Today was quite slow but was salvaged by the sudden appearance of a Yellow-headed Blackbird. It flew right over my head with two Red-winged Blackbirds and rapidly disappeared. After that we went on a bit a roll with new species for the dike for this season. In rapid succession we had White-winged Scoter, Red-throated Loon, and Ruddy Duck, all new for the season. Otherwise we had a trickle of Yellow-rumpeds and not much else.
Location: Cape Island--Higbees Beach SWA--Dike
Observation date: 10/29/09
Number of species: 62
Mallard 6
Green-winged Teal 2
White-winged Scoter 1
Black Scoter 40
dark-winged scoter sp. 80
Ruddy Duck 1
Red-throated Loon 1
Common Loon 4
Northern Gannet 15
Double-crested Cormorant 15
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 1
Bald Eagle 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3
Merlin 1
Black-bellied Plover 1
Semipalmated Plover 15
Lesser Yellowlegs 8
Semipalmated Sandpiper 4
Least Sandpiper 12
White-rumped Sandpiper 15
Pectoral Sandpiper 1
Dunlin 25
Laughing Gull 85
Ring-billed Gull 25
Herring Gull 40
Great Black-backed Gull 65
Forster's Tern 12
Royal Tern 3
Rock Pigeon 15
Mourning Dove 4
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 15
American Crow 12
Fish Crow 8
Tree Swallow 200
Carolina Chickadee 5
Carolina Wren 6
Golden-crowned Kinglet 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Hermit Thrush 2
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 1
Brown Thrasher 3
European Starling 12
American Pipit 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 213
Palm Warbler (Western) 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Eastern Towhee 1
Chipping Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 3
Swamp Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco 3
Northern Cardinal 3
Indigo Bunting 1
Red-winged Blackbird 95
Yellow-headed Blackbird 1
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 45
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