BirdCapeMay.org

Steady northeast winds throughout contributed to a rather slow day raptor-wise, with 63 migrant raptors counted. There were some non-raptor highlights however, including 2 Cliff Swallows (6 species of swallow seen from the platform today), 8 Brown Pelicans (flock of 7 south of the watch plus a single bird soaring over towards the Meadows), an early morning Northern Gannet, and a juvenile Black Tern that showed up at Bunker Pond early in the AM and then again after 3 PM. My complete eBird list is below:

Canada Goose X
Mallard 6
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Northern Gannet 1
Brown Pelican 8
Double-crested Cormorant 55
Great Blue Heron 3
Great Egret 18
Green Heron 2
Glossy Ibis 3
Black Vulture 16
Turkey Vulture 10
Osprey 14 (10 migrants)
Bald Eagle 4
Sharp-shinned Hawk 4
Cooper's Hawk 19
Broad-winged Hawk 10
Red-tailed Hawk 8 (4 migrants)
American Kestrel 5
Merlin 1
Peregrine Falcon 5
Killdeer 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 8
Semipalmated Sandpiper 12
Least Sandpiper 15
Laughing Gull X
Ring-billed Gull X
Herring Gull X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Caspian Tern 1
Black Tern 1
Common Tern X
Forster's Tern X
Royal Tern 8
Black Skimmer 70
Rock Pigeon X
Mourning Dove 10
Chimney Swift 20
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Kingbird 4
American Crow X
Fish Crow 10
Purple Martin 40
Tree Swallow 100
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3
Bank Swallow 2
Cliff Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 100
Carolina Chickadee X
Carolina Wren 8
Marsh Wren 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
Northern Mockingbird X
European Starling X
Cedar Waxwing 2
Yellow Warbler 5
Prairie Warbler 1
American Redstart 6
Northern Waterthrush 2
Common Yellowthroat 2
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 4
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 1
Bobolink 135
Red-winged Blackbird X
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch X
House Sparrow X

Labels: hawkwatch