A Clay-colored Sparrow was again present at the West End 2 parking lot's central exit, on the "island" I have described in recent emails. Few other birds were present there except a White-crowned Sparrow and singles of Black-throated Blue and Blackpoll Warbler. The Clay-colored was the only Spizella in its area, although dozens of Chipping Sparrows were present at the Coast Guard Station. Highlights there included a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker flyby, a Red-eyed Vireo, a Lincoln's Sparrow, and an Indigo Bunting. In nonpasserine news, a massive flock of cormorants (over 600 Double-crested) and gulls was following some school of fish in the inlet, as visible from the Boat Basin, and an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull was loafing in the West End 2 parking lot.
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