Higbee Beach Bird Walk - Friday, May 23rd, 2014

A slightly windy start to the day meant a quick look at the beach was in order; though things were a little quiet, we did see one or two birds moving up and down the bay - including an adult male Common Eider which was a complete surprise. In the fields, local breeding birds showed well, including Yellow-breasted Chat, Orchard Oriole, Field Sparrow and Prairie Warbler. Other surprises included a flight of 42 Ruddy Turnstones overhead and a first-summer male Baltimore Oriole. Group 1 - Leaders: Mike Crewe, Catherine Busch, and Hugh Simmons.
35 species

Gadwall  2
Black Scoter  6
Common Eider 1
Double-crested Cormorant  15
Turkey Vulture  1
Osprey  1
Bald Eagle  1
Ruddy Turnstone  42
Semipalmated Sandpiper  10
Laughing Gull  X
Great Black-backed Gull  2
Forster's Tern  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  2
Eastern Kingbird  1
White-eyed Vireo  2
Purple Martin  1
Tree Swallow  1
Barn Swallow  8
Carolina Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  2
Carolina Wren  X
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
Cedar Waxwing  17
Common Yellowthroat  2
Prairie Warbler  4
Yellow-breasted Chat  1
Field Sparrow  3
Northern Cardinal  X
Indigo Bunting  6
Red-winged Blackbird  X
Brown-headed Cowbird  X
Baltimore Oriole 1
Orchard Oriole  1
American Goldfinch  3

Group 2 - Leaders: Kathy Horn, Warren Cairo, and Claudia Burns.
42 species (+1 other taxa)

Mallard  4
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Black Vulture  2
Turkey Vulture  3
Osprey  1
Laughing Gull  X
Herring Gull  X
Forster's Tern  5
Mourning Dove  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  1
Eastern Wood-Pewee  2
Great Crested Flycatcher  6
Eastern Kingbird  5
White-eyed Vireo  3
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  2
crow sp.  3
Purple Martin  3
Tree Swallow  2
Barn Swallow  3
Tufted Titmouse  1
Carolina Wren  5
American Robin  9
Gray Catbird  2
European Starling  X
Cedar Waxwing  22
Common Yellowthroat  3
Yellow Warbler  1
Blackpoll Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1
Prairie Warbler  4
Field Sparrow  6
Song Sparrow  1
Northern Cardinal  4
Blue Grosbeak  3
Indigo Bunting  8
Red-winged Blackbird  X
Common Grackle  X
Brown-headed Cowbird  X
Orchard Oriole  2
American Goldfinch  5

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

Indigo Bunting [Photo by Catherine Busch]