Higbee Beach Birding - Friday, August 31st, 2018


"There's a Western Kingbird over here!" came the shout from the Dike where Morning Flight (monitoring) was going on. Our group, standing atop the wooden platform across from the Dike, was able to pick the bird out from among the many milling-about Eastern Kingbirds - a nice late-August surprise. We also had a smattering of warblers throughout the morning but our most cooperative birds were the Blue Grosbeaks that perched fairly close in front of the platform. 

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Barb Bassett, Mary Watkins, Lynn Pollard, Dave Pollard
56 species (+3 other taxa)

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  2
Mourning Dove  8
Chimney Swift  1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  3
Killdeer  2
Sanderling  12
Semipalmated Sandpiper  18
peep sp.  15
Greater Yellowlegs  6
Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs  4
Laughing Gull  12
Herring Gull (American)  6
Great Black-backed Gull  15
Common Tern  2
Royal Tern  2
Double-crested Cormorant  1
Black Vulture  1
Turkey Vulture  3
Osprey (carolinensis)  3
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern)  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1
Merlin  1
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher  1
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher)  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  3
Western Kingbird  1     Found by Morning Flight Team. Observed at a distance - could see yellow breast,  gray head, interacting with EAKI.
Eastern Kingbird  100
White-eyed Vireo  1
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  3
American Crow  5
Purple Martin  2
Tree Swallow  20
Barn Swallow  5
Carolina Chickadee  1
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
Carolina Wren  7
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2
Veery  2
American Robin  8
Gray Catbird  3
European Starling  5
American Goldfinch  3
Bobolink  6
Baltimore Oriole  4
Brown-headed Cowbird  20
Common Grackle  4
Black-and-white Warbler  2
Common Yellowthroat  2
American Redstart  7
Magnolia Warbler  1
Yellow Warbler  1
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Palm Warbler  1
Prairie Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  3
Blue Grosbeak  2

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