Higbee's Beach WMA was a great place to be this morning; not a mass of birds, but a nice mix. Two notably early Black-billed Cuckoos, two singing Yellow-breasted Chats and a Red-headed Woodpecker were the stars and there was some XXX rated behavior from the Field Sparrows!
Location: Cape Island--Higbees Beach SWA
Observation date: 4/29/11
Number of species: 52
Canada Goose 2
Gadwall 2
Northern Gannet 120
Double-crested Cormorant 95
Little Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 2
Bald Eagle 1
Semipalmated Plover 6
Ruddy Turnstone 5
Sanderling 8
Purple Sandpiper 3
Short-billed Dowitcher 8
Laughing Gull 50
Herring Gull (American) 10
Great Black-backed Gull 6
Forster's Tern 150
Mourning Dove 2
Black-billed Cuckoo 2
Red-headed Woodpecker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
White-eyed Vireo 5
Blue Jay 5
American Crow 6
Fish Crow 4
Barn Swallow 2
Carolina Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 2
Carolina Wren 5
House Wren 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 10
American Robin 4
Gray Catbird 4
Northern Parula 1
Prairie Warbler 6
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 2
Yellow-breasted Chat 2
Eastern Towhee 4
Field Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 4
Northern Cardinal 5
Indigo Bunting 5
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Common Grackle 4
Brown-headed Cowbird 8
Orchard Oriole 1
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 4
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
