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Above Par Birding at Cox Hall Creek – October 3, 2021

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Janet Crawford

Temp: 69° F

Winds:  SW 9 mph

Weather Conditions: partly cloudy

Sparrows are on the move, with White-throated, Swamp and Savannah seen this morning at Cox Hall Creek. A skein of Double-created Cormorants migrated high overhead, an adult Bald Eagle flew in low right over the parking lot at the very end of the walk and three osprey were still present, soon to leave for their long flight to South America.

41 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 12
Mallard 11
Mourning Dove 10
Herring Gull (American) 2
Double-crested Cormorant 21
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 1
Great Egret 1
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey (carolinensis) 3
Accipiter sp. 1
Bald Eagle 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 11
Eastern Phoebe 3
White-eyed Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 16
American Crow 9
Fish Crow 30
Carolina Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 11
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 2
Carolina Wren (Northern) 8
Gray Catbird 12
Brown Thrasher 5
Northern Mockingbird 1
House Finch 5
American Goldfinch 9
White-throated Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) 4
Swamp Sparrow 3
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 6
Common Grackle 3
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat (trichas Group) 6
Northern Parula 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 6
Northern Cardinal 9