My last morning counting up on the dike this season was an extremely slow one, although there were a couple of interesting birds around, including singles of Red-headed Woodpecker and White-crowned Sparrow (both juveniles). Shorebirds up on the dike were highlighted by 27 White-rumped Sandpipers and a high count of 59 Dunlin, although they were cycling in and out. There was also another large early morning movement of Cormorants which died off after the first hour and change.
eBird list:
Location: Cape Island--Higbees Beach SWA--Dike
Observation date: 10/30/09
Notes: N-S flight line. East winds.
Number of species: 49
Brant (Atlantic) 7
Wood Duck 2
Northern Pintail 1
Surf Scoter 250
Black Scoter 600
Double-crested Cormorant 7000
Great Blue Heron 2
Osprey 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 5
Semipalmated Plover 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 12
Semipalmated Sandpiper 5
Least Sandpiper 20
White-rumped Sandpiper 27
Dunlin 59
Laughing Gull 150
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Forster's Tern 15
Royal Tern 2
Rock Pigeon 21
Mourning Dove 2
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 55
Tree Swallow 15
Carolina Chickadee 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 5
Golden-crowned Kinglet 3
American Robin 335
Northern Mockingbird 2
Brown Thrasher 2
European Starling X
American Pipit 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 78
Palm Warbler 1
Eastern Towhee 1
Song Sparrow 15
Swamp Sparrow 10
White-throated Sparrow 8
White-crowned Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 3000
Eastern Meadowlark 1
Common Grackle 5
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 45
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