And yet...many times I'd be walking around Cloverdale Farm or Colliers Mills, or else driving to a spot that was suddenly "hot" and I'd be thinking, "Boy, this seems like a peculiar way to spend your time." I don't know that I could ever explain it to someone not already sympathetic to the obsession.
Being a birder is nothing more than being a fanatical collector with the advantage that you don't end up cluttering your house with matchbooks or vases or antiques or cast iron toys or motorcycles.
Eastern Bluebirds, Bright View Farm |
Common Yellowthroat, Assunpink |
Brown Thrasher, Cloverdale Farm |
Least Tern, Shark River Inlet |
Species First Sighting
|
Snow Goose
Brig
|
Brant Great
Bay Bvld. WMA
|
Canada Goose
Colliers Mills WMA
|
Mute Swan
Forsythe -Barnegat
|
Wood Duck
Brig
|
American Black Duck Forsythe -Barnegat
|
Mallard
Colliers Mills WMA
|
Blue-winged Teal Brig
|
Northern Shoveler Forsythe -Barnegat
|
Northern Pintail Brig
|
Green-winged Teal Brig
|
Ring-necked Duck
Bunker Hill Bogs
|
Lesser Scaup Heislerville WMA
|
Bufflehead
Island Beach SP
|
Hooded Merganser
Colliers Mills WMA
|
Red-breasted Merganser Brig
|
Ruddy Duck
Brig
|
Wild Turkey
35 Sunset Rd
|
Common Loon
Island Beach SP
|
Horned Grebe Heislerville WMA
|
Double-crested Cormorant Double Trouble State Park
|
Great Blue Heron Eno’s Pond
|
Great Egret
Eno’s Pond
|
Snowy Egret
Forsythe -Barnegat
|
Little Blue Heron Forsythe -Barnegat
|
Tricolored Heron Great Bay Bvld. WMA
|
Cattle Egret New
Egypt
|
Green Heron Whitesbog
|
Black-crowned Night-Heron Island Beach SP
|
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Meadowedge Park
|
Glossy Ibis
Island Beach SP
|
Black Vulture
Jumping Brook Preserve
|
Turkey Vulture Colliers Mills WMA
|
Osprey
Colliers Mills WMA
|
Mississippi Kite
Waretown
|
Northern Harrier Great Bay Bvld. WMA
|
Sharp-shinned Hawk Island Beach SP
|
Cooper's Hawk
Double Trouble State Park
|
Bald Eagle
Double Trouble State Park
|
Broad-winged Hawk Brig
|
Red-tailed Hawk Brig
|
King Rail Mercer
Corporate Park
|
Clapper Rail
Great Bay Bvld. WMA
|
Virginia Rail Brig
|
Purple Gallinule Ocean
Grove
|
Common Gallinule Mercer
Corporate Park
|
Black-necked Stilt Brig
|
American Oystercatcher Brig
|
Black-bellied Plover Island Beach SP
|
Semipalmated Plover Forsythe
-Barnegat
|
Piping Plover Shark
River Inlet
|
Killdeer
Holly Lake
|
Whimbrel
Great Bay Bvld. WMA
|
Ruddy Turnstone Brig
|
Red Knot East Point Lighthouse
|
Stilt Sandpiper Brig
|
Dunlin
Great Bay Bvld. WMA
|
Least Sandpiper Holly
Lake
|
White-rumped Sandpiper Brig
|
Semipalmated Sandpiper Forsythe
-Barnegat
|
Short-billed Dowitcher Great Bay Bvld. WMA
|
Wilson's Snipe Colliers Mills WMA
|
Spotted Sandpiper Colliers Mills WMA
|
Solitary Sandpiper New Egypt
|
Greater Yellowlegs Forsythe -Barnegat
|
Willet
Great Bay Bvld. WMA
|
Lesser Yellowlegs Forsythe -Barnegat
|
Black-headed Gull Brig
|
Laughing Gull
Forsythe -Barnegat
|
Ring-billed Gull Brig
|
Herring Gull
Forsythe -Barnegat
|
Great Black-backed Gull Great Bay Bvld. WMA
|
Least Tern Brig
|
Gull-billed Tern Brig
|
Caspian Tern
Brig
|
ROSEATE TERN Shark River Inlet
|
Common Tern Brig
|
Forster's Tern Forsythe -Barnegat
|
Black Skimmer
Brig
|
Rock Pigeon
New Egypt
|
Mourning Dove
Colliers Mills WMA
|
Yellow-billed
Cuckoo Island Beach SP
|
Black-billed Cuckoo
Colliers Mills WMA
|
LESSER NIGHTHAWK Lord Stirling Park
|
Chuck-will's-widow Island Beach SP
|
Eastern Whip-poor-will 35 Sunset Rd
|
Chimney Swift Brig
|
Ruby-throated
Hummingbird 35 Sunset Rd
|
Belted Kingfisher Colliers Mills WMA
|
Red-bellied Woodpecker Colliers Mills WMA
|
Downy Woodpecker Brig
|
Hairy Woodpecker Forest Resource Education Center
|
Northern Flicker Colliers Mills WMA
|
Merlin
Brig
|
Peregrine Falcon Island Beach SP
|
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Double Trouble State Park
|
Acadian Flycatcher
Belleplain State Forest
|
Willow Flycatcher Island
Beach SP
|
Eastern Phoebe Colliers Mills WMA
|
Great Crested Flycatcher
Colliers Mills WMA
|
Eastern Kingbird
Colliers Mills WMA
|
White-eyed Vireo Colliers Mills WMA
|
Blue-headed Vireo Island Beach SP
|
Warbling Vireo
Colliers Mills WMA
|
Red-eyed Vireo Eno’s
Pond
|
Blue Jay
Colliers Mills WMA
|
American Crow
Island Beach SP
|
Fish Crow
35 Sunset Rd
|
Common Raven
Brig
|
Northern Rough-winged Swallow Cloverdale Farm
|
Purple Martin
Brig
|
Tree Swallow
Colliers Mills WMA
|
Bank Swallow
Brig
|
Barn Swallow
Colliers Mills WMA
|
Carolina Chickadee Colliers Mills WMA
|
Tufted Titmouse Colliers Mills WMA
|
Red-breasted Nuthatch Island Beach SP
|
White-breasted Nuthatch Colliers Mills WMA
|
House Wren
Cloverdale Farm
|
Marsh Wren Island
Beach SP
|
Carolina Wren
Colliers Mills WMA
|
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Colliers Mills WMA
|
Eastern Bluebird Colliers Mills WMA
|
Veery Double Trouble State
Park
|
Swainson's Thrush
William Warren County Park
|
Wood Thrush
Double Trouble State Park
|
American Robin Colliers Mills WMA
|
Gray Catbird
Colliers Mills WMA
|
Brown Thrasher Cloverdale Farm
|
Northern Mockingbird Colliers Mills WMA
|
European Starling Colliers Mills WMA
|
Cedar Waxwing
Island Beach SP
|
Ovenbird
Colliers Mills WMA
|
Worm-eating Warbler Brig
|
Northern Waterthrush Brig
|
Blue-winged Warbler
Manasquan River WMA
|
Black-and-white Warbler Colliers Mills WMA
|
Prothonotary Warbler
Belleplain State Forest
|
Nashville Warbler
William Warren County Park
|
Common Yellowthroat Colliers Mills WMA
|
Hooded Warbler Double Trouble State Park
|
American Redstart
Double Trouble State Park
|
Cape May Warbler
Ernest L. Oros Wildlife Preserve
|
Northern Parula
Double Trouble State Park
|
Magnolia Warbler Island
Beach SP
|
Blackburnian Warbler
Colliers Mills WMA
|
Yellow Warbler Forsythe -Barnegat
|
Chestnut-sided Warbler Island
Beach SP
|
Blackpoll Warbler
Ernest L. Oros Wildlife Preserve
|
Palm Warbler
Great Bay Bvld. WMA
|
Pine Warbler
Colliers Mills WMA
|
Yellow-rumped Warbler Great Bay Bvld. WMA
|
Yellow-throated Warbler Belleplain State Forest
|
Prairie Warbler Colliers Mills WMA
|
Black-throated Green Warbler
William Warren County Park
|
Yellow-breasted Chat Assunpink WMA
|
Grasshopper Sparrow
Colliers Mills WMA
|
Saltmarsh Sparrow Great
Bay Bvld. WMA
|
Seaside Sparrow Great Bay Bvld. WMA
|
Chipping Sparrow Colliers Mills WMA
|
Field Sparrow
Brig
|
White-throated Sparrow Colliers Mills WMA
|
Savannah Sparrow Brig
|
Song Sparrow
Forsythe -Barnegat
|
Swamp Sparrow
Colliers Mills WMA
|
Eastern Towhee Colliers Mills WMA
|
Summer Tanager
Belleplain State Forest
|
Scarlet Tanager
William Warren County Park
|
Northern Cardinal Colliers Mills WMA
|
Blue Grosbeak
Colliers Mills WMA
|
Indigo Bunting
Belleplain State Forest
|
Red-winged Blackbird Colliers Mills WMA
|
Common Grackle Jumping Brook Preserve
|
Boat-tailed Grackle Meadowedge Park
|
Brown-headed Cowbird Colliers Mills WMA
|
Orchard Oriole Brig
|
Baltimore Oriole Colliers Mills WMA
|
House Finch
35 Sunset Rd
|
American Goldfinch 35 Sunset Rd
|
House Sparrow
Wawa Rt 70 & CR 530
|