Monday, December 31, 2018

The Birding Year in Review

It is now, as Bob Murphy use to say at the end of Mets victories, which at times were as rare Winter Wrens in summer, "time for the happy recap." I suppose I won, with 640 species for the year, a personal best, but all that really proves is that I can afford air fare to Mexico and Australia. In terms of the counts that really "count" for me--my NJ and Ocean County lists, I was way down this year from last year, partly because I wasn't absent for a little over a month out of the year. Partly because, for a variety of reasons, I couldn't build up any enthusiasm for chasing after a bird I've seen dozens of times.

Pink-footed Goose, Warinanco Park
Ross's Geese among the Canada Geese, lower bog, Whitesbog
Looking back, I see the year in big birding chunks, predominated by one family of birds, then another, as the seasons turn over. The first couple of months seem to have been predominated with rare waterfowl. It is the time to get them, unless you want to gamble on your second shot at the end of the year. In January and February I managed to get all the rare geese save Barnacle Goose (which I did stumble upon toward the end of this year): Cackling Goose, Greater White-fronted GoosePink-footed Goose, Ross's Goose, Trumpeter Swan, & Tufted Duck a number of times at 3 locations. The Ross's Goose was the most satisfying to me because I found 2 of them, on my own, in an unexpected location, Whitesbog. Unfortunately, they didn't hang around for anyone else to enjoy them, but I got good documentation photos.

The Tufted Duck was fun because Shari & I happened to be in the neighborhood, doing something else, when the alert went off and we able to drive 15 minutes to see it. Then I saw it again at Wreck Pond. Then, I picked it up as a county bird when it appeared at Lake of the Lilies in Point Pleasant Beach.

Tufted Duck (right) with Ring-necked Duck, Sandy Hook
I also remember being cold a lot during those months so I was happy to see March when the warblers started to trickle in. It was also the month when the first Ospreys appeared. And yet another Tufted Duck, this one in North Pond at Sandy Hook.

Reviewing my list, it really was a trickle of warblers, with only Pine and Prairie getting ticked. March was also the month of my first big, aggravating miss: I didn't get American Woodcock for the first time since we've lived here. I could have gone other spots to pick it up, but I was stubborn, returning to the same place I had "historically" seen them 5 or 6 times and striking out each time. It was a combination of stubbornness and laziness.

Magnificent Frigatebird, Puerto Morelos, Mexico
On April 14, we had our first Whip-poor-will call. There were two consecutive great days at Double Trouble SP with Louisiana Waterthrush, Blue-headed Vireo, Blue Grosbeak, Yellow-throated Warbler, and Summer Tanager all making appearances. Kind friends showed me a Barred Owl in their backyard. The 3rd week of the month we spent in Puerto Morelos on the Yucatan Peninsula. It wasn't a birding vacation, per se, but we did manage to tack on 54 species to the year list.

The only life bird I was able to put on my list in the United States this year was the Kentucky Warbler Mike and I heard (heard, but heard very clearly) at Baldpate Mountain in May. Hearing counts, but I'd still love to see one, and maybe one of my New Year's resolutions should be to trek around Baldpate more often until I finally eyeball one.

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, Monroe Twp.
In June I made my annual trip to the Lakehurst naval base to get Upland Sandpiper and Shari & I drove down to the Ocean City Visitor's Center to look at the Yellow-crowned Night-Heron roost.

Black-bellied Whistling- Ducks turn up sporadically in New Jersey, and this year they appeared in an ephemeral pond on some farmland next to a busy road in Middlesex County. I drove up there early one morning, found them almost immediately, then left before there were too many cars on the narrow shoulder for the cops to tolerate.

Black Tern, Union Pond, Whitesbog
The summer doldrums were relieved by a Roseate Spoonbill at Brig, a flock American Golden-Plovers up at one of the sod farms and by a trip to Delaware in August where we spent one day on an Audubon field trip, getting Sedge Wren for the year, and the next day on our own, where we found Brown-headed Nuthatch exactly where we were told they could be found. It was just a delightful moment to first hear the squeaky little call of the nuthatch and then to actually find it high in a loblolly pine.

A personal summer highlight for me was once again at Whitesbog (I just love that place) where I found a Black Tern hunting over Union Pond. It almost made up for the disappointment of the bogs staying filled this year because the farmer was afraid he'd need the water for the cranberries. Thus, no shorebird season at Whitesbog this year.

Lark Sparrow, Sandy Hook
September was really slow though  three sought-after shorebirds--Baird's Sandpiper, Wilson's Phalarope, Marbled Godwit--were added to the list. The rarest bird was seen on one of Scott's Half-day Friday trips at Sandy Hook, a very cooperative Lark Sparrow hanging around beneath the hawk watch platform.

I have one word for October:

It took a bit of readjustment to birding locally after being away for nearly a month.  The last two months have been spent pretty much filling in and filling up the year list, playing out the string because, like the Mets, I had no shot for the playoffs. I'm already looking ahead to next year when the concentration will be on New Jersey. This month is the one year anniversary of my cataract surgery and it made a tremendous difference in my birding abilities. I'm able to see birds "naked eye" and I'm a lot less reliant on optics, which means I see birds faster and if you see birds fast, you'll see more birds--if they're there. (A side note: All year long we read about the devastating crashes in bird populations due to climate change, habitat loss, dearth of insects, and so on endlessly. We get mailings begging us for contributions to help stem this crisis. Then, the Christmas Counts start, or surveys for specific birds are done and everyone is startled at how few birds they've found and how the numbers are down to historic lows. To which I say: "Duh.") So I want, next year to go to where the birds are instead of being stubborn and insisting that the birds come to where I feel like being.

640 species. I doubt I'll ever get to that number again because I feel like I'm done with traveling long distances. When I travel I hate everything about it--the airports, the airplanes, the driving, the hotels, the food--except the birds. So I'm going to see how long I can go without going anywhere.

Below is my year list. I don't expect anyone to read the whole thing. But if you randomly glance at either some of the names of the birds, e.g. Yellow-throated Euphonia, Freckled Duck, or some of the locations--Tinchi Tamba Wetlands Reserve, Cape Tribulation--perhaps you'll find them as amusing and evocative as I do. This blog is titled Birds and Words and sometimes the names of the birds are as interesting to me as the birds themselves.
Key: LIFE BIRD, Rarity
Species                   First Sighting
Southern Cassowary   Cape Tribulation

Magpie Goose   Centenary Lakes

Plumed Whistling-Duck   Hasties Swamp National Park
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck    Monroe Twp.

Snow Goose   Conines Millpond
Ross's Goose   Whitesbog
Greater White-fronted Goose   Conines Millpond
Pink-footed Goose   Warinanco Park
Brant   Island Beach SP
Barnacle Goose   Mercer Corp Park
Cackling Goose   Assunpink WMA
Canada Goose   Riverfront Landing
Freckled Duck   Goulds Lagoon Wildlife Sanctuary
Mute Swan   Tunney Bridge
Black Swan   Tamar Island Wetlands
Trumpeter Swan   Assunpink WMA
Tundra Swan   Whitesbog
Radjah Shelduck   Centenary Lakes
Australian Shelduck   Tamar Island Wetlands
Green Pygmy-Goose   Lake Mitchel
Wood Duck   Central Park
Maned Duck   Royal Botanic Gardens
Blue-winged Teal   Mannington Marsh
Australian Shoveler   Hollowtree Road
Northern Shoveler   Central Park
Gadwall   Brig
Eurasian Wigeon   Cape May Point SP
American Wigeon   Brig
Pacific Black Duck   Royal National Park
Mallard   Riverfront Landing
American Black Duck   Island Beach SP
Northern Pintail   Brig
Green-winged Teal   Brig
Gray Teal   Tamar Island Wetlands
Chestnut Teal   Tamar Island Wetlands
Pink-eared Duck   Hasties Swamp National Park
Canvasback   Riverfront Landing
Redhead   Mathis Veteran's Memorial Park
Ring-necked Duck   Riverfront Landing
Hardhead   Oppenheims Road
Tufted Duck   Shark River Inlet
Greater Scaup   Shark River Inlet
Lesser Scaup   Sands Point--Dock Ave
King Eider   Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Common Eider   Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Harlequin Duck   Shark River Inlet
Surf Scoter   Spring Lake
White-winged Scoter   Sandy Hook
Black Scoter   Shark River Inlet
Long-tailed Duck   Island Beach SP
Bufflehead   Island Beach SP
Common Goldeneye   Island Beach SP
Hooded Merganser   Mathis Veteran's Memorial Park
Common Merganser   Mathis Veteran's Memorial Park
Red-breasted Merganser   Sands Point Preserve
Ruddy Duck   Riverfront Landing
Musk Duck   Hollowtree Road

Australian Brushturkey   Cairns Botanical Gardens
Orange-footed Scrubfowl   Cairns Botanical Gardens
Plain Chachalaca   Muyil
Helmeted Guineafowl   Granite Gorge Nature Park
Northern Bobwhite   Bombay Hook
Brown Quail   Yore Rd Wetlands
Ring-necked Pheasant   New Egypt
Wild Turkey   35 Sunset Rd

Australasian Grebe   Royal National Park
Pied-billed Grebe   Bamber Lake
Hoary-headed Grebe   Atkinsons Park
Horned Grebe   Allenhurst--Corlies Ave
Red-necked Grebe   Manasquan Inlet
Great Crested Grebe   Shoobridge Park

Rock Pigeon   New Egypt
White-headed Pigeon   O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat
Eurasian Collared-Dove   Puerto Morelos
Spotted Dove   Cairns Esplanade
Brown Cuckoo-Dove   Cape Tribulation
Pacific Emerald Dove   Cape Tribulation
Common Bronzewing   Dru Point
Brush Bronzewing   Bruny Island
Crested Pigeon   Bald Hills
Squatter Pigeon   Mount Molloy
Wonga Pigeon   Royal National Park
Peaceful Dove   Cairns Esplanade
Bar-shouldered Dove   Daintree Village
Common Ground-Dove   Puerto Morelos
Plain-breasted Ground-Dove   Puerto Morelos
Ruddy Ground-Dove   Puerto Morelos
White-winged Dove   Puerto Morelos
Mourning Dove    Malverne
Wompoo Fruit-Dove   Mossman
Torresian Imperial-Pigeon   Cairns
Topknot Pigeon   Royal National Park

Australian Bustard   Maryfarms

Pheasant Coucal   Daintree River
Yellow-billed Cuckoo   Cranberry Bogs
Black-billed Cuckoo   Manasquan River WMA
Pacific Koel   Daintree River
Channel-billed Cuckoo   Royal National Park
Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo   Cradle Mountain
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo   Royal National Park
Little Bronze-Cuckoo   Big Mitchell Creek Reserve
Pallid Cuckoo   Bruny Island Main Road
Fan-tailed Cuckoo   Bruny Island Main Road
Brush Cuckoo   Tinchi Tamba Wetlands Reserve

Tawny Frogmouth   Jannali
Marbled Frogmouth   Lamington National Park
Papuan Frogmouth   Daintree River
Common Nighthawk   35 Sunset Rd
Chuck-will's-widow   Collinstown Rd
Eastern Whip-poor-will   35 Sunset Rd
Large-tailed Nightjar   Daintree Village

Chimney Swift   35 Sunset Rd
Vaux's Swift   Muyil
Australian Swiftlet   Cairns Esplanade

Ruby-throated Hummingbird   35 Sunset Rd
Cinnamon Hummingbird   Villa Silvia

Clapper Rail   Great Bay Blvd
Virginia Rail   Cattus Island County Park
Buff-banded Rail   Lady Elliot Island
Russet-naped Wood-Rail   Muyil
Tasmanian Nativehen   Tamar Island Wetlands
Sora   Burlington County Fairgrounds
Common Gallinule   Bombay Hook
Dusky Moorhen   Royal Botanic Gardens
Eurasian Coot   Royal National Park
American Coot   Lake Takanassee
Australasian Swamphen   Royal National Park
White-browed Crake   Daintree River

Sandhill Crane   New Egypt
Sarus Crane   East Barron
Brolga   East Barron

Bush Thick-knee   Cairns Cemetery
Pied Stilt   Hasties Swamp National Park
Black-necked Stilt   Bombay Hook
American Avocet   Bombay Hook
Pied Oystercatcher   Atkinsons Park
Sooty Oystercatcher   Bruny Island
American Oystercatcher   Brigantine Island
Black-bellied Plover   Island Beach SP
American Golden-Plover   Reed Sod Farm
Pacific Golden-Plover   Cairns Esplanade
Banded Lapwing   Lyell Highway
Masked Lapwing   Royal Botanic Gardens
Greater Sand-Plover   Cairns Esplanade
Semipalmated Plover   Great Bay Blvd
Piping Plover   Sandy Hook
Killdeer   Shelter Cove Park
Oriental Plover   Maryfarms
Red-kneed Dotterel   Hasties Swamp National Park
Hooded Plover   Adventure Bay
Black-fronted Dotterel   Cairns Esplanade
Comb-crested Jacana   Julatten
Upland Sandpiper   Lakehurst NAES
Whimbrel   Great Bay Blvd
Far Eastern Curlew   Cairns Esplanade
Bar-tailed Godwit   Cairns Esplanade
Black-tailed Godwit   Cairns Esplanade
Hudsonian Godwit   Bombay Hook
Marbled Godwit   Island Beach SP
Ruddy Turnstone   Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Great Knot   Cairns Esplanade
Red Knot   Great Bay Blvd
Broad-billed Sandpiper   Cairns Esplanade
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper   Cairns Esplanade
Stilt Sandpiper   Brig
Curlew Sandpiper   Cairns Esplanade
Red-necked Stint   Cairns Esplanade
Sanderling   Island Beach SP
Dunlin   Island Beach SP
Purple Sandpiper   Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Baird's Sandpiper   Brig
Least Sandpiper   Manahawkin WMA
White-rumped Sandpiper   Brig
Pectoral Sandpiper   Brig
Semipalmated Sandpiper   Island Beach SP
Western Sandpiper   Brigantine Island
Short-billed Dowitcher   Great Bay Blvd
Long-billed Dowitcher   Brig
Latham's Snipe   Hasties Swamp National Park
Wilson's Snipe   Shelter Cove Park
Terek Sandpiper   Cairns Esplanade
Wilson's Phalarope   Brig
Red-necked Phalarope   Whitehall Neck Rd.
Common Sandpiper   Hasties Swamp National Park
Spotted Sandpiper   Ernest L. Oros Wildlife Preserve
Solitary Sandpiper   Cloverdale Farm
Gray-tailed Tattler   Cairns Esplanade
Wandering Tattler   Lady Elliot Island
Greater Yellowlegs   Brigantine Island--South Cove
Common Greenshank   Cairns Esplanade
Willet   Brigantine Island
Lesser Yellowlegs   Manahawkin WMA

Australian Pratincole   Maryfarms

Bonaparte's Gull   Seven Presidents Park
Silver Gull   Sydney Cove and Circular Quay
Laughing Gull   Wawa South Toms River
Pacific Gull   Atkinsons Park
Ring-billed Gull   Island Beach SP
Herring Gull   Island Beach SP
Iceland Gull   Clark T. Carey Memorial Park
Lesser Black-backed Gull   Clark T. Carey Memorial Park
Glaucous Gull   Long Branch
Great Black-backed Gull   Island Beach SP
Kelp Gull   Royal National Park
Brown Noddy   Lady Elliot Island
Black Noddy   Lady Elliot Island
Sooty Tern   Lady Elliot Island
Bridled Tern   Lady Elliot Island
Little Tern   Newell Beach
Least Tern   Great Bay Blvd
Gull-billed Tern   Brig
Caspian Tern   Puerto Morelos
Black Tern   Whitesbog
Whiskered Tern   Bromfield Swamp
Black-naped Tern   Lady Elliot Island
Common Tern   Sandy Hook
Forster's Tern   Island Beach SP
Royal Tern   Island Beach SP
Great Crested Tern   Royal National Park
Black Skimmer   Brig

Red-tailed Tropicbird   Lady Elliot Island

Red-throated Loon   Barnegat Municipal Dock
Common Loon   Island Beach SP

Little Penguin   Bruny Island

Wedge-tailed Shearwater   Royal National Park

Black-necked Stork   Yore Rd Wetlands

Magnificent Frigatebird   Puerto Morelos

Northern Gannet   Allenhurst
Australasian Gannet   Royal National Park

Australasian Darter   Daintree River
Little Pied Cormorant   Royal National Park
Great Cormorant   Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Little Black Cormorant   Sydney Cove and Circular Quay
Pied Cormorant   Sydney Cove and Circular Quay
Black-faced Cormorant   Bruny Island Ferry Crossing
Double-crested Cormorant   Berkeley

Brown Pelican   Puerto Morelos
Australian Pelican   Granton

American Bittern   Brig
Least Bittern   Mercer Corp Park
Great Blue Heron   Cattus Island County Park
Pacific Heron   Cape Tribulation
Great Egret   Cattus Island County Park
Intermediate Egret   Centenary Lakes
White-faced Heron   Tamar Island Wetlands
Little Egret   Wonga Beach Rd
Pacific Reef-Heron   Cape Tribulation
Snowy Egret   Brig
Little Blue Heron   Manahawkin WMA
Tricolored Heron   Cattus Island County Park
Cattle Egret   Brig
Green Heron   Oros Wildlife Preserve
Striated Heron   Daintree River
Black-crowned Night-Heron   Shark River
Rufous Night-Heron   Atkinsons Park
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron   Ocean City Welcome Center
White Ibis   Manahawkin WMA
Glossy Ibis   Manahawkin WMA
White-faced Ibis   Brig
Australian Ibis   Sydney Cove and Circular Quay
Straw-necked Ibis   Cairns Cemetery
Royal Spoonbill   Wonga Beach Rd
Roseate Spoonbill   Brig

Black Vulture   Brig
Turkey Vulture   Toms River
Osprey   Sandy Hook
Black-shouldered Kite   Daintree River
Black-breasted Kite   Maryfarms
Square-tailed Kite   Maryfarms
Wedge-tailed Eagle   State Forest
Snail Kite   Muyil
Mississippi Kite   Waretown
Swamp Harrier   Tamar Island Wetlands
Spotted Harrier   Maryfarms
Northern Harrier   Great Bay Blvd
Gray Goshawk   Mountain Valley Wilderness
Collared Sparrowhawk   Cairns Botanical Gardens
Sharp-shinned Hawk   Motts Creek
Cooper's Hawk   35 Sunset Rd
Red Goshawk   Lake Mitchel
Black Kite   Captain Cook Highway
Whistling Kite   Daintree River
Brahminy Kite   Daintree River
Bald Eagle   Brig
White-bellied Sea-Eagle   Royal National Park
Red-shouldered Hawk   Whitesbog
Broad-winged Hawk   High Point SP
Red-tailed Hawk   Brig
Rough-legged Hawk   Burlington County Fairgrounds

Sooty Owl   Crater Lakes National Park
Barn Owl   Lamington National Park
Great Horned Owl   Brick
Snowy Owl   Island Beach SP
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl   Muyil
Barred Owl   Ocean County
Long-eared Owl   Pole Farm
Powerful Owl   Burraneer Park
Southern Boobook   Lamington National Park

Black-headed Trogon   Muyil

Turquoise-browed Motmot   Muyil

Azure Kingfisher   Royal National Park
Laughing Kookaburra   Royal National Park
Blue-winged Kookaburra   Julatten
Forest Kingfisher   Daintree River
Torresian Kingfisher   Tinchi Tamba Wetlands Reserve
Sacred Kingfisher   Royal National Park
Belted Kingfisher   Ocean County Parks Offices

Rainbow Bee-eater   Cairns Cemetery

Dollarbird   Beaudesert Racing Club Lagoon

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker   35 Sunset Rd
Red-headed Woodpecker   Sooy Pl Rd
Yucatan Woodpecker   Muyil
Golden-fronted Woodpecker   Puerto Morelos
Red-bellied Woodpecker   35 Sunset Rd
Downy Woodpecker   35 Sunset Rd
Hairy Woodpecker   35 Sunset Rd
Pileated Woodpecker   William Warren County Park
Northern Flicker   Sandy Hook

Australian Kestrel   Captain Cook Highway
American Kestrel   Plumsted
Merlin   Marsha Dr & Rt 72
Australian Hobby   Adventure Bay
Brown Falcon   Oppenheims Road
Peregrine Falcon   Brig

Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo   Maryfarms
Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo   Kindred
Galah   Burraneer Park
Long-billed Corella   Kingston Beach
Little Corella   Royal National Park
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo   Sydney Cove and Circular Quay
Australian King-Parrot   Royal National Park
Blue-winged Parrot   Bruny Island
Swift Parrot   Bruny Island
Green Rosella   Mountain Valley Wilderness
Crimson Rosella   O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat
Eastern Rosella   Queens Domain
Pale-headed Rosella   Tinana South
Musk Lorikeet   Goulds Lagoon Wildlife Sanctuary
Little Lorikeet   Yore Rd Wetlands
Rainbow Lorikeet   Sydney
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet   Cairns Botanical Gardens
Monk Parakeet   Carteret
White-fronted Parrot   Puerto Morelos

Noisy Pitta   O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat

Black-faced Antthrush   Muyil

Tawny-winged Woodcreeper   Muyil
Ivory-billed Woodcreeper   Muyil

Eye-ringed Flatbill   Muyil
Yellow-olive Flycatcher   Muyil
Royal Flycatcher   Muyil
Eastern Wood-Pewee   Michael Huber Prairie Warbler Preserve
Acadian Flycatcher   Evert Memorial Nature Trail
Alder Flycatcher   Assunpink WMA
Willow Flycatcher   Brig
Eastern Phoebe   Whitesbog
Ash-throated Flycatcher   Mercer County Park
Great Crested Flycatcher   Island Beach SP
Brown-crested Flycatcher   Puerto Morelos
Great Kiskadee   Puerto Morelos
Boat-billed Flycatcher   Puerto Morelos
Social Flycatcher   Puerto Morelos
Tropical Kingbird   Puerto Morelos
Couch's Kingbird   Muyil
Eastern Kingbird   Reeves Bogs

Albert's Lyrebird   O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat
Superb Lyrebird   Royal National Park

Spotted Catbird   Mossman
Green Catbird   Royal National Park
Tooth-billed Bowerbird   Mt Lewis Rd
Golden Bowerbird   Mount Hypipamee National Park
Regent Bowerbird   O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat
Satin Bowerbird   Royal National Park
Great Bowerbird   Julatten

White-throated Treecreeper   Royal National Park

Southern Emuwren   Towra Point Nature Reserve
Variegated Fairywren   Royal National Park
Superb Fairywren   Royal National Park
Red-backed Fairywren   Tinchi Tamba Wetlands Reserve

Eastern Spinebill   Royal National Park
Yellow-spotted Honeyeater   Cape Tribulation
Lewin's Honeyeater   Royal National Park
Graceful Honeyeater   Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge
Yellow Honeyeater   Cairns Esplanade
Yellow-faced Honeyeater   Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge
Yellow-tufted Honeyeater   Heathcote National Park
Bell Miner   The Gravel Pit and Track
Noisy Miner   Sydney Cove and Circular Quay
Bridled Honeyeater   Mossman
Little Wattlebird   Royal National Park
Red Wattlebird    Jannali
Yellow Wattlebird   Mount Field National Park
Mangrove Honeyeater   Tinchi Tamba Wetlands Reserve
Brown-backed Honeyeater   Daintree River
White-fronted Chat   Narawntapu National Park
Dusky Myzomela   Julatten
Scarlet Myzomela   Curtain Fig Tree
Tawny-crowned Honeyeater   Waterfall
Brown Honeyeater   Cairns Esplanade
Crescent Honeyeater   Cradle Mountain
New Holland Honeyeater   Granton Power Boat Racing Centre
White-cheeked Honeyeater   Julatten
White-eared Honeyeater   Heathcote National Park
Yellow-throated Honeyeater   Cradle Mountain
Blue-faced Honeyeater   Daintree Village
White-throated Honeyeater   Lamington National Park
White-naped Honeyeater   Lamington National Park
Black-headed Honeyeater   Mountain Valley Wilderness
Black-chinned Honeyeater   Big Mitchell Creek Reserve
Strong-billed Honeyeater   Mountain Valley Wilderness
Macleay's Honeyeater   Cape Tribulation
Striped Honeyeater   Nindooinbah Dam
Little Friarbird   Maryfarms
Helmeted Friarbird   Cairns Esplanade
Silver-crowned Friarbird   Big Mitchell Creek Reserve
Noisy Friarbird   Mount Molloy

Spotted Pardalote   Atkinsons Park
Forty-spotted Pardalote   Bruny Island
Striated Pardalote   Atkinsons Park

Fernwren   Mt Lewis Rd
Yellow-throated Scrubwren   Mt Lewis Rd
White-browed Scrubwren   O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat
Tasmanian Scrubwren   Narawntapu National Park
Atherton Scrubwren   Mt Lewis Rd
Large-billed Scrubwren   O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat

Speckled Warbler   Yore Rd Wetlands
Mountain Thornbill   Mt Lewis Rd
Brown Thornbill   Royal National Park
Tasmanian Thornbill   Narawntapu National Park
Yellow-rumped Thornbill   Dru Point
White-throated Gerygone   Yore Rd Wetlands
Large-billed Gerygone   Cairns Botanical Gardens
Brown Gerygone   Royal National Park
Mangrove Gerygone   Tinchi Tamba Wetlands Reserve

Gray-crowned Babbler   Big Mitchell Creek Reserve
Australian Logrunner   O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat
Chowchilla   Cathedral Fig Tree

Eastern Whipbird   Royal National Park

Yellow-breasted Boatbill   Mossman

White-breasted Woodswallow   Cairns Esplanade
Dusky Woodswallow   Dru Point

Gray Butcherbird   Jannali
Pied Butcherbird   Maryfarms
Black Butcherbird   Daintree River

Australian Magpie   Sydney Cove and Circular Quay
Pied Currawong   Sydney
Black Currawong   Mountain Valley Wilderness
Gray Currawong   Narawntapu National Park

Barred Cuckooshrike   Mt Lewis Rd
Black-faced Cuckooshrike   Launceston Airport
White-bellied Cuckooshrike   Cairns Esplanade

White-winged Triller   Big Mitchell Creek Reserve
Varied Triller   Daintree River

Bower's Shrikethrush   Cathedral Fig Tree
Gray Shrikethrush   Narawntapu National Park
Little Shrikethrush   Mossman

Olive Whistler   Mountain Valley Wilderness
Golden Whistler   Royal National Park
Gray Whistler   Julatten
Rufous Whistler   Tinchi Tamba Wetlands Reserve

Rufous-browed Peppershrike   Muyil
Lesser Greenlet   Muyil
White-eyed Vireo   Island Beach SP
Yellow-throated Vireo   Muyil
Blue-headed Vireo   Double Trouble State Park
Warbling Vireo   Sandy Hook
Red-eyed Vireo   Forest Resource Education Center
Yellow-green Vireo   Muyil
Yucatan Vireo   Muyil

Olive-backed Oriole   Royal National Park
Green Oriole   Daintree River

Australasian Figbird   Cairns

Spangled Drongo   Daintree River

Northern Fantail   Mossman
Willie-wagtail   Royal National Park
Rufous Fantail   Tinchi Tamba Wetlands Reserve
Gray Fantail   Royal National Park

Black-faced Monarch   Royal National Park
Spectacled Monarch   Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge
Pied Monarch   Curtain Fig Tree

Magpie-lark   Cairns Esplanade

Leaden Flycatcher   Royal National Park
Shining Flycatcher   Daintree River

Brown Jay   Muyil
Green Jay   Muyil
Blue Jay   Whiting
American Crow   35 Sunset Rd
Fish Crow   Bayview Marina
Torresian Crow   Maryfarms
Australian Raven   Royal National Park
Forest Raven   Tamar Island Wetlands
Common Raven   Whitesbog

Paradise Riflebird   Lamington National Park
Victoria's Riflebird   Crater Lakes National Park

Lemon-bellied Flycatcher   Big Mitchell Creek Reserve
Scarlet Robin   Mountain Valley Wilderness
Flame Robin   Mountain Valley Wilderness
Rose Robin   Royal National Park--Lady Carrington Drive
Pink Robin   Mountain Valley Wilderness
Dusky Robin   Mountain Valley Wilderness
Pale-yellow Robin   Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge
Eastern Yellow Robin   Royal National Park
Gray-headed Robin   Mossman - Mt Molloy Rd

Horned Lark   Mannington Marsh
Eurasian Skylark   Oppenheims Road

Northern Rough-winged Swallow   Brig
Purple Martin   Woodmansee Blvd
Gray-breasted Martin   Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancun
Tree Swallow   Whitesbog
Bank Swallow   Reeves Bogs
Barn Swallow   Cloverdale Farm
Welcome Swallow   Royal Botanic Gardens
Fairy Martin   Cairns Botanical Gardens
Tree Martin   Adventure Bay
Cliff Swallow   Wesley Lake
Cave Swallow   Sandy Hook

Carolina Chickadee   35 Sunset Rd
Black-capped Chickadee   High Point SP
Tufted Titmouse   35 Sunset Rd
Red-breasted Nuthatch   Whitesbog
White-breasted Nuthatch   35 Sunset Rd
Brown-headed Nuthatch   Big Stone Beach

Brown Creeper   35 Sunset Rd

House Wren   Sandy Hook
Winter Wren   Whitesbog
Sedge Wren   Woodland Beach
Marsh Wren   Manahawkin WMA
Carolina Wren   35 Sunset Rd

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher   Island Beach SP

Red-whiskered Bulbul   Towra Point Nature Reserve

Golden-crowned Kinglet   Horicon Lake
Ruby-crowned Kinglet   Trenton Sewage Ponds

Australian Reed Warbler   Daintree River
Little Grassbird   Tamar Island Wetlands
Tawny Grassbird   Kerry Rd
Golden-headed Cisticola   Lake Mitchel

Silver-eye   Royal National Park

Eastern Bluebird   Brig
Bassian Thrush   O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat
Veery   Island Beach SP
Swainson's Thrush   Sandy Hook
Hermit Thrush   Manasquan River WMA
Wood Thrush   Manahawkin WMA
Eurasian Blackbird   Launceston Airport
Clay-colored Thrush   Muyil
American Robin   Forked River

Gray Catbird   Seven Presidents Park
Brown Thrasher   Shelter Cove Park
Tropical Mockingbird   Puerto Morelos
Northern Mockingbird   Sandy Hook

Metallic Starling   Daintree River
European Starling   GSP MM 107
Common Myna   Bondi Beach

Mistletoebird   Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge

Olive-backed Sunbird   Cairns Botanical Gardens

Australasian Pipit   Narawntapu National Park
American Pipit   Sandy Hook

Cedar Waxwing   Sandy Hook

Yellow-throated Euphonia   Muyil

House Finch   35 Sunset Rd
Purple Finch   Sandy Hook
European Greenfinch   Bothwell
European Goldfinch   Atkinsons Park
Pine Siskin   Cape May Point SP
American Goldfinch   35 Sunset Rd

Lapland Longspur   Brig
Snow Bunting   Sandy Hook

Grasshopper Sparrow   Bombay Hook
Chipping Sparrow   Bamber Lake
Clay-colored Sparrow   Sandy Hook
Field Sparrow   Assunpink WMA
Lark Sparrow   Sandy Hook
American Tree Sparrow   Sandy Hook
Fox Sparrow   Bamber Lake
Dark-eyed Junco   35 Sunset Rd
White-crowned Sparrow   Sandy Hook
White-throated Sparrow    Malverne
Seaside Sparrow   Great Bay Blvd
Saltmarsh Sparrow   Great Bay Blvd
Savannah Sparrow   Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Song Sparrow    Malverne
Swamp Sparrow   Island Beach SP
Eastern Towhee   Brig

Yellow-breasted Chat   Brig

Bobolink   Burlington County Fairgrounds
Eastern Meadowlark   Burlington County Fairgrounds
Yellow-billed Cacique   Muyil
Orchard Oriole   Island Beach SP
Hooded Oriole   Puerto Morelos
Yellow-backed Oriole   Puerto Morelos
Yellow-tailed Oriole   Puerto Morelos
Baltimore Oriole   Island Beach SP
Red-winged Blackbird   Cattus Island County Park
Bronzed Cowbird   Muyil
Brown-headed Cowbird   New Egypt
Melodious Blackbird   Muyil
Rusty Blackbird   Whitesbog
Common Grackle   Central Park
Boat-tailed Grackle   Great Bay Blvd
Great-tailed Grackle   Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancun

Ovenbird   Manahawkin WMA
Worm-eating Warbler   Michael Huber Prairie Warbler Preserve
Louisiana Waterthrush   Double Trouble State Park
Northern Waterthrush   Sandy Hook
Blue-winged Warbler   Manasquan River WMA
Black-and-white Warbler   Double Trouble State Park
Prothonotary Warbler   Michael Huber Prairie Warbler Preserve
Orange-crowned Warbler   Manahawkin WMA
Nashville Warbler   Manasquan River WMA
Gray-crowned Yellowthroat   Puerto Morelos
Kentucky Warbler   Baldpate Mt
Common Yellowthroat   Double Trouble State Park
Hooded Warbler   Michael Huber Prairie Warbler Preserve
American Redstart   Muyil
Northern Parula   Double Trouble State Park
Magnolia Warbler   Muyil
Bay-breasted Warbler   Double Trouble State Park
Yellow Warbler   Muyil
Chestnut-sided Warbler   Sandy Hook
Blackpoll Warbler   Brig
Black-throated Blue Warbler   Sandy Hook
Palm Warbler   Forest Resource Education Center
Pine Warbler   35 Sunset Rd
Yellow-rumped Warbler   Island Beach SP
Yellow-throated Warbler   Double Trouble State Park
Prairie Warbler   Colliers Mills WMA
Black-throated Green Warbler   Forest Resource Education Center
Canada Warbler   High Point SP
Wilson's Warbler   William Warren County Park

Summer Tanager   Double Trouble State Park
Scarlet Tanager   Sandy Hook
Red-throated Ant-Tanager   Muyil

Northern Cardinal   Malverne
Rose-breasted Grosbeak   Island Beach SP
Blue Grosbeak   Double Trouble State Park
Indigo Bunting   Sandy Hook

House Sparrow    Malverne

Beautiful Firetail   Bruny Island
Red-browed Firetail   Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge

Double-barred Finch   Yore Rd Wetlands

Chestnut-breasted Munia   
Australian Brushturkey