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Higbee Beach Birding – May 23, 2025

Leaders: Dave & Lynn Pollard, Bernie Hodgdon, Steve Rodan, Barry Hershfeld

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Unusual numbers of Cedar Waxwings and Eastern Kingbirds plus Black Skimmer and Merlin. And, Oh, the gorgeous Indigo Buntings!

38 species

Species Count
Mallard 2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 1
Mourning Dove 5
Chimney Swift 6
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Laughing Gull 10
American Herring Gull 5
Black Skimmer 1
Forster’s Tern 1
Double-crested Cormorant 11
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 5
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Merlin 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 25
White-eyed Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 1
Carolina Chickadee 3
Purple Martin 6
Carolina Wren 5
Northern Mockingbird 1
Cedar Waxwing 50
House Finch 2
Field Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Brown-headed Cowbird 15
Common Grackle 8
Common Yellowthroat 2
Magnolia Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 3
Northern Cardinal 5
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 12
New Jersey Audubon