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| Spotted Sandpipers, 4/30, Double Trouble SP |
I was all over the state this month, even venturing as far north as Hunterdon County, where I've never birded, in order to finally add Neotropic Cormorant to my state list (thanks Mike!).
Shari & I snuck in a detour to Carteret to add Monk Parakeets, a very entertaining half hour. The highlight rarity though had to be last weekend's Bar-tailed Godwit at Brig. Talk about being at the right place at the right time! We saw the bird about a 1/2 hour after it was first reported, thanks to wonders of text alerts. How did people find rare birds calling up once a week to a hotline? The American White Pelican and 6 American Avocets also at Brig that weekend made it the place to bird at the end of April.
It seemed, as always, that it took migration a while to get started. I think everyone anticipates it so much that feel late when it really isn't. But the warblers are back and the last couple of days I've been actively seeking and finding them. Today, the last day of the month, I had the pleasure of stumbling upon an Ocean County Louisiana Waterthrush at Double Trouble. It was on the same spillway as the two picture Spotted Sandpipers, in fast-moving water, where one should be found. I'd already done well at Double Trouble this morning, hearing Hooded Warbler and seeing my first two Yellow Warblers (as opposed to hearing them last week), when I walked out to the park's big reservoir. I was thinking it was a low percentage hike since no waterfowl would be on the water, so seeing the two sandpipers was a treat. Then I saw another bird bobbing it's tail and it was no sandpiper--too small, stripes on it flanks, clear through...I had the elusive warbler, reinforcing my theory that you will not find the bird until you have truly given up. Greg had this bird last week in a different spot and I figured it was long gone by today, so I had no expectations of finding it.
Our backyard has seen the return of a few of our favorites--a hen Wild Turkey makes a daily visit, at least one Ruby-throated Hummingbird is partaking of Shari's sugar water, and the Eastern Whip-poor-will is nightly (and early morning) feature of the season. There are actually a number of whip-poor-wills in the neighborhood and when 2 or 3 of them start sounding off it is quite amazing.I got into "the city" twice this month and was able to finally see a Chuck-will's-widow, as well as add Black-and-white Warbler and Blue-headed Vireo (both in Central Park) to the year list.
In all I listed 154 species for the month, by far the most species this year. May, with a trip to Ohio, has a good chance of surpassing that number. I'll start trying early tomorrow morning. In the meantime, here's last month's list:
Counties birded:
New Jersey: Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean
New York: New York
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Species Location
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Greater White-fronted Goose Mercer Corporate Park
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Brant Brig
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Canada Goose Whitesbog
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Mute Swan Brig
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Tundra Swan Whitesbog
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Wood Duck Whitesbog
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Gadwall Brig
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Eurasian Wigeon Brig
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American Wigeon Brig
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American Black Duck Whitesbog
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Mallard Whitesbog
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Blue-winged Teal Brig
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Northern Shoveler Brig
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Northern Pintail Brig
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Green-winged Teal Whitesbog
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Ring-necked Duck Whitesbog
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Greater Scaup Great
Bay Blvd
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Bufflehead Butterfly
Bogs
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Hooded Merganser Whitesbog
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Red-breasted Merganser
Brig
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Ruddy Duck Manasquan
Reservoir IBA
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Wild Turkey White
House
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Red-throated Loon Sunset
Beach/Concrete Ship
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Common Loon Spruce Run
Reservoir
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Pied-billed Grebe Brig
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Horned Grebe Manasquan
Reservoir IBA
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Northern Gannet East
Point Lighthouse
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Neotropic Cormorant Demott Pond
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Double-crested Cormorant
Clinton
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American White Pelican Brig
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American Bittern Whitesbog
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Great Blue Heron
Bunker Hill Bogs
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Great Egret Butterfly
Bogs
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Snowy Egret Brig
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Little Blue Heron Island Beach SP
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Tricolored Heron Cattus Island County Park
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Cattle Egret Meadowedge Park
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Glossy Ibis Brig
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Black Vulture FREC
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Turkey Vulture Whitesbog
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Osprey Whitesbog
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Northern Harrier Whitesbog
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Sharp-shinned Hawk
Colliers Mills WMA
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Cooper's Hawk Whitesbog
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Bald Eagle 35 Sunset
Rd
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Red-shouldered Hawk
Spruce Run Reservoir
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Broad-winged Hawk Belleplain State Forest
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Red-tailed Hawk 35
Sunset Rd
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Clapper Rail Heislerville WMA
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American Avocet Brig
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American Oystercatcher
Great Bay Blvd
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Black-bellied Plover Great
Bay Blvd
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Semipalmated Plover Heislerville WMA
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Killdeer Bunker Hill
Bogs
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Spotted Sandpiper Colliers Mills WMA
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Greater Yellowlegs Brig
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Willet Great
Bay Blvd
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Lesser Yellowlegs
Heislerville WMA
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Whimbrel Brig
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Bar-tailed Godwit Brig
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Sanderling Norbury's Landing
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Dunlin Great Bay Blvd
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Least Sandpiper Brig
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Semipalmated Sandpiper Brig
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Short-billed Dowitcher Brig
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Bonaparte's Gull Manasquan
Reservoir IBA
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Laughing Gull Brick
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Ring-billed Gull Spruce
Run Reservoir
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Herring Gull Spruce
Run Reservoir
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Lesser Black-backed Gull
Spruce Run Reservoir
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Glaucous Gull Brig
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Great Black-backed Gull
Cattus Island County Park
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Caspian Tern Brig
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Forster's Tern Great
Bay Blvd
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Rock Pigeon Carteret
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Mourning Dove 35
Sunset Rd
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Chuck-will's-widow Bryant Park
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Eastern Whip-poor-will 35 Sunset Rd
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Chimney Swift Brig
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird 35 Sunset Rd
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Belted Kingfisher Spruce
Run Reservoir
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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 Whitesbog
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Hairy Woodpecker
Double Trouble State Park
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Northern Flicker Whitesbog
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American Kestrel Whitesbog
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Merlin Brig
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Peregrine Falcon Brig
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Monk Parakeet Carteret
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Eastern Phoebe Whitesbog
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Eastern Kingbird Double Trouble State Park
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White-eyed Vireo Brig
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Blue-headed Vireo Central Park
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Blue Jay Double
Trouble State Park
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American Crow Whitesbog
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Fish Crow Whitesbog
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Common Raven E.
Colliers Mills Rd
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Northern Rough-winged Swallow Cattus Island County Park
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Purple Martin Brig
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Tree Swallow Whitesbog
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Barn Swallow Great Bay
Blvd
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Carolina Chickadee Whitesbog
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Black-capped Chickadee
Demott Pond
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Tufted Titmouse 35
Sunset Rd
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Red-breasted Nuthatch
35 Sunset Rd
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White-breasted Nuthatch
Whitesbog
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House Wren Norbury's Landing
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Carolina Wren 35
Sunset Rd
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Blue-gray
Gnatcatcher Spruce Run Reservoir
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Golden-crowned Kinglet
Whitesbog
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Double Trouble State Park
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Eastern Bluebird Spruce
Run Reservoir
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Hermit Thrush Cattus
Island County Park
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Wood Thrush Belleplain State Forest
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American Robin Whitesbog
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Gray Catbird Brig
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Brown Thrasher Cox Hall Creek WMA
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Northern Mockingbird Whitesbog
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European Starling 35
Sunset Rd
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Ovenbird Belleplain State Forest
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Worm-eating Warbler Evert Memorial Nature Trail
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Louisiana Waterthrush Belleplain State Forest
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Black-and-white Warbler Central Park
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Prothonotary Warbler Belleplain State Forest
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Common Yellowthroat Brig
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Hooded Warbler Evert Memorial Nature Trail
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Yellow Warbler Belleplain State Forest
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Palm Warbler Colliers Mills WMA
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Pine Warbler Whitesbog
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Yellow-rumped Warbler Whitesbog
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Yellow-throated Warbler Belleplain State Forest
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Prairie Warbler Heislerville WMA
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Eastern Towhee Double
Trouble State Park
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Chipping Sparrow 35
Sunset Rd
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Field Sparrow Brig
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Savannah Sparrow Cattus
Island County Park
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Fox Sparrow Whitesbog
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Song Sparrow Whitesbog
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Swamp Sparrow Whitesbog
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White-throated Sparrow
35 Sunset Rd
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Dark-eyed Junco Whitesbog
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Northern Cardinal Whitesbog
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Red-winged Blackbird Whitesbog
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Rusty Blackbird Whitesbog
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Common Grackle Whitesbog
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Boat-tailed Grackle Great
Bay Blvd
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Brown-headed Cowbird
35 Sunset Rd
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House Finch 35 Sunset
Rd
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Purple Finch 35 Sunset
Rd
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Pine Siskin 35 Sunset
Rd
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American Goldfinch 35
Sunset Rd
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House Sparrow Clinton
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| Tree Swallow, Northern Rough-wing Swallow squabbling at Whitesbog |
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