Monhegan Island Migration Reports

Tired songbirds drop from the skies at dawn. Falcons give chase and take life. Gulls feast on table scraps. And migration mingles with the human condition. Welcome to Monhegan Island. Ten miles off Maine’s midcoast, Monhegan is a rocky outpost for artists, retirees, laborers, actors, innkeepers, misfits, merchants, tourists, the clueless, lobstermen, vegetable farmers, and various other weathered individuals. Birders invade in spring and fall. So here are irregular reports on what’s flying and what’s irregular on Monhegan. I’ll also Tweet notable discoveries with the hashtag #monheganbirds.

• No. 7 (September 29): The Fallout II
• No. 6 (September 26): Halftime Report
• No. 5 (September 24): The Fallout
• No. 4 (September 21): Going North
• No. 3 (September 20): Moonset to Moonrise
• No. 2 (September 19): The Other Migration
• No. 1 (September 16): Beer and a Movie