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Higbee Beach Birding – September 13, 2024

Leaders Group 1: Mary Watkins, Jackie & Keith Parker, Bernie Hodgdon

Leaders Group 2: Chris Marks, Dave & Lynn Pollard, Dennis McKane

Temp: 72° F

Winds: NE 3-5 mph

Weather Conditions: clear

Group 1

34 species

Species Count
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 3
Mourning Dove 2
Laughing Gull 18
Ring-billed Gull 1
Herring Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Forster’s Tern 8
Common Tern 1
Royal Tern 12
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 8
Bald Eagle 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker 2
White-eyed Vireo 4
Red-eyed Vireo 6
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 3
Carolina Chickadee 2
Barn Swallow 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 1
Carolina Wren 6
Gray Catbird 1
Brown Thrasher 1
Veery 1
American Goldfinch 2
Bobolink 6
Red-winged Blackbird 5
American Redstart 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Indigo Bunting 3

 

Group 2

31 species

Species Count
Mourning Dove 6
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Herring Gull 4
Forster’s Tern 1
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 6
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 3
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
White-eyed Vireo 5
Red-eyed Vireo 4
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 5
Carolina Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 4
Tree Swallow 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
Carolina Wren 6
Gray Catbird 2
Veery 1
Cedar Waxwing 4
American Goldfinch 2
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Common Grackle 2
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Tennessee Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 2
American Redstart 3
Northern Cardinal 4
Indigo Bunting 1