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