Another windy day with few birds. Early on we had a Peregrine drift in off the ocean carrying a bird. It proceeded to pluck it in flight while we tried to figure out the identity of the unfortunate victim. A lively debate resulted in a complete stalemate. Later a pair of Long-billed Dowitchers flew into the impoundment. Otherwise it would have been a quiet morning except the wind was whistling in my ears.
Location: Cape Island--Higbees Beach SWA--Dike
Observation date: 9/30/09
Number of species: 68
Mallard 4
Northern Shoveler 8
Green-winged Teal 2
Northern Gannet 1
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Great Blue Heron 1
Snowy Egret 6
Black-crowned Night-Heron 3
Turkey Vulture 4
Osprey 3
Bald Eagle 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 7
Cooper's Hawk 2
American Kestrel 3
Merlin 4
Peregrine Falcon 2
Semipalmated Plover 5
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 5
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1
Least Sandpiper 1
Long-billed Dowitcher 2
Laughing Gull 55
Ring-billed Gull 6
Herring Gull 8
Great Black-backed Gull 20
Caspian Tern 1
Forster's Tern 8
Royal Tern 4
Rock Pigeon 2
Mourning Dove 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 20
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 15
Tree Swallow 30
Carolina Chickadee 2
Carolina Wren 5
House Wren 1
American Robin 5
Gray Catbird 5
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 15
Northern Parula 14
Cape May Warbler 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 9
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Pine Warbler 2
Prairie Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 34
Bay-breasted Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 18
American Redstart 6
Northern Waterthrush 1
Savannah Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 2
Bobolink 1
Red-winged Blackbird 8
Eastern Meadowlark 1
Common Grackle 6
Baltimore Oriole 2
American Goldfinch 6
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