Higbee Beach Bird Walk - Friday, April 26th, 2013

Not many migrants around yet, but Prairie Warblers are quite visible and vocal as were a couple of White-eyed Vireos. Still a good number of Northern Gannets in the bay as well as a few Scoters, and 1 Common Tern and an American Oystercatcher with Purple Sandpipers on the ferry jetty. Leaders: Mike Crewe, Karl Lukens, Warren Cairo, Chris Marks, Catherine Busch, and Patty Rourke.
50 species

Brant  2
Canada Goose  1
Mallard  3
Surf Scoter  15
Wild Turkey  1
Northern Gannet  25
Double-crested Cormorant  75
Great Egret  1
Black Vulture  3
Turkey Vulture  10
Osprey  1
American Oystercatcher  1
Sanderling  20
Purple Sandpiper  20
Laughing Gull  15
Herring Gull  5
Great Black-backed Gull  10
Common Tern  1
Mourning Dove  8
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  1
Hairy Woodpecker  1
White-eyed Vireo  6
Blue Jay  3
American Crow  5
Tree Swallow  1
Bank Swallow  1
Barn Swallow  4
Carolina Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  2
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1     heard
House Wren  1
Carolina Wren  5
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  8
American Robin  1
Gray Catbird  2
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  10
Common Yellowthroat  1
Prairie Warbler  4
Chipping Sparrow  1
Field Sparrow  2
Savannah Sparrow  1
White-throated Sparrow  12
Northern Cardinal  5
Red-winged Blackbird  2
Common Grackle  4
Brown-headed Cowbird  10
American Goldfinch  5

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