March 2018--10 Year Birds, One Life Bird

Northern Cardinal, Manasquan River WMA

Sure, Shari & I got a life bird (GYRFALCON) at Brig this month and how often does that happen anymore in New Jersey; sure, I added 10 year birds for the month; sure, I came across a number of rarities (Rough-legged Hawk, Sandhill Crane, Orange-crowned Warbler just as a for instance); but given my mordant thoughts of late, let's concentrate instead on the negative, the misses.

Missed the Black-headed Gull in Ocean County...again.
Missed the California Gull
Couldn't find the Barn Owls in deepest Salem County.
Missed the Townsend's Solitaire at Manahawkin...oh wait...see the entry above.

Anyway, the tally was 131 species for the month, one more than the previous month.

Counties birded: Atlantic, Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Salem.

Species       First Sighting

Snow Goose   New Egypt

Brant   Point Pleasant Beach

Canada Goose   Jackson Memorial HS

Mute Swan   deCamp Wildlife Trail

Trumpeter Swan   Assunpink WMA

Tundra Swan   Colliers Mills WMA

Wood Duck   Reeves Bogs

Blue-winged Teal   Manahawkin WMA

Northern Shoveler   Brig

Gadwall   Butterfly Bogs

Eurasian Wigeon   MacLearie Park

American Wigeon   Imlaystown Lake

Mallard   Crestwood Village

American Black Duck   Butterfly Bogs

Northern Pintail   Prospertown Lake

Green-winged Teal   Forsythe-Barnegat

Canvasback   Little Silver Lake

Redhead   Assunpink WMA

Ring-necked Duck   Butterfly Bogs

Greater Scaup   Point Pleasant Beach

Lesser Scaup   Little Silver Lake

Common Eider   Barnegat Lighthouse SP

Harlequin Duck   Barnegat Lighthouse SP

Surf Scoter   Point Pleasant Beach

White-winged Scoter   Point Pleasant Beach

Black Scoter   Manasquan Inlet

Long-tailed Duck   Point Pleasant Beach

Bufflehead   Butterfly Bogs

Common Goldeneye   Bayview Marina

Hooded Merganser   Butterfly Bogs

Common Merganser   Prospertown Lake

Red-breasted Merganser   Point Pleasant Beach

Ruddy Duck   Lake of the Lilies

Ring-necked Pheasant   Colliers Mills WMA

Wild Turkey   New Egypt

Pied-billed Grebe   Assunpink WMA

Horned Grebe   Oceanic Bridge

Red-necked Grebe   Marshall's Pond

Rock Pigeon   Jackson Liberty HS

Mourning Dove   35 Sunset Rd

American Coot   Lake of the Lilies

Sandhill Crane   New Egypt

American Oystercatcher   Sandy Hook

Piping Plover   Island Beach SP

Killdeer   Lakewood Wawa

Ruddy Turnstone   Barnegat Lighthouse SP

Dunlin   Barnegat Lighthouse SP

Purple Sandpiper   Barnegat Lighthouse SP

American Woodcock   Sandy Hook

Wilson's Snipe   Mannington Marsh

Greater Yellowlegs   Brig

Laughing Gull   Point Pleasant Beach

Ring-billed Gull   Jackson Liberty HS

Herring Gull   Crestwood Village

Iceland Gull   Barnegat Lighthouse SP

Lesser Black-backed Gull   Sylvan Lake

Great Black-backed Gull   Point Pleasant Beach

Red-throated Loon   Barnegat Lighthouse SP

Common Loon   Point Pleasant Beach

Northern Gannet   Manasquan Inlet

Great Cormorant   Barnegat Lighthouse SP

Double-crested Cormorant   Point Pleasant Beach

Great Blue Heron   deCamp Wildlife Trail

Great Egret   Meadowedge Park

Snowy Egret   Manahawkin WMA

Tricolored Heron   Manahawkin WMA

Black Vulture   New Egypt

Turkey Vulture   Butterfly Bogs

Osprey   Great Bay Blvd

Northern Harrier   Assunpink WMA

Sharp-shinned Hawk   35 Sunset Rd

Cooper's Hawk   Assunpink WMA

Bald Eagle   Jackson

Red-shouldered Hawk   Meadowedge Park

Red-tailed Hawk   Jackson

Rough-legged Hawk   BC Fairgrounds

Long-eared Owl   Monmouth County

Belted Kingfisher   Barnegat Municipal Dock

Red-bellied Woodpecker   35 Sunset Rd

Downy Woodpecker   35 Sunset Rd

Hairy Woodpecker   Crestwood Village

Northern Flicker   Assunpink WMA

American Kestrel   Jacobstown Road

GYRFALCON   Brig

Peregrine Falcon   Cedar Bonnet Island

Eastern Phoebe   Brig

Blue Jay   35 Sunset Rd

American Crow   35 Sunset Rd

Fish Crow   Forest Resource Education Center

Common Raven   Colliers Mills WMA

Horned Lark   Jackson Liberty HS

Tree Swallow   Whitesbog

Carolina Chickadee   35 Sunset Rd

Tufted Titmouse   35 Sunset Rd

Red-breasted Nuthatch   35 Sunset Rd

White-breasted Nuthatch   35 Sunset Rd

Brown Creeper   Cloverdale Farm

Carolina Wren   35 Sunset Rd

Golden-crowned Kinglet   Cranberry Bogs-Dover Rd

Eastern Bluebird   Colliers Mills WMA

Hermit Thrush   Manasquan River WMA

American Robin   Crestwood Village

Gray Catbird   Assunpink WMA

Brown Thrasher   Manahawkin WMA

Northern Mockingbird   Lake of the Lilies

European Starling   35 Sunset Rd

Cedar Waxwing   Sandy Hook

House Finch   35 Sunset Rd

Pine Siskin   Cloverdale Farm

American Goldfinch   35 Sunset Rd

Chipping Sparrow   Jackson Memorial HS

Field Sparrow   Assunpink WMA

American Tree Sparrow   Assunpink WMA

Fox Sparrow   Manasquan River WMA

Dark-eyed Junco   35 Sunset Rd

White-throated Sparrow   Assunpink WMA

Savannah Sparrow   Brig

Song Sparrow   Crestwood Village

Swamp Sparrow   Meadowedge Park

Eastern Towhee   Money Island Road area

Red-winged Blackbird   Lake Enno

Brown-headed Cowbird   Patriots County Park

Rusty Blackbird   Manahawkin WMA

Common Grackle   Butterfly Bogs

Boat-tailed Grackle   Great Bay Blvd

Orange-crowned Warbler   Mannington Marsh

Pine Warbler   Cloverdale Farm

Yellow-rumped Warbler   Sandy Hook

Northern Cardinal   35 Sunset Rd

House Sparrow   Lake of the Lilies

Killdeer, Whitesbog