Participants experienced Morning Flight (which starts August 15) as we watched birds from the platform at Higbee Dike. A cooperative Yellow-breasted Chat and a Yellow-billed Cuckoo delighted onlookers. Dr. La Puma explained what Morning Flight counters do to identify the small birds that whizzed by. A walk through the fields yielded a number of birds especially American Redstarts, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, and Eastern Kingbirds. Leaders: David La Puma, Chris Marks, Hugh Simmons, and Catherine Busch.
43 species
Osprey 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper 6
Laughing Gull 10
Herring Gull 1
Great Black-backed Gull 6
Royal Tern 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 5
Mourning Dove 4
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Chimney Swift 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3
Belted Kingfisher 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 13
White-eyed Vireo 3
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 4
Tree Swallow 4
Barn Swallow 6
Carolina Chickadee 7
Tufted Titmouse 5
Carolina Wren 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 12
American Robin 6
Gray Catbird 2
European Starling 1
Cedar Waxwing 6
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 1
American Redstart 14
Yellow Warbler 2
Yellow-breasted Chat 1
Field Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 2
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 4
Red-winged Blackbird 35
Common Grackle 25
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
Baltimore Oriole 5
House Finch 8
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