HUGE flight last night! Check out the radar images!

However, Sandy Point was very slow this morning (totals) below due to the overnight calm. After Sandy Point, I birded Winslow Park in Freeport and Twin Brook Recreation Area in Cumberland, but I have very little to show for it! The birds apparently stayed inland last night, and dispersed rapidly this morning – as usually occurs on such benign weather.

10:00pm Thursday:

Midnight:

2:00am Friday:

5:00am:

A fairly strong southeast breeze was picking up as I began our “Mini-Hawkwatch” in front of the store this morning. However, despite the wind (from the wrong direction), I spotted 12 raptors – including a very low-flying Bald Eagle – in the hour I spent scanning the skies. A flock of about 50 peeps passed by, but unfortunately they were too far away to identify. Shoot! That one have been a great addition to the yard list!

Location: Sandy Point Beach, Cousin's Island, Yarmouth
Observation date: 9/14/07
Notes: Big flight overnight, but calm winds didn't force anything
offshore. 44 Unidentified.
Number of species: 26

American Black Duck X
Common Eider X
Double-crested Cormorant X
Great Blue Heron X
Snowy Egret X
Merlin 1
Bonaparte's Gull X
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Mourning Dove X
Belted Kingfisher X
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay X
American Crow X
Black-capped Chickadee X
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Cedar Waxwing 30
Yellow Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Blackpoll Warbler 3
American Redstart 1
Common Yellowthroat 2
Northern Cardinal X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
American Goldfinch X

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