A bit slow this morning but there were a few interesting birds. We had seasonal high counts for both American Pipit and Purple Finch. We also had 2 Rusty Blackbirds, a Dickcissel, and numerous Gannets heading north back up the bay.
Location: Cape Island--Higbees Beach SWA--Dike
Observation date: 10/26/09
Number of species: 76
Mallard 3
Surf Scoter 5
Black Scoter 45
Common Loon 1
Northern Gannet 120
Double-crested Cormorant 65
Great Blue Heron 6
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 5
Osprey 1
Northern Harrier 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 55
Cooper's Hawk 2
American Kestrel 1
Merlin 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Semipalmated Plover 5
Killdeer 3
Lesser Yellowlegs 2
Sanderling 12
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1
Least Sandpiper 15
White-rumped Sandpiper 1
Pectoral Sandpiper 1
Dunlin 4
Laughing Gull 65
Ring-billed Gull 12
Herring Gull 40
Great Black-backed Gull 40
Forster's Tern 3
Royal Tern 7
Rock Pigeon 6
Mourning Dove 6
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 5
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 8
Fish Crow 2
Tree Swallow 85
Carolina Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Brown Creeper 2
Carolina Wren 4
Golden-crowned Kinglet 8
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4
Eastern Bluebird 2
Hermit Thrush 3
American Robin 913
Gray Catbird 4
Northern Mockingbird 1
Brown Thrasher 3
European Starling 12
American Pipit 55
Northern Parula 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 848
Palm Warbler 9
Blackpoll Warbler 4
Chipping Sparrow 8
Savannah Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 5
White-throated Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 8
Northern Cardinal 9
Indigo Bunting 1
Dickcissel 1
Red-winged Blackbird 400
Eastern Meadowlark 5
Rusty Blackbird 2
Common Grackle 8
Brown-headed Cowbird 15
Purple Finch 20
House Finch 6
American Goldfinch 35
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