On the 18th, things with wings of all categories were on the move, waterbirds, raptors, and the highest count of Monarch Butterflies I’ve had in a few weeks now. The 19th was not as productive as the 18th, and today, a rainy and foggy day, even less so. Friday afternoon into Saturday the winds are predicted to come from the northwest, so on Saturday morning there might be a good number of birds to count.
Here are the migrants counted from McGulpin Point in the past 3 days…
9/18
Snow Goose – 1 (First of season)
Canada Goose – 63
Mute Swan – 2
Gadwall – 4
White-winged Scoter – 8
Common Merganser – 1 (Plus the local family of 5 are still around)
Red-breasted Merganser – 3
Common Loon – 21
Double-crested Cormorant – 65
Turkey Vulture – 1
Osprey – 3
Northern Harrier – 5
Sharp-shinned Hawk – 23
Cooper’s Hawk – 2
Bald Eagle – 16 (9 immature & 7 adult)
Broad-winged Hawk – 2
Unidentified Eagle – 4
Sandhill Crane – 66
Ring-billed Gull – 6
Herring Gull – 3
American Kestrel – 1
Merlin – 4
Unidentified Falcon – 1
Unidentified Raptor – 10
American Pipit – 1
Monarch Butterfly – 20
9/19
Canada Goose – 46
Teal sp. – 1
Aythya sp. – 2
Red-breasted Merganser – 6
duck sp. – 2
Common Loon – 9
loon sp. – 1
Double-crested Cormorant – 121
Turkey Vulture – 2
Ring-billed Gull – 28
Herring Gull – 3
Merlin – 1
American Pipit – 5
9/20
Mallard – 4
Common Merganser – 17 (plus local family of 5)
Double-crested Cormorant – 45
peep sp. – 1
Ring-billed Gull – 40
Herring Gull – 2
Peregrine Falcon – 1