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Higbee Beach Birding – May 13, 2022

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

Leaders (7:45am) group 2: Mary Watkins, Jackie Parker, Bernie Hodgdon

Temp: 62° F

Winds:  E 3-5 mph

Weather Conditions: overcast

7:30am Group

37 species

Species Count
Mourning Dove 6
Chimney Swift 20
Laughing Gull 8
Great Egret 1
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 2
Bald Eagle 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Great Crested Flycatcher 3
Eastern Kingbird 18
White-eyed Vireo 4
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 3
Tufted Titmouse 4
Purple Martin 5
Barn Swallow 3
Carolina Wren 12
European Starling 8
Gray Catbird 5
Brown Thrasher 1
Eastern Bluebird 1
American Goldfinch 1
Field Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 3
Red-winged Blackbird 8
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
Northern Waterthrush 1
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Swainson’s Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 2
Northern Parula 3
Yellow Warbler 3
Prairie Warbler 4
Northern Cardinal 6
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 10

 

7:45am Group

54 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 2
Mallard 1
Mourning Dove 4
Chimney Swift 19
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Laughing Gull 11
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull 2
Great Black-backed Gull 5
Forster’s Tern 2
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Egret 1
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 5
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Acadian Flycatcher 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 20
White-eyed Vireo 4
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 5
Fish Crow 2
Tufted Titmouse 7
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Purple Martin 9
Tree Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Carolina Wren 11
European Starling 1
Gray Catbird 6
Northern Mockingbird 1
Eastern Bluebird 1
Field Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 4
Eastern Towhee 2
Bobolink 4
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
Common Grackle 3
Ovenbird 2
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Swainson’s Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 5
Northern Parula 7
Yellow Warbler 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 4
Northern Cardinal 7
Blue Grosbeak 2
Indigo Bunting 5