Location: Higbee Beach
Observation date: 4/2/10
Notes: First CMBO Higbee Beach Walk. Leaders: D. Freiday, S. Weis, K. Lukens, S. Bamford, D. La Puma. Beautiful, sunny, 60, wind light sse. Flicker morning flight, lots of Golden-crowned Kinglets (no good looks, weird), Snow Goose in flock of Canadas that flew out onto the bay, Laughing Gulls circling happily. Great morning.
Number of species: 48
Snow Goose 1
Canada Goose 25
Mallard 10
Green-winged Teal 45
Surf Scoter 100
Black Scoter 200
dark-winged scoter sp. 500
Red-breasted Merganser 1
Red-throated Loon 50
Northern Gannet 15
Double-crested Cormorant 100
Great Blue Heron 2
Osprey 1 leader only - far
Bonaparte's Gull 8
Laughing Gull 25
Ring-billed Gull 5
Herring Gull 50
Great Black-backed Gull 10
Forster's Tern 2
Rock Pigeon 5
Mourning Dove 5
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 55 obvious morning flight of this species
Eastern Phoebe 12
Blue Jay 10
American Crow 8
Carolina Chickadee 8
Tufted Titmouse 10
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 5
Golden-crowned Kinglet 20
Hermit Thrush 10
American Robin 10
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
Brown Thrasher 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 30
Palm Warbler 4
Eastern Towhee 2
Field Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 5
Dark-eyed Junco 3
Northern Cardinal 10
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Common Grackle 5
Brown-headed Cowbird 20
