My first reaction was that it was some sort of hybrid goose or an immature goose. I wasn't carrying a field guide. I knew it wasn't a barnyard goose--I have enough experience with those--but this is a case of context. Had I seen this bird at Brig I would probably have called it immediately. However, in our little pond it seemed weirder than it really is. I should have remembered that this spring we had Tundra Swans and a Redhead in that pond, so it can attract more than the very common species. But then, I didn't believe I was looking at Tundra Swans at first either.
Now, the big deal here, for me, is that I hadn't had Snow Goose all year in Ocean County, and had pretty much given up looking for new birds after hearing the Sedge Wren on the Barnegat Christmas Bird Count this Sunday. This was my 233rd bird in Ocean County for me this year, an all time high for me, but good only for a very distant second place overall.
I think, if nothing else, my list shows the amazing diversity of birds in Ocean County, blessed as it is with both a long shoreline, plenty of marshes, and vast upland habitat.
Species First Sighting
Snow Goose
Crestwood Village
Brant Great Bay
Bvld. WMA
Canada Goose
Crestwood Village
Mute Swan Cattus
Island County Park
Tundra Swan
Whitesbog (Ocean Co.)
Wood Duck New
Egypt
Gadwall
Forsythe--Barnegat
American Wigeon
Marshall's Pond
American Black Duck
Riverfront Landing
Mallard Crestwood
Village
Northern Shoveler
Forsythe--Barnegat
Northern Pintail
Bayview Ave Park
Green-winged Teal
Forsythe--Barnegat
Canvasback
Riverfront Landing
Redhead Riverfront
Landing
Ring-necked Duck
Double Trouble State Park
Greater Scaup
Little Silver Lake
Lesser Scaup
Riverfront Landing
King Eider
Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Common Eider Great
Sedge Island
Harlequin Duck
Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Surf Scoter
Barnegat Lighthouse SP
White-winged Scoter
Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Black Scoter
Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Long-tailed Duck
Manasquan Inlet
Bufflehead Great
Bay Bvld. WMA
Common Goldeneye
Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Hooded Merganser
Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Common Merganser
Prospertown Lake
Red-breasted Merganser
Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Ruddy Duck
Riverfront Landing
Northern Bobwhite
Colliers Mills WMA
Ring-necked Pheasant
Warren Grove
Wild Turkey Rt. 70
Red-throated Loon
Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Common Loon
Manasquan Inlet
Pied-billed Grebe
Double Trouble State Park
Horned Grebe Little
Silver Lake
Red-necked Grebe
Manasquan Inlet
Northern Gannet
Manasquan Inlet
Double-crested Cormorant
Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Great Cormorant
Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Brown Pelican
Great Sedge Island
American Bittern Great Sedge Island
Great Blue Heron
Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Great Egret Cattus
Island County Park
Snowy Egret Island
Beach SP
Little Blue Heron
Cattus Island County Park
Tricolored Heron
Cattus Island County Park
Green Heron Whitesbog (Ocean Co.)
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Island Beach SP
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Glossy Ibis Cattus
Island County Park
Black Vulture New
Egypt
Turkey Vulture
Crestwood Village
Osprey Cattus
Island County Park
Northern Harrier
Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Colliers Mills WMA
Cooper's Hawk
Crestwood Community Gardens
Bald Eagle Double
Trouble State Park
Red-shouldered Hawk
Bridge to Nowhere
Broad-winged Hawk
Double Trouble State Park
Red-tailed Hawk
Whiting--Power line cut
Clapper Rail Great
Bay Bvld. WMA
American Coot Lake
of the Lilies
American Avocet
Forsythe--Barnegat
American Oystercatcher
Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Black-bellied Plover
Great Bay Bvld. WMA
American Golden-Plover Holgate
Semipalmated Plover
Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Piping Plover
Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Killdeer Great Bay
Bvld. WMA
Spotted Sandpiper
Lake Enno
Solitary Sandpiper
Butterfly Bogs
Greater Yellowlegs
Eno's Pond
Willet Great Bay
Bvld. WMA
Lesser Yellowlegs
Forsythe--Barnegat
Upland Sandpiper
Lakehurst NAES
Whimbrel Great
Sedge Island
Marbled Godwit Great Sedge Island
Ruddy Turnstone
Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Red Knot Great
Sedge Island
Stilt Sandpiper
Forsythe--Barnegat
Sanderling
Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Dunlin Great Bay
Bvld. WMA
Purple Sandpiper
Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Least Sandpiper Cattus Island County Park
Pectoral Sandpiper
Eno's Pond
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Island Beach SP
Short-billed Dowitcher
Island Beach SP
Long-billed Dowitcher
Bayview Marina
Wilson's Snipe
Eno's Pond
American Woodcock
Crestwood Community Gardens
Bonaparte's Gull
Manasquan Inlet
Laughing Gull Toms
River bus station
Ring-billed Gull
Crestwood Village
Herring Gull Great
Bay Bvld. WMA
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Great Black-backed Gull
Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Least Tern Double
Trouble State Park
Caspian Tern Great
Sedge Island
Black Tern Great
Sedge Island
Common Tern
Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Forster's Tern
Cattus Island County Park
Royal Tern
Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Black Skimmer
Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Rock Pigeon Warren
Grove
Mourning Dove 35
Sunset Rd
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Colliers Mills WMA
Black-billed Cuckoo
Whitesbog (Ocean Co.)
Eastern Screech-Owl
35 Sunset Rd
Great Horned Owl
35 Sunset Rd
Snowy Owl Bridge to Nowhere
Short-eared Owl
Bridge to Nowhere
Common Nighthawk
Lakehurst NAES
Chuck-will's-widow
Collinstown Rd
Eastern Whip-poor-will
35 Sunset Rd
Chimney Swift
Prospertown Lake
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
35 Sunset Rd
Belted Kingfisher
Horicon Lake
Red-headed Woodpecker
Colliers Mills WMA
Red-bellied Woodpecker
35 Sunset Rd
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Crestwood Village
Downy Woodpecker
35 Sunset Rd
Hairy Woodpecker
Whiting WMA
Northern Flicker
Crestwood Village
American Kestrel
Colliers Mills WMA
Merlin Crestwood
Village
Peregrine Falcon
Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Colliers Mills WMA
Acadian Flycatcher
Double Trouble State Park
Willow Flycatcher
Double Trouble State Park
Least Flycatcher
Colliers Mills WMA
Eastern Phoebe
Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Great Crested Flycatcher
Double Trouble State Park
Eastern Kingbird
Whitesbog (Ocean Co.)
Northern Shrike
Whitesbog (Ocean Co.)
White-eyed Vireo
Whitesbog (Ocean Co.)
Blue-headed Vireo
Cattus Island County Park
Warbling Vireo
Colliers Mills WMA
Red-eyed Vireo
Island Beach SP
Blue Jay 35 Sunset
Rd
American Crow 35
Sunset Rd
Fish Crow Horicon
Lake
Common Raven
Lakehurst NAES
Horned Lark
Lakehurst NAES
Northern Rough-winged Swallow Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Purple Martin
Whitesbog (Ocean Co.)
Tree Swallow
Prospertown Lake
Bank Swallow
Forsythe--Barnegat
Barn Swallow
Whitesbog (Ocean Co.)
Carolina Chickadee
35 Sunset Rd
Tufted Titmouse 35
Sunset Rd
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Wells Mills Park
White-breasted Nuthatch
35 Sunset Rd
Brown Creeper
Crestwood Village
House Wren
Whitesbog (Ocean Co.)
Winter Wren Ocean
County Parks Offices
Sedge Wren Manahawking WMA--Beach Ave
Marsh Wren Island
Beach SP
Carolina Wren 35
Sunset Rd
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Colliers Mills WMA
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Whiting--Power line cut
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Crestwood Village
Eastern Bluebird
Horicon Lake
Veery Double
Trouble State Park
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Double Trouble State Park
Swainson's Thrush
Wells Mills Park
Hermit Thrush
Crestwood Village
Wood Thrush FREC
American Robin
Lakewood
Gray Catbird
Island Beach SP
Brown Thrasher
Colliers Mills WMA
Northern Mockingbird
New Egypt
European Starling
Crestwood Village
Cedar Waxwing
Cattus Island County Park
Lapland Longspur
Island Beach SP
Snow Bunting
Island Beach SP
Ovenbird Double
Trouble State Park
Louisiana Waterthrush
Double Trouble State Park
Northern Waterthrush
Whitesbog (Ocean Co.)
Blue-winged Warbler
Colliers Mills WMA
Black-and-white Warbler
Colliers Mills WMA
Orange-crowned Warbler
Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Nashville Warbler
Island Beach SP--Reed's Road
Common Yellowthroat
Whitesbog (Ocean Co.)
American Redstart
Double Trouble State Park
Northern Parula
Whitesbog (Ocean Co.)
Magnolia Warbler
Double Trouble State Park
Bay-breasted Warbler
Island Beach SP
Blackburnian Warbler
Eno's Pond
Yellow Warbler
Whitesbog (Ocean Co.)
Blackpoll Warbler
Island Beach SP
Black-throated Blue Warbler Island Beach SP
Palm Warbler
Double Trouble State Park
Pine Warbler 35
Sunset Rd
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Prairie Warbler
Whitesbog (Ocean Co.)
Black-throated Green Warbler Island Beach SP
Canada Warbler
Island Beach SP
Eastern Towhee
Colliers Mills WMA
American Tree Sparrow
35 Sunset Rd
Chipping Sparrow
Crestwood Village
Clay-colored Sparrow
Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Field Sparrow
Whitesbog (Ocean Co.)
Savannah Sparrow
Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Grasshopper Sparrow
Colliers Mills WMA
Saltmarsh Sparrow
Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Seaside Sparrow
Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Fox Sparrow 35
Sunset Rd
Song Sparrow 35
Sunset Rd
Lincoln's Sparrow
Colliers Mills WMA
Swamp Sparrow
Horicon Lake
White-throated Sparrow
35 Sunset Rd
White-crowned Sparrow
Double Trouble State Park
Dark-eyed Junco 35
Sunset Rd
Scarlet Tanager
FREC
Northern Cardinal
35 Sunset Rd
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Whitesbog (Ocean Co.)
Blue Grosbeak
Prospertown Lake
Indigo Bunting
Colliers Mills WMA
Bobolink Island
Beach SP--Reed's Road
Red-winged Blackbird
Cattus Island County Park
Eastern Meadowlark
Lakehurst NAES
Common Grackle
Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Boat-tailed Grackle
Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Brown-headed Cowbird
35 Sunset Rd
Orchard Oriole
Whitesbog (Ocean Co.)
Baltimore Oriole
Lake Enno
House Finch 35
Sunset Rd
Purple Finch Great
Bay Bvld. WMA
American Goldfinch
35 Sunset Rd
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