Hi everyone, A female type Dickcissel was present on the shrubby "island" in the middle of the West End 2 parking lot at sundown this evening. Exact coordinates follow this message. Also in the island were several phoebes, a House Wren, a first-winter male Rose-breasted Grosbeak, several Savannah and single Chipping and White-throated Sparrows, two Common Yellowthroats. Phoebes, Savannah Sparrows and Palm Warblers made up the majority of the migrant population throughout. Other notable passerines were a single 1st-winter White-crowned Sparrow, a Dark-eyed Junco, and a Baltimore Oriole at the Coast Guard Station, and a Swamp Sparrow on the Jones Inlet jetty. Also seen from the jetty were a pair of Royal Terns. In other news, the mosquito population continues to dwindle. The decent northeast wind also made the survivors' lives hard. It was an especially pleasant day to be outside. Dickcissel, at the West End 2 lot "island" 40.585172,-73.560607
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