Saturday, March 21 2026 (Morning)
Volunteer Observer: Joanne Mawhinney
If I had only one hand to count on, I would have been fine! The lowest numbers I think I’ve ever encountered: 211 total going east, and 30 going west.
Complete lack of some of the usual suspects: bald eagles, any sort of sparrow (despite the seed out front), cormorants, Harlequins and purple sandpipers (although nine sandpipers appeared and two great cormorants finally flew by towards the end of the morning).
Despite that, it was an absolutely beautiful day down there, and I enjoyed every minute of it.
Tuesday, March 24 2026 (Afternoon)
Shift: 12:00-4:00 PM
Volunteer Observers: Susanne Bonnell, Richard Blackquiere, Brigitte Greene
The day was clear, great visibility, calm seas with in-coming tide.
Migrating birds were scarce over the 4 hours of observation.
Thirty-four birds moved East during the count period, 6 moved West, 15 were parked for various times throughout the count period.
45 Common Eiders and 12 Black Scoter moved through as a single group during a rest period.
Purple Sandpipers hung around the Point for most of the afternoon disappearing and emerging among the rocks.
Seabirds count : Common Loon, Great Cormorant, Common Eider, R-B
Merganser, Black Scoter, Harlequin Duck, Long-tailed Duck, Black
Guillemot, Surf Scoter. American Herring Gull, Iceland Gull, Hairy Woodpecker, and several Song
Sparrows rounded out our observations.
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Regular counts by our official counters begin on Friday, March 27.