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Above Par Birding at Cox Hall Creek – October 6, 2024

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

Temp: 59° F 

Winds: S 5 mph 

Weather Conditions: sunny 

After a good night of migration, Cox Hall Creek WMA was hopping this morning. Many songbirds were still flying high overhead but there was a good variety on the ground as well. Highlights included a Yellow-billed Cuckoo sitting quietly in a sunny spot, a Philadelphia Vireo feeding busily, and a small flock of Red-breasted Nuthatches, calling and flitting between cedar trees. 

51 species 

Species  Count 
Canada Goose  1 
Mallard  2 
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  19 
Mourning Dove  9 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1 
Killdeer  5 
Double-crested Cormorant  1 
Green Heron  1 
Great Egret  1 
Turkey Vulture  1 
Osprey (carolinensis)  1 
Cooper’s Hawk  3 
Bald Eagle  1 
Belted Kingfisher  2 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1 
Red-bellied Woodpecker  5 
Downy Woodpecker  1 
Hairy Woodpecker  1 
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  55 
Eastern Phoebe  7 
Philadelphia Vireo  1 
Red-eyed Vireo  1 
Blue Jay  22 
Carolina Chickadee  7 
Tufted Titmouse  3 
Tree Swallow  18 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  4 
Golden-crowned Kinglet  1 
Red-breasted Nuthatch  7 
Brown Creeper  1 
Carolina Wren  9 
European Starling  12 
Gray Catbird  7 
Brown Thrasher  1 
American Robin  28 
House Finch  4 
White-throated Sparrow  3 
Song Sparrow  5 
Swamp Sparrow  12 
Eastern Towhee  2 
Red-winged Blackbird  20 
Common Grackle  4 
Ovenbird  1 
Black-and-white Warbler  1 
Common Yellowthroat  4 
Northern Parula  2 
Blackpoll Warbler  2 
Palm Warbler (Western)  8 
Palm Warbler (Yellow)  2 
Pine Warbler  6 
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  38 
Northern Cardinal  8 
passerine sp.  30 
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