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Higbee Beach Birding – May 3, 2024

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

Leaders (group 2): Jackie Parker, Barry Hershfeld, Bernie Hodgdon, Alan Crawford

Temp: 52° F

Winds:  ESE 10-20 mph

Weather Conditions: Sunny to start but quickly became quite cloudy.

Group 1

33 species

Species Count
Mourning Dove 2
Killdeer 1
Willet (Eastern) 1
Laughing Gull 6
Herring Gull 6
Royal Tern 2
Double-crested Cormorant 6
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 6
Osprey 2
Bald Eagle 2
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 3
White-eyed Vireo 4
Blue Jay 2
Fish Crow 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Carolina Wren 6
Gray Catbird 1
American Robin 1
Cedar Waxwing 30
Field Sparrow 2
Eastern Towhee 2
Red-winged Blackbird 3
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
Common Grackle 3
Common Yellowthroat 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 4
Prairie Warbler 4
Northern Cardinal 4
Blue Grosbeak 5
Indigo Bunting 3

 

Group 2

44 species

Species Count
Mallard 2
Mourning Dove 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 2
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Purple Sandpiper 20
Laughing Gull 6
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Least Tern 2
Forster’s Tern 6
Double-crested Cormorant 50
Black Vulture 3
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
White-eyed Vireo 10
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 2
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 2
Barn Swallow 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Carolina Wren 12
Gray Catbird 3
American Robin 1
Cedar Waxwing 30
American Goldfinch 3
Field Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 3
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Common Grackle 10
Black-and-white Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 5
Northern Parula 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 6
Prairie Warbler 3
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 6
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 7
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