Location: Higbee Beach
Observation date: 10/15/10
Notes: CMBO Higbee Walk. wind nnw 20-30, clear, cool. DF+KL,WC,KM,WC,NW,SW. Tough birding conditions but good raptors.
Number of species: 32
Mute Swan 2
Double-crested Cormorant 25
Great Blue Heron 1
Snowy Egret 1
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 5
Sharp-shinned Hawk 20
Cooper's Hawk 3
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Merlin 8
Herring Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Mourning Dove 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 5
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 5
Tree Swallow 40
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 heard leader only
Gray Catbird 3
European Starling 10
Yellow-rumped Warbler 20
Blackpoll Warbler 1 heard leader only
Eastern Towhee 3
Field Sparrow 10
Song Sparrow 4
Swamp Sparrow 5
White-throated Sparrow 15
Northern Cardinal 20 definitely seemed more common than usual
Blue Grosbeak 1
