Hi Folks!

The point at Bayside is a great place to watch migration. A Big Sit is done here because of the possibility for good numbers and high diversity. Even with the 25-30? mph. steady winds out of the west on Sunday morning, a lot of birds made the jump from Assateague Island to South Point.? You may note that Anmerican Robins and American Goldfinches are moving if strong numbers. The oddities of the day included a Grasshopper Sparrow in the scrub patch at Bayside Point; my first and Mark's second ever for Assateague Island. A single female plumage Red Crossbill was part of the finch flight. My personal highlight was a Wood-Pewee that landed just above eye level about 20 feet away on a leafkless shrub, then took off almost immediately and made the jump to South Point. I had just the briefest look of the back and right side and head in profile; if I were betting, it was probably a Western Wood-Pewee but without great photos [better if it had vocalized], it goes down as wood-pewee sp.

Here is the list: 
Location:???? Assateague I. NS--Bayside
Observation date:???? 11/16/08
Notes:???? 47F, wind W25-30 mph.; clear; pewee seen briefly by Stasz, probably Western Wood-Pewee; Grasshopper Sparrow photos by Hubick, Hoffman, et al.; flyover Red Crossbill heard twice by Stasz, described as green without wingbars by Lutmerding; Mark Hoffman, Bill Hubick, Ed Boyd, Mikey Lutmerding, Ron 
Gutberlet, Tom Feilds, Jim Brighton, Jim Green, JB Churchill, David Yeany, Frode Jacobsen, Mike Walsh

Number of species:???? 53

Snow Goose???? 51
Brant (Atlantic)???? 26
Canada Goose???? 15
Tundra Swan???? 5
American Black Duck???? 23
Mallard???? 3
Surf Scoter???? 57
Black Scoter???? 5
Bufflehead???? 18
Hooded Merganser???? 5
Red-breasted Merganser???? 12
Common Loon???? 23
Horned Grebe???? 3
Double-crested Cormorant???? 58
Turkey Vulture???? 6
Bald Eagle???? 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk???? 2
Black-bellied Plover???? 1
Sanderling???? 16
Dunlin???? 7
Ring-billed Gull???? 1
Herring Gull (American)???? 56
Caspian Tern???? 2
Mourning Dove???? 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)???? 4
Western/Eastern Wood-Pewee???? 1
Tree Swallow???? 1
Carolina Wren???? 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet???? 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet???? 1
Eastern Bluebird???? 22
American Robin???? 1100
Northern Mockingbird???? 2
European Starling???? 21
Cedar Waxwing???? 22
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)???? 70
Eastern Towhee???? 2
Chipping Sparrow???? 7
Grasshopper Sparrow???? 1
Fox Sparrow (Red)???? 2
Song Sparrow???? 3
White-throated Sparrow???? 73
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)???? 13
Northern Cardinal???? 4
Red-winged Blackbird???? 107
Eastern Meadowlark???? 2
Common Grackle???? 12
Brown-headed Cowbird???? 50
Purple Finch???? 4
House Finch???? 2
Red Crossbill???? 1
Pine Siskin???? 33
American Goldfinch???? 246

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