Location: Higbee Beach
Observation date: 4/30/10
Notes: CMBO walk. D. Freiday, S. Weis, W. Cairo, K. Lukens, S. Rodan, C. Slugg, M. Crewe. Clear, 60's, wind sw 5-10 overnight.
Number of species: 71
Canada Goose 2
Wood Duck 2
Mallard 5
Blue-winged Teal 1 pre walk dike
Red-throated Loon 1 flying south high over bay
Common Loon 10 migrants
Double-crested Cormorant 30
Great Blue Heron 3
Snowy Egret 5
Northern Harrier 1
Cooper's Hawk 1 pre walk dike immature
Spotted Sandpiper 3 pre walk dike
Greater Yellowlegs 5
Willet 10
Lesser Yellowlegs 2
Dunlin 10
Short-billed Dowitcher 3
Laughing Gull X
Ring-billed Gull 1
Herring Gull 5
Forster's Tern 1
Rock Pigeon 1
Mourning Dove 8
Chimney Swift 5
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
White-eyed Vireo 10
Blue-headed Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 5
Fish Crow 5
Purple Martin 1
Barn Swallow 30 good movement
Carolina Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 6
Carolina Wren 3
House Wren 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 8 1 NB 1st field
Hermit Thrush 2
Wood Thrush 2
American Robin 5
Gray Catbird 15
Northern Mockingbird 3
Brown Thrasher 1
Blue-winged Warbler 1 1 flew out at dike, came back, probably same bird encountered later
Northern Parula 3
Yellow Warbler 8
Yellow-rumped Warbler 5
Prairie Warbler 4
Palm Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 5
Ovenbird 4
Common Yellowthroat 6
Hooded Warbler 2
Scarlet Tanager 1
Eastern Towhee 2
Chipping Sparrow 3
Field Sparrow 4
Savannah Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 20
Northern Cardinal 10
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 5
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Common Grackle 10
Brown-headed Cowbird 25
Orchard Oriole 2
American Goldfinch 8
