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Higbee Beach Birding – October 29, 2021

Leaders: Melissa Roach, Mary Watkins, Chris Marks, Dave Pollard

Temp: 60° F

Winds:  15-25 mph

Weather Conditions: overcast

40 species

Species Count
Brant 7
Canada Goose 8
Wood Duck 4
American Black Duck 1
Mourning Dove 2
Herring Gull 3
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Common Loon 1
Double-crested Cormorant 300
Great Blue Heron 2
Black Vulture 3
Turkey Vulture 8
Osprey 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Cooper’s Hawk 2
Bald Eagle 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Merlin 2
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 2
crow sp. 4
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tree Swallow 7
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Carolina Wren 4
Gray Catbird 1
Brown Thrasher 1
American Robin 13
Cedar Waxwing 16
Dark-eyed Junco 1
White-throated Sparrow 8
Savannah Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 9
Swamp Sparrow 4
Eastern Towhee 1
Red-winged Blackbird 7
Common Grackle 4
Palm Warbler 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 25
Northern Cardinal 2