September Summary

It was a productive month--110 species, 3 life birds  (BROWN BOOBY rarest bird of the month)+ another 5 FOY birds. But it was a frustrating month also
1) because there were more birds (like Black Terns, Bobolinks, Marbled Godwit come to mind) reported that I didn't find when I looked and
2) because I would have liked to have seen a few of the birds (Cape May Warbler, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD) a lot better than I did. I would have like to have seen that Great Horned Owl a little longer than I did. I would have liked to have both cuckoos in Whiting stand still a while. (The Yellow-billed Cuckoo in Prospect Park was great--it posed, stayed low, and gave great looks; it's rare that I leave a bird before it leaves me.)

I walk in the Whiting  WMA almost every day and keep adding species as the season progresses. Plenty of Pine Warblers in there, not many other warblers. The lake has had phoebe, kingfishers, kingbirds, and Osprey sitting in the bare trees that jut out of the water but I've yet to see anything on the water. I'm told that a few ducks come in winter and that gulls sit on the ice when it freezes. I was hoping for a little more than that but we'll see what persistence yields.

Herewith the September list:
Counties birded
New Jersey:  Atlantic, Cape May, Ocean
New York: Kings, New York

Species	First Sighting
Canada Goose	CMBO Northwood Center
Mute Swan	CMPSP--Hawkwatch Platform
Gadwall	Brigantine
American Black Duck	Brigantine
Mallard	CMPSP--Hawkwatch Platform
Northern Shoveler	Prospect Park
Green-winged Teal	Brigantine
BROWN BOOBY	Jarvis Sound
Double-crested Cormorant	Jarvis Sound
Great Blue Heron	Jarvis Sound
Great Egret	Jarvis Sound
Snowy Egret	Jarvis Sound
Little Blue Heron	Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Tricolored Heron	Jarvis Sound
Black-crowned Night-Heron	Jarvis Sound
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron	Jarvis Sound
White Ibis	Brigantine
Glossy Ibis	Brigantine
Turkey Vulture	Whiting WMA
Osprey	Jarvis Sound
Northern Harrier	Brigantine
Cooper's Hawk	Whiting WMA
Red-tailed Hawk	GSP MM 4
Merlin	Whiting WMA
Peregrine Falcon	Jarvis Sound
Clapper Rail	Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Black-bellied Plover	Jarvis Sound
Semipalmated Plover	Jarvis Sound
American Oystercatcher	Jarvis Sound
Spotted Sandpiper	Jarvis Sound
Greater Yellowlegs	Brigantine
Lesser Yellowlegs	Jarvis Sound
Whimbrel	Jarvis Sound
Hudsonian Godwit	Brigantine
Ruddy Turnstone	Brigantine
Sanderling	Island Beach SP
Semipalmated Sandpiper	Brigantine
Western Sandpiper	Brigantine
Least Sandpiper	Brigantine
White-rumped Sandpiper	Brigantine
Dunlin	Brigantine
Short-billed Dowitcher	Brigantine
Long-billed Dowitcher	Brigantine
Wilson's Phalarope	Brigantine
Laughing Gull	Jarvis Sound
Ring-billed Gull	Island Beach SP
Herring Gull	Jarvis Sound
Great Black-backed Gull	Jarvis Sound
Caspian Tern	Brigantine
Common Tern	Jarvis Sound
Forster's Tern	Jarvis Sound
Black Skimmer	Brigantine
Rock Pigeon	Central Park
Mourning Dove	Whiting WMA
Yellow-billed Cuckoo	Prospect Park
BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO	Whiting WMA
Great Horned Owl	Whiting WMA
Common Nighthawk	35 Sunset Rd
Chimney Swift	Whiting WMA
Ruby-throated Hummingbird	35 Sunset Rd
Belted Kingfisher	Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Red-bellied Woodpecker	Double Trouble State Park
Downy Woodpecker	35 Sunset Rd
Hairy Woodpecker	Cattus Island County Park
Northern Flicker	Whiting WMA
Eastern Wood-Pewee	Whiting WMA
Eastern Phoebe	Whiting WMA
Eastern Kingbird	Whiting WMA
Red-eyed Vireo	Prospect Park
Blue Jay	Whiting WMA
American Crow	Whiting WMA
Fish Crow	Forsythe NWR--Barnegat
Tree Swallow	Jarvis Sound
Barn Swallow	Brigantine
Carolina Chickadee	Whiting WMA
Tufted Titmouse	Whiting WMA
White-breasted Nuthatch	Whiting WMA
Carolina Wren	35 Sunset Rd
Eastern Bluebird	Whiting WMA
Veery	Prospect Park
American Robin	Whiting WMA
Gray Catbird	Whiting WMA
Northern Mockingbird	Cedar Run Dock Rd.
Brown Thrasher	35 Sunset Rd
European Starling	Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Ovenbird	35 Sunset Rd
Northern Waterthrush	Prospect Park
Black-and-white Warbler	Prospect Park
Common Yellowthroat	Cattus Island County Park
American Redstart	Central Park
Cape May Warbler	Brigantine
Northern Parula	Prospect Park
Yellow Warbler	Cattus Island County Park
Chestnut-sided Warbler	Prospect Park
Blackpoll Warbler	Prospect Park
Palm Warbler	Cattus Island County Park
Pine Warbler	Whiting WMA
Black-throated Green Warbler	Prospect Park
Wilson's Warbler	Prospect Park
Eastern Towhee	Island Beach SP
Chipping Sparrow	Whiting WMA
Seaside Sparrow	Brigantine
Northern Cardinal	Whiting WMA
Red-winged Blackbird	Jarvis Sound
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD	Brigantine
Common Grackle	Brigantine
Boat-tailed Grackle	Jarvis Sound
House Finch	Whiting WMA
American Goldfinch	Whiting WMA
House Sparrow	Central Park