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Higbee Beach Birding – September 26, 2025

Leaders (group 1): Dave & Lynn Pollard, Bert Hixon, Barry Hershfeld

Leaders (group 2): Jackie & Keith Parker, Bernie Hodgdon, Pam Hubert

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Group 1

24 species

Species Count
Mourning Dove 4
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
American Herring Gull 3
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 15
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 28
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 9
Common Raven 1
Tufted Titmouse 1
Carolina Wren 4
Gray Catbird 2
Cedar Waxwing 20
American Goldfinch 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 20
American Redstart 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1

 

Group 2

22 species

Species Count
Mourning Dove 5
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Laughing Gull 2
Osprey 15
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 12
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 5
Carolina Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 3
Carolina Wren 7
Gray Catbird 3
Brown Thrasher 3
Bobolink 2
American Redstart 1
Blackpoll Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 6
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
New Jersey Audubon