Higbee Beach Birding - Friday, September 26th, 2014

Higbee Beach was a little quiet by Higbee standards, but still gave us an inspiring morning. It was noticeable that mid- to late-season migrants were starting to appear, with Common Loon, Wood Duck, Eastern Phoebe and Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers being first-of-seasons for our Higbee walks. A Pine Siskin was a surprise fly-over, heading north toward the dike.
Group 1 - Leaders: Mike Crewe and Megan Crewe.
56 species

Wood Duck  1
Mallard  2
Common Loon  1
Double-crested Cormorant  15
Great Blue Heron  1
Snowy Egret  6
Black Vulture  2
Osprey  2
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Cooper's Hawk  1
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Sanderling  12
Herring Gull  2
Great Black-backed Gull  2
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1
Mourning Dove  3
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  2
Downy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  12
American Kestrel  1
Merlin  2
Least Flycatcher  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
White-eyed Vireo  1
Red-eyed Vireo  6
Blue Jay  12
Tree Swallow  30
Carolina Chickadee  4
Carolina Wren  4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
American Robin  2
Gray Catbird  10
Brown Thrasher  2
Cedar Waxwing  65
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Tennessee Warbler  2
Common Yellowthroat  4
American Redstart  2
Cape May Warbler  1
Northern Parula  1
Magnolia Warbler  1
Palm Warbler  5
Scarlet Tanager  1
Northern Cardinal  3
Blue Grosbeak  2
Indigo Bunting  6
Bobolink  5
Red-winged Blackbird  20
Common Grackle  2
Baltimore Oriole  1
Pine Siskin  1
American Goldfinch  3

Group 2 - Leaders: Kathy Horn, Chris Marks, and Catherine Busch.
47 species (+1 other taxa)

Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  1
Snowy Egret  7
Turkey Vulture  1
Sharp-shinned Hawk  2
Forster's Tern  1
Mourning Dove  3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  16
Least Flycatcher  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
White-eyed Vireo  3
Philadelphia Vireo  1
Red-eyed Vireo  21
Blue Jay  8
crow sp.  2
Carolina Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  9
House Wren  1
Carolina Wren  6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
Eastern Bluebird  1
American Robin  4
Gray Catbird  16
Brown Thrasher  9
Cedar Waxwing  25
Northern Waterthrush  1
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  7
American Redstart  9
Northern Parula  2
Magnolia Warbler  1
Yellow Warbler  1
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  1
Song Sparrow  1
Scarlet Tanager  1
Northern Cardinal  7
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1
Blue Grosbeak  1
Indigo Bunting  5
Bobolink  2
Red-winged Blackbird  2
Baltimore Oriole  1
American Goldfinch  2

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