Cox Hall Creek WMA Bird Walk - Sunday, August 17th, 2014

When warblers pass through Higbee WMA, as many did on north winds Thursday and Friday of this past week, where do they go? Some of them go to the Cox Hall Creek WMA to feed before continuing their southward journey. Though the parking lot was quiet, we ended up with 56 species on this morning's walk there, including eight species of warblers moving through the mature trees of this former golf course. The high-number species count was Cedar Waxwings at 45 but Chipping Sparrows were not far behind with 36. Now being with rusty cap and black eye line, some of these Chipping Sparrow will remain at CHC WMA for the winter, at this, the northern edge of their wintering grounds. It's a good place to see them in all their plumages - the streaky young, the bright birds of summer and their more subdued colors in winter. Leaders: Kathy & Roger Horn, Janet Crawford, Cindy & Shaun Bamford, and Deb Payson.
56 species (+1 other taxa)

Mallard  7
Great Blue Heron  1
Black Vulture  1
Osprey  3
Laughing Gull  8
Herring Gull (American)  2
Mourning Dove  7
Chimney Swift  2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  6
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Downy Woodpecker  2
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  3
Eastern Wood-Pewee  3
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher)  2
Great Crested Flycatcher  3
Eastern Kingbird  12
White-eyed Vireo  2
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  5
American Crow  3
Fish Crow  2
Purple Martin  9
Tree Swallow  3
Barn Swallow  2
Carolina Chickadee  5
Tufted Titmouse  6
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
House Wren  2
Carolina Wren  6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  4
Eastern Bluebird  7  
American Robin  13
Gray Catbird  3
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  15
Cedar Waxwing  45
Worm-eating Warbler  1
Blue-winged Warbler  1
Black-and-white Warbler  4
Common Yellowthroat  1
American Redstart  1
Blackburnian Warbler  1
Yellow Warbler  7
Pine Warbler  1
Chipping Sparrow  36  
Field Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  2
Northern Cardinal  8
Indigo Bunting  5
Bobolink  3
Red-winged Blackbird  12
Common Grackle  9
Brown-headed Cowbird  3
Orchard Oriole  1
House Finch  22
American Goldfinch  8

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

American Goldfinch [Photo by Roger Horn]

Great Blue Heron [Photo by Roger Horn]