Today saw a rather slow raptor flght, as expected with the NE winds through the day and a smattering of drizzle later on. Aside from the 43 migrant raptors, there were also 2-3 Cliff Swallows in the afternoon once again, and another immature Northern Gannet offshore early in the morning.
Full eBird list below:
Location: Cape Island--CMBO Hawk Watch Site
Observation date: 9/3/09
Notes: NNE wind early on, shifting to NE after a couple of hours and staying
that way for the duration. A few droplets of rain came a couple of times in the later afternoon. Mostly cloudy all day.
Number of species: 73
Canada Goose X
Mute Swan 8
Mallard X
Blue-winged Teal 1
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Northern Gannet 1
Double-crested Cormorant X
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 7
Snowy Egret 2
Green Heron 2
Glossy Ibis 5
Black Vulture 10
Turkey Vulture 20
Osprey 10 (8 migrants)
Bald Eagle 3 (2 migrants)
Northern Harrier 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 5
Cooper's Hawk 9 (8 migrants)
Broad-winged Hawk 7
Red-tailed Hawk 5
American Kestrel 3
Merlin 1
Peregrine Falcon 4
Killdeer 1
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 2
Semipalmated Sandpiper 2
Least Sandpiper 4
peep sp. 5
Laughing Gull X
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Common Tern X
Forster's Tern X
Royal Tern 16
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Chimney Swift 41
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 4
Belted Kingfisher 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Blue Jay 3
American Crow X
Fish Crow X
Purple Martin 40
Tree Swallow 250
Bank Swallow 2
Cliff Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 100
Carolina Chickadee X
Carolina Wren 5
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Gray Catbird X
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing 2
Yellow Warbler 3
Black-and-white Warbler 1
American Redstart 1
Northern Waterthrush 1
Common Yellowthroat 3
Song Sparrow X
Northern Cardinal X
Indigo Bunting 1
Bobolink 99
Red-winged Blackbird 240
Common Grackle 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch X
House Sparrow X
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