Date: 5/28/26 11:03 pm From: Lucas Corneliussen via groups.io <Lucascorneliussen04...> Subject: [northbaybirds] Outer Point - Point Reyes 5/28
Hi All,
I woke up late this morning to a text from Connor Cochrane about a singing White-eyed Vireo at Fish Docks, found earlier by Ivan Samuels. After overnight rain, conditions on the OP had looked less than ideal to my eye, but credit to those who got out at first light. By the time I arrived, the weather had cleared into a beautiful mix of overcast and open sky, draping the Point in perfect migrant conditions. I ended up spending most of the day birding with Ethan Monk, who was also present, and a revolving cast of local Marin birders. The day produced a strong variety of migrant passerines, with some personal highlights including the White-eyed Vireo, Black Swift, Blackburnian Warbler, and Black-throated Green Warbler. There was a noticeable turnover of birds throughout the day, with different subsets of species appearing across the various hotspots as various observers made their rounds. The ever-changing cast of characters made for dynamic and exciting birding from start to finish.
Today serves as a good reminder that days with less-than-ideal weather can sometimes surprise you! In this case, it produced some of the best birding the Outer Point has to offer. That said, in my experience, these days are more the exception than the rule! Either way, the message is simple: get out there and bird while spring migration lasts!
Below is a full list of today's migrants at the OP, each noted with their finder. Apologies if I missed anything or miscredited something!
Fish Docks
* WHITE-EYED VIREO (Ivan Samuels)
* 1 BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER
* 1 BLACK SWIFT
* 1 W-w Pewee
* 1 Swainson's Thrush
* 1 Townsend’s Warbler
* 2 W Tanager
* Harlequin Duck
Lighthouse
* 2 BLACK SWIFT
* 1 WHITE-THROATED SWIFT
* 2 Purple Martin
* Indigo Bunting
* Ovenbird (Brian Browne) - not seen by me
* 2 N Yellow Warbler
* 2 Swainson's Thrush
Nunes
* 1 Olive-sided Flycatcher
* 1 W Warbling Vireo
* 1 W-w Pewee
* 2 Western Fly
* 3 Cedar Waxwing
* 1 N Yellow Warbler
* 1 BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER
* 1 Tennessee Warbler (Connor Cochrane)
* 1 BREWERS SPARROW (Mark Stephenson) - not seen by me
* 1 Yellowthroat
* 3 Swainson's Thrush
Drakes
* 1 W Warbling Vireo
* 1 Oriole sp (C. Cochrane) - not seen by me
* 1 BLACKPOLL WARBLER (Cedric Duhalde/Josiah Clark & crew) - not seen by me
* 1 Tennessee Warbler (Connor Cochrane) - not seen by me
Mendoza
* 1 N Yellow Warbler
* 1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Connor Cochrane) - not seen by me
* 1 Western Fly
* 1 W-w Pewee
* 2 Cedar Waxwing
* 1 yellowthroat
* 1 Swainson's Thrush
Spalleta
* 1 W-w Pewee
* 1 N Yellow Warbler
* 1 Northern Parula (Connor Cochrane) - not seen by me
* 1 Purple Martin (C. Cochrane) - not seen by me
Elsewhere on OP
* Red-eyed Vireo
* Lawrence’s Goldfinch (Brian Browne) - not seen by me
