Higbee Beach - Friday, May 11th, 2012

Group 1:  Higbee Beach was warming up nicely for World Series with full-on views of male Summer Tanager, three Yellow-billed Cuckoos and singing Red-eyed Vireo, as well as busy Blackpoll, Black-throated Green and Prairie Warblers and Northern Parulas. Leaders: Mike Crewe, Roger Horn, and Steve Weis.
40 species

Canada Goose  2
Black Vulture  2
Turkey Vulture  1
Bald Eagle  1
Laughing Gull  15
Mourning Dove  3
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Downy Woodpecker  2
Great Crested Flycatcher  2
Eastern Kingbird  3
White-eyed Vireo  4
Red-eyed Vireo  3
Blue Jay  1
Barn Swallow  5
Carolina Chickadee  4
Tufted Titmouse  2
Carolina Wren  6
House Wren  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  4
American Robin  2
Gray Catbird  2
European Starling  3
Common Yellowthroat  3
Northern Parula  3
Blackpoll Warbler  2
Prairie Warbler  3
Black-throated Green Warbler  2
Wilson's Warbler  1
Yellow-breasted Chat  2
Field Sparrow  4
White-throated Sparrow  1
Summer Tanager  1
Northern Cardinal  5
Blue Grosbeak  5
Indigo Bunting  6
Red-winged Blackbird  10
Common Grackle  4
Brown-headed Cowbird  8
Baltimore Oriole  1

Group 2: Lots of Indigo Buntings and Blue Grosbeaks with good looks at each. Both adult male Orioles next to each other in a Locust Tree and a nice Blackpoll Warbler. Leaders:  Warren Cairo, Karl Lukens, and Patty Rourke.
35 species

Canada Goose  1
Double-crested Cormorant  5
Black Vulture  3
Turkey Vulture  5
Laughing Gull  8
Herring Gull  1
Rock Pigeon  2
Mourning Dove  6
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Eastern Kingbird  12
White-eyed Vireo  5     heard
Red-eyed Vireo  2     heard
American Crow  2
Barn Swallow  5
Carolina Chickadee  2
Carolina Wren  4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
American Robin  1
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  5
Cedar Waxwing  4
Black-and-white Warbler  2     heard
Common Yellowthroat  2
Blackpoll Warbler  1
Prairie Warbler  3
Yellow-breasted Chat  2
Eastern Towhee  1     heard
Field Sparrow  4
Northern Cardinal  6
Blue Grosbeak  6
Indigo Bunting  8
Red-winged Blackbird  10
Common Grackle  15
Brown-headed Cowbird  10

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)

Common Yellowthroat [Photo by Karl Lukens]