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Higbee Beach Birding – October 8, 2021

Leaders (7:30am): Melissa Roach, Chris Marks, Jackie Parker

Leaders (7:45am): Mary Watkins, Dave Pollard, Bernie Hodgdon

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7:30am Group

36 species

Species Count
Black Scoter 50
Herring Gull 6
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 2
Osprey 4
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 8
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 24
Merlin 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Blue Jay 18
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4
Golden-crowned Kinglet 3
Carolina Wren 8
European Starling 2
Gray Catbird 8
Brown Thrasher 6
Northern Mockingbird 1
Swainson’s Thrush 1
Field Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 3
Eastern Meadowlark 3
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Black-and-white Warbler 3
Common Yellowthroat 2
Northern Parula 8
Blackpoll Warbler 4
Palm Warbler 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler 15
Northern Cardinal 6
Indigo Bunting 3

 

7:45am Group

38 species

Species Count
Mourning Dove 4
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Herring Gull 6
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Double-crested Cormorant 45
Turkey Vulture 6
Osprey 4
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 12
Merlin 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Eastern Phoebe 3
Blue Jay 14
American Crow 4
Carolina Chickadee 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Carolina Wren 8
Gray Catbird 5
Brown Thrasher 6
Field Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 3
Savannah Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 3
Red-winged Blackbird 1
Black-and-white Warbler 4
American Redstart 4
Northern Parula 2
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 2
Palm Warbler 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler 21
Northern Cardinal 2