March Wrap-up

Eastern Bluebird, Bunker Hill Bogs

It was a good month with 120 species found in total and 12 years birds. For the first time this year I birded outside the state, having to make way too many trips to New York City in one month, but at least it got me my year Black-capped Chickadee.

Other notable birds were the continuing Harris's Sparrow in Mercer County; the continuing avocets down on Absecon Creek; FOY Piping Plovers and Wilson's Snipes on the same day; yesterday's sightings of both an American Kestrel and Monk Parakeets; birding excursions with our friends Bob, Mike, Pete, & Greg.

The March list below. April's list should look quite a bit more exotic.

Species            First Sighting

Snow Goose   Brig

Brant   Silver Lake

Canada Goose   Colliers Mills WMA

Mute Swan   Assunpink WMA

Wood Duck   Lily Lake

Gadwall   Assunpink WMA

American Wigeon   Assunpink WMA

American Black Duck   Butterfly Bogs

Mallard   Colliers Mills WMA

Northern Shoveler   Central Park

Northern Pintail   Manasquan Reservoir IBA

Green-winged Teal   Bridge to Nowhere

Redhead   Lake Como

Ring-necked Duck   Colliers Mills WMA

Greater Scaup   Lake Como

Lesser Scaup   Lake Como

Common Eider   Barnegat Lighthouse SP

Harlequin Duck   Barnegat Lighthouse SP

Surf Scoter   Long Branch

Black Scoter   Long Branch.

Long-tailed Duck   Long Branch

Bufflehead   Butterfly Bogs

Common Goldeneye   Sandy Hook

Hooded Merganser   Bunker Hill Bogs

Common Merganser   Assunpink WMA

Red-breasted Merganser   Great Bay Blvd

Ruddy Duck   Assunpink WMA

Wild Turkey   35 Sunset Rd

Red-throated Loon   Barnegat Lighthouse SP

Common Loon   Wesley Lake

Pied-billed Grebe   Cedar Run Dock Rd.

Horned Grebe   West Creek Dock Rd.

Northern Gannet   Pullman Ave.

Double-crested Cormorant   Manahawkin Lake

Great Cormorant   Barnegat Lighthouse SP

Great Blue Heron   Lake Como

Great Egret   Brig

Snowy Egret   Forsythe Barnegat

Little Blue Heron   Great Bay Blvd

Tricolored Heron   Brig

Black Vulture   Sandy Hook

Turkey Vulture   Colliers Mills WMA

Osprey   Great Bay Blvd

Northern Harrier   Great Bay Blvd

Sharp-shinned Hawk   Brig

Cooper's Hawk   Sandy Hook

Bald Eagle   Colliers Mills WMA

Red-shouldered Hawk   Brig

Red-tailed Hawk   Mercer Corporate Park

American Coot   Lake Takanassee

American Avocet   Absecon Creek

American Oystercatcher   Sandy Hook

Piping Plover   Island Beach SP

Killdeer   Colliers Mills WMA

Greater Yellowlegs   Great Bay Blvd

Ruddy Turnstone   Barnegat Lighthouse SP

Dunlin   Cedar Run Dock Rd.

Purple Sandpiper   Barnegat Lighthouse SP

Wilson's Snipe   Shelter Cove Park

American Woodcock   Crestwood Community Gardens

Bonaparte's Gull   Allenhurst

Laughing Gull   Barnegat Municipal Dock

Ring-billed Gull   Horicon Lake

Herring Gull   Butterfly Bogs

Great Black-backed Gull   Trenton Sewer Utility

Rock Pigeon   Central Park

Mourning Dove   Colliers Mills WMA

Belted Kingfisher   White's Bogs

Red-headed Woodpecker   Colliers Mills WMA

Red-bellied Woodpecker   Colliers Mills WMA

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker   Colliers Mills WMA

Downy Woodpecker   Colliers Mills WMA

Hairy Woodpecker   Manasquan Reservoir IBA

Northern Flicker   Colliers Mills WMA

American Kestrel   Robert J Miller Air Park

Merlin   Great Bay Blvd

Peregrine Falcon   Brig

Monk Parakeet   Carteret

Eastern Phoebe   Sandy Hook

Blue Jay   Colliers Mills WMA

American Crow   Colliers Mills WMA

Fish Crow   Colliers Mills WMA

Tree Swallow   Trenton Sewer Utility

Carolina Chickadee   Colliers Mills WMA

Black-capped Chickadee   Central Park

Tufted Titmouse   Colliers Mills WMA

White-breasted Nuthatch   Colliers Mills WMA

Brown Creeper   White's Bogs

Carolina Wren   Colliers Mills WMA

Golden-crowned Kinglet   Island Beach SP

Ruby-crowned Kinglet   Manasquan Reservoir IBA

Eastern Bluebird   Colliers Mills WMA

Hermit Thrush   Manasquan Reservoir IBA

American Robin   Colliers Mills WMA

Northern Mockingbird   Sandy Hook

European Starling   Colliers Mills WMA

Cedar Waxwing   Great Bay Blvd

Orange-crowned Warbler   Manasquan Reservoir IBA

Pine Warbler   Cattus Island County Park

Yellow-rumped Warbler   35 Sunset Rd

American Tree Sparrow   Old Washington Crossing Rd

Chipping Sparrow   35 Sunset Rd

Field Sparrow   Colliers Mills WMA

Fox Sparrow   Central Park

Dark-eyed Junco   Colliers Mills WMA

Harris's Sparrow   Old Washington Crossing Rd

White-throated Sparrow   Bunker Hill Bogs

Savannah Sparrow   Great Bay Blvd

Song Sparrow   Bunker Hill Bogs

Eastern Towhee   Manasquan Reservoir IBA

Northern Cardinal   Colliers Mills WMA

Red-winged Blackbird   Colliers Mills WMA

Common Grackle   Central Park

Boat-tailed Grackle   Bridge to Nowhere

Brown-headed Cowbird   Colliers Mills WMA

House Finch   35 Sunset Rd

Purple Finch   Brig

Pine Siskin   35 Sunset Rd

American Goldfinch   Colliers Mills WMA

House Sparrow   Central Park

Wish us luck in Trinidad and Tobago!