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| Photo: Shari Zirlin |
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| Photo: Shari Zirlin |
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| Photo: Shari Zirlin |
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| Photo: Shari Zirlin |
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| Photo: Shari Zirlin |
In August, when we closed on the house, it was thrilling to hear an EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL, watch Common Nighthawks in the evening sky, and find both cuckoos and a Great Horned Owl in the WMA.
Early in September, we drove down to Cape May and took a bird tour boat (about as close to a pelagic as I'm going to come) to see the BROWN BOOBY that hung around Jarvis Sound until the first cold snap in October. It was the first of many examples of the great advantage for birding opportunities that living down here affords us.
The last lifer of the year was way back in September, a YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, but for me, that was a BVD (better view desired).
The total species for the year was 274, 5 less than last year. The move down here eliminated one big birding trip we would normally take in the summer--this year it was going to be the Delmarva Peninsula. We may do that one this spring.
The full year list follows. Life birds BOLD, ALL CAPS.
Counties birded
California: Marin, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Joaquin, Sonoma
Massachusetts: Berkshire, Hampden, Hampshire
New Jersey: Atlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset
New York: Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond, Suffolk
Species First Sighting | ||
Greater White-fronted Goose Duke Island Park | ||
Snow Goose Brigantine | ||
Brant Jones Beach SP | ||
Canada Goose Jones Beach SP | ||
Mute Swan Prospect Park | ||
Tundra Swan Brigantine | ||
Wood Duck Prospect Park | ||
Gadwall Pier One | ||
Eurasian Wigeon Lighthouse Pond | ||
American Wigeon Shark River | ||
American Black Duck Pier One | ||
Mallard Jones Beach SP | ||
Blue-winged Teal Brigantine | ||
Cinnamon Teal Shollenberger Pk & Ellis Crk | ||
Northern Shoveler Prospect Park | ||
Northern Pintail Brigantine | ||
Green-winged Teal Mount Loretto Unique Area | ||
Ring-necked Duck Batsto Village | ||
Greater Scaup Cold Spring Harbor | ||
Lesser Scaup Cold Spring Harbor | ||
King Eider Avalon--8th St. Jetty | ||
Common Eider Barnegat Lighthouse SP | ||
Harlequin Duck Barnegat Lighthouse SP | ||
Surf Scoter Bodega Head | ||
White-winged Scoter Sandy Hook | ||
Black Scoter Barnegat Lighthouse SP | ||
Long-tailed Duck Jones Beach SP | ||
Bufflehead Pier Four | ||
Hooded Merganser Prospect Park | ||
Common Merganser Brigantine | ||
Red-breasted Merganser Cold Spring Harbor | ||
Ruddy Duck Seven Presidents Park | ||
CALIFORNIA QUAIL Limantour Rd & Beach | ||
Wild Turkey South Beach Psychiatric Center | ||
Red-throated Loon Seven Presidents Park | ||
PACIFIC LOON Bodega Bay | ||
Common Loon Jones Beach SP | ||
Pied-billed Grebe Batsto Village | ||
Horned Grebe Sandy Hook | ||
Western Grebe Bodega Bay | ||
CLARK'S GREBE Bodega Bay | ||
BROWN BOOBY Jarvis Sound | ||
Northern Gannet Mount Loretto Unique Area | ||
BRANDT'S CORMORANT Bodega Head | ||
Double-crested Cormorant Pier One | ||
Great Cormorant Mount Loretto Unique Area | ||
PELAGIC CORMORANT Bodega Head | ||
American White Pelican Oyster Farm | ||
Brown Pelican Bodega Head | ||
Great Blue Heron Brigantine | ||
Great Egret Brigantine | ||
Snowy Egret Brigantine | ||
Little Blue Heron Marine Park--Southwest | ||
Tricolored Heron JBWR--West Pond | ||
Green Heron Prospect Park | ||
Black-crowned Night-Heron Mount Loretto Unique Area | ||
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron JBWR--West Pond | ||
White Ibis Brigantine | ||
Glossy Ibis JBWR--West Pond | ||
Black Vulture Bayshore Rd | ||
Turkey Vulture Shark River | ||
Osprey Brigantine | ||
Bald Eagle County Rd 542 | ||
Northern Harrier Jones Beach SP | ||
Sharp-shinned Hawk Marine Park--Southwest | ||
Cooper's Hawk Jones Beach SP | ||
Red-shouldered Hawk Point Reyes seashore lodge | ||
Red-tailed Hawk Prospect Park | ||
American Kestrel Prospect Park | ||
Merlin Jones Beach SP | ||
Peregrine Falcon Jones Beach SP | ||
Clapper Rail Brigantine | ||
Virginia Rail Bear Valley Rd | ||
American Coot Prospect Park | ||
Black-bellied Plover JBWR--West Pond | ||
Semipalmated Plover JBWR--West Pond | ||
Killdeer Cold Spring Harbor | ||
American Oystercatcher Marine Park--Southwest | ||
BLACK OYSTERCATCHER Bodega Head | ||
Black-necked Stilt Shollenberger Pk & Ellis Crk | ||
American Avocet Shollenberger Pk & Ellis Crk | ||
Spotted Sandpiper Prospect Park | ||
Solitary Sandpiper Mount Loretto Unique Area | ||
Greater Yellowlegs Marine Park--Southwest | ||
Willet JBWR--West Pond | ||
Lesser Yellowlegs Bodega Bay | ||
Whimbrel Limantour Rd & Beach | ||
Hudsonian Godwit Brigantine | ||
Ruddy Turnstone JBWR--West Pond | ||
Sanderling Seven Presidents Park | ||
Semipalmated Sandpiper JBWR--West Pond | ||
Western Sandpiper Pt. Reyes--Abbotts Lagoon | ||
Least Sandpiper Mount Loretto Unique Area | ||
White-rumped Sandpiper Brigantine | ||
Purple Sandpiper Barnegat Lighthouse SP | ||
Dunlin Pt. Reyes--Abbotts Lagoon | ||
Short-billed Dowitcher Brigantine | ||
Long-billed Dowitcher Shollenberger Pk & Ellis Crk | ||
Wilson's Phalarope JBWR--West Pond | ||
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE Seven Presidents Park | ||
Bonaparte's Gull Barnegat Lighthouse SP | ||
GRAY-HOODED GULL Coney Island Beach | ||
Laughing Gull Brooklyn Bridge Park--Pier Four | ||
Ring-billed Gull Jones Beach SP | ||
WESTERN GULL Tomales Bay | ||
CALIFORNIA GULL Bodega Head | ||
Herring Gull Jones Beach SP | ||
Great Black-backed Gull Jones Beach SP | ||
Least Tern Marine Park--Southwest | ||
Gull-billed Tern Brigantine | ||
Caspian Tern Bodega Bay | ||
Common Tern Marine Park--Southwest | ||
Forster's Tern JBWR--West Pond | ||
Black Skimmer Brigantine | ||
Common Murre Sea Lion Overlook- | ||
PIGEON GUILLEMOT Bodega Head | ||
Rock Pigeon Jones Beach SP | ||
Band-tailed Pigeon Point Reyes seashore lodge | ||
Eurasian Collared-Dove Point Reyes seashore lodge | ||
Mourning Dove Prospect Park | ||
Monk Parakeet 9th St | ||
RED-MASKED PARAKEET Corona Heights Park | ||
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Prospect Park | ||
BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO Whiting WMA | ||
Barn Owl JBWR--East Pond | ||
Great Horned Owl Heritage Oak | ||
Barred Owl Brigantine | ||
Common Nighthawk 35 Sunset Rd | ||
EASTERN WHIP-POOR-WILL 35 Sunset Rd | ||
Chimney Swift Prospect Park | ||
VAUX'S SWIFT Point Reyes seashore lodge | ||
Ruby-throated Hummingbird Brigantine | ||
Black-chinned Hummingbird Heritage Oak | ||
Anna's Hummingbird Earthquake trail | ||
Rufous Hummingbird Heritage Oak | ||
ALLEN'S HUMMINGBIRD Kule Loklo | ||
Belted Kingfisher Cold Spring Harbor | ||
Red-headed Woodpecker Central Park | ||
Acorn Woodpecker Earthquake trail | ||
Red-bellied Woodpecker Brooklyn Botanic Garden | ||
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Central Park | ||
NUTTALL'S WOODPECKER Heritage Oak | ||
Downy Woodpecker Prospect Park--Feeders | ||
Hairy Woodpecker Prospect Park--Feeders | ||
Northern Flicker R&C Home | ||
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER Bolinas Lagoon | ||
Western Wood-Pewee Heritage Oak | ||
Eastern Wood-Pewee Brooklyn Botanic Garden | ||
Willow Flycatcher JBWR--West Pond | ||
Pacific-slope Flycatcher Earthquake trail | ||
BLACK PHOEBE Point Reyes seashore lodge | ||
Eastern Phoebe Iselin | ||
Ash-throated Flycatcher Heritage Oak | ||
Western Kingbird Heritage Oak | ||
Eastern Kingbird Brooklyn Botanic Garden | ||
White-eyed Vireo Prospect Park | ||
Blue-headed Vireo JBWR--West Pond | ||
Warbling Vireo Prospect Park | ||
Red-eyed Vireo Prospect Park | ||
Steller's Jay Point Reyes seashore lodge | ||
Blue Jay Clinton Street | ||
WESTERN SCRUB-JAY Point Reyes seashore lodge | ||
American Crow Jones Beach SP | ||
Fish Crow 18 Aberdeen Avenue | ||
HOODED CROW Great Kills Park | ||
Common Raven Point Reyes seashore lodge | ||
Horned Lark Jones Beach SP | ||
Northern Rough-winged Swallow Prospect Park | ||
Purple Martin Brigantine | ||
Tree Swallow JBWR--West Pond | ||
Violet-green Swallow Earthquake trail | ||
Bank Swallow Limantour Rd & Beach | ||
Barn Swallow Prospect Park | ||
Cliff Swallow Point Reyes admin bldg | ||
Carolina Chickadee Brigantine | ||
Black-capped Chickadee Clinton Street | ||
CHESTNUT-BACKED CHICKADEE Earthquake trail | ||
OAK TITMOUSE Olema Pasture | ||
Tufted Titmouse Prospect Park--Feeders | ||
BUSHTIT Campbell Cove | ||
Red-breasted Nuthatch Brooklyn Botanic Garden | ||
White-breasted Nuthatch Brooklyn Botanic Garden | ||
Brown Creeper Central Park | ||
Rock Wren Pt. Reyes--Abbotts Lagoon | ||
Carolina Wren Prospect Park | ||
Bewick's Wren Campbell Cove | ||
House Wren Pier One | ||
Winter Wren Central Park | ||
Marsh Wren Shollenberger Pk & Ellis Crk | ||
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Prospect Park | ||
Golden-crowned Kinglet Whiting WMA | ||
Ruby-crowned Kinglet Prospect Park | ||
WRENTIT Tomales Bay | ||
Eastern Bluebird Norwottuck Rail Trail | ||
Western Bluebird Tomales Bay trail | ||
Veery Norwottuck Rail Trail | ||
Swainson's Thrush Earthquake trail | ||
Hermit Thrush Prospect Park | ||
Wood Thrush Prospect Park | ||
American Robin Sandy Hook | ||
Gray Catbird JBWR--West Pond | ||
Northern Mockingbird Jones Beach SP | ||
Brown Thrasher JBWR--West Pond | ||
CALIFORNIA THRASHER Bear Valley Rd | ||
European Starling Jones Beach SP | ||
Bohemian Waxwing Windsor--North Street | ||
Cedar Waxwing Forked River Rest Stop | ||
Snow Bunting Brigantine | ||
Ovenbird 35 Sunset Rd | ||
Northern Waterthrush Prospect Park | ||
Blue-winged Warbler Prospect Park | ||
Black-and-white Warbler Prospect Park | ||
Prothonotary Warbler Prospect Park | ||
Nashville Warbler Prospect Park | ||
MOURNING WARBLER Prospect Park | ||
Common Yellowthroat Prospect Park | ||
Hooded Warbler Prospect Park | ||
American Redstart JBWR--West Pond | ||
Cape May Warbler Brigantine | ||
Northern Parula Prospect Park | ||
Blackburnian Warbler Prospect Park | ||
Yellow Warbler JBWR--West Pond | ||
Chestnut-sided Warbler Prospect Park | ||
Blackpoll Warbler Prospect Park | ||
Black-throated Blue Warbler Prospect Park | ||
Palm Warbler Prospect Park | ||
Pine Warbler Prospect Park | ||
Yellow-rumped Warbler Brigantine | ||
Yellow-throated Warbler Prospect Park | ||
Prairie Warbler Prospect Park | ||
Townsend's Warbler Heritage Oak | ||
Hermit Warbler Heritage Oak | ||
Black-throated Green Warbler Prospect Park | ||
Wilson's Warbler Point Reyes seashore lodge | ||
Spotted Towhee Earthquake trail | ||
Eastern Towhee Central Park | ||
CALIFORNIA TOWHEE Earthquake trail | ||
American Tree Sparrow Sandy Hook | ||
Chipping Sparrow Prospect Park | ||
Field Sparrow Prospect Park | ||
Savannah Sparrow Pier One | ||
Seaside Sparrow Brigantine | ||
Fox Sparrow Prospect Park--Feeders | ||
Song Sparrow Brooklyn Botanic Garden | ||
Swamp Sparrow Prospect Park | ||
White-throated Sparrow Brooklyn Botanic Garden | ||
White-crowned Sparrow Bodega Bay | ||
Dark-eyed Junco Prospect Park--Feeders | ||
Scarlet Tanager Prospect Park | ||
Northern Cardinal Clinton Street | ||
Black-headed Grosbeak Point Reyes admin bldg | ||
Indigo Bunting Mount Loretto Unique Area | ||
DICKCISSEL Negri-Nepote Grasslands | ||
Bobolink Mount Loretto Unique Area | ||
Red-winged Blackbird Prospect Park--Feeders | ||
Eastern Meadowlark Prospect Park | ||
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD Brigantine | ||
Rusty Blackbird Prospect Park | ||
Brewer's Blackbird Point Reyes seashore lodge | ||
Common Grackle Prospect Park | ||
Boat-tailed Grackle Great Kills Park | ||
Great-tailed Grackle Point Reyes seashore lodge | ||
Brown-headed Cowbird 18 Aberdeen Avenue | ||
Orchard Oriole Marine Park--Southwest | ||
Hooded Oriole Heritage Oak | ||
Bullock's Oriole Heritage Oak | ||
Baltimore Oriole Prospect Park | ||
House Finch Jones Beach SP | ||
RED CROSSBILL Seven Presidents Park | ||
COMMON REDPOLL Coles Brook Farm | ||
Pine Siskin Prospect Park--Feeders | ||
Lesser Goldfinch Heritage Oak | ||
American Goldfinch Prospect Park | ||
House Sparrow Brooklyn Botanic Garden | ||
