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Higbee Beach Birding – May 28, 2021

Leaders:  Group 1: Melissa Roach

Group 2: Mary Watkins, Dave Pollard

Temp: 64 °F

Winds:  NE 18 mph

Weather Conditions: cloudy/overcast

Group 1 – 7:30am

29 species

Species Count
Mallard 2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
Mourning Dove 2
Chimney Swift 2
Laughing Gull 30
Herring Gull 1
Forster’s Tern 1
Great Egret 1
Turkey Vulture 5
Osprey 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 1
crow sp. 2
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 2
Purple Martin 3
Carolina Wren 8
American Goldfinch 2
Field Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 8
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Common Grackle 2
Swainson’s Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 5
Blue Grosbeak 2
Indigo Bunting 8

 

Group 2 – 7:45am

34 species

Species Count
Mourning Dove 8
Chimney Swift 3
Laughing Gull 10
Forster’s Tern 2
Glossy Ibis 4
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 7
Osprey 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 1
White-eyed Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 1
American Crow 2
Carolina Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 3
Tree Swallow 2
Carolina Wren 11
American Robin 2
Field Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 1
Eastern Towhee 1
Baltimore Oriole 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle 6
Common Yellowthroat 2
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 6
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 5