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| GREAT GRAY OWL, Zax-Sim Bog, MN Photo: Shari Zirlin |
We added 19 life birds to our list (though they weren't all the same birds). We started the year out in Minnesota where we put 7 species on the list, although there is a very good chance we'll lose one of those when HOARY REDPOLL is merged into Common Redpoll. Apparently, despite their different appearances, the DNA of the two redpolls is virtually identical.
During spring migration we drove out to Magee Marsh in Ohio for the 2nd time and enjoyed ourselves immensely, totally 150 species for the week we were there and adding the very hard to find HENSLOW'S SPARROW as a lifer.
In late July we went on an NJ Audubon field trip to Utah & Nevada, where we had 10 species. (Shari had 11 with this species:)
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| CASSIN'S FINCH, Lamoille Canyon, NV |
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| LEWIS'S WOODPECKER, Lamoille Canyon, NV & 
DUSKY GROUSE, Lamoille Canyon, NV
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I also participated in my first World Series of Birding. But probably my proudest moment was convincing one of my friends (he knows who he is) to come over to the dark side and count bird that he only heard instead of insisting on seeing them. A singing but invisible Chuck's-Will-Widow in Barnegat flipped him. Of course, he finished way ahead of me in the NJ rankings on eBird. No good deed, etc...
And now, for those who have come this far, the list:
Species First Sighting
Waterfowl
Greater White-fronted Goose Mercer Corporate Park
Snow Goose Harry
Wright Lake
Ross's Goose
Marshall's Pond
Brant Sandy Hook
Cackling Goose
Marshall's Pond
Canada Goose
Crestwood Village
Mute Swan Sandy
Hook
Trumpeter Swan
Assunpink WMA
Tundra Swan Cape
May Point SP
Wood Duck
Whitesbog
Gadwall Marshall's
Pond
Eurasian Wigeon
Sylvan Lake
American Wigeon
Cape May Point SP
American Black Duck
Sandy Hook
Mallard Lake Takanassee
Blue-winged Teal
Brig
Cinnamon Teal Ruby
Lake NWR
Northern Shoveler
Cape May Point SP
Northern Pintail
Cape May Point SP
Green-winged Teal
Marshall's Pond
Canvasback
Riverfront Landing
Redhead Cape May
Meadows
Ring-necked Duck
Cape May Point SP
Greater Scaup
Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Lesser Scaup
Riverfront Landing
Common Eider
Sunset Beach/Concrete Ship
Harlequin Duck
Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Surf Scoter
Monmouth Beach
White-winged Scoter
Manasquan Inlet
Black Scoter Sandy
Hook
Long-tailed Duck
Sandy Hook
Bufflehead Cape
May Point SP
Common Goldeneye
Duluth--Canal Park
Hooded Merganser
Lake Takanassee
Common Merganser
Manasquan Reservoir IBA
Red-breasted Merganser
Sandy Hook
Ruddy Duck Cape
May Point SP
Grouse, Quail, & Allies
Ring-necked Pheasant
Bear River MBR
Ruffed Grouse
Highway 7, St Louis County
DUSKY GROUSE Lamoille Canyon
Wild Turkey
Assunpink WMA
Loons & Grebes
Red-throated Loon
Sandy Hook
Common Loon Sandy
Hook
Pied-billed Grebe
Lake Takanassee
Horned Grebe
Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Red-necked Grebe
Sandy Hook
Eared Grebe
Antelope Island SP
Western Grebe Bear
River MBR
Clark's Grebe Bear
River MBR
Gannets
Northern Gannet
Sandy Hook
Neotropic Cormorant Demott Pond
Double-crested Cormorant
Lake Takanassee
Great Cormorant
Sandy Hook
American White Pelican
Brig
Brown Pelican
Island Beach SP
American Bittern
Whitesbog
Least Bittern Brig
Great Blue Heron
Crestwood Village
Great Egret Lake
of the Lilies
Snowy Egret
Forsythe-Barnegat
Little Blue Heron
Island Beach SP
Tricolored Heron
Cattus Island County Park
Cattle Egret
Meadowedge Park
Green Heron Bunker
Hill Bogs
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Brig
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Great Bay Bvld. WMA
White Ibis Ocean
City Welcome Center
Glossy Ibis Brig
White-faced Ibis
Forsythe-Barnegat
Black Vulture
Berkeley
Turkey Vulture
Sandy Hook
Osprey Cape May Pt
Golden Eagle Brig
Mississippi Kite
Waretown
Northern Harrier
Brig
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Marshall's Pond
Cooper's Hawk Cape
May Point SP
Bald Eagle Sandy
Hook
Red-shouldered Hawk
Brig
Broad-winged Hawk
Belleplain State Forest
SWAINSON'S HAWK W. Forest Rd
Red-tailed Hawk
Sandy Hook
Rough-legged Hawk
Sax-Zim Bog
FERRUGINOUS HAWK South of Jiggs
Rails, Gallinules & Allies
KING RAIL Brig
Clapper Rail
Heislerville WMA
Virginia Rail
Maumee Bay SP
Sora Sandy Hook
Common Gallinule
Ottawa NWR
American Coot Lake
Takanassee
Cranes
Sandhill Crane
Ottawa NWR
Shorebirds
Black-necked Stilt
Antelope Island SP
American Avocet
Bombay Hook
American Oystercatcher
Brigantine Island
Black-bellied Plover
Manasquan Inlet
American Golden-Plover
Bombay Hook
Semipalmated Plover
Heislerville WMA
Piping Plover
Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Killdeer Sands
Point Preserve
Spotted Sandpiper
Colliers Mills WMA
Solitary Sandpiper
Pine Park
Greater Yellowlegs
Eno’s Pond
Willet Brigantine
Island
Lesser Yellowlegs
Prime Hook NWR
Upland Sandpiper
Lakehurst NAES
Whimbrel Brig
Long-billed Curlew
Antelope Island SP
Hudsonian Godwit
Brig
Bar-tailed Godwit
Brig
Marbled Godwit
Island Beach SP
Ruddy Turnstone
Cape May Meadows
Red Knot Brig
Stilt Sandpiper
Brig
Curlew Sandpiper
Brig
Sanderling Sandy
Hook
Dunlin Maclearie
Park
Purple Sandpiper
Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Baird's Sandpiper
Gordon Road Reed's Sod Farm
Least Sandpiper
Brig
White-rumped Sandpiper
Brig
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Gordon Road Reed's Sod Farm
Pectoral Sandpiper
White's Bogs
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Brig
Western Sandpiper
Brig
Short-billed Dowitcher
Brig
Long-billed Dowitcher
Antelope Island SP
Wilson's Snipe
Brig
American Woodcock
Crestwood Community Gardens
Wilson's Phalarope
Brig
Red-necked Phalarope
Antelope Island SP
Red Phalarope
Mercer Corporate Park
Jaegers
Parasitic Jaeger
Avalon Seawatch
Alcids
Razorbill
Manasquan Inlet
Gulls, Terns, & Skimmers
Bonaparte's Gull
Seven Presidents Park
Laughing Gull
Prime Hook NWR
FRANKLIN'S GULL Antelope Island SP
Ring-billed Gull
Sandy Hook
California Gull
Antelope Island SP
Herring Gull Sandy
Hook
THAYER'S GULL Duluth--Canal Park
Iceland Gull
Duluth--Canal Park
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Assunpink WMA
Glaucous Gull
Duluth--Canal Park
Great Black-backed Gull
Sandy Hook
Least Tern Great
Bay Bvld. WMA
Gull-billed Tern
Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Caspian Tern Brig
Black Tern South
Fork State Recreation Area
Common Tern Great
Bay Bvld. WMA
Forster's Tern
Prime Hook NWR
Royal Tern Island
Beach SP
Black Skimmer Brig
Pigeons & Doves
Rock Pigeon GSP
Exit 0
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Metzger Marsh Wildlife Area
White-winged Dove
Cape May Pt--Coral & Yale
Mourning Dove 35
Sunset Rd
Cuckoos
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Oak Openings Preserve Metropark
Black-billed Cuckoo
Double Trouble State Park
Owls
Barn Owl Antelope
Island SP
Eastern Screech-Owl
Manahawkin WMA
Great Horned Owl
Bridge to Nowhere
Snowy Owl Brig
NORTHERN HAWK OWL Jean Duluth Rd
Burrowing Owl
Antelope Island SP
GREAT GRAY OWL Sax-Zim Bog
Short-eared Owl
Mercer Sod Farm IBA
Nightjars
Common Nighthawk
Ottawa NWR
Chuck-will's-widow Bryant Park
Eastern Whip-poor-will
35 Sunset Rd
Swifts
Chimney Swift Brig
Hummingbirds
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
35 Sunset Rd
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Oasis
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Wasatch NF Spruce Campground
Rufous Hummingbird
Oasis
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher
Cape May Point SP
Woodpeckers
LEWIS'S WOODPECKER Lamoile Canyon
Red-headed Woodpecker
Oak Openings Preserve Metropark
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Cape May Point SP
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
35 Sunset Rd
Red-naped Sapsucker
Wasatch NF Spruce Campground
Downy Woodpecker
35 Sunset Rd
Hairy Woodpecker
Sax-Zim Bog
Northern Flicker
Assunpink WMA
Pileated Woodpecker
Old Vermillion Trail
Falcons
American Kestrel
Mercer Sod Farm IBA
Merlin Great Bay
Bvld. WMA
Peregrine Falcon Seven
Presidents Park
Parakeets
Monk Parakeet
Carteret
Tyrant Flycatchers, Pewees, Kingbirds, & Allies
Western Wood-Pewee
Big Cottonwood Canyon
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Wells Mills Park
Acadian Flycatcher
White's Bogs
Alder Flycatcher
McClure's Marsh
Willow Flycatcher
Christy Farm Nature Preserve
Least Flycatcher
Pipe Creek Wildlife Area
Gray Flycatcher
Pequop
Dusky Flycatcher
Harrison Pass Rd
CORDILLERAN
FLYCATCHER Big Cottonwood Canyon
Eastern Phoebe
Whiting WMA
Say's Phoebe Oasis
Great Crested Flycatcher
Colliers Mills WMA
Western Kingbird
Hampton Inn SLC Airport
Eastern Kingbird
Double Trouble State Park
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Brig
Shrikes
Loggerhead Shrike
Antelope Island SP
Northern Shrike
Sax-Zim Bog
Vireos
White-eyed Vireo
Brig
Yellow-throated Vireo
Jackson Memorial HS
Blue-headed Vireo
Central Park
Warbling Vireo
Colliers Mills WMA
Red-eyed Vireo
Bridge to Nowhere
Jays, Magpies, Crows, & Ravens
GRAY JAY
Sax-Zim Bog
Steller's Jay Big
Cottonwood Canyon
Blue Jay Crestwood
Village
Black-billed Magpie
Sax-Zim Bog
CLARK'S NUTCRACKER Big Cottonwood Canyon
American Crow
Sandy Hook
Fish Crow Mercer
Sod Farm IBA
Common Raven Sandy
Hook
Larks
Horned Lark Sandy
Hook
Swallows
Northern Rough-winged Swallow Cattus Island County Park
Purple Martin Brig
Tree Swallow Sandy
Hook
Violet-green Swallow
Big Cottonwood Canyon
Bank Swallow Pipe
Creek Wildlife Area
Barn Swallow
Colliers Mills WMA
Cliff Swallow
Maumee Bay SP
Cave Swallow The
Beanery
Tits, Chickadees & Titmice
Carolina Chickadee
35 Sunset Rd
Black-capped Chickadee
Old Vermillion Trail
Mountain Chickadee
Big Cottonwood Canyon
BOREAL CHICKADEE Sax-Zim Bog
Tufted Titmouse 35
Sunset Rd
Bushtit Ruby Lake
NWR
Nuthatches
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Old Vermillion Trail
White-breasted Nuthatch
35 Sunset Rd
Treecreepers
Brown Creeper
Manasquan Reservoir IBA
Wrens
Rock Wren Big
Cottonwood Canyon
House Wren
Norbury's Landing
Winter Wren Bunker
Hill Bogs
Marsh Wren
Forsythe-Barnegat
Carolina Wren Cape
May Point SP
Gnatcatchers
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Spruce Run Reservoir
Dippers
American Dipper
Wasatch NF Spruce Campground
Kinglets
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Double Trouble State Park
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Cape May Point SP
Thrushes
Eastern Bluebird
Double Trouble State Park
Mountain Bluebird
Big Cottonwood Canyon
Veery Stafford
Avenue
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Ottawa NWR
Swainson's Thrush
Oak Openings Preserve Metropark
Hermit Thrush
Manahawkin WMA
Wood Thrush
Belleplain State Forest
American Robin
Cape May Point SP
Catbirds, Mockingbirds, & Thrashers
Gray Catbird Brig
Brown Thrasher
Villas WMA
SAGE THRASHER Antelope Island SP
Northern Mockingbird
Sandy Hook
Starlings
European Starling
Cape May Point SP
Pipits
American Pipit
Sands Point Preserve
Waxwings
Bohemian Waxwing
1740 W Knife River Road
Cedar Waxwing
Island Beach SP
Buntings
Snow Bunting
Highway 7, St Louis County
Wood Warblers
Ovenbird
Belleplain State Forest
Worm-eating Warbler
Dot and Brooks Evert Memorial Nature Trail
Louisiana Waterthrush
Belleplain State Forest
Northern Waterthrush
Pipe Creek Wildlife Area
Blue-winged Warbler
Oak Openings Preserve Metropark
Black-and-white Warbler
Central Park
Prothonotary Warbler
Belleplain State Forest
Tennessee Warbler
Sheldon Marsh State Nature Preserve
Orange-crowned Warbler
Big Cottonwood Canyon
Nashville Warbler
Oak Openings Preserve Metropark
Connecticut Warbler
Sheldon Marsh State Nature Preserve
Mourning Warbler
Oak Openings Preserve Metropark
Common Yellowthroat
Brig
Hooded Warbler Dot
and Brooks Evert Memorial Nature Trail
American Redstart
Island Beach SP
Cape May Warbler
Magee Marsh Wildlife Area
Cerulean Warbler
Old Mine Road IBA
Northern Parula
Colliers Mills WMA
Magnolia Warbler
Bunker Hill Bogs
Bay-breasted Warbler
Magee Marsh Wildlife Area
Blackburnian Warbler
Magee Marsh Wildlife Area
Yellow Warbler
Belleplain State Forest
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Oak Openings Preserve Metropark
Blackpoll Warbler
Oak Openings Preserve Metropark
Black-throated Blue Warbler Collinstown Rd
Palm Warbler
Colliers Mills WMA
Pine Warbler 35
Sunset Rd
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Cape May Point SP
Yellow-throated Warbler
Belleplain State Forest
Prairie Warbler
Heislerville WMA
Black-throated Gray Warbler Ruby Lake NWR
Black-throated Green Warbler Island Beach SP
Canada Warbler
Island Beach SP
Wilson's Warbler
Oak Openings Preserve Metropark
Yellow-breasted Chat
Assunpink WMA
Sparrows
Grasshopper Sparrow
Colliers Mills WMA
HENSLOW'S SPARROW Oak Openings Preserve Metropark
Nelson's Sparrow
Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Saltmarsh Sparrow
Brig
Seaside Sparrow
Great Bay Bvld. WMA
American Tree Sparrow
Assunpink WMA
Chipping Sparrow
35 Sunset Rd
Clay-colored Sparrow
Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Field Sparrow Brig
BREWER'S SPARROW Wells - WWTP
Lark Sparrow Oak
Openings Preserve Metropark
Fox Sparrow
Bayview Ave Park
Dark-eyed Junco 35
Sunset Rd
White-crowned Sparrow
Assunpink WMA
White-throated Sparrow
Cape May Point SP
Vesper Sparrow
South Fork State Recreation Area
Savannah Sparrow
Brig
Song Sparrow
Assunpink WMA
Lincoln's Sparrow
Big Cottonwood Canyon
Swamp Sparrow
Bridge to Nowhere
Spotted Towhee
Harrison Pass Rd
Eastern Towhee
Brig
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, & Allies
Scarlet Tanager
Oak Openings Preserve Metropark
Western Tanager
Ruby Lake NWR
Northern Cardinal
35 Sunset Rd
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
35 Sunset Rd
Black-headed Grosbeak
Big Cottonwood Canyon
Blue Grosbeak 35
Sunset Rd
Lazuli Bunting Big Cottonwood Canyon
Indigo Bunting
Colliers Mills WMA
Dickcissel Island
Beach SP
Blackbirds
Bobolink Harder
grasslands
Red-winged Blackbird
Brig
WESTERN MEADOWLARK Antelope Island SP
Eastern Meadowlark
Bridge to Nowhere
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Antelope Island SP
Rusty Blackbird
Prime Hook NWR
Brewer's Blackbird
Hampton Inn SLC Airport
Common Grackle
Assunpink WMA
Boat-tailed Grackle
Bridge to Nowhere
Great-tailed Grackle
Hampton Inn SLC Airport
Brown-headed Cowbird
New Egypt
Orchard Oriole
Bunker Hill Bogs
Baltimore Oriole
Lake Enno
Finches
PINE GROSBEAK Sax-Zim Bog
House Finch Sandy
Hook
Purple Finch
Sax-Zim Bog
Cassin's Finch Big
Cottonwood Canyon
Red Crossbill Big
Cottonwood Canyon
Common Redpoll Old
Vermillion Trail
HOARY REDPOLL
1740 W Knife River Road
Pine Siskin Old
Vermillion Trail
Lesser Goldfinch
Lamoile Canyon
American Goldfinch
35 Sunset Rd
Evening Grosbeak
Sax-Zim Bog
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow Cape
May Pt
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