Higbee Beach Birding - Friday, September 14th, 2012

Group 1:  A rather quiet Higbee Beach faced us this morning, but in September, even a quiet day can be good! Red-throated Vireos performed acrobatics in the treetops and Ruby-throated Hummingbirds showed well at times. Red-breasted Nuthatches continue to arrive from the north and we finished with a fly-by Bald Eagle.  Leaders: Mike Crewe and Chris Marks.
40 species

Double-crested Cormorant  1
Osprey  2
Bald Eagle  1
Laughing Gull  1
Rock Pigeon  5
Mourning Dove  2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  3
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  2
Hairy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  1
Merlin  1
Alder Flycatcher  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
White-eyed Vireo  2
Red-eyed Vireo  20
Blue Jay  4
American Crow  6
Tree Swallow  4
Carolina Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  4
Red-breasted Nuthatch  3
House Wren  1
Carolina Wren  8
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
Veery  3
Gray Catbird  5
Brown Thrasher  2
Cedar Waxwing  1
Northern Waterthrush  1
Black-and-white Warbler  3
Common Yellowthroat  12
American Redstart  4
Northern Parula  1
Yellow Warbler  1
Palm Warbler  10
Field Sparrow  2
Northern Cardinal  10
Red-winged Blackbird  4
Common Grackle  3

Group 2:  Lots of birds but most at the beginning of the first field. Most numerous was Red-eyed Vireo, but others included, Nashville, Yellow, Blackpoll, Black-and-white, Canada, and Prairie Warblers, Common Yellowthroat, Northern Waterthrush, Northern Parula, and Philadephia Vireo. Leaders: Karl Lukens and Patty Rourke.
38 species (+1 other taxa)

Turkey Vulture  1     seen after walk by leader.
Laughing Gull  1
Herring Gull  1
Mourning Dove  5
Chimney Swift  1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  3
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Downy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  1
Empidonax sp.  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  1
White-eyed Vireo  5     heard
Philadelphia Vireo  1
Red-eyed Vireo  25
Blue Jay  4
American Crow  1
Carolina Chickadee  3
Tufted Titmouse  1
Carolina Wren  4     heard
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
Veery  5
Gray Catbird  3
Northern Waterthrush  1
Black-and-white Warbler  4
Nashville Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  5
American Redstart  1
Northern Parula  2
Yellow Warbler  3
Blackpoll Warbler  1
Palm Warbler  4
Prairie Warbler  3
Canada Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  5
Indigo Bunting  3
Red-winged Blackbird  5
Common Grackle  2
Baltimore Oriole  3

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Great Crested Flycatcher [Photo by Karl Lukens]