Snowy Egret, Forsythe-Barnegat |
I found myself gravitating to the same few spots this month, places I like to walk and places that I hope (hope is a thing with feathers according to Emily Dickinson) will have something rare or at least unexpected. The only bird qualifying this month was the Least Bittern at Reeves Bogs and that was thanks to my informant who'd heard it and relayed the location to me.
July doesn't look like it's going to be much better. It is a strange time when I have to consult the air quality index to find the least polluted place in the area--today it was Tuckerton, where the AQ was "moderate" as opposed to here, where it was "Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups" or Pemberton, where it was just plain "Unhealthy."
Red-headed Woodpecker, Cloverdale Farm |
123 species for the month.
Species First Sighting
Canada Goose Colliers Mills WMA
Mute Swan Lake Como
Wood Duck Jumping Brook Preserve
Mallard Laurel Run Park
American Black Duck Whitesbog
Wild Turkey 35 Sunset Rd
Rock Pigeon Seaside Park
Mourning Dove Island Beach SP
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Colliers Mills WMA
Common Nighthawk 35 Sunset Rd
Eastern Whip-poor-will 35 Sunset Rd
Chimney Swift Laurel Run Park
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 35 Sunset Rd
Clapper Rail Great Bay Blvd
American Oystercatcher Island Beach SP
Black-bellied Plover Great Bay Blvd
Semipalmated Plover Island Beach SP
Killdeer South Park Rd
Bar-tailed Godwit Brig
Red Knot Island Beach SP
Sanderling Island Beach SP
Dunlin Brig
White-rumped Sandpiper Great Bay Blvd
Semipalmated Sandpiper Great Bay Blvd
Short-billed Dowitcher Brig
Spotted Sandpiper Whitesbog
Greater Yellowlegs Brig
Willet Island Beach SP
Laughing Gull Wawa South Toms River
Ring-billed Gull Belmar
Herring Gull Island Beach SP
Great Black-backed Gull Island Beach SP
Least Tern Brig
Gull-billed Tern Brig
Common Tern Island Beach SP
Forster's Tern Island Beach SP
Royal Tern Shark River Inlet
Black Skimmer Great Bay Blvd
Double-crested Cormorant Island Beach SP
Brown Pelican Island Beach SP
Least Bittern Reeves Bogs
Great Blue Heron Colliers Mills WMA
Great Egret Island Beach SP
Snowy Egret Island Beach SP
Little Blue Heron Island Beach SP
Tricolored Heron Great Bay Blvd
Green Heron Whitesbog
Black-crowned Night-Heron Great Bay Blvd
Glossy Ibis Island Beach SP
Black Vulture Meadowview Lane
Turkey Vulture Laurel Run Park
Osprey Island Beach SP
Bald Eagle Great Bay Blvd
Red-shouldered Hawk Jumping Brook Preserve
Red-tailed Hawk Colliers Mills WMA
Belted Kingfisher Burrs Mill Brook
Red-headed Woodpecker Colliers Mills WMA
Red-bellied Woodpecker Colliers Mills WMA
Downy Woodpecker 35 Sunset Rd
Hairy Woodpecker Burrs Mill Brook
Northern Flicker Jumping Brook Preserve
Eastern Wood-Pewee Colliers Mills WMA
Acadian Flycatcher Whitesbog
Willow Flycatcher Island Beach SP
Eastern Phoebe Colliers Mills WMA
Great Crested Flycatcher 35 Sunset Rd
Eastern Kingbird Island Beach SP
White-eyed Vireo Colliers Mills WMA
Warbling Vireo Colliers Mills WMA
Red-eyed Vireo Boundary Creek Natural Resource Area
Blue Jay 35 Sunset Rd
American Crow 35 Sunset Rd
Fish Crow 35 Sunset Rd
Carolina Chickadee 35 Sunset Rd
Tufted Titmouse 35 Sunset Rd
Northern Rough-winged Swallow Laurel Run Park
Purple Martin Laurel Run Park
Tree Swallow Boundary Creek Natural Resource Area
Bank Swallow Burrs Mill Brook
Barn Swallow Colliers Mills WMA
Cliff Swallow Wesley Lake
White-breasted Nuthatch 35 Sunset Rd
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher South Park Rd
House Wren Boundary Creek Natural Resource Area
Marsh Wren Island Beach SP
Carolina Wren 35 Sunset Rd
European Starling Wawa South Toms River
Gray Catbird Island Beach SP
Brown Thrasher Colliers Mills WMA
Northern Mockingbird Wawa South Toms River
Eastern Bluebird Colliers Mills WMA
Wood Thrush Colliers Mills WMA
American Robin Island Beach SP
Cedar Waxwing Cedar Bridge Tavern County Park
House Sparrow Laurel Run Park
House Finch 35 Sunset Rd
American Goldfinch Island Beach SP
Grasshopper Sparrow Laurel Run Park
Chipping Sparrow 35 Sunset Rd
Field Sparrow Colliers Mills WMA
Seaside Sparrow Great Bay Blvd
Song Sparrow Island Beach SP
Swamp Sparrow Jumping Brook Preserve
Eastern Towhee Island Beach SP
Orchard Oriole Colliers Mills WMA
Baltimore Oriole Burrs Mill Brook
Red-winged Blackbird Island Beach SP
Brown-headed Cowbird Jumping Brook Preserve
Common Grackle Island Beach SP
Boat-tailed Grackle Island Beach SP
Ovenbird Colliers Mills WMA
Black-and-white Warbler Colliers Mills WMA
Prothonotary Warbler Dot and Brooks Evert Trail
Common Yellowthroat Island Beach SP
Hooded Warbler Colliers Mills WMA
American Redstart Colliers Mills WMA
Yellow Warbler Island Beach SP
Pine Warbler Colliers Mills WMA
Prairie Warbler Laurel Run Park
Scarlet Tanager Colliers Mills WMA
Northern Cardinal Island Beach SP
Blue Grosbeak South Park Rd
Indigo Bunting Colliers Mills WMA
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