Monday, December 31, 2012

December Wrap Up

156 species made December by far the most "productive" month of the year, yielding 5 life birds and the most FOY since January, when, let's face it, everything is first of the year.

Going to Puerto Rico, of course, helped. Not only did we get life birds & FOY there, we were also able to see many species of ducks, waders, and shorebirds we hadn't seen since the summer or fall in the states. Plus, many of the birds we found (or were helped to find) in Puerto Rico were rarities there, including our lifer TUFTED DUCK, the Masked Duck Shari found at Laguna Cartegena, the Red-necked Phalarope at Cabo Rojo and the Yellow-shouldered Blackbird in La Parguera.

The first week back birding in NJ seemed dull compared to PR,although I couldn't help thinking that it was all relative--had our guides in PR been with me in the Whiting WMA, they would have been thrilled with the chickadees, titmice, nuthatches and woodpeckers that I dismissively passed by. However, in the last few days we've managed to add some very nice rarities here in our home state: Barnacle Goose in a corporate park, Razorbill at Seven Presidents Park, and a Red Crossbill in Deal.

Some leftover photos from Puerto Rico. (All photos: Shari Zirlin)
Adelaide's Warbler

Eurasian Collared Dove, La Parguera

Stilts & Yellowlegs, Cabo Rojo
December's list:
New Jersey: Atlantic, Burlington, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean
New York: New York
Puerto Rico
Species                                                        Location
West Indian Whistling-Duck        Laguna Cartegena
Snow Goose        Brigantine
Brant        Brigantine
Barnacle Goose    Mercer Corporate Park
Canada Goose        Sayen Gardens
Mute Swan        Assunpink WMA
Tundra Swan        White's Bogs
Wood Duck        Central Park
American Wigeon        Cabo Rojo NWR
American Black Duck        Brigantine
Mallard        Brigantine
Blue-winged Teal        Pond Near Copamarina
Northern Shoveler        Laguna Cartegena
White-cheeked Pintail        Pond Near Copamarina
Northern Pintail        Brigantine
Ring-necked Duck        White's Bogs
TUFTED DUCK        Laguna Cartegena
Lesser Scaup        Laguna Cartegena
Common Eider        Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Harlequin Duck        Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Long-tailed Duck        Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Bufflehead        Assunpink WMA
Hooded Merganser        Brigantine
Common Merganser        Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Red-breasted Merganser        Manasquan Inlet
Masked Duck        Laguna Cartegena - Tower
Ruddy Duck        Edwin B. Forsythe NWR--Lily Lake
HELMETED GUINEAFOWL        Laguna Cartegena
Wild Turkey        35 Sunset Rd
Red-throated Loon        Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Common Loon        Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Pied-billed Grebe        Brigantine
Horned Grebe        Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Magnificent Frigatebird        Outside Ponce
Brown Booby        Cabo Rojo NWR
Northern Gannet        Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Double-crested Cormorant        Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Brown Pelican        Copamarina
Great Blue Heron        White's Bogs
Great Egret        Brigantine
Snowy Egret        Pond Near Copamarina
Little Blue Heron        Pond Near Copamarina
Tricolored Heron        Pond Near Copamarina
Cattle Egret        Guanica
Green Heron        Pond Near Copamarina
Glossy Ibis        Laguna Cartegena
Turkey Vulture        Sayen Gardens
Osprey        Laguna Cartegena
Northern Harrier        White's Bogs
Bald Eagle        Brigantine
Red-tailed Hawk        Brigantine
Clapper Rail        Pond Near Copamarina
Sora        Laguna Cartegena
Purple Gallinule        Laguna Cartegena - Tower
Common Gallinule        Pond Near Copamarina
American Coot        Laguna Cartegena
Caribbean Coot        Laguna Cartegena
Black-bellied Plover        Cabo Rojo
American Golden-Plover        Cabo Rojo NWR
Wilson's Plover        Cabo Rojo NWR
Semipalmated Plover        Cabo Rojo NWR
Killdeer        Copamarina
American Oystercatcher        Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Black-necked Stilt        Pond Near Copamarina
Spotted Sandpiper        Laguna Cartegena
Greater Yellowlegs        Brigantine
Willet        Pond Near Copamarina
Lesser Yellowlegs        Cabo Rojo
Ruddy Turnstone        Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Sanderling        Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Semipalmated Sandpiper        Cabo Rojo NWR
Western Sandpiper        Cabo Rojo NWR
Least Sandpiper        Cabo Rojo NWR
Purple Sandpiper        Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Dunlin        Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Stilt Sandpiper        Cabo Rojo NWR
Wilson's Phalarope        Cabo Rojo NWR
Red-necked Phalarope        Cabo Rojo NWR
Bonaparte's Gull        Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Ring-billed Gull        Brigantine
Herring Gull        Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Great Black-backed Gull        Brigantine
Royal Tern        Copamarina
Sandwich Tern        Boquerón
Razorbill     Seven Presidents Park
Rock Pigeon        Ponce
Eurasian Collared-Dove        La Parguera
White-winged Dove        Pond Near Copamarina
Zenaida Dove        Guanica
Mourning Dove        Sayen Gardens
Common Ground-Dove        Ponce
Mangrove Cuckoo        Bosque Estatal de Guánica
Smooth-billed Ani        Laguna Cartegena
Antillean Mango        Copamarina
Puerto Rican Tody        Bosque Estatal de Guánica
Belted Kingfisher        Brigantine
Puerto Rican Woodpecker        Laguna Cartegena
Red-bellied Woodpecker        35 Sunset Rd
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker        Central Park
Downy Woodpecker        Sayen Gardens
Northern Flicker        Brigantine
American Kestrel        Copamarina
Peregrine Falcon        Brigantine
Caribbean Elaenia        Cabo Rojo
Lesser Antillean Pewee        Bosque Estatal de Guánica
Puerto Rican Flycatcher        Laguna Cartegena
Gray Kingbird        Bosque Estatal de Guánica
LOGGERHEAD KINGBIRD        Bosque Estatal de Guánica
Blue Jay        Brigantine
American Crow        White's Bogs
Bank Swallow        Cabo Rojo NWR
Barn Swallow        Laguna Cartegena
Cave Swallow        Laguna Cartegena
Carolina Chickadee        Brigantine
Black-capped Chickadee        Sayen Gardens
Tufted Titmouse        Sayen Gardens
Red-breasted Nuthatch        Barnegat Lighthouse SP
White-breasted Nuthatch        Sayen Gardens
Carolina Wren        Sayen Gardens
Golden-crowned Kinglet        Brigantine
Eastern Bluebird        Brigantine
American Robin        Sayen Gardens
Northern Mockingbird        Laguna Cartegena
Pearly-eyed Thrasher        Copamarina
European Starling        Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Cedar Waxwing        Brigantine
Northern Waterthrush        Laguna Cartegena
Northern Parula        Laguna Cartegena
Yellow Warbler        Bosque de Boquerón
Yellow-rumped Warbler    Seven Presidents Park
Prairie Warbler        Copamarina
Adelaide's Warbler        Bosque Estatal de Guánica
Bananaquit        Bosque Estatal de Guánica
Yellow-faced Grassquit        Laguna Cartegena
Black-faced Grassquit        Laguna Cartegena
Puerto Rican Bullfinch        Bosque Estatal de Guánica
Fox Sparrow        35 Sunset Rd
Song Sparrow        White's Bogs
White-throated Sparrow        Sayen Gardens
Dark-eyed Junco        Sayen Gardens
Northern Cardinal        Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Red-winged Blackbird        Assunpink WMA
Yellow-shouldered Blackbird        Puerto Viejo Cafe
Common Grackle        Central Park
Greater Antillean Grackle        Copamarina
SHINY COWBIRD        Puerto Viejo Cafe
Venezuelan Troupial        Pond Near Copamarina
Antillean Euphonia        Bosque Estatal de Guánica
House Finch        Brigantine
Red Crossbill   Clem Conover Blvd
Pine Siskin        Central Park
American Goldfinch        Brigantine
House Sparrow        Barnegat Lighthouse SP
ORANGE BISHOP        Laguna Cartegena
Orange-cheeked Waxbill        Laguna Cartegena
Bronze Mannikin        Cabo Rojo

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