbound total (1x1).

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  67. Northern Parula

    Number observed:  28

    Details

    *high for the date; northbound total (1x1).

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  68. Magnolia Warbler

    Number observed:  1

  69. Blackpoll Warbler

    Number observed:  464

    Details

    *high, great echo flight after yesterday; northbound total (1x1). More could have easily ben mixed with the MYWA line over the middle of the dike. Today put the season total at 2,983 northbound BLPW, the highest ever season total for the official Morning Flight Count with room still to go!

  70. Bay-breasted/Blackpoll Warbler

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    *suggestive individual that I couldn't confirm

  71. Black-throated Blue Warbler

    Number observed:  11

    Details

    *high for the date; northbound total (1x1). Likely more mixed in that weren't detected, but these were all low and/or calling.

  72. Palm Warbler

    Number observed:  62

  73. Pine Warbler

    Number observed:  4

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  74. Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)

    Number observed:  3080

  75. new world warbler sp.

    Number observed:  1248

  76. Northern Cardinal

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    Active northbound migrant!

  77. Indigo Bunting

    Number observed:  6

  78. Dickcissel

    Number observed:  2

  79. passerine sp.

    Number observed:  327
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