Higbee Beach Birding - Friday, October 3rd, 2014

Our walk took us through the Higbee fields, that are just starting to show their autumn tints. Though winds were unfavorable for a classic Higbee day, we nevertheless enjoyed a nice suite of birds, including our first kinglets of the fall, some obliging Indigo Buntings and tail-dipping Palm Warblers and Eastern Phoebes. Group 1 - Leaders: Mike Crewe, Chris Marks, Catherine Busch, and Carrie Bell.
41 species

Canada Goose  X
Double-crested Cormorant  15
Black Vulture  3
Turkey Vulture  2
Osprey  1
Sharp-shinned Hawk  2
Cooper's Hawk  3
Semipalmated Plover  1
Herring Gull  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Downy Woodpecker  2
Hairy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  10
Merlin  1
Eastern Phoebe  3
White-eyed Vireo  2
Red-eyed Vireo  4
Blue Jay  15
Carolina Chickadee  6
Tufted Titmouse  5
House Wren  1
Carolina Wren  5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  3
Gray Catbird  6
Brown Thrasher  6
European Starling  7
American Pipit  1
Cedar Waxwing  55
Black-and-white Warbler  3
Common Yellowthroat  2
American Redstart  6
Northern Parula  1
Black-throated Blue Warbler  2
Palm Warbler  2
Field Sparrow  3
Northern Cardinal  2
Indigo Bunting  10
Bobolink  9
Red-winged Blackbird  15
Common Grackle  2
Brown-headed Cowbird  3

Birds were on the move this morning at Higbee's. Several, like Golden-crowned Kinglet and Swamp Sparrow were 'First of Season' for many of us. Signs of the progressing migratory season included White-throated Sparrow and Yellow-rumped Warblers. Group 2 - Leaders: Kathy & Roger Horn, David LaPuma, and Mary Watkins.
50 species + one taxa

Canada Goose  12
Wood Duck  2
Double-crested Cormorant  50
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Cooper's Hawk  1
peep sp.  1
Wilson's Snipe  2
Laughing Gull  1
Herring Gull (American)  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  3
Mourning Dove  13
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Downy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  7
Eastern Phoebe  6
White-eyed Vireo  1
Red-eyed Vireo  7
Blue Jay  33
American Crow  5
Carolina Chickadee  3
Tufted Titmouse  5
Carolina Wren  9
Golden-crowned Kinglet  3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
Veery  5
American Robin  13
Gray Catbird  7
Brown Thrasher  1
European Starling  12
Cedar Waxwing  40
Black-and-white Warbler  5
Common Yellowthroat  7
American Redstart  5
Northern Parula  5
Yellow Warbler  1
Black-throated Blue Warbler  1
Palm Warbler  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  5
Prairie Warbler  1
Field Sparrow  2
Swamp Sparrow  7
White-throated Sparrow  2
Scarlet Tanager  1
Northern Cardinal  5
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1
Indigo Bunting  8
Bobolink  10
Red-winged Blackbird  10
Common Grackle  7
American Goldfinch  2

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