Higbee's Beach - Thursday, September 29th 2011

OK, so we cheated a little this morning! Hidden Valley was really quiet for birds first thing and a text message alerting us to a Black-throated Gray Warbler at nearby Higbee's Beach had us shipping out pretty quickly...

25 species
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Sharp-shinned Hawk 5
American Kestrel 1
Merlin 2
Upland Sandpiper 1
Great Black-backed Gull 15
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 20
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
White-eyed Vireo 5
Red-eyed Vireo 4
Blue Jay 10
American Crow 6
Carolina Chickadee 4
Carolina Wren 6
House Wren 1
Gray Catbird 20
Brown Thrasher 12
Northern Waterthrush 2 heard only
Black-and-white Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 2
Black-throated Gray Warbler 1 Juvenile/1st-winter - photographed, many observers
Yellow-breasted Chat 1
Northern Cardinal 8
Bobolink 4 heard only

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