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Higbee Beach Birding – September 3, 2021

Leaders: Melissa Roach, Chris Marks

Temp: 65° F

Winds:  N 10 mph

Weather Conditions:  mostly cloudy

47 species

Species Count
Mourning Dove 6
Chimney Swift 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 6
Laughing Gull 12
Herring Gull 3
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Caspian Tern 1
Royal Tern 6
Double-crested Cormorant 24
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 4
Bald Eagle 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
American Kestrel 1
Peregrine Falcon 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 50
White-eyed Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 4
Blue Jay 1
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 2
Purple Martin 3
Tree Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 10
Carolina Wren 6
European Starling 1
Gray Catbird 3
Veery 3
American Robin 2
Cedar Waxwing 13
American Goldfinch 2
Baltimore Oriole 6
Red-winged Blackbird 175
Common Grackle 2
Black-and-white Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 2
American Redstart 25
Northern Parula 1
Yellow Warbler 8
Palm Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 6
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 2