Higbee's Beach - Sunday April 10th 2011

The Sunday morning Higbee walk featured singing Palm Warblers, Field Sparrows, Brown Thrashers and Eastern Towhees, plus a handsome male American Kestrel perched atop a bare branch. A Spring Peeper thought he was safely camouflaged in a puddle but the scopes  gave us all a great view, a first for several in the group.

 

Location:     Cape Island--Higbees Beach SWA
Observation date:     4/10/11 Temperature 48F Overcast
Notes:     winter wren heard only
Number of species:     40

Leaders: K&R Horn, KLukens, MJ&C Slugg, C&S Bamford

Canada Goose     2
Wood Duck     2
Mallard     6
Wild Turkey     1
Common Loon     1
Double-crested Cormorant     1
Great Blue Heron     1
Little Blue Heron     1
American Kestrel     1
Killdeer     1
Laughing Gull     3
Herring Gull (American)     6
Rock Pigeon     2
Mourning Dove     6
Red-bellied Woodpecker     3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker     1
Downy Woodpecker     4
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     2
Eastern Phoebe     1
Blue Jay     11
American Crow     8
Fish Crow     2
Carolina Chickadee     4
Carolina Wren     6
Winter Wren     1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     10
American Robin     10
Brown Thrasher     2
European Starling     9
Palm Warbler (Yellow)     3
Eastern Towhee     4
Field Sparrow     6
Song Sparrow     1
White-throated Sparrow     12
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)     1
Northern Cardinal     16
Red-winged Blackbird     24
Common Grackle     2
Brown-headed Cowbird     12
House Finch     2