Higbee Beach Birding - Friday, October 4, 2019


It was a good day for sky-watching as raptors were more plentiful than songbirds. A lingering Ruby-throated Hummingbird foraged for nectar and the bayshore still holds lots of Laughing Gulls.

Leaders: Kathy Horn, Roger Horn, Chris Marks, Mary Watkins, Barb Golla
28 species (+1 other taxa)

Mallard  2
Mourning Dove  3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Laughing Gull  65
Herring Gull (American)  12
Great Black-backed Gull  18
Forster's Tern  2
Northern Gannet  2
Double-crested Cormorant  3
Great Blue Heron  1
Turkey Vulture  4
Osprey (carolinensis)  1
Northern Harrier  1
Sharp-shinned Hawk  10
Cooper's Hawk  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1
American Kestrel  2
Merlin  3
White-eyed Vireo  1
Blue Jay  3
Carolina Chickadee  1
Tree Swallow  9
Carolina Wren  8
Gray Catbird  2
Brown Thrasher  2
Bay-breasted/Blackpoll Warbler  1
Palm Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  6

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