Greater White-front Goose (center) with Canada Geese, Mercer Corporate Park |
Solitary Sandpiper, Colliers Mills |
Everywhere I went, whether it was the cranberry bogs in South Toms River, Double Trouble, Cloverdale Farm, or even the Manasquan Reservoir, water was either low or pretending to be mud--obviously we're in a severe drought that will seemingly take a month of heavy rain to alleviate.
Today, the last day of the month, I found my latest year bird, a Greater White-fronted Goose in the Mercer Corporate Park. I'd spent the morning at Assunpink (again, nothing out of the ordinary) and then swung by the MCP. This used to be a great place to stop off and look for rarities, but a couple of years ago the owners put up No Trespassing signs and the hot spot fell off the rarity radar, so I was surprised to see this bird show up on one of the alerts. I've seen Greater White-fronted there in the past, so it wasn't that unusual. I pulled into the driveway and stopped just before the Keep Out signs and scanned the first pond, which had about 500 Canada Geese in it. That's always discouraging, but the Greater White-fronted's pink/orange bill popped out of the surrounding geese and I was able to get one mediocre photo before a security guard pulled up and politely told me to scram.
With the Eurasian Wigeon and the Nelson's Sparrow found earlier, that made 3 year-birds for the 17 days of NJ birding. After wandering around Spain and Portugal for two weeks, I couldn't work up a lot of interest in local rarities.
For the rest of the month, I found 106 species spread out over Atlantic, Burlington, Mercer, Monmouth, and Ocean Counties.
Greater White-fronted Goose Mercer Corporate Park
Canada Goose Whitesbog
Mute Swan Manasquan Reservoir IBA
Wood Duck Cranberry Bogs
Northern Shoveler Manasquan Reservoir IBA
Gadwall Holly Lake
Eurasian Wigeon Marshall's Pond
American Wigeon Marshall's Pond
Mallard Cranberry Bogs
American Black Duck Manasquan Reservoir IBA
Northern Pintail Brig
Green-winged Teal Whitesbog
Ring-necked Duck Manasquan Reservoir IBA
Bufflehead Browns Woods
Hooded Merganser Brig
Ruddy Duck Manasquan Reservoir IBA
Rock Pigeon Manasquan Reservoir IBA
Mourning Dove Cranberry Bogs
Clapper Rail Great Bay Blvd
American Coot Manasquan Reservoir IBA
Black-bellied Plover Great Bay Blvd
Killdeer Whitesbog
Semipalmated Plover Whitesbog
Wilson's Snipe Cranberry Bogs
Solitary Sandpiper Colliers Mills WMA
Lesser Yellowlegs Whitesbog
Greater Yellowlegs Whitesbog
Ruddy Turnstone Great Bay Blvd
Dunlin Great Bay Blvd
Semipalmated Sandpiper Brig
Laughing Gull Barnegat Municipal Dock
Ring-billed Gull Brig
American Herring Gull Whitesbog
Forster's Tern Great Bay Blvd
Royal Tern Barnegat Municipal Dock
Pied-billed Grebe Manasquan Reservoir IBA
Double-crested Cormorant Manasquan Reservoir IBA
Black-crowned Night Heron Great Bay Blvd
Tricolored Heron Manahawkin WMA
Snowy Egret Great Bay Blvd
Great Egret Manasquan Reservoir IBA
Great Blue Heron Whitesbog
Black Vulture 35 Sunset Rd
Turkey Vulture Whitesbog
Osprey Whitesbog
Sharp-shinned Hawk Whitesbog
Cooper's Hawk Cranberry Bogs
Northern Harrier Double Trouble SP
Bald Eagle Whitesbog
Red-shouldered Hawk Whitesbog
Red-tailed Hawk Colliers Mills WMA
Belted Kingfisher Whitesbog
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Double Trouble SP
Red-headed Woodpecker Colliers Mills WMA
Red-bellied Woodpecker Cranberry Bogs
Downy Woodpecker 35 Sunset Rd
Hairy Woodpecker Whitesbog
Northern Flicker Whitesbog
American Kestrel Whitesbog
Merlin Cranberry Bogs
Peregrine Falcon Manasquan Reservoir IBA
Eastern Phoebe Whitesbog
Blue-headed Vireo Great Bay Blvd
Blue Jay 35 Sunset Rd
American Crow 35 Sunset Rd
Fish Crow Brig
Common Raven Whitesbog
Carolina Chickadee 35 Sunset Rd
Tufted Titmouse 35 Sunset Rd
Tree Swallow Whitesbog
Ruby-crowned Kinglet Whitesbog
Golden-crowned Kinglet Whitesbog
White-breasted Nuthatch Whitesbog
Red-breasted Nuthatch Whitesbog
Winter Wren Cranberry Bogs
Carolina Wren 35 Sunset Rd
European Starling Whitesbog
Gray Catbird Whitesbog
Northern Mockingbird 35 Sunset Rd
Eastern Bluebird Whitesbog
Hermit Thrush Great Bay Blvd
American Robin Whitesbog
House Sparrow Assunpink WMA
House Finch Whitesbog
American Goldfinch Whitesbog
Chipping Sparrow 35 Sunset Rd
Field Sparrow Cranberry Bogs
Dark-eyed Junco Cranberry Bogs
White-throated Sparrow Cranberry Bogs
Seaside Sparrow Great Bay Blvd
Nelson's Sparrow Great Bay Blvd
Savannah Sparrow Whitesbog
Song Sparrow Whitesbog
Swamp Sparrow Whitesbog
Eastern Towhee Whitesbog
Eastern Meadowlark Brig
Baltimore Oriole 35 Sunset Rd
Red-winged Blackbird Whitesbog
Rusty Blackbird Colliers Mills WMA
Common Grackle Whitesbog
Boat-tailed Grackle Great Bay Blvd
Blackpoll Warbler Cattus Island County Park
Palm Warbler Whitesbog
Pine Warbler Whitesbog
Yellow-rumped Warbler Whitesbog
Northern Cardinal Whitesbog
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