Higbee Beach Birding - Friday, August 14th, 2015

Participants experienced Morning Flight (which starts August 15) as we watched birds from the platform at Higbee Dike. A cooperative Yellow-breasted Chat and a Yellow-billed Cuckoo delighted onlookers. Dr. La Puma explained what Morning Flight counters do to identify the small birds that whizzed by. A walk through the fields yielded a number of birds especially American Redstarts, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, and Eastern Kingbirds. Leaders: David La Puma, Chris Marks, Hugh Simmons, and Catherine Busch.
43 species

Osprey  1
Semipalmated Sandpiper  6
Laughing Gull  10
Herring Gull  1
Great Black-backed Gull  6
Royal Tern  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  5
Mourning Dove  4
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1
Chimney Swift  1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  3
Belted Kingfisher  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  2
Eastern Kingbird  13
White-eyed Vireo  3
Red-eyed Vireo  2
Blue Jay  1
American Crow  4
Tree Swallow  4
Barn Swallow  6
Carolina Chickadee  7
Tufted Titmouse  5
Carolina Wren  3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  12
American Robin  6
Gray Catbird  2
European Starling  1
Cedar Waxwing  6
Blue-winged Warbler  1
Black-and-white Warbler  1
American Redstart  14
Yellow Warbler  2
Yellow-breasted Chat  1
Field Sparrow  2
Northern Cardinal  2
Blue Grosbeak  1
Indigo Bunting  4
Red-winged Blackbird  35
Common Grackle  25
Brown-headed Cowbird  3
Baltimore Oriole  5
House Finch  8

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