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Higbee Beach Birding – September 27, 2024

Leaders (group 1): Chris Marks, Jackie & Keith Parker, Barry Hershfeld

Leaders (group 2): Mary Watkins, Bert Hixon, Bernie Hodgdon

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Quiet morning but nice birds from beach including brown pelicans, bald eagle and merlin.

Group 1

25 species

Species Count
Mourning Dove 2
Laughing Gull 23
Herring Gull 2
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Forster’s Tern 1
Royal Tern 6
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Brown Pelican 1
Osprey 3
Bald Eagle 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 7
Merlin 1
White-eyed Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 3
Carolina Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 1
Carolina Wren 6
Gray Catbird 5
Common Grackle 2
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 2

 

 

Group 2

21 species

Species Count
Mourning Dove 3
Laughing Gull 4
Herring Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Forster’s Tern 1
Royal Tern 10
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Osprey 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Northern Flicker 12
Merlin 1
Red-eyed Vireo 4
Blue Jay 14
American Crow 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Carolina Wren 10
Gray Catbird 20
Common Yellowthroat 2
American Redstart 1
Palm Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 6