We took in a couple of new places this month--White's Bogs (where the commercial blueberry was developed) attracts Tundra Swans to the impoundments used to flood the bogs--it looks promising and while we there we found a very late, out of place Black-bellied Plover. A trip down to Wheaton Arts to visit the American Museum of Glass (15,000 pieces and they show 'em all) afforded us the opportunity to do a little Cumberland County birding.
I went to Prospect Park 3 times last month, trying to cram in as many trips there as I could before we finally move for good down to Whiting. With luck, I'll get one more go-round there in December--Peter has the feeders up and I'd like to see what they're attracting this year.
The last species seen this month was an immature Cooper's Hawk sitting in the bare tree that is prominent in our living room window--it was very cooperative, even moving in closer to me, sitting in a pitch pine so I was able to get an excellent view of all the field marks.
For the month 95 species. Not great numbers but it isn't all about numbers (so I tell myself on months like this).
Counties birded:
New Jersey: Atlantic, Burlington, Cumberland, Monmouth, Ocean.
New York: Kings.
| Species | Location |
| Snow Goose | Brigantine |
| Brant | Sandy Hook |
| Canada Goose | Prospect Park |
| Mute Swan | Prospect Park |
| Tundra Swan | Brigantine |
| Gadwall | Brigantine |
| American Black Duck | Prospect Park |
| Mallard | Prospect Park |
| Blue-winged Teal | Brigantine |
| Northern Shoveler | Prospect Park |
| Northern Pintail | Brigantine |
| Green-winged Teal | Brigantine |
| Common Eider | Barnegat Lighthouse SP |
| Harlequin Duck | Barnegat Lighthouse SP |
| Surf Scoter | Barnegat Lighthouse SP |
| White-winged Scoter | Barnegat Lighthouse SP |
| Black Scoter | Barnegat Lighthouse SP |
| Long-tailed Duck | Island Beach SP |
| Bufflehead | Batsto Village |
| Hooded Merganser | Brigantine |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Sandy Hook |
| Ruddy Duck | Prospect Park |
| Red-throated Loon | Island Beach SP |
| Common Loon | Sandy Hook |
| Pied-billed Grebe | Prospect Park |
| Horned Grebe | Sandy Hook |
| Northern Gannet | Barnegat Lighthouse SP |
| Double-crested Cormorant | Prospect Park |
| Great Cormorant | Barnegat Lighthouse SP |
| Great Blue Heron | Brigantine |
| Great Egret | Brigantine |
| Turkey Vulture | 35 Sunset Rd |
| Osprey | Sandy Hook |
| Bald Eagle | Brigantine |
| Northern Harrier | Sandy Hook |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 35 Sunset Rd |
| Cooper's Hawk | 35 Sunset Rd |
| Red-tailed Hawk | Prospect Park |
| American Kestrel | Prospect Park |
| Peregrine Falcon | Prospect Park |
| American Coot | Prospect Park |
| Black-bellied Plover | White's Bogs |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Brigantine |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Barnegat Lighthouse SP |
| Purple Sandpiper | Barnegat Lighthouse SP |
| Dunlin | Brigantine |
| Bonaparte's Gull | Barnegat Lighthouse SP |
| Ring-billed Gull | Prospect Park |
| Herring Gull | Prospect Park |
| Great Black-backed Gull | Sandy Hook |
| Forster's Tern | Barnegat Lighthouse SP |
| Rock Pigeon | Prospect Park |
| Mourning Dove | Prospect Park |
| Belted Kingfisher | Whiting WMA |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | Prospect Park |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 35 Sunset Rd |
| Downy Woodpecker | Prospect Park |
| Hairy Woodpecker | 35 Sunset Rd |
| Northern Flicker | Prospect Park |
| Eastern Phoebe | Prospect Park |
| Blue-headed Vireo | Sandy Hook |
| Blue Jay | Prospect Park |
| American Crow | Prospect Park |
| Fish Crow | Wheaton Arts |
| Carolina Chickadee | 35 Sunset Rd |
| Black-capped Chickadee | Prospect Park |
| Tufted Titmouse | 35 Sunset Rd |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | Prospect Park |
| Brown Creeper | Whiting WMA |
| Carolina Wren | Whiting WMA |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | Prospect Park |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Prospect Park |
| Eastern Bluebird | Prospect Park |
| Hermit Thrush | Prospect Park |
| American Robin | Prospect Park |
| Gray Catbird | Prospect Park |
| Northern Mockingbird | Sandy Hook |
| European Starling | Prospect Park |
| Cedar Waxwing | Sandy Hook |
| Snow Bunting | Brigantine |
| Palm Warbler | Prospect Park |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | Prospect Park |
| Chipping Sparrow | Prospect Park |
| Savannah Sparrow | Prospect Park |
| Song Sparrow | Prospect Park |
| Swamp Sparrow | Prospect Park |
| White-throated Sparrow | Prospect Park |
| Dark-eyed Junco | Prospect Park |
| Northern Cardinal | Prospect Park |
| Red-winged Blackbird | Brigantine |
| Eastern Meadowlark | Brigantine |
| Common Grackle | 35 Sunset Rd |
| House Finch | Prospect Park |
| American Goldfinch | 35 Sunset Rd |
| House Sparrow | Prospect Park |
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