A slowish flight for this time of year, with American Robins being the dominant bird. A close Rusty Blackbird was the passerine highlight, and a Northbound flyby Common Eider on the bay was a neat bird for the dike. Also continuing up there are good numbers and a nice variety of shorebirds, which today included 26 White-rumped Sandpipers and a Stilt Sandpiper.
Location: Cape Island--Higbees Beach SWA--Dike
Observation date: 10/23/09
Notes: Light NE winds.
Number of species: 54
Brant (Atlantic) 2
Northern Shoveler 2
Common Eider 1
Surf Scoter 1
Black Scoter 350
Northern Gannet 8
Double-crested Cormorant 5
Great Blue Heron 24
Turkey Vulture 2
Bald Eagle 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3
American Kestrel 1
Semipalmated Plover 14
Killdeer 5
Lesser Yellowlegs 17
Semipalmated Sandpiper 12
Least Sandpiper 34
White-rumped Sandpiper 26
Stilt Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull X
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Forster's Tern X
Royal Tern 10
Black Skimmer 2
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove X
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 5
Blue Jay X
American Crow 98
Tree Swallow 8
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren X
Golden-crowned Kinglet X
Ruby-crowned Kinglet X
American Robin 1555
Northern Mockingbird X
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing 2
Northern Parula 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 707
Palm Warbler 13
Blackpoll Warbler 6
Common Yellowthroat 2
Field Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco 5
Eastern Meadowlark 15
Rusty Blackbird 1
Purple Finch 1
House Sparrow X
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