So, naturally, we went to Berkshire County in Massachusetts this month, where it was both really cold and 1 day, really windy. And naturally, we found our best birds there: COMMON REDPOLL (a lifer for us) and Bohemian Waxwing, a rarity even up there and a species we'd only seen once before, a few years ago at Sandy Hook. That was a single bird. This was a flock.
Ironically, the weekend we traveled up to MA to seek out redpolls, they irrupted down here in NY. Reports from all over, including the feeders at Prospect Park, Jones Beach, Sandy Hook, Seven Presidents...all the places we like to bird. And yet, had we not gone to MA and chased them down here, I'm certain we'd have heard, "Oh, you just missed them, they were here 10 minutes ago."
I did a little better this month than last--72 species compared to 63. I don't consider it a successful month unless I see a minimum of 100.
Counties birded in February:
New York: Kings, Richmond.
New Jersey: Atlantic, Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth.
Massachusetts: Berkshire
Snow Goose E. B. Forsythe NWR--Wildlife Drive Brant E. B. Forsythe NWR--Wildlife Drive Canada Goose E. B. Forsythe NWR--Wildlife Drive Mute Swan Prospect Park Tundra Swan E. B. Forsythe NWR--Wildlife Drive Gadwall E. B. Forsythe NWR--Wildlife Drive American Wigeon Brooklyn Bridge Park--Pier One American Black Duck E. B. Forsythe NWR--Wildlife Drive Mallard Iselin Northern Shoveler E. B. Forsythe NWR--Wildlife Drive Northern Pintail E. B. Forsythe NWR--Wildlife Drive Green-winged Teal Mount Loretto Unique Area Ring-necked Duck Batsto Village White-winged Scoter Sandy Hook Long-tailed Duck Sandy Hook Bufflehead E. B. Forsythe NWR--Wildlife Drive Hooded Merganser E. B. Forsythe NWR--Wildlife Drive Common Merganser E. B. Forsythe NWR--Wildlife Drive Red-breasted Merganser Sandy Hook Ruddy Duck E. B. Forsythe NWR--Wildlife Drive Red-throated Loon Sandy Hook Common Loon Seven Presidents Park Pied-billed Grebe Batsto Village Horned Grebe Sandy Hook Double-crested Cormorant Brooklyn Bridge Park--between Piers 3 & 4 Great Blue Heron E. B. Forsythe NWR--Wildlife Drive Turkey Vulture Iselin Bald Eagle County Rd 542 Northern Harrier E. B. Forsythe NWR--Wildlife Drive Cooper's Hawk Gurley Ave Red-tailed Hawk Iselin Merlin Marine Park--West Peregrine Falcon E. B. Forsythe NWR--Wildlife Drive American Coot Prospect Park Sanderling Seven Presidents Park Ring-billed Gull E. B. Forsythe NWR--Wildlife Drive Herring Gull E. B. Forsythe NWR--Wildlife Drive Great Black-backed Gull E. B. Forsythe NWR--Wildlife Drive Rock Pigeon Brooklyn Bridge Park--Pier One Mourning Dove 18 Aberdeen Avenue Monk Parakeet Marine Park--West Barred Owl E. B. Forsythe NWR--Wildlife Drive Red-bellied Woodpecker 18 Aberdeen Avenue Downy Woodpecker Prospect Park--Feeders Hairy Woodpecker Prospect Park--Feeders Blue Jay 18 Aberdeen Avenue American Crow E. B. Forsythe NWR--Wildlife Drive Carolina Chickadee E. B. Forsythe NWR--Wildlife Drive Black-capped Chickadee Prospect Park Tufted Titmouse E. B. Forsythe NWR--Wildlife Drive Red-breasted Nuthatch Batsto Village White-breasted Nuthatch Prospect Park--Feeders Carolina Wren Prospect Park Ruby-crowned Kinglet Prospect Park American Robin Brooklyn Bridge Park--Pier One Northern Mockingbird Prospect Park European Starling 18 Aberdeen Avenue Bohemian Waxwing Windsor -- North Street Yellow-rumped Warbler E. B. Forsythe NWR--Wildlife Drive American Tree Sparrow Prospect Park Fox Sparrow Prospect Park--Feeders Song Sparrow Brooklyn Bridge Park--Pier One White-throated Sparrow 18 Aberdeen Avenue Dark-eyed Junco 18 Aberdeen Avenue Northern Cardinal 18 Aberdeen Avenue Red-winged Blackbird Prospect Park--Feeders Common Grackle Prospect Park House Finch Prospect Park--Feeders COMMON REDPOLL Coles Brook Farm Pine Siskin Prospect Park--Feeders American Goldfinch Prospect Park--Feeders House Sparrow 18 Aberdeen Avenue |
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