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Higbee Beach Birding – September 23, 2022

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

Leaders (7:45am) group 2: Bert Hixon, Jackie Parker, Keith Parker

Temp: 60° F

Winds:  NW 15-28 mph

Weather Conditions: clear

7:30am Group

34 species

Species Count
Mourning Dove 3
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Laughing Gull 6
Great Blue Heron 1
Snowy Egret 1
Turkey Vulture 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk 7
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 25
American Kestrel 3
Merlin 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
Red-eyed Vireo 6
Blue Jay 1
Carolina Chickadee 4
Tree Swallow 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Carolina Wren 5
Brown Thrasher 1
Cedar Waxwing 35
American Goldfinch 2
Bobolink 12
Baltimore Oriole 1
Common Yellowthroat 3
American Redstart 6
Cape May Warbler 2
Northern Parula 8
Magnolia Warbler 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 4
Prairie Warbler 1
Scarlet Tanager 1

 

7:45am Group

37 species

Species Count
Mourning Dove 4
Killdeer 3
Laughing Gull 10
Herring Gull 2
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Caspian Tern 1
Royal Tern 3
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Turkey Vulture 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 37
American Kestrel 12
Merlin 1
White-eyed Vireo 1
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 5
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 1
Tree Swallow 10
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Carolina Wren 4
Gray Catbird 3
Northern Mockingbird 1
Cedar Waxwing 30
American Goldfinch 5
Bobolink 11
Black-and-white Warbler 3
Common Yellowthroat 2
American Redstart 2
Cape May Warbler 2
Northern Parula 3
Palm Warbler 7
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 5
Indigo Bunting 3