Numbers of migrants were low at Higbee's Beach today, but quality more than made up for it, as we enjoyed
all the colors of the rainbow - Indigo Bunting, Blue Grosbeak, Baltimore Oriole, Prairie Warbler, Yellow-breasted Chat; a real craziness of color!
Location: Cape Island--Higbees Beach SWA
Observation date: 5/6/11
Number of species: 58
Canada Goose 4
Mallard 2
Wild Turkey 1
Double-crested Cormorant 65
Snowy Egret 4
Turkey Vulture 3
Osprey 2
Bald Eagle 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Laughing Gull 20
Herring Gull (American) 5
Great Black-backed Gull 4
Forster's Tern 4
Mourning Dove 2
Chimney Swift 3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 4
Eastern Kingbird 3
White-eyed Vireo 5
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 4
Purple Martin 2
Tree Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 10
Carolina Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 2
Carolina Wren 4
House Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
American Robin 2
Gray Catbird 6
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 1
Cedar Waxwing 2
Northern Parula 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 10
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 3
Ovenbird 2
Common Yellowthroat 1
Yellow-breasted Chat 1
Eastern Towhee 3
Field Sparrow 4
White-throated Sparrow 2
Summer Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 6
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 2
Blue Grosbeak 3
Red-winged Blackbird 5
Common Grackle 8
Brown-headed Cowbird 8
Baltimore Oriole 2
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 5
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
