Monday, April 30, 2012

April Review

Three trips to Brigantine, a day at Sandy Hook, a walk around Prospect Park, visits to county parks and my birding routine around the WMA and Crestwood Village, plus looking out the window a lot, all added up to a successful month with 115 species including 30 FOY.

The highlights this month:
Seeing the whip-poor-will fly at dusk.
Observing the Red-breasted Nuthatch digging out its nest, spitting saw dust out the hole.
Finally finding the Eurasian Collared-Dove in Cape May.
Peter showing me the fledgling Great Horned Owl in Prospect Park.
And watching the Cattle Egret doing battle with a frog (or was it a toad?) yesterday at Brig.

And yet, the kvetch: Not a lot of warblers, still no night-herons, black or yellow-crowned. I'll get 'em next month.

Species                 First Sighting
Snow Goose        Brigantine
Brant        Brigantine
Canada Goose        Brigantine
Mute Swan      Cape May Meadows
Wood Duck        Brigantine
Gadwall        Brigantine
American Black Duck        Brigantine
Mallard        Brigantine
Blue-winged Teal        Brigantine
Northern Shoveler        Brigantine
Green-winged Teal        Brigantine
Ring-necked Duck        Whiting WMA
Surf Scoter      Cape May Meadows
White-winged Scoter        Sandy Hook
Bufflehead        Brigantine
Red-breasted Merganser        Brigantine
Ruddy Duck        Cape May Hawkwatch
Wild Turkey        Whiting WMA
Common Loon        Cattus Island County Park
Horned Grebe        Cattus Island County Park
Northern Gannet      Cape May Meadows
Double-crested Cormorant        Brigantine
Great Blue Heron        Cape May Point SP
Great Egret        Brigantine
Snowy Egret        Brigantine
Little Blue Heron        Cattus Island County Park
Cattle Egret        Brigantine
Glossy Ibis        Brigantine
Black Vulture      Cape May Meadows
Turkey Vulture        Crestwood Village
Osprey        Brigantine
Bald Eagle        Brigantine
Northern Harrier        Brigantine
Cooper's Hawk        35 Sunset Rd
Red-tailed Hawk      Cape May Meadows
American Kestrel        Whiting WMA
Merlin        Sandy Hook
Peregrine Falcon        Brigantine
American Coot        Brigantine
Black-bellied Plover        Brigantine
American Oystercatcher        Higbees Beach
Spotted Sandpiper        Prospect Park
Greater Yellowlegs        Brigantine
Willet        Brigantine
Lesser Yellowlegs        Brigantine
Semipalmated Sandpiper        Brigantine
Dunlin        Brigantine
Short-billed Dowitcher        Brigantine
Bonaparte's Gull        Sandy Hook
Laughing Gull      Cape May Meadows
Ring-billed Gull        Brigantine
Herring Gull        Brigantine
Great Black-backed Gull        Brigantine
Caspian Tern        Brigantine
Forster's Tern        Cape May Hawkwatch
Rock Pigeon        Iselin
Eurasian Collared-Dove        Lincoln Ave
Mourning Dove        Brigantine
Great Horned Owl        Prospect Park
Eastern Whip-poor-will        35 Sunset Rd
Chimney Swift        Brigantine
Belted Kingfisher        Cattus Island County Park
Red-bellied Woodpecker        Brigantine
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker        Crossley Preserve
Downy Woodpecker        Whiting WMA
Northern Flicker        Iselin
Eastern Phoebe        Whiting WMA
Eastern Kingbird        Whiting WMA
Blue Jay        Brigantine
American Crow        Brigantine
Fish Crow        Brigantine
Northern Rough-winged Swallow       Lighthouse Pond
Purple Martin        Brigantine
Tree Swallow        Brigantine
Barn Swallow      Cape May Meadows
Carolina Chickadee        Brigantine
Tufted Titmouse        Brigantine
Red-breasted Nuthatch        Crestwood Village
White-breasted Nuthatch        Crestwood Village
Brown Creeper        Whiting WMA
Carolina Wren        Brigantine
House Wren        Whiting WMA
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher        Estell Manor Park
Golden-crowned Kinglet        Whiting WMA
Ruby-crowned Kinglet        Whiting WMA
Eastern Bluebird        Whiting WMA
Hermit Thrush        Sandy Hook
American Robin        Brigantine
Gray Catbird        Brigantine
Northern Mockingbird      Cape May Meadows
European Starling        Crestwood Village
Cedar Waxwing        Sandy Hook
Northern Waterthrush        Prospect Park
Common Yellowthroat        Whiting WMA
Yellow Warbler        Crossley Preserve
Palm Warbler        Whiting WMA
Pine Warbler        Crestwood Village
Yellow-rumped Warbler        Crestwood Village
Eastern Towhee        Whiting WMA
Chipping Sparrow        Brigantine
Field Sparrow        Sandy Hook
Savannah Sparrow      Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Song Sparrow        Brigantine
Swamp Sparrow        Prospect Park
White-throated Sparrow        Brigantine
Dark-eyed Junco        35 Sunset Rd
Northern Cardinal        Brigantine
Red-winged Blackbird        Brigantine
Common Grackle        Crestwood Village
Boat-tailed Grackle        Brigantine
Brown-headed Cowbird        Brigantine
House Finch        Brigantine
American Goldfinch        Brigantine
House Sparrow        Iselin



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