July Report

Aside from a foray to the Berkshires in Massachusetts where we picked up a couple of birds we wouldn't see down here--Black-capped Chickadee (wrong place) and Dark-eyed Junco (wrong season) and a mad dash to Jamaica Bay in Queens to pick up the RUFF, our only lifer of the month--all our birding was confined to the NJ counties of Atlantic and Ocean. Brigantine by far provided the most birds this month--slightly over 60% of this month's 117 species were first found there.

July is a normally a slow birding month--most birds haven't started their migration south and with breeding season over the birds aren't singing as they were in the spring. I've had a tough time finding a lot of birds while walking in the WMA and a long walk around Double Trouble today didn't turn up much of interest either aside from a Green Heron. Birds start moving in August. I start afresh tomorrow.

Counties birded:
MA:  Berkshire, Hampshire
NJ: Atlantic, Ocean
NY: Queens

Species                                        Location

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck       Brigantine

Snow Goose       Brigantine

Canada Goose       Brigantine

Mute Swan       Brigantine

American Black Duck       Brigantine

Mallard       Brigantine

Hooded Merganser       Brigantine

Common Merganser       Chesterfield Gorge

Ruffed Grouse       Coles Brook Farm

Wild Turkey       35 Sunset Rd

Double-crested Cormorant       Brigantine

American White Pelican       Brigantine

Great Blue Heron       Brigantine

Great Egret       Brigantine

Snowy Egret       Brigantine

Little Blue Heron       Cattus Island County Park

Tricolored Heron       Cattus Island County Park

Cattle Egret       Brigantine

Green Heron       Brigantine

Black-crowned Night-Heron       Brigantine

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron       Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Glossy Ibis       Brigantine

Turkey Vulture       Brigantine

Osprey       Brigantine

Bald Eagle       Brigantine

Northern Harrier       Brigantine

Peregrine Falcon       Brigantine

Clapper Rail       Brigantine

Black-bellied Plover       Brigantine

Semipalmated Plover       Brigantine

American Oystercatcher       Brigantine

Spotted Sandpiper       Brigantine

Solitary Sandpiper       Whiting WMA

Greater Yellowlegs       Brigantine

Willet       Brigantine

Lesser Yellowlegs       Brigantine

Whimbrel       Brigantine

Semipalmated Sandpiper       JBWR--East Pond

Western Sandpiper       Brigantine

Least Sandpiper       Brigantine

White-rumped Sandpiper       Brigantine

Stilt Sandpiper       Brigantine

RUFF       JBWR--East Pond

Short-billed Dowitcher       Brigantine

Long-billed Dowitcher       Brigantine

Wilson's Phalarope       Brigantine

Laughing Gull       Brigantine

Ring-billed Gull       Cattus Island County Park

Herring Gull       Brigantine

Lesser Black-backed Gull       Brigantine

Great Black-backed Gull       Brigantine

Gull-billed Tern       Brigantine

Caspian Tern       Brigantine

Forster's Tern       Brigantine

Royal Tern       Brigantine

Black Skimmer       Brigantine

Rock Pigeon       North Channel Br Parking Lot

Mourning Dove       Brigantine

Eastern Whip-poor-will       35 Sunset Rd

Ruby-throated Hummingbird       35 Sunset Rd

Belted Kingfisher       Cross Place Road

Red-bellied Woodpecker       Whiting WMA

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker       Coles Brook Farm

Downy Woodpecker       35 Sunset Rd

Northern Flicker       Whiting WMA

Eastern Wood-Pewee       Whiting WMA

Acadian Flycatcher       Double Trouble State Park

Eastern Phoebe       Whiting WMA

Great Crested Flycatcher       Brigantine

Eastern Kingbird       Brigantine

White-eyed Vireo       Brigantine

Blue Jay       35 Sunset Rd

American Crow       Brigantine

Fish Crow       Whiting WMA

Northern Rough-winged Swallow       Brigantine

Purple Martin       Brigantine

Tree Swallow       Brigantine

Barn Swallow       Brigantine

Carolina Chickadee       35 Sunset Rd

Black-capped Chickadee       Cross Place Road

Tufted Titmouse       35 Sunset Rd

White-breasted Nuthatch       Whiting WMA

Carolina Wren       Brigantine

House Wren       35 Sunset Rd

Marsh Wren       JBWR--East Pond

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher       Double Trouble State Park

Eastern Bluebird       Brigantine

Veery       Double Trouble State Park

Wood Thrush       Double Trouble State Park

American Robin       Brigantine

Gray Catbird       Brigantine

Northern Mockingbird       North Channel Br Parking Lot

Brown Thrasher       Brigantine

European Starling       Brigantine

Cedar Waxwing       Whiting WMA

Ovenbird       Whiting WMA

Black-and-white Warbler       Double Trouble State Park

Common Yellowthroat       Brigantine

Yellow Warbler       JBWR--East Pond

Pine Warbler       Whiting WMA

Eastern Towhee       Whiting WMA

Chipping Sparrow       Brigantine

Seaside Sparrow       Brigantine

Song Sparrow       Brigantine

Dark-eyed Junco       Coles Brook Farm

Northern Cardinal       Brigantine

Blue Grosbeak       Brigantine

Indigo Bunting       Notchview Reservation

Dickcissel       Brigantine

Red-winged Blackbird       Brigantine

Common Grackle       Double Trouble State Park

Boat-tailed Grackle       Brigantine

Brown-headed Cowbird       Whiting WMA

Orchard Oriole       Brigantine

House Finch       35 Sunset Rd

American Goldfinch       Whiting WMA

House Sparrow       35 Sunset Rd