Higbee Beach Bird Walk - Friday, April 24th, 2015

It was cold and windy this morning which had the birds hunkered down and fairly quiet. It was a good exercise in walking the different Higbee habitats and listening carefully for birds. The Blue-gray Gnatcatchers were delightful with their "spee-spee" calls and the "Chick-per-a-weeo-chick" of the White-eyed Vireo. We walked many of the less explored sections of the Higbee WMA discussing the plants that host both migrant and resident birds. Leaders: David LaPuma, Chris Marks, and Catherine Busch.
28 species

Canada Goose  8

Double-crested Cormorant  26

Turkey Vulture  6

Bald Eagle  2

Lesser Yellowlegs  1

Herring Gull  4

Great Black-backed Gull  8

Forster's Tern  1

Downy Woodpecker  2

White-eyed Vireo  3

Blue Jay  3

American Crow  6

Fish Crow  3

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  2

Tree Swallow  85

Barn Swallow  8

Carolina Chickadee  2

House Wren  1

Carolina Wren  3

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2

Hermit Thrush  1     heard

Prairie Warbler  2

Eastern Towhee  2

Field Sparrow  5

White-throated Sparrow  8

Northern Cardinal  4

Red-winged Blackbird  X

Brown-headed Cowbird  14

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