Higbee's Beach WMA - Friday, September 23rd 2011

South winds and showers persist at Cape May, but have you ever known Higbee's Beach to let you down? Despite a shortage of overhead migration (and a definite lack of birders!), our group nevertheless had a great time with a clear influx of Brown Thrashers, Gray Catbirds, Red-eyed Vireos and Black-and-white Warblers.
24 species

Bald Eagle 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Merlin 1
Herring Gull (American) 2
Great Black-backed Gull 12
Mourning Dove 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 22
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
White-eyed Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 15
Blue Jay 2
Carolina Wren 6
American Robin 10
Gray Catbird 15
Brown Thrasher 15 Migrants
Ovenbird 2
Northern Waterthrush 2
Black-and-white Warbler 10
American Redstart 2
Northern Parula 1
Black-throated Green Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 8
Bobolink 25

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