Higbee Beach Birding - Friday, August 23rd, 2013

A large flight of Eastern Kingbirds, a steady stream of north-flying Swamp Darners, and an array of warblers marked today's migrants. Highlights included one each of Worm-eating, Blue-winged, Chestnut-sided, and Mourning Warblers along with scope views of perched Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Leaders: Roger Horn, Chris Marks, Catherine Busch, Shaun Bamford, Hugh Simmons, Jesse Amesbury, and Tom Baxter
56 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  2
Double-crested Cormorant  40
Great Egret  1
Osprey  4
Lesser Yellowlegs  4
Ruddy Turnstone  5
Sanderling  25
Laughing Gull  X
Herring Gull  X
Great Black-backed Gull  6
Forster's Tern  10
Royal Tern  6
Mourning Dove  8
Chimney Swift  2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  6
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  2
Empidonax sp.  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  5
Eastern Kingbird  100
White-eyed Vireo  6
Red-eyed Vireo  2
Blue Jay  1
American Crow  4
Fish Crow  2
Purple Martin  6
Tree Swallow  20
Carolina Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  3
Carolina Wren  10
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  4
American Robin  1
Gray Catbird  3
Northern Mockingbird  2
European Starling  8
Cedar Waxwing  40
Worm-eating Warbler  1
Blue-winged Warbler  1
Black-and-white Warbler  2
Mourning Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  1
American Redstart  9
Yellow Warbler  2
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Prairie Warbler  1
Field Sparrow  5
Northern Cardinal  9
Blue Grosbeak  2
Indigo Bunting  5
Bobolink  4
Red-winged Blackbird  100
Common Grackle  1
Brown-headed Cowbird  25
House Finch  3
American Goldfinch  12

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