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Higbee Beach Birding – August 22, 2025

Leaders: Dave & Lynn Pollard, Bernie Hodgdon, Dennis McKane

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Lots of birds including the Blue Wing and Black and White Warblers seemingly oblivious to the black snake close by in the tree!

43 species

Species Count
Mourning Dove 5
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3
Laughing Gull 5
American Herring Gull 3
Great Black-backed Gull 8
Royal Tern 1
Double-crested Cormorant 18
Great Egret 1
Black Vulture 1
Osprey 8
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Willow Flycatcher 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
White-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 6
Carolina Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 3
Purple Martin 1
Barn Swallow 10
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
Carolina Wren 4
Gray Catbird 2
Cedar Waxwing 22
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 1
Field Sparrow 2
Bobolink 28
Baltimore Oriole 1
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Common Grackle 1
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 5
American Redstart 16
Northern Parula 1
Yellow Warbler 5
Northern Cardinal 4
Indigo Bunting 1
New Jersey Audubon