I easily broke the century mark this month for the first time. Part of that was due to chasing and part of it was just doggedness. I enjoyed our weekend trips--they turned out to be very social this month, due to either a field trip or just meeting people in the field and birding along with them. The best way to become a better birder is to bird with better birders and we did that a lot in March.
Finally, the cumulative highlight of the month was seeing 3 owls. I don't think I've ever seen 3 owls in the same month.
For the month: 116 species.
Counties birded:
New Jersey: Burlington, Cape May, Monmouth, Ocean, Salem
New York: New York, Richmond
Key: First of Year Bird | Rarity
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Species First
Sighting
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Greater White-fronted
Goose Brynmore
/ Big Woods Rd. fields
|
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Snow Goose Featherbed
Ln, Pilesgrove
|
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Brant Great Bay Bvld.
WMA
|
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Canada Goose Great Bay
Bvld. WMA
|
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Mute Swan Manasquan Reservoir
IBA
|
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Tundra Swan Double
Trouble State Park
|
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Wood Duck White's Bogs
|
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Gadwall Manasquan
Reservoir IBA
|
|
American Wigeon
Assunpink WMA
|
|
American Black Duck Great
Bay Bvld. WMA
|
|
Mallard Manasquan
Reservoir IBA
|
|
Blue-winged Teal Lighthouse Pond
|
|
Northern Shoveler
Salem River WRA
|
|
Northern Pintail Great
Bay Bvld. WMA
|
|
Green-winged Teal
Assunpink WMA
|
|
Canvasback Riverfront
Landing
|
|
Ring-necked Duck
Manasquan Reservoir IBA
|
|
Tufted Duck Thundergust Lake
|
|
Greater Scaup
Riverfront Landing
|
|
Lesser Scaup Manasquan
Reservoir IBA
|
|
Common Eider St.
Mary's dune crossing
|
|
Long-tailed Duck Great
Bay Bvld. WMA
|
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Bufflehead Great Bay
Bvld. WMA
|
|
Hooded Merganser
Double Trouble State Park
|
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Common Merganser
Manasquan Reservoir IBA
|
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Red-breasted Merganser
Great Bay Bvld. WMA
|
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Ruddy Duck Manasquan
Reservoir IBA
|
|
Wild Turkey Whiting
WMA
|
|
Red-throated Loon Great
Bay Bvld. WMA
|
|
Common Loon Great Bay
Bvld. WMA
|
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Pied-billed Grebe Manasquan Reservoir IBA
|
|
Horned Grebe Great Bay
Bvld. WMA
|
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Double-crested Cormorant
Riverfront Landing
|
|
Great Blue Heron Great
Bay Bvld. WMA
|
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Great Egret Great Bay Bvld. WMA
|
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Snowy Egret Great Bay Bvld. WMA
|
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Black-crowned Night-Heron Jakes Landing
|
|
Black Vulture Brynmore
/ Big Woods Rd. fields
|
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Turkey Vulture Great
Bay Bvld. WMA
|
|
Osprey Lighthouse Pond
|
|
Northern Harrier
Horicon Lake
|
|
Sharp-shinned Hawk GSP MM 95
|
|
Cooper's Hawk 35
Sunset Rd
|
|
Bald Eagle Manasquan
Reservoir IBA
|
|
Red-tailed Hawk
Assunpink WMA
|
|
Clapper Rail Jakes Landing
|
|
American Coot
Manasquan Reservoir IBA
|
|
Sandhill Crane Brynmore / Big Woods
Rd. fields
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Northern Lapwing Brynmore / Big Woods
Rd. fields
|
|
Black-bellied Plover Higbees Beach
SWA--Canal Overlook
|
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Killdeer Brynmore /
Big Woods Rd. fields
|
|
American Oystercatcher
Great Bay Bvld. WMA
|
|
Greater Yellowlegs Great
Bay Bvld. WMA
|
|
Sanderling Miami Ave.
beach
|
|
Pectoral Sandpiper Brynmore / Big Woods
Rd. fields
|
|
Dunlin Great Bay Bvld. WMA
|
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Wilson's Snipe Brynmore / Big Woods
Rd. fields
|
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American Woodcock
Crestwood Community Gardens
|
|
Bonaparte's Gull Seven Presidents Park
|
|
Laughing Gull Higbees Beach
SWA--Canal Overlook
|
|
Ring-billed Gull
Horicon Lake
|
|
Herring Gull Great Bay
Bvld. WMA
|
|
Great Black-backed Gull
Great Bay Bvld. WMA
|
|
Forster's Tern Miami Ave. beach
|
|
Rock Pigeon Brynmore /
Big Woods Rd. fields
|
|
Eurasian Collared-Dove Lincoln Ave, Cape May
Pt
|
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Mourning Dove 35
Sunset Rd
|
|
Great Horned Owl Palmyra Cove Nature
Park
|
|
Long-eared Owl Assunpink WMA
|
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Short-eared Owl Jakes Landing
|
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Rufous Hummingbird Palmyra Cove Nature Park
|
|
Belted Kingfisher
Double Trouble State Park
|
|
Red-bellied Woodpecker
35 Sunset Rd
|
|
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Clove Lakes Park
|
|
Downy Woodpecker 35
Sunset Rd
|
|
Hairy Woodpecker 35
Sunset Rd
|
|
Northern Flicker
Crestwood Village
|
|
American Kestrel
Haines Neck Rd, Mannington
|
|
Peregrine Falcon Great Bay Bvld. WMA
|
|
Eastern Phoebe Whiting
WMA
|
|
Blue Jay Manasquan
Reservoir IBA
|
|
American Crow
Manasquan Reservoir IBA
|
|
Fish Crow Manasquan
Reservoir IBA
|
|
Tree Swallow White's Bogs
|
|
Carolina Chickadee 35
Sunset Rd
|
|
Black-capped Chickadee
Central Park
|
|
Tufted Titmouse 35
Sunset Rd
|
|
Red-breasted Nuthatch
35 Sunset Rd
|
|
White-breasted Nuthatch
35 Sunset Rd
|
|
Brown Creeper Palmyra
Cove Nature Park
|
|
Carolina Wren
Crestwood Community Gardens
|
|
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Manahawkin WMA
|
|
Eastern Bluebird Cedar
Bridge Road, Stafford Township
|
|
American Robin
Assunpink WMA
|
|
Northern Mockingbird
Horicon Lake
|
|
European Starling Great
Bay Bvld. WMA
|
|
Yellow-rumped Warbler Great
Bay Bvld. WMA
|
|
Field Sparrow White's
Bogs
|
|
Savannah Sparrow Great
Bay Bvld. WMA
|
|
Seaside Sparrow Jakes Landing
|
|
Fox Sparrow Double
Trouble State Park
|
|
Song Sparrow Great Bay
Bvld. WMA
|
|
White-throated Sparrow
35 Sunset Rd
|
|
Dark-eyed Junco 35
Sunset Rd
|
|
Western Tanager Sunset &
Lighthouse, W. Cape May
|
|
Northern Cardinal
Horicon Lake
|
|
Red-winged Blackbird Great
Bay Bvld. WMA
|
|
Eastern Meadowlark Featherbed Ln,
Pilesgrove
|
|
Common Grackle Great
Bay Bvld. WMA
|
|
Boat-tailed Grackle Great
Bay Bvld. WMA
|
|
Brown-headed Cowbird Brynmore / Big Woods
Rd. fields
|
|
House Finch Manasquan
Reservoir IBA
|
|
White-winged Crossbill Washington Road,
Princeton
|
|
Common Redpoll Manasquan Reservoir
IBA
|
|
American Goldfinch 35
Sunset Rd
|
|
House Sparrow Horicon
Lake
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