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Bluff Point 8/28

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Glenn Williams
Sat, Aug 28, 2010 2:47 PM

from Charlie Barnard, Brenda Innskeep, John Oshlick, Phil Rusch, and Glenn Williams:
8/28 - Groton, Bluff Point -- 1 YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, 35 RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES, 2 TENNESSEE WARBLERS, 2 OPORORNIS sp.  - 750 warblers of 14 species.

Complete list below with some serious estimating.  As yesterday, the dominant morning flight bird was by far the American Redstart. 

Canada Goose     15
Mute Swan     9
Wood Duck     10
Double-crested Cormorant     2
Great Blue Heron     2
Black-crowned Night-Heron     1
Osprey     1
Northern Harrier     1
Cooper's Hawk     1
Peregrine Falcon     1
Spotted Sandpiper     1
Greater Yellowlegs     1
peep sp.    11
Herring Gull     5
Mourning Dove     12
Chimney Swift     2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird     3
Belted Kingfisher     2
Downy Woodpecker     4
Northern Flicker     1
Eastern Wood-Pewee     14
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher     1
Least Flycatcher     1
Empidonax sp.     6
Eastern Phoebe     2
Great Crested Flycatcher     3
White-eyed Vireo     6
Yellow-throated Vireo     1
Warbling Vireo     8
Red-eyed Vireo     12
Blue Jay     2
American Crow     18
Tree Swallow     40
Black-capped Chickadee     14
Tufted Titmouse     6
Red-breasted Nuthatch     35
Carolina Wren     1
House Wren     4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     10
Veery     1
American Robin     8
Gray Catbird     5
Northern Mockingbird     2
European Starling     30
Cedar Waxwing     4
Blue-winged Warbler     3
Tennessee Warbler     2
Nashville Warbler     3
Northern Parula     4
Yellow Warbler     8
Magnolia Warbler     2
Black-throated Green Warbler     8
Blackpoll Warbler     1
Black-and-white Warbler     15
American Redstart     500
Ovenbird     3
Oporornis sp.     2
Common Yellowthroat     2
Canada Warbler     1
warbler sp.     200
Eastern Towhee     4
Song Sparrow     2
Scarlet Tanager     8
Northern Cardinal     6
Rose-breasted Grosbeak     2
Indigo Bunting     2
Bobolink     1
Red-winged Blackbird     50
Baltimore Oriole     10
American Goldfinch     16

from Charlie Barnard, Brenda Innskeep, John Oshlick, Phil Rusch, and Glenn Williams: 8/28 - Groton, Bluff Point -- 1 YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, 35 RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES, 2 TENNESSEE WARBLERS, 2 OPORORNIS sp.  - 750 warblers of 14 species. Complete list below with some serious estimating.  As yesterday, the dominant morning flight bird was by far the American Redstart.  Canada Goose     15 Mute Swan     9 Wood Duck     10 Double-crested Cormorant     2 Great Blue Heron     2 Black-crowned Night-Heron     1 Osprey     1 Northern Harrier     1 Cooper's Hawk     1 Peregrine Falcon     1 Spotted Sandpiper     1 Greater Yellowlegs     1 peep sp.    11 Herring Gull     5 Mourning Dove     12 Chimney Swift     2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird     3 Belted Kingfisher     2 Downy Woodpecker     4 Northern Flicker     1 Eastern Wood-Pewee     14 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher     1 Least Flycatcher     1 Empidonax sp.     6 Eastern Phoebe     2 Great Crested Flycatcher     3 White-eyed Vireo     6 Yellow-throated Vireo     1 Warbling Vireo     8 Red-eyed Vireo     12 Blue Jay     2 American Crow     18 Tree Swallow     40 Black-capped Chickadee     14 Tufted Titmouse     6 Red-breasted Nuthatch     35 Carolina Wren     1 House Wren     4 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     10 Veery     1 American Robin     8 Gray Catbird     5 Northern Mockingbird     2 European Starling     30 Cedar Waxwing     4 Blue-winged Warbler     3 Tennessee Warbler     2 Nashville Warbler     3 Northern Parula     4 Yellow Warbler     8 Magnolia Warbler     2 Black-throated Green Warbler     8 Blackpoll Warbler     1 Black-and-white Warbler     15 American Redstart     500 Ovenbird     3 Oporornis sp.     2 Common Yellowthroat     2 Canada Warbler     1 warbler sp.     200 Eastern Towhee     4 Song Sparrow     2 Scarlet Tanager     8 Northern Cardinal     6 Rose-breasted Grosbeak     2 Indigo Bunting     2 Bobolink     1 Red-winged Blackbird     50 Baltimore Oriole     10 American Goldfinch     16