Brig 3/20--King Rail

Brig seemed like the least windy place to be today according to the weather reports I look at and I figured there might be something new to look at while at the same time, I knew there would be plenty of duckage to keep me occupied.  

Right on both counts but the new bird for the year was one I had no expectation of finding while the bird I was kind of looking for (Snowy Egret) eluded me. Not that I'm going to go all year without seeing a Snowy Egret. However, I could have gone, and have gone many years, without hearing a King Rail (seeing one is even harder) but as I was walking down to the Gull Pond I ran into one of the regulars there who asked me if I'd come for the rail. I was vaguely aware that he'd reported one sometime recently, but a rail always seems like a real early morning bird to me and this was getting on close to 9 but he said it was calling constantly right nearby where we were standing and played his recording of it. I thought I'd have to stand there for a while but then he pointed. I thought his recording was still playing but it had ended and this was the King Rail calling. Always fun to get an unexpected year bird rarity. I stood over in the corner of the reeds where the bird was hiding and waited a few minutes and was rewarded with it calling again, "Kek kek kek kek" for almost a minute and made the recording above. 

Short-eared Owl

Around the wildlife drive the water was high, which was great for waterfowl, not so good for sandpipers and the like. I found one American Oystercatcher way out on an island in Turtle Cove. I knew from one of the other regulars that Short-eared Owls were being spotted off the south dike so when I saw a long line of vehicles pulled over to the side of the road I said to myself that they either had the owl or an Osprey. Right on both counts again, but the long line of vehicles were all on a trip that Scott was leading. He pointed out the shortie to me and I saw it fly and then land and perch up on a post or stick in the middle of the marsh. I made a bad digiscope photo. 

Along the north dike I made a desultory search for the Eurasian Green-winged Teal but failed to find it. Not that interested in searching through all the teal which were by far the largest denomination of duck today because it is only considered a sub-species and if it is every split into a full species, I already have it for NJ (and Staten Island). But of course, after Scott's group leap-frogged me, Scott found the bird. Unfortunately, a photographer decided to park diagonally and block the road so he could get a picture of it, but I couldn't get by to see it. And you wonder why photographers have a bad rep. 

For the day I had 40 species which is just okay. I don't know how I managed to not see Snow Geese and I'm surprised that no eagles intersected my life line today but the rail and owl made it a quality over quantity day.

Brant  30

Canada Goose  100

Mute Swan  8

Wood Duck  4     Two at Gull Pond, two at exit pond

Northern Shoveler  100

Gadwall  12

Mallard  15

American Black Duck  50

Northern Pintail  30

Green-winged Teal  175

Ring-necked Duck  6     Two at Gull Pond, four at entrance pond

Bufflehead  4

Mourning Dove  4     Heard

King Rail  1     Calling Kek Kek Kek in corner of Gull Pond.

American Oystercatcher  1

Ring-billed Gull  10

Herring Gull  100

Great Black-backed Gull  15

Great Blue Heron  7     Roosting at Gull Pond

Turkey Vulture  3

Osprey  1

Northern Harrier  1

Red-tailed Hawk  2

Short-eared Owl  1

Belted Kingfisher  1     Gull Pond

Blue Jay  3

American Crow  4

Fish Crow  12

Carolina Chickadee  3     Heard

Tufted Titmouse  4

Tree Swallow  3

White-breasted Nuthatch  1     Heard

Carolina Wren  4     Heard

Eastern Bluebird  2

American Robin  40

House Finch  5

White-throated Sparrow  1

Red-winged Blackbird  10

Pine Warbler  4     Heard

Northern Cardinal  2

October's Birds

FOS Ring-necked Ducks, Butterfly Bogs

It was not a terribly "productive" month with only 4 year birds added, 3 of them, not surprisingly, sparrows. Naturally, as the year progresses, it gets harder to add birds to the list, but there are autumn birds being reported that I'm not seeing, foremost, Nelson's Sparrow, which I again looked for on Sunday with no luck. Some have the theory that they are best found at high tide  because they are pushed up into the grass (yesterday disproved that) while I think they're easier to see at low tide, when there is more area for them to run around and feed, though last week's low tide coincided with a stiff breeze and that keeps them down.

Anyway, the only true rarity of the month came very early, 2 American White Pelicans at mostly-closed Brig. I found a Lincoln's Sparrow at Island Beach, and on separate trips to Great Bay Blvd, a Clay-colored Sparrow and a Vesper Sparrow.

Here are the birds, in no particular order, that I would have like to have found this month:
Nelson's Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Snow Bunting
Lapland Longspur
American Pipit

Now that hunting season is upon, finding places to walk and bird can get problematical. Colliers Mills scares me; Assunpink, for some reason, I feel safe at, but the gun fire is annoying. Supposedly there's hunting at Whitesbog, but I've never seen it, but, this time of year, there aren't many birds there either. Today, to end the month, I took a 5 mile walk around the perimeter of Manasquan Reservoir, which was fairly birdy (though I only added American Coot to the month list) and it is to places like that I'll have to turn my attentions to until the shooting stops.

Solitary Sandpiper at a rarely visited pond in Colliers Mills

For the month I managed 140 species. All the birding was in NJ except for a brief foray on Staten Island during one of the very many trips I made accompanying a loved one to a doctor.
Counties birded:
New Jersey: Atlantic, Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean
New York: Richmond

Species   Location

Brant   Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Canada Goose   Horicon Lake

Mute Swan   Brig

Wood Duck   Whitesbog

Gadwall   Brig

American Wigeon   Marshall's Pond

American Black Duck   Sandy Hook

Mallard   Palmyra Cove Nature Park

Blue-winged Teal   Cranberry Bogs--Dover Rd

Green-winged Teal   Forsythe--Barnegat

Ring-necked Duck   Butterfly Bogs

Greater Scaup   Bamber Lake

Surf Scoter   Island Beach SP

White-winged Scoter   Island Beach SP

Black Scoter   Island Beach SP

Hooded Merganser   Bamber Lake

Ruddy Duck   Assunpink WMA

Wild Turkey   Palmyra Cove Nature Park

Red-throated Loon   Island Beach SP

Common Loon   Island Beach SP

Pied-billed Grebe   Assunpink WMA

Northern Gannet   Island Beach SP

Great Cormorant   Island Beach SP

Double-crested Cormorant   Horicon Lake

American White Pelican   Brig

Brown Pelican   Island Beach SP

Great Blue Heron   Horicon Lake

Great Egret   Whitesbog

Snowy Egret   Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Tricolored Heron   Island Beach SP

Green Heron   Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Black-crowned Night-Heron   Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron   Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Black Vulture   35 Sunset Rd

Turkey Vulture   Wawa Rt 70 & CR 530

Osprey   Sandy Hook

Northern Harrier   Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Sharp-shinned Hawk   Crestwood Village

Cooper's Hawk   Sandy Hook

Bald Eagle   Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Red-tailed Hawk   Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Common Gallinule   Brig

American Coot   Manasquan Reservoir IBA

American Oystercatcher   Island Beach SP

Black-bellied Plover   Sandy Hook

Semipalmated Plover   Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Killdeer   Field next to Lakewood Wawa

Marbled Godwit   Holgate

Sanderling   Island Beach SP

Dunlin   Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Least Sandpiper   Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Semipalmated Sandpiper   Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Solitary Sandpiper   Colliers Mills WMA

Greater Yellowlegs   Whitesbog

Willet   Holgate

Bonaparte's Gull   Island Beach SP

Laughing Gull   Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Ring-billed Gull   Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Herring Gull   Whitesbog

Lesser Black-backed Gull   Holgate

Great Black-backed Gull   Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Caspian Tern   Holgate

Forster's Tern   Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Royal Tern   Island Beach SP

Rock Pigeon   Robert Wood Johnson Hospital Rahway

Mourning Dove   35 Sunset Rd

Yellow-billed Cuckoo   Sandy Hook

Black-billed Cuckoo   Cattus Island County Park

Chimney Swift   Palmyra Cove Nature Park

Belted Kingfisher   Whitesbog

Red-bellied Woodpecker   Whitesbog

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker   Palmyra Cove Nature Park

Downy Woodpecker   Whitesbog

Hairy Woodpecker   Assunpink WMA

Northern Flicker   Crestwood Village

American Kestrel   Island Beach SP

Merlin   Brig

Peregrine Falcon   Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Eastern Wood-Pewee   Sandy Hook

Eastern Phoebe   Island Beach SP

Blue-headed Vireo   Assunpink WMA

Philadelphia Vireo   Sandy Hook

Warbling Vireo   Sandy Hook

Red-eyed Vireo   Sandy Hook

Blue Jay   35 Sunset Rd

American Crow   Whitesbog

Fish Crow   Crestwood Village

Common Raven   Sandy Hook

Tree Swallow   Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Carolina Chickadee   35 Sunset Rd

Black-capped Chickadee   Sandy Hook

Tufted Titmouse   Whitesbog

Red-breasted Nuthatch   Whitesbog

White-breasted Nuthatch   Whitesbog

Brown Creeper   Island Beach SP

House Wren   Crestwood Village

Carolina Wren   35 Sunset Rd

Golden-crowned Kinglet   Island Beach SP

Ruby-crowned Kinglet   Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Eastern Bluebird   Colliers Mills WMA

Hermit Thrush   Island Beach SP

American Robin   Crestwood Village

Gray Catbird   Whitesbog

Brown Thrasher   Horicon Lake

Northern Mockingbird   Horicon Lake

European Starling   DaVita-Woodbridge

Cedar Waxwing   Sandy Hook

Ovenbird   Palmyra Cove Nature Park

Black-and-white Warbler   Palmyra Cove Nature Park

Common Yellowthroat   Whitesbog

American Redstart   Sandy Hook

Magnolia Warbler   Island Beach SP

Yellow Warbler   Palmyra Cove Nature Park

Blackpoll Warbler   Sandy Hook

Black-throated Blue Warbler   Palmyra Cove Nature Park

Palm Warbler   Brig

Pine Warbler   Whitesbog

Yellow-rumped Warbler   Whitesbog

Prairie Warbler   Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Black-throated Green Warbler   Island Beach SP

Chipping Sparrow   35 Sunset Rd

Clay-colored Sparrow   Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Field Sparrow   Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Dark-eyed Junco   Island Beach SP

White-crowned Sparrow   Sandy Hook

White-throated Sparrow   Island Beach SP

Vesper Sparrow   Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Savannah Sparrow   Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Song Sparrow   Horicon Lake

Lincoln's Sparrow   Island Beach SP

Swamp Sparrow   Whitesbog

Eastern Towhee   35 Sunset Rd

Northern Cardinal   35 Sunset Rd

Red-winged Blackbird   Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Common Grackle   Butterfly Bogs

Boat-tailed Grackle   Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Brown-headed Cowbird   Palmyra Cove Nature Park

House Finch   35 Sunset Rd

American Goldfinch   Brig

House Sparrow   Palmyra Cove Nature Park Black Vultures on our roof

Birding the Grounds of SIUH

We had to be on Staten Island for 4 days for Shari's ablation. Most of the time we had time to kill, so after hitting PetSmart, Trader Joe's, Shop-Rite, and Costco on Monday, we spent some time on Tuesday at Clove Lake Park, where we saw the expected species, and yesterday at the Salt Marsh Nature Center of Marine Park, where I hadn't been since they finished the restoration. In our brief time there we saw our 2nd Yellow-crowned Night-Heron of the year (and the first adult) along with a few Greater Yellowlegs, some Semipalmated Sandpipers and a Spotted Sandpiper. A Black Skimmer glided along the creek or whatever that body of water is. It was good to be back there--I miss a few spots in Brooklyn that I regularly birded. I don't miss the traffic. I couldn't believe how jangled my nerves were after a few hours driving around Brooklyn until I realized that when we lived there, we never drove around Brooklyn on a Wednesday afternoon. We only drove the car on weekends.

Yesterday, when we parked the car at Staten Island University Hospital, we found two turkeys on the sidewalk across the street. One juvenile and one adult. What amused me most was that they were competing with the typical city birds--starlings, pigeons, sparrows--for whatever they were eating off the sidewalk. The smaller birds did not yield to their ungainly cousins. Still, the turkeys seem very comfortable in the urban environment.
 This morning, while Shari was having an hour-long scan done, I left the waiting room with its TV tuned to Good Morning America, and took a walk through the parking lot to an undeveloped, overgrown lot on the edge of the hospital grounds. Standing near a puddle, in the space of 10 minutes, I saw a Killdeer, some Least Sandpipers, and a surprise--my first Solitary Sandpiper since May in Ohio. Here's what I found in a  half hour on the grounds of Staten Island University Hospital.
13 species
Canada Goose  1    Heard
Great Egret  1    f/o
Glossy Ibis  1    f/o
Killdeer  1
Solitary Sandpiper  1
Least Sandpiper  4
Herring Gull  1    f/o
Rock Pigeon  2    f/o
Mourning Dove  4
American Crow  1    Heard
American Robin  1
European Starling  1
Song Sparrow  4
And everything with Shari's treatment went fine.  SIUH is an interesting place to bird, but I'll be happy to never go there again.

June Wrap-up

Upland Sandpiper, Lakehurst NAES
Photo: Shari Zirlin

June is supposed to start the summer birding doldrums, the period between migrations, but we did all right with one life bird (MISSISSIPPI KITE on Staten Island) and 16 first of year birds. It was also a good month for time of year rarities--birds that should have moved on by now but for whatever reason, didn't get the message, like the Ruddy Duck and Hooded Merganser we found at Brig, the Common Loon I saw at Tuckerton a couple of weeks ago, and especially interesting these very late or extremely early Brants I saw on Friday hanging out in a marina parking lot on Great Bay Blvd.

Brants hang around later than most waterfowl because they nest farther north than most waterfowl but the end of the June is really stretching it. These two are probably at a procreative dead end, at least for this season. 

I found myself gravitating to a couple of places more so than normal--one inland Colliers Mills, was very productive for passerines, and the other, Great Bay Blvd, got me a fair number of marsh birds plus surprisingly, Willow Flycatcher a few times.  The main reason I kept returning to these spots was that I knew I had a decent chance of adding to my Bird A Day list, though at this point, unless I can turn up a Blue Grosbeak, Colliers Mills is pretty much exhausted until migration starts anew, while Great Bay Blvd still has potential for a couple of birds. But I truly doubt I'm going to make it too much farther in July. In just the last week I had to use "reliables" like Canada Goose and Turkey Vulture. Even driving down to Brigantine every day wouldn't extend the streak very much. And, as I've said before, this is starting to seem like a job and I like being retired.  I can tell you Shari will certainly be happy when the streak ends. 

For the month the tally is 135 species, not as long a list as last month, but last month had migration in Ohio.

Counties birded:

New Jersey: Atlantic, Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset

New York: Richmond

Species      Location

Brant      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Canada Goose      Colliers Mills WMA

Mute Swan      Brigantine

Wood Duck      Double Trouble State Park

American Black Duck      Brigantine

Mallard      Crestwood Village

Hooded Merganser      Brigantine

Ruddy Duck      Brigantine

Wild Turkey      35 Sunset Rd

Common Loon      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Double-crested Cormorant      Great Kills Park

Great Blue Heron      Colliers Mills WMA

Great Egret      Double Trouble State Park

Snowy Egret      Great Kills Park

Little Blue Heron      Cattus Island County Park

Tricolored Heron      Cattus Island County Park

Green Heron      White's Bogs

Black-crowned Night-Heron      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Glossy Ibis      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Black Vulture      Lakehurst NAES

Turkey Vulture      Colliers Mills WMA

Osprey      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

MISSISSIPPI KITE      Cemetery of the Resurrection

Cooper's Hawk      Colliers Mills WMA

Bald Eagle      Assunpink WMA

Red-tailed Hawk      Colliers Mills WMA

Clapper Rail      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Virginia Rail      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

American Coot      Brigantine

Black-bellied Plover      Brigantine

Semipalmated Plover      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Killdeer      Colliers Mills WMA

American Oystercatcher      Great Kills Park

American Avocet      Brigantine

Willet      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Lesser Yellowlegs      Brigantine

Upland Sandpiper      Lakehurst NAES

Whimbrel      Brigantine

Marbled Godwit      Brigantine

Ruddy Turnstone      Brigantine

Semipalmated Sandpiper      Brigantine

Dunlin      Brigantine

Short-billed Dowitcher      Brigantine

Laughing Gull      Great Kills Park

Herring Gull      Crestwood Village

Great Black-backed Gull      Great Kills Park

Least Tern      Horicon Lake

Gull-billed Tern      Brigantine

Caspian Tern      Brigantine

Common Tern      Mt. Loretto

Forster's Tern      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Black Skimmer      Brigantine

Rock Pigeon      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Mourning Dove      Colliers Mills WMA

Yellow-billed Cuckoo      White's Bogs

Black-billed Cuckoo      Forest Hill Rd

Barred Owl      Lakehurst NAES

Common Nighthawk      Colliers Mills WMA

Chuck-will's-widow      E. Bay Ave, Barnegat

Eastern Whip-poor-will      35 Sunset Rd

Chimney Swift      Crestwood Village

Ruby-throated Hummingbird      35 Sunset Rd

Belted Kingfisher      Colliers Mills WMA

Red-headed Woodpecker      Colliers Mills WMA

Red-bellied Woodpecker      Colliers Mills WMA

Downy Woodpecker      Crestwood Village

Northern Flicker      Colliers Mills WMA

American Kestrel      Lakehurst NAES

Peregrine Falcon      Brigantine

Eastern Wood-Pewee      Colliers Mills WMA

Acadian Flycatcher      Double Trouble State Park

Willow Flycatcher      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Eastern Phoebe      Colliers Mills WMA

Great Crested Flycatcher      Colliers Mills WMA

Eastern Kingbird      Colliers Mills WMA

White-eyed Vireo      Double Trouble State Park

Warbling Vireo      Assunpink WMA

Blue Jay      Colliers Mills WMA

American Crow      Crestwood Village

Fish Crow      35 Sunset Rd

Horned Lark      Lakehurst NAES

Northern Rough-winged Swallow      Mt. Loretto

Purple Martin      Brigantine

Tree Swallow      Colliers Mills WMA

Bank Swallow      Lakehurst NAES

Barn Swallow      Double Trouble State Park

Carolina Chickadee      Colliers Mills WMA

Black-capped Chickadee      Mt. Loretto

Tufted Titmouse      Colliers Mills WMA

White-breasted Nuthatch      Colliers Mills WMA

House Wren      Crestwood Village

Marsh Wren      Brigantine

Carolina Wren      Crestwood Village

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher      Colliers Mills WMA

Eastern Bluebird      Colliers Mills WMA

Veery      Double Trouble State Park

Wood Thrush      Double Trouble State Park

American Robin      Colliers Mills WMA

Gray Catbird      Colliers Mills WMA

Northern Mockingbird      Colliers Mills WMA

Brown Thrasher      Colliers Mills WMA

European Starling      Crestwood Village

Cedar Waxwing      Crestwood Village

Ovenbird      Colliers Mills WMA

Black-and-white Warbler      Double Trouble State Park

Common Yellowthroat      Colliers Mills WMA

Yellow Warbler      Great Kills Park

Blackpoll Warbler      Colliers Mills WMA

Pine Warbler      Crestwood Village

Prairie Warbler      Colliers Mills WMA

Yellow-breasted Chat      Assunpink WMA

Eastern Towhee      Colliers Mills WMA

Chipping Sparrow      Colliers Mills WMA

Field Sparrow      Negri-Nepote Grasslands

Grasshopper Sparrow      Negri-Nepote Grasslands

Saltmarsh Sparrow      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Seaside Sparrow      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Song Sparrow      Crestwood Village

Swamp Sparrow      Assunpink WMA

Scarlet Tanager      Colliers Mills WMA

Northern Cardinal      Colliers Mills WMA

Rose-breasted Grosbeak      Assunpink WMA

Blue Grosbeak      Mt. Loretto

Indigo Bunting      Colliers Mills WMA

Dickcissel      Negri-Nepote Grasslands

Red-winged Blackbird      Colliers Mills WMA

Eastern Meadowlark      Lakehurst NAES

Common Grackle      35 Sunset Rd

Boat-tailed Grackle      Great Kills Park

Brown-headed Cowbird      Colliers Mills WMA

Orchard Oriole      Double Trouble State Park

Baltimore Oriole      Colliers Mills WMA

House Finch      35 Sunset Rd

American Goldfinch      Crestwood Village

House Sparrow      Mt. Loretto

Species      Location

Brant      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Canada Goose      Colliers Mills WMA

Mute Swan      Brigantine

Wood Duck      Double Trouble State Park

American Black Duck      Brigantine

Mallard      Crestwood Village

Hooded Merganser      Brigantine

Ruddy Duck      Brigantine

Wild Turkey      35 Sunset Rd

Common Loon      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Double-crested Cormorant      Great Kills Park

Great Blue Heron      Colliers Mills WMA

Great Egret      Double Trouble State Park

Snowy Egret      Great Kills Park

Little Blue Heron      Cattus Island County Park

Tricolored Heron      Cattus Island County Park

Green Heron      White's Bogs

Black-crowned Night-Heron      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Glossy Ibis      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Black Vulture      Lakehurst NAES

Turkey Vulture      Colliers Mills WMA

Osprey      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

MISSISSIPPI KITE      Cemetery of the Resurrection

Cooper's Hawk      Colliers Mills WMA

Bald Eagle      Assunpink WMA

Red-tailed Hawk      Colliers Mills WMA

Clapper Rail      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Virginia Rail      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

American Coot      Brigantine

Black-bellied Plover      Brigantine

Semipalmated Plover      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Killdeer      Colliers Mills WMA

American Oystercatcher      Great Kills Park

American Avocet      Brigantine

Willet      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Lesser Yellowlegs      Brigantine

Upland Sandpiper      Lakehurst NAES

Whimbrel      Brigantine

Marbled Godwit      Brigantine

Ruddy Turnstone      Brigantine

Semipalmated Sandpiper      Brigantine

Dunlin      Brigantine

Short-billed Dowitcher      Brigantine

Laughing Gull      Great Kills Park

Herring Gull      Crestwood Village

Great Black-backed Gull      Great Kills Park

Least Tern      Horicon Lake

Gull-billed Tern      Brigantine

Caspian Tern      Brigantine

Common Tern      Mt. Loretto

Forster's Tern      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Black Skimmer      Brigantine

Rock Pigeon      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Mourning Dove      Colliers Mills WMA

Yellow-billed Cuckoo      White's Bogs

Black-billed Cuckoo      Forest Hill Rd

Barred Owl      Lakehurst NAES

Common Nighthawk      Colliers Mills WMA

Chuck-will's-widow      E. Bay Ave, Barnegat

Eastern Whip-poor-will      35 Sunset Rd

Chimney Swift      Crestwood Village

Ruby-throated Hummingbird      35 Sunset Rd

Belted Kingfisher      Colliers Mills WMA

Red-headed Woodpecker      Colliers Mills WMA

Red-bellied Woodpecker      Colliers Mills WMA

Downy Woodpecker      Crestwood Village

Northern Flicker      Colliers Mills WMA

American Kestrel      Lakehurst NAES

Peregrine Falcon      Brigantine

Eastern Wood-Pewee      Colliers Mills WMA

Acadian Flycatcher      Double Trouble State Park

Willow Flycatcher      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Eastern Phoebe      Colliers Mills WMA

Great Crested Flycatcher      Colliers Mills WMA

Eastern Kingbird      Colliers Mills WMA

White-eyed Vireo      Double Trouble State Park

Warbling Vireo      Assunpink WMA

Blue Jay      Colliers Mills WMA

American Crow      Crestwood Village

Fish Crow      35 Sunset Rd

Horned Lark      Lakehurst NAES

Northern Rough-winged Swallow      Mt. Loretto

Purple Martin      Brigantine

Tree Swallow      Colliers Mills WMA

Bank Swallow      Lakehurst NAES

Barn Swallow      Double Trouble State Park

Carolina Chickadee      Colliers Mills WMA

Black-capped Chickadee      Mt. Loretto

Tufted Titmouse      Colliers Mills WMA

White-breasted Nuthatch      Colliers Mills WMA

House Wren      Crestwood Village

Marsh Wren      Brigantine

Carolina Wren      Crestwood Village

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher      Colliers Mills WMA

Eastern Bluebird      Colliers Mills WMA

Veery      Double Trouble State Park

Wood Thrush      Double Trouble State Park

American Robin      Colliers Mills WMA

Gray Catbird      Colliers Mills WMA

Northern Mockingbird      Colliers Mills WMA

Brown Thrasher      Colliers Mills WMA

European Starling      Crestwood Village

Cedar Waxwing      Crestwood Village

Ovenbird      Colliers Mills WMA

Black-and-white Warbler      Double Trouble State Park

Common Yellowthroat      Colliers Mills WMA

Yellow Warbler      Great Kills Park

Blackpoll Warbler      Colliers Mills WMA

Pine Warbler      Crestwood Village

Prairie Warbler      Colliers Mills WMA

Yellow-breasted Chat      Assunpink WMA

Eastern Towhee      Colliers Mills WMA

Chipping Sparrow      Colliers Mills WMA

Field Sparrow      Negri-Nepote Grasslands

Grasshopper Sparrow      Negri-Nepote Grasslands

Saltmarsh Sparrow      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Seaside Sparrow      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Song Sparrow      Crestwood Village

Swamp Sparrow      Assunpink WMA

Scarlet Tanager      Colliers Mills WMA

Northern Cardinal      Colliers Mills WMA

Rose-breasted Grosbeak      Assunpink WMA

Blue Grosbeak      Mt. Loretto

Indigo Bunting      Colliers Mills WMA

Dickcissel      Negri-Nepote Grasslands

Red-winged Blackbird      Colliers Mills WMA

Eastern Meadowlark      Lakehurst NAES

Common Grackle      35 Sunset Rd

Boat-tailed Grackle      Great Kills Park

Brown-headed Cowbird      Colliers Mills WMA

Orchard Oriole      Double Trouble State Park

Baltimore Oriole      Colliers Mills WMA

House Finch      35 Sunset Rd

American Goldfinch      Crestwood Village

House Sparrow      Mt. Loretto