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Higbee Beach Birding – August 25, 2023

Leaders: Mary Watkins, Dave & Lynn Pollard, Bernie Hodgdon, John McElroy

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Impressive Eastern Kingbird show! Good numbers of Tree Swallows. Lots of American Redstarts including one adult male. Also, Black-and-white warbler and a surprise Blue-winged Warbler!

33 species

Species Count
Wood Duck 3
Mallard 4
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 6
Mourning Dove 5
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Chimney Swift 4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs 10
Laughing Gull 10
Royal Tern 1
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Osprey 1
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill’s Flycatcher) 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 52
White-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 3
Carolina Chickadee 4
Purple Martin 4
Tree Swallow 65
Barn Swallow 4
Carolina Wren 7
Gray Catbird 2
American Robin 44
American Goldfinch 2
Red-winged Blackbird 5
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 1
American Redstart 18
Northern Cardinal 3
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 3