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Turkey Point migration

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sean mccandless

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sean mccandless

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Mon, 12 Sep 2005 17:22:13 -0400

Hi all. Not a very impressive day, but still a good day. I should say a typical day for no cold front. None the less, Richard Center and I still had a real fun morning. Movement was very active at the first leg of the trail all the way up to the first field and along the right side edge of the first field. We had probably about 3 major pockets of birds, with sporadic activity in-between.
Turkey Vulture 2
Bald Eagle 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
Merlin 1
Osprey 4
Rudy-throated Hummingbird 6
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Wpkr 10+
Flicker 10+
Hairy wpkr 6
Downey Wpkr 8+
Pileated Wpkr 1
Great-crested Flycatcher 5
Eastern Pewee 10
Eastern Phoebe 1
Least Flycatcher 2
Acadian 1
Unidentified Empids 6
Tree Swallow 12
Chimney Swift 23
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Wood Thrush 4
Veery 1
Gray-cheeked/Bicknelli type 2
American Robin 4
Cedar-waxwing 25+
White-eyed Vireo 2
Solitary Vireo 1 Singing and seen
Philadelphia Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 25+
Tennessee Warbler 3
N. Parula 6
Black and White 15 to 25 plus
Black-throated Blue 2
Blackburnian 2
Chestnut-sided 7
Magnolia 15+
Black-throated Green 1
Blackpoll 1
Ovenbird 6
Common Yellowthroat 8
American Redstart 20+
Bobolink 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 3
Baltimore Oriole 2
Scarlet Tanager 3
*Unidentified Warbler types, 40 plus due to hyper activity! 
Richard started out at the light house at first light and said that many birds were crossing over then. We could not relocate
most of the pockets that worked there way down toward the point. I am sure most crossed over by 9 am.
Sean