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Higbee Beach Birding – May 9, 2025

Leaders (group 1): Dave & Lynn Pollard, Chris Marks, Steve Rodan

Leaders (group 2): Jackie & Keith Parker, Bernie Hodgdon, Holly & Mark Lemieux

Temp: 66° F

Winds: SW 10 mph

Weather Conditions: partly cloudy

Group 1

29 species

Species Count
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 3
Mourning Dove 3
Laughing Gull 6
Forster’s Tern 3
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Green Heron 1
Osprey 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 5
White-eyed Vireo 4
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 3
Tufted Titmouse 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
European Starling 2
Gray Catbird 1
Cedar Waxwing 2
Field Sparrow 5
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
Common Grackle 2
Black-and-white Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 2
Prairie Warbler 4
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Blue Grosbeak 6
Indigo Bunting 11

 

Group 2

36 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 4
Mourning Dove 9
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Laughing Gull 10
Forster’s Tern 2
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Snowy Egret 1
Green Heron 2
Great Egret 2
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 5
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 4
Eastern Kingbird 2
White-eyed Vireo 5
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 6
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 4
Carolina Wren 7
Gray Catbird 1
Field Sparrow 2
Baltimore Oriole 1
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Common Grackle 8
Common Yellowthroat 4
Northern Parula 1
Prairie Warbler 6
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 8
Blue Grosbeak 6
Indigo Bunting 10
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