Observation date: 4/24/11
Notes: What a beautiful morning to bird Higbee WMA! Prairie Warblers are now singing frequently out on the dunes and White-eyed Vireos & Blue-gray Gnatcatchers call constantly. A Red-headed Woodpecker perched in the sun to preen long enough for scope views but two adult male Blue Grosbeaks were less than co-operative as they flitted low in the grass before disappearing. It was a good morning to study bird song as individuals could be heard clearly and repeatedly.
Leaders: K & R Horn, MJ & C Slugg, C & S Bamford
Number of species: 55
Canada Goose 1
Mallard 4
Surf Scoter 7
Wild Turkey 3 New England Rd field
Northern Gannet 35
Double-crested Cormorant 96
Turkey Vulture 2
Bald Eagle 1
American Kestrel 1
peep sp. 15
Laughing Gull 12
American Herring Gull 5
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Forster's Tern 4
Mourning Dove 6
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 heard
Downy Woodpecker 5
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
White-eyed Vireo 6
Yellow-throated Vireo 2
Blue-headed Vireo 1 heard
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 9
Fish Crow 2
Tree Swallow 1
Carolina Chickadee 7
Tufted Titmouse 6
Carolina Wren 6
House Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
American Robin 12
Gray Catbird 4
Northern Mockingbird 1
Brown Thrasher 2
European Starling 6
Northern Parula 1 heard
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 5
Prairie Warbler 6
Black-and-white Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 3 heard
Eastern Towhee 4
Chipping Sparrow 3
Field Sparrow 6
White-throated Sparrow 9
Dark-eyed Junco 2
Northern Cardinal 14
Blue Grosbeak 2
Red-winged Blackbird 13
Brown-headed Cowbird 8
Baltimore Oriole 1
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 6
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Male Prairie Warbler at Higbee's Beach [photo by Roger Horn].
