Higbee Beach Birding - Friday, May 24, 2019


If you wanted to see Indigo Buntings from every angle and hear their song, their buzz and their "spit", today was your day at Higbee; we saw both brilliant blue males and the plain brown females. Orchard Oriole, Blue Grosbeak and Prairie Warbler were other birds both seen and heard, while the calling Yellow-billed Cuckoo was a bit more secretive. 

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Chris Marks, Lynn Pollard, Dave Pollard
42 species

Canada Goose  2
Mallard  2
Mourning Dove  1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo  1
Chimney Swift  1
Killdeer  1
Laughing Gull  6
Herring Gull (American)  1
Forster's Tern  1
Double-crested Cormorant  19
Snowy Egret  3
Turkey Vulture  2
Osprey (carolinensis)  2
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Great Crested Flycatcher  5
Eastern Kingbird  3
White-eyed Vireo  3
Red-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  2
American Crow  2
Purple Martin  1
Tree Swallow  2
Carolina Chickadee  1
Tufted Titmouse  1
Carolina Wren  8
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  1
American Robin  5
Gray Catbird  2
Northern Mockingbird  1
Cedar Waxwing  7
American Goldfinch  4
Field Sparrow  1
Orchard Oriole  2
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  7
Brown-headed Cowbird  3
Common Grackle  3
Common Yellowthroat  2
Yellow Warbler  1
Prairie Warbler  2
Northern Cardinal  7
Blue Grosbeak  4
Indigo Bunting  9

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