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Higbee Beach Birding – May 12, 2023

Leaders (7:30am) group 1: Jackie Parker, Bert Hixon, Ruth Bergstrom, Bernie Hodgdon

Leaders (7:45am) group 2:  Adehl Schwaderer, Chris Marks, Mary Jane Roache

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7:30am Group

44 species

Species Count
Mourning Dove 2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3
Greater Yellowlegs 10
Laughing Gull 40
Double-crested Cormorant 10
Osprey 5
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 3
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 1
White-eyed Vireo 4
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 1
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 4
Barn Swallow 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
House Wren 1
Carolina Wren 8
European Starling 1
Gray Catbird 2
Brown Thrasher 1
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 2
Orchard Oriole 3
Baltimore Oriole 1
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Common Grackle 4
Northern Waterthrush 1
Common Yellowthroat 2
American Redstart 2
Northern Parula 2
Yellow Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 6
Blue Grosbeak 4
Indigo Bunting 9

 

7:45am Group

42 species

Species Count
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
Mourning Dove 4
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Laughing Gull 24
Double-crested Cormorant 47
White Ibis 12
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 6
Great Crested Flycatcher 5
Eastern Kingbird 2
White-eyed Vireo 5
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 6
Fish Crow 3
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 1
Barn Swallow 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4
Carolina Wren 16
European Starling 3
Gray Catbird 2
American Goldfinch 5
Orchard Oriole 3
Baltimore Oriole 6
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle 10
Common Yellowthroat 4
Northern Parula 3
Yellow Warbler 2
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 10
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Blue Grosbeak 4
Indigo Bunting 12