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| Red-shouldered Hawk, New Egypt |
So, Barnegat Light, for the King Eider, Assunpink for the Trumpeter Swans. Luckily, Marshall's Pond had a Eurasian Wigeon, so I didn't have to go all the way up to the Shark River. The Barnegat CBC on the 2nd got me a couple of cool birds (in addition to my owl fix) like Virginia Rail and Sedge Wren. There was a Dovekie incursion earlier in the month and I was able to spot one (while others were making my teeth grind with multiple sightings).
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| Greater White-fronted Goose, Jackson |
ball field in Jackson. I went back a week later (to "get" Green-winged Teal in the retention pond) and it was still there along with the always entertaining, eBird filter-busting flock of Horned Larks.
I have left a few birds that I got last January for the upcoming month, which might have been inadvertently smart, since February is such a dreary month, especially if the ponds freeze, that it will be good to have some targets to keep me interested.
The winter months can be a slog as the excitement of the new year wears off. With birders the conversation always comes around to the dearth of birds lately, both ducks and land birds. The ducks are understandable, since they don't migrate unless they have to, and with the warmer weather up north becoming the norm, they don't have to. The land birds, I think, are analogous to the frog in a pot of water brought slowly to a boil. Their numbers have been declining for years (remember the 3 billion birds missing articles from a couple of years ago?) and it is only now that we realize the frog has been cooked.
Counties birded: Atlantic, Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean
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Species First Sighting
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Snow Goose Holgate
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Greater White-fronted Goose Jackson Liberty HS
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Brant Sandy Hook
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Canada Goose Seven Presidents Park
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Mute Swan Bridge to Nowhere
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Trumpeter Swan Assunpink WMA
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Tundra Swan Whitesbog
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Northern Shoveler Marshall's Pond
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Gadwall Ocean Acres Pond
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Eurasian Wigeon Marshall's Pond
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American Wigeon Marshall's Pond
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Mallard Sandy Hook
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American Black Duck Sandy Hook
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Northern Pintail Brig
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Green-winged Teal Brig
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Canvasback Brig
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Ring-necked Duck Manahawkin Lake
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Greater Scaup East Bay Av
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Lesser Scaup Lake of the Lilies
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King Eider Barnegat Lighthouse SP
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Common Eider Sandy Hook
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Harlequin Duck Barnegat Lighthouse SP
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Surf Scoter Sandy Hook
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White-winged Scoter Sandy Hook
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Black Scoter Island Beach SP
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Long-tailed Duck Sandy Hook
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Bufflehead Sandy Hook
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Common Goldeneye Sandy Hook
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Hooded Merganser Bridge to Nowhere
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Common Merganser Assunpink WMA
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Red-breasted Merganser Sandy Hook
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Ruddy Duck East Bay Av
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Ring-necked Pheasant Assunpink WMA
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Pied-billed Grebe Lake Shenandoah County Park
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Horned Grebe Sandy Hook
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Rock Pigeon Wawa South Toms River
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Mourning Dove Cedar Bridge Rd
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Virginia Rail Beach Av
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American Coot Lake of the Lilies
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American Oystercatcher Holgate
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Black-bellied Plover Sandy Hook
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Killdeer Lake Barnegat
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Marbled Godwit Holgate
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Ruddy Turnstone Barnegat Lighthouse SP
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Sanderling Sandy Hook
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Dunlin Holgate
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Purple Sandpiper Manasquan Inlet
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Least Sandpiper Barnegat Lighthouse SP
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Long-billed Dowitcher Lake Barnegat
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American Woodcock Budd’s Bogs
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Greater Yellowlegs Bridge to Nowhere
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Dovekie Island Beach SP
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Razorbill Sandy Hook
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Bonaparte's Gull Sandy Hook
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Ring-billed Gull Wawa South Toms River
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Herring Gull Sandy Hook
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Great Black-backed Gull Sandy Hook
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Red-throated Loon Sandy Hook
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Common Loon Sandy Hook
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Northern Gannet Sandy Hook
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Great Cormorant Island Beach SP
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Double-crested Cormorant East Bay Av
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Great Blue Heron Beach Av
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Great Egret Bridge to Nowhere
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Black Vulture Crestwood Village
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Turkey Vulture Sandy Hook
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Northern Harrier Bridge to Nowhere
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Sharp-shinned Hawk Cattus Island County Park
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Cooper's Hawk Ridge Av
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Bald Eagle Beach Av
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Red-shouldered Hawk Bridge to Nowhere
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Red-tailed Hawk Bridge to Nowhere
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Eastern Screech-Owl Beach Av
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Great Horned Owl Beach Av
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Barred Owl Beach Av
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Long-eared Owl Undisclosed Location
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Belted Kingfisher Bridge to Nowhere
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Levi's Rd
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Red-bellied Woodpecker Bridge to Nowhere
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Downy Woodpecker Bridge to Nowhere
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Hairy Woodpecker Bridge to Nowhere
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Northern Flicker Manahawkin WMA
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American Kestrel Budd’s Bogs
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Merlin Budd’s Bogs
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Peregrine Falcon Manasquan Inlet
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Blue Jay Wawa South Toms River
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American Crow 35 Sunset Rd
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Common Raven Whitesbog
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Carolina Chickadee Bridge to Nowhere
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Tufted Titmouse Bridge to Nowhere
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Horned Lark Sandy Hook
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet Whitesbog
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Golden-crowned Kinglet Sandy Hook
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Red-breasted Nuthatch Bridge to Nowhere
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White-breasted Nuthatch 35 Sunset Rd
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Brown Creeper Budd’s Bogs
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Winter Wren Bridge to Nowhere
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Sedge Wren Beach Av
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Carolina Wren 35 Sunset Rd
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European Starling Wawa South Toms River
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Gray Catbird Manahawkin WMA
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Northern Mockingbird Wawa South Toms River
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Eastern Bluebird Whitesbog
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Hermit Thrush Bridge to Nowhere
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American Robin Sandy Hook
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House Sparrow Wawa South Toms River
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House Finch Bridge to Nowhere
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American Goldfinch Levi's Rd
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Lapland Longspur Sandy Hook
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Field Sparrow Assunpink WMA
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American Tree Sparrow Bridge to Nowhere
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Fox Sparrow Manahawkin WMA
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Dark-eyed Junco Levi's Rd
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White-throated Sparrow Levi's Rd
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Savannah Sparrow Barnegat Lighthouse SP
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Song Sparrow 35 Sunset Rd
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Swamp Sparrow Bridge to Nowhere
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Eastern Towhee Budd’s Bogs
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Eastern Meadowlark Budd’s Bogs
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Red-winged Blackbird Bridge to Nowhere
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Brown-headed Cowbird Ridge Av
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Rusty Blackbird Budd’s Bogs
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Common Grackle Bridge to Nowhere
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Boat-tailed Grackle Bridge to Nowhere
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Yellow-rumped Warbler Sandy Hook
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Northern Cardinal 35 Sunset Rd
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