June Birds

Black-crowned Night-Heron, Great Bay Blvd WMA

NJ Counties Birded: Atlantic, Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean Warren

Species                First Sighting

Canada Goose     Wells Mills Park

Mute Swan     Cattus Island County Park

Wood Duck     Colliers Mills WMA

American Black Duck     Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Mallard     Wells Mills Park

Bufflehead     Brigantine NWR

Wild Turkey     35 Sunset Rd

Red-necked Grebe     Ocean County Parks Offices

Double-crested Cormorant     Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Great Blue Heron     Lakehurst NAES

Great Egret     Cattus Island County Park

Snowy Egret     Cattus Island County Park

Little Blue Heron     Cattus Island County Park

Tricolored Heron     Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Green Heron     Whitesbog

Black-crowned Night-Heron     Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Glossy Ibis     Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Turkey Vulture     Bear Swamp IBA

Osprey     Cattus Island County Park

Cooper's Hawk     Colliers Mills WMA

Bald Eagle     Brigantine NWR

Broad-winged Hawk     Old Mine Road IBA

Red-tailed Hawk     Toms River

Clapper Rail     Great Bay Bvld. WMA

American Oystercatcher     Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Black-bellied Plover     Brigantine NWR

Piping Plover     Barnegat Lighthouse SP

Killdeer     Colliers Mills WMA

Spotted Sandpiper     Brigantine NWR

Greater Yellowlegs     Brigantine NWR

Willet     Cattus Island County Park

Lesser Yellowlegs     Brigantine NWR

Upland Sandpiper     Lakehurst NAES

Whimbrel     Brigantine NWR

Dunlin     Brigantine NWR

Semipalmated Sandpiper     Brigantine NWR

Short-billed Dowitcher     Brigantine NWR

Laughing Gull     Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Ring-billed Gull     Brigantine NWR

Herring Gull     Cattus Island County Park

Glaucous Gull     Brigantine NWR

Great Black-backed Gull     Cattus Island County Park

Least Tern     Brigantine NWR

Gull-billed Tern     Brigantine NWR

Caspian Tern     Brigantine NWR

Common Tern     Barnegat Lighthouse SP

Forster's Tern     Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Black Skimmer     Brigantine NWR

Mourning Dove      Evert Memorial Nature Trail

Yellow-billed Cuckoo      Evert Memorial Nature Trail

Black-billed Cuckoo     Brigantine NWR

Common Nighthawk     Lakehurst NAES

Chuck-will's-widow     Collinstown Rd

Eastern Whip-poor-will     35 Sunset Rd

Chimney Swift     Union Transportation Trail

Ruby-throated Hummingbird     35 Sunset Rd

Belted Kingfisher     Cattus Island County Park

Red-bellied Woodpecker     Bear Swamp IBA

Downy Woodpecker      Evert Memorial Nature Trail

Hairy Woodpecker     Lakehurst NAES

Northern Flicker      Evert Memorial Nature Trail

American Kestrel     Lakehurst NAES

Peregrine Falcon     Brigantine NWR

Eastern Wood-Pewee      Evert Memorial Nature Trail

Acadian Flycatcher     Double Trouble State Park

Willow Flycatcher     Cattus Island County Park

Least Flycatcher     Old Mine Road IBA

Eastern Phoebe     Wells Mills Park

Great Crested Flycatcher      Evert Memorial Nature Trail

Eastern Kingbird     Cattus Island County Park

White-eyed Vireo      Evert Memorial Nature Trail

Yellow-throated Vireo     Allaire State Park

Warbling Vireo     Rancocas Nature Center

Red-eyed Vireo      Evert Memorial Nature Trail

Blue Jay     Colliers Mills WMA

American Crow     Lakehurst NAES

Fish Crow      Evert Memorial Nature Trail

Common Raven     Lakehurst NAES

Horned Lark     Lakehurst NAES

Northern Rough-winged Swallow     Ocean County Parks Offices

Purple Martin     Brigantine NWR

Tree Swallow     Rancocas Nature Center

Barn Swallow     Cattus Island County Park

Carolina Chickadee     Rancocas Nature Center

Tufted Titmouse     Bear Swamp IBA

White-breasted Nuthatch     Wells Mills Park

House Wren     Cattus Island County Park

Marsh Wren     Cattus Island County Park

Carolina Wren      Evert Memorial Nature Trail

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher      Evert Memorial Nature Trail

Eastern Bluebird     Colliers Mills WMA

Veery     Rancocas Nature Center

Swainson's Thrush     Wells Mills Park

Wood Thrush      Evert Memorial Nature Trail

American Robin     Bear Swamp IBA

Gray Catbird     Wells Mills Park

Brown Thrasher     Colliers Mills WMA

Northern Mockingbird     Wells Mills Park

European Starling     Wells Mills Park

Cedar Waxwing     Rancocas Nature Center

Ovenbird      Evert Memorial Nature Trail

Worm-eating Warbler     Old Mine Road IBA

Louisiana Waterthrush     Old Mine Road IBA

Blue-winged Warbler     Allaire State Park

Black-and-white Warbler      Evert Memorial Nature Trail

Prothonotary Warbler      Evert Memorial Nature Trail

Common Yellowthroat     Bear Swamp IBA

Hooded Warbler      Evert Memorial Nature Trail

American Redstart     Old Mine Road IBA

Cerulean Warbler     Old Mine Road IBA

Northern Parula     Old Mine Road IBA

Yellow Warbler     Cattus Island County Park

Pine Warbler      Evert Memorial Nature Trail

Prairie Warbler     Bear Swamp IBA

Yellow-breasted Chat     Assunpink WMA

Eastern Towhee      Evert Memorial Nature Trail

Chipping Sparrow     Wells Mills Park

Field Sparrow     Rancocas Nature Center

Grasshopper Sparrow     Colliers Mills WMA

Saltmarsh Sparrow     Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Seaside Sparrow     Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Song Sparrow     Cattus Island County Park

Northern Cardinal      Evert Memorial Nature Trail

Blue Grosbeak     Colliers Mills WMA

Indigo Bunting     Rancocas Nature Center

Red-winged Blackbird     Rancocas Nature Center

Eastern Meadowlark     Lakehurst NAES

Common Grackle      Evert Memorial Nature Trail

Boat-tailed Grackle     Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Brown-headed Cowbird     Wells Mills Park

Orchard Oriole     Brigantine NWR

Baltimore Oriole     Rancocas Nature Center

House Finch     Wells Mills Park

American Goldfinch     Cattus Island County Park

House Sparrow     Toms River

Whitesbog 11/18--American Tree Sparrow

"Go west," Shari said, since east looks like a giant stomped and kicked everything all to pieces. So we headed first to Whitesbog, then to Rancocas State Park, just outside of "historic" Mt Holly. We were hoping for "winter finches." So was another guy we saw on the road at Whitesbog. What we got (don't know about him) were sparrows: 7 species in all, including our first of the year American Tree Sparrow on the road at Whitesbog. Our first of the season Tundra Swans were in the usual place at Whitesbog, the first impoundment on the left. I don't know what it is about the bogs that attracts those swans but it is an absolutely reliable place to find them all winter.

Rancocas was quiet; almost all the action was at the feeders. The conifer forest had a nary a bird and the creek was quiet except for a Carolina Wren.

Between Whitesbog and Rancocas we stopped for brunch in Mt Holly--above the old town a flock of vultures flew, including 2 Black Vultures. We didn't take it as an ominous sign and brunch at the Robin's Nest (seems appropriate) was quite good.

26 species for the day.

Species           Count     First Sighting

Canada Goose     25     Rancocas Nature Center

Tundra Swan     6     White's Bogs

Pied-billed Grebe     1     White's Bogs

Black Vulture     2     Mt. Holly

Turkey Vulture     2     White's Bogs

Downy Woodpecker     1     White's Bogs

Northern Flicker     1     White's Bogs

Blue Jay     1     White's Bogs

American Crow     2     White's Bogs

Carolina Chickadee     10     White's Bogs

Tufted Titmouse     1     White's Bogs

Red-breasted Nuthatch     1     Rancocas Nature Center

White-breasted Nuthatch     1     Rancocas Nature Center

Carolina Wren     1     White's Bogs

Golden-crowned Kinglet     1     Rancocas Nature Center

Hermit Thrush     1     White's Bogs

American Robin     1     White's Bogs

American Tree Sparrow     1     White's Bogs

Savannah Sparrow     1     White's Bogs

Fox Sparrow     2     White's Bogs

Song Sparrow     4     White's Bogs

Swamp Sparrow     1     White's Bogs

White-throated Sparrow     5     White's Bogs

Dark-eyed Junco     50     White's Bogs

Northern Cardinal     2     White's Bogs

American Goldfinch     6     White's Bogs