March Summary

Not a very impressive month of birding. Aside from a couple of hours spent in Central Park and Mount Loretto and 1 foray into Burlington County, all my birding was done in Ocean County, and, aside from one day when we went to The Bridge to Nowhere and to Cattus Island County Park, all my birding was done in the environs of the Whiting WMA & Crestwood Village, along with looking out the windows at the feeders. What I'm saying in a long-winded way is that this month birding was pretty local.

67 species. To put it in perspective, on January 1st, we saw 66 species in one day in Cape May County. Granted it was the birding capital of at least the East Coast, but still...

On the positive side, 10 new species for the year and the spring migrants are coming back. I'm looking forward to April:

Counties birded:
NJ: Burlington, Ocean
NY: New York, Richmond

Species       First Sighting

Brant       Mount Loretto Unique Area

Canada Goose       Whiting WMA

Mute Swan       Bridge to Nowhere

Wood Duck       Whiting WMA

Gadwall       Central Park

American Wigeon       Bridge to Nowhere

American Black Duck       Bridge to Nowhere

Mallard       Whiting WMA

Northern Shoveler       Central Park

Green-winged Teal       Bridge to Nowhere

Ring-necked Duck       Whiting WMA

Bufflehead       Cattus Island County Park

Red-breasted Merganser       Mount Loretto Unique Area

Ruddy Duck       Central Park

Wild Turkey       35 Sunset Rd

Pied-billed Grebe       Central Park

Northern Gannet       Mount Loretto Unique Area

Double-crested Cormorant       Mount Loretto Unique Area

Great Blue Heron       Horicon Lake

Great Egret       Cattus Island County Park

Black Vulture       Mt. Holly

Turkey Vulture       Whiting WMA

Osprey       Mount Loretto Unique Area

Cooper's Hawk       Rancocas Nature Center

Red-tailed Hawk       Crestwood Village

American Coot       Central Park

Ring-billed Gull       Crestwood Village

Herring Gull       Bridge to Nowhere

Great Black-backed Gull       Bridge to Nowhere

Rock Pigeon       Toms River

Mourning Dove       Whiting WMA

Red-bellied Woodpecker       Whiting WMA

Downy Woodpecker       35 Sunset Rd

Hairy Woodpecker       Whiting WMA

Northern Flicker       White's Bogs

Eastern Phoebe       White's Bogs

Blue Jay       Whiting WMA

American Crow       Whiting WMA

Fish Crow       Whiting WMA

Tree Swallow       Whiting WMA

Carolina Chickadee       Whiting WMA

Tufted Titmouse       Whiting WMA

White-breasted Nuthatch       Whiting WMA

Brown Creeper       Whiting WMA

Carolina Wren       Whiting WMA

Golden-crowned Kinglet       Whiting WMA

Ruby-crowned Kinglet       Whiting WMA

Eastern Bluebird       Whiting WMA

Hermit Thrush       White's Bogs

American Robin       Whiting WMA

European Starling       Central Park

Palm Warbler       Horicon Lake

Pine Warbler       Whiting WMA

Yellow-rumped Warbler       Horicon Lake

Eastern Towhee       Whiting WMA

Chipping Sparrow       35 Sunset Rd

Song Sparrow       Whiting WMA

White-throated Sparrow       35 Sunset Rd

Dark-eyed Junco       Whiting WMA

Northern Cardinal       Whiting WMA

Red-winged Blackbird       Cattus Island County Park

Common Grackle       Whiting WMA

Boat-tailed Grackle       Bridge to Nowhere

Brown-headed Cowbird       35 Sunset Rd

House Finch       Whiting WMA

American Goldfinch       Whiting WMA

House Sparrow       Mt. Holly