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Higbee Beach Birding – September 8, 2023

Leaders: Dave Pollard, Lynn Pollard, Mary Watkins, Bernie Hodgdon

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Hot and Humid with a great group of folks and BIRDS!

34 species

Species Count
Mourning Dove 8
Chimney Swift 2
Laughing Gull 1
Herring Gull 1
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 6
Cooper’s Hawk 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - Lynn Pollard

Flycatcher with yellow wash from throat down through belly. Olive with 2 obvious wing bars. Photo taken by Daniel Perry

 
Least Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 6
White-eyed Vireo 7
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 7
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 1
Tree Swallow 6
Barn Swallow 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Carolina Wren 6
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 5
Song Sparrow 1
Common Grackle 1
Black-and-white Warbler 3
Common Yellowthroat 4
American Redstart 4
Cape May Warbler 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 3
Indigo Bunting 1