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Higbee Beach Birding – October 7, 2022

Leaders (7:30am) group 1: Chris Marks, Dave & Lynn Pollard

Leaders (7:45am) group 2: Adehl Schwaderer, Jackie Parker, Bernie Hodgdon

Temp: 68° F

Winds:  W 3-5 mph

Weather Conditions: clear

7:30am Group

35 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 12
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 7
Cooper’s Hawk 3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 65
American Kestrel 1
Merlin 2
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 45
American Crow 6
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet 5
Red-breasted Nuthatch 4
Carolina Wren 5
Gray Catbird 3
Brown Thrasher 3
Cedar Waxwing 4
Savannah Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 4
Brown-headed Cowbird 32
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Nashville Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 4
American Redstart 3
Northern Parula 16
Blackpoll Warbler 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 2
Prairie Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Indigo Bunting 1

 

7:45am Group

38 species

Species Count
Mourning Dove 1
Laughing Gull 1
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Black Vulture 1
Osprey 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 6
Cooper’s Hawk 3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 12
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 95
Eastern Phoebe 3
Warbling Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 64
American Crow 4
Carolina Chickadee 1
Tree Swallow 30
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5
Golden-crowned Kinglet 12
Red-breasted Nuthatch 5
Brown Creeper 1
Carolina Wren 4
Gray Catbird 8
Brown Thrasher 4
Field Sparrow 3
Savannah Sparrow 2
Baltimore Oriole 1
Black-and-white Warbler 6
Common Yellowthroat 3
American Redstart 7
Northern Parula 7
Blackpoll Warbler 11
Palm Warbler 8
Yellow-rumped Warbler 10
Northern Cardinal 5
Indigo Bunting 2
Dickcissel 1