Higbee Beach Birding - Friday, October 12th, 2012

Good raptor flight with many Sharp-shinned and Cooper's Hawks flying about. Large numbers of Northern Flicker and Yellow-rumped Warblers also around and nice views of 2 Blue-headed Vireos. A very cooperative Yellow-billed Cuckoo posed for extended scope views. Many Pine Siskins mostly overhead and a few perched with Goldfinches, as well as a couple of perched Purple Finches. Leaders: Mike Crewe, Karl Lukens, Steve Weis, Chuck Slugg, Kathy & Roger Horn, Chris Marks, Patty Rourke, Carrie Bell, and Alyssia Church.
54 species

Double-crested Cormorant  50
Great Blue Heron  1
Turkey Vulture  2
Osprey  4
Northern Harrier  1
Sharp-shinned Hawk  30
Cooper's Hawk  10
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Broad-winged Hawk  1
Mourning Dove  12
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  5
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Northern Flicker  50
American Kestrel  1
Merlin  1
Peregrine Falcon  3
Eastern Phoebe  3
Blue-headed Vireo  2
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  15
American Crow  35
Tree Swallow  20
Carolina Chickadee  1
Tufted Titmouse  1
Red-breasted Nuthatch  8
House Wren  1
Carolina Wren  4
Golden-crowned Kinglet  5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  3
American Robin  2
Gray Catbird  4
Brown Thrasher  1
European Starling  100
Cedar Waxwing  20
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Nashville Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  2
Northern Parula  3
Black-throated Blue Warbler  2
Palm Warbler  5
Yellow-rumped Warbler  50
Eastern Towhee  1     heard
Field Sparrow  1
Swamp Sparrow  1
White-throated Sparrow  10
Northern Cardinal  5
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1
Indigo Bunting  2
Red-winged Blackbird  5
Brown-headed Cowbird  10
Purple Finch  3
Pine Siskin  75
American Goldfinch  30

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Yellow-billed Cuckoo [Photo by Karl Lukens]  

Brown Thrasher [Photo by Roger Horn]