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Above Par Birding at Cox Hall Creek – November 5, 2023

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Bernie Hodgdon, Alan Crawford, Barry Hershfeld

Temp: 42°F

Winds: NW 3mph

Weather Conditions: sunny

Eastern Towhees have come in at CHC! Both male and female birds were sitting up in the morning sun and calling frequently. Sparrows were less cooperative but also there in good numbers. We saw and heard lots of both “flavors” of kinglets, Ruby and Golden-crowned.

32 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 2
Mourning Dove 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Blue Heron - Roger Horn

Great Blue Heron photo by Roger Horn

 
Great Blue Heron - Roger Horn

Great Blue Heron photo by Roger Horn

 
Great Blue Heron - Roger Horn

Great Blue Heron photo by Roger Horn

 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 5
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 8
Carolina Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 8
Tree Swallow 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Roger Horn

Ruby-crowned Kinglet photo by Roger Horn

 
Golden-crowned Kinglet 5
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren (Northern) 6
Gray Catbird 2
Brown Thrasher 5
Brown Thrasher - Roger Horn

Brown Thrasher photo by Roger Horn

 
Northern Mockingbird 1
Eastern Bluebird 2
American Robin 325
American Robin - Roger Horn

American Robin photo by Roger Horn

 
American Robin - Roger Horn

American Robin photo by Roger Horn

 
House Finch 5
American Goldfinch 9
White-throated Sparrow 14
Song Sparrow 4
Swamp Sparrow 2
Eastern Towhee (Red-eyed) 6
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 20
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 13
Northern Cardinal 6