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Higbee Beach Birding – September 24, 2021

Leaders (7:30am group): Mary Watkins, Bernie Hodgdon

Leaders (7:45am group): Chris Marks, Jackie Parker

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7:30am group:

Lots of catbirds and bluejays! Then warblers high and low once the sun hit the trees.!

30 species

Species Count
Mourning Dove 2
Ring-billed Gull 1
Herring Gull 4
Great Black-backed Gull 6
Turkey Vulture 8
Osprey 4
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Red-eyed Vireo 9
Blue Jay 16
American Crow 7
Carolina Chickadee 3
Carolina Wren 12
Gray Catbird 9
Brown Thrasher 1
American Goldfinch 1
Common Grackle 2
Black-and-white Warbler 7
Nashville Warbler 1
American Redstart 4
Northern Parula 18
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 2
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 3
Blue Grosbeak 1

 

7:45am Group

31 species

Species Count
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Laughing Gull 13
White Ibis 4
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 8
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Red-eyed Vireo 10
Blue Jay 6
Tufted Titmouse 1
Tree Swallow 4
House Wren 1
Carolina Wren 12
Gray Catbird 10
Brown Thrasher 1
American Goldfinch 1
Black-and-white Warbler 4
American Redstart 8
Northern Parula 7
Magnolia Warbler 1
Bay-breasted Warbler 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 3
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 8
Blue Grosbeak 1