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Higbee Beach Birding – April 22, 2022

Leaders (7:30am) group 1: Chris Marks, Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard, Jackie Parker

Leaders (7:45am) group 2: Karen Thompson, Mary Watkins

Temp: 62° F

Winds:  NW 1-3 mph

Weather Conditions: clear

Beautiful spring morning. Prairie and Common Yellow-throated Warblers and White-eyed Vireos are back on site, singing.  A late Red-breasted Merganser and Common Loon from the beach.

7:30am Group

46 species

Species Count
Mallard 4
Mourning Dove 6
Chimney Swift 1
Greater Yellowlegs 6
Laughing Gull 20
Ring-billed Gull 1
Herring Gull 4
Red-throated Loon 1
Double-crested Cormorant 26
Great Egret 2
Glossy Ibis 26
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 4
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 3
American Kestrel 1
White-eyed Vireo 6
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 2
crow sp. 1
Carolina Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
Carolina Wren 18
Gray Catbird 3
Brown Thrasher 2
Northern Mockingbird 2
Cedar Waxwing 11
American Goldfinch 3
White-throated Sparrow 6
Song Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 1
Eastern Towhee 4
Red-winged Blackbird 8
Brown-headed Cowbird 12
Common Grackle 4
Black-and-white Warbler 4
Swainson’s Warbler 1
Hooded Warbler 1
Northern Parula 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 6
Yellow-throated Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 2
Northern Cardinal 4

 

7:45am Group

33 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 2
Red-breasted Merganser 1
Mourning Dove 4
American Oystercatcher 1
Laughing Gull 18
Herring Gull 5
Great Black-backed Gull 4
Common Loon 1
Double-crested Cormorant 40
Great Egret 1
Osprey 1
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 4
White-eyed Vireo 8
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 1
Carolina Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 3
Tree Swallow 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 7
Carolina Wren 12
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 2
American Goldfinch 1
White-throated Sparrow 10
Eastern Towhee 4
Red-winged Blackbird 1
Black-and-white Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 1
Prairie Warbler 2
Northern Cardinal 10