Sunday, June 30, 2013

June Wrap-up

Upland Sandpiper, Lakehurst NAES
Photo: Shari Zirlin
June is supposed to start the summer birding doldrums, the period between migrations, but we did all right with one life bird (MISSISSIPPI KITE on Staten Island) and 16 first of year birds. It was also a good month for time of year rarities--birds that should have moved on by now but for whatever reason, didn't get the message, like the Ruddy Duck and Hooded Merganser we found at Brig, the Common Loon I saw at Tuckerton a couple of weeks ago, and especially interesting these very late or extremely early Brants I saw on Friday hanging out in a marina parking lot on Great Bay Blvd.
Brants hang around later than most waterfowl because they nest farther north than most waterfowl but the end of the June is really stretching it. These two are probably at a procreative dead end, at least for this season. 

I found myself gravitating to a couple of places more so than normal--one inland Colliers Mills, was very productive for passerines, and the other, Great Bay Blvd, got me a fair number of marsh birds plus surprisingly, Willow Flycatcher a few times.  The main reason I kept returning to these spots was that I knew I had a decent chance of adding to my Bird A Day list, though at this point, unless I can turn up a Blue Grosbeak, Colliers Mills is pretty much exhausted until migration starts anew, while Great Bay Blvd still has potential for a couple of birds. But I truly doubt I'm going to make it too much farther in July. In just the last week I had to use "reliables" like Canada Goose and Turkey Vulture. Even driving down to Brigantine every day wouldn't extend the streak very much. And, as I've said before, this is starting to seem like a job and I like being retired.  I can tell you Shari will certainly be happy when the streak ends. 

For the month the tally is 135 species, not as long a list as last month, but last month had migration in Ohio.
Counties birded:
New Jersey: Atlantic, Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset
New York: Richmond
Species      Location
Brant      Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Canada Goose      Colliers Mills WMA
Mute Swan      Brigantine
Wood Duck      Double Trouble State Park
American Black Duck      Brigantine
Mallard      Crestwood Village
Hooded Merganser      Brigantine
Ruddy Duck      Brigantine
Wild Turkey      35 Sunset Rd
Common Loon      Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Double-crested Cormorant      Great Kills Park
Great Blue Heron      Colliers Mills WMA
Great Egret      Double Trouble State Park
Snowy Egret      Great Kills Park
Little Blue Heron      Cattus Island County Park
Tricolored Heron      Cattus Island County Park
Green Heron      White's Bogs
Black-crowned Night-Heron      Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Glossy Ibis      Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Black Vulture      Lakehurst NAES
Turkey Vulture      Colliers Mills WMA
Osprey      Great Bay Bvld. WMA
MISSISSIPPI KITE      Cemetery of the Resurrection
Cooper's Hawk      Colliers Mills WMA
Bald Eagle      Assunpink WMA
Red-tailed Hawk      Colliers Mills WMA
Clapper Rail      Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Virginia Rail      Great Bay Bvld. WMA
American Coot      Brigantine
Black-bellied Plover      Brigantine
Semipalmated Plover      Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Killdeer      Colliers Mills WMA
American Oystercatcher      Great Kills Park
American Avocet      Brigantine
Willet      Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Lesser Yellowlegs      Brigantine
Upland Sandpiper      Lakehurst NAES
Whimbrel      Brigantine
Marbled Godwit      Brigantine
Ruddy Turnstone      Brigantine
Semipalmated Sandpiper      Brigantine
Dunlin      Brigantine
Short-billed Dowitcher      Brigantine
Laughing Gull      Great Kills Park
Herring Gull      Crestwood Village
Great Black-backed Gull      Great Kills Park
Least Tern      Horicon Lake
Gull-billed Tern      Brigantine
Caspian Tern      Brigantine
Common Tern      Mt. Loretto
Forster's Tern      Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Black Skimmer      Brigantine
Rock Pigeon      Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Mourning Dove      Colliers Mills WMA
Yellow-billed Cuckoo      White's Bogs
Black-billed Cuckoo      Forest Hill Rd
Barred Owl      Lakehurst NAES
Common Nighthawk      Colliers Mills WMA
Chuck-will's-widow      E. Bay Ave, Barnegat
Eastern Whip-poor-will      35 Sunset Rd
Chimney Swift      Crestwood Village
Ruby-throated Hummingbird      35 Sunset Rd
Belted Kingfisher      Colliers Mills WMA
Red-headed Woodpecker      Colliers Mills WMA
Red-bellied Woodpecker      Colliers Mills WMA
Downy Woodpecker      Crestwood Village
Northern Flicker      Colliers Mills WMA
American Kestrel      Lakehurst NAES
Peregrine Falcon      Brigantine
Eastern Wood-Pewee      Colliers Mills WMA
Acadian Flycatcher      Double Trouble State Park
Willow Flycatcher      Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Eastern Phoebe      Colliers Mills WMA
Great Crested Flycatcher      Colliers Mills WMA
Eastern Kingbird      Colliers Mills WMA
White-eyed Vireo      Double Trouble State Park
Warbling Vireo      Assunpink WMA
Blue Jay      Colliers Mills WMA
American Crow      Crestwood Village
Fish Crow      35 Sunset Rd
Horned Lark      Lakehurst NAES
Northern Rough-winged Swallow      Mt. Loretto
Purple Martin      Brigantine
Tree Swallow      Colliers Mills WMA
Bank Swallow      Lakehurst NAES
Barn Swallow      Double Trouble State Park
Carolina Chickadee      Colliers Mills WMA
Black-capped Chickadee      Mt. Loretto
Tufted Titmouse      Colliers Mills WMA
White-breasted Nuthatch      Colliers Mills WMA
House Wren      Crestwood Village
Marsh Wren      Brigantine
Carolina Wren      Crestwood Village
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher      Colliers Mills WMA
Eastern Bluebird      Colliers Mills WMA
Veery      Double Trouble State Park
Wood Thrush      Double Trouble State Park
American Robin      Colliers Mills WMA
Gray Catbird      Colliers Mills WMA
Northern Mockingbird      Colliers Mills WMA
Brown Thrasher      Colliers Mills WMA
European Starling      Crestwood Village
Cedar Waxwing      Crestwood Village
Ovenbird      Colliers Mills WMA
Black-and-white Warbler      Double Trouble State Park
Common Yellowthroat      Colliers Mills WMA
Yellow Warbler      Great Kills Park
Blackpoll Warbler      Colliers Mills WMA
Pine Warbler      Crestwood Village
Prairie Warbler      Colliers Mills WMA
Yellow-breasted Chat      Assunpink WMA
Eastern Towhee      Colliers Mills WMA
Chipping Sparrow      Colliers Mills WMA
Field Sparrow      Negri-Nepote Grasslands
Grasshopper Sparrow      Negri-Nepote Grasslands
Saltmarsh Sparrow      Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Seaside Sparrow      Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Song Sparrow      Crestwood Village
Swamp Sparrow      Assunpink WMA
Scarlet Tanager      Colliers Mills WMA
Northern Cardinal      Colliers Mills WMA
Rose-breasted Grosbeak      Assunpink WMA
Blue Grosbeak      Mt. Loretto
Indigo Bunting      Colliers Mills WMA
Dickcissel      Negri-Nepote Grasslands
Red-winged Blackbird      Colliers Mills WMA
Eastern Meadowlark      Lakehurst NAES
Common Grackle      35 Sunset Rd
Boat-tailed Grackle      Great Kills Park
Brown-headed Cowbird      Colliers Mills WMA
Orchard Oriole      Double Trouble State Park
Baltimore Oriole      Colliers Mills WMA
House Finch      35 Sunset Rd
American Goldfinch      Crestwood Village
House Sparrow      Mt. Loretto
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