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Higbee Beach Birding – May 2, 2025

Leaders (group 1): Chris Marks, Dave & Lynn Pollard, Barry Hershfeld

Leaders (group 2): Jackie Parker, Steve Rodan, Bernie Hodgdon

Temp: 66°-74° F

Winds: SW 10 mph

Weather Conditions: partly cloudy

Group 1

39 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 3
Mallard 2
Mourning Dove 4
American Oystercatcher 3
Laughing Gull 25
American Herring Gull 8
Great Black-backed Gull 4
Forster’s Tern 24
Double-crested Cormorant 105
Great Egret 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 6
Bald Eagle 1
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 5
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 2
White-eyed Vireo 7
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 3
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Carolina Wren 6
Gray Catbird 4
Field Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 6
Yellow-breasted Chat 1
Red-winged Blackbird 8
Common Grackle 3
Common Yellowthroat 1
Hooded Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 8
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Blue Grosbeak 4
Indigo Bunting 8

 

Group 2

45 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 2
Surf Scoter 1
Black Scoter 24
Mourning Dove 3
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Laughing Gull 25
Ring-billed Gull 1
American Herring Gull 3
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Least Tern 1
Forster’s Tern 36
Common Loon 1
Double-crested Cormorant 300
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey (American) 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 2
White-eyed Vireo 3
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 1
Carolina Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 4
Tree Swallow 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Carolina Wren 2
Gray Catbird 1
Field Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 2
Yellow-breasted Chat 1
Baltimore Oriole 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle 2
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
Hooded Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 3
Northern Cardinal 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Blue Grosbeak 2
Indigo Bunting 4