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| Pine Warbler, Whitesbog |
The warblers aren't back yet unless you count the many Pine Warblers making their presence known, but in truth, a lot of them overwinter, they're just hard to find when they don't sing. But Eastern Phoebes were suddenly everywhere (Shari & I had 6 yesterday on a short walk at the northernmost section of Forsythe in Brick), and Ospreys are sitting on their platforms. We heard our first Clapper Rail last week. Pectoral Sandpipers are showing up--early migrants--and it's good to get them on list instead of searching for them in August.
In March I was able to add 2 winter gulls (Glaucous and Iceland), one in-coming gull (Laughing) and one rarity (Black-headed). I also finally got American Pipit and Snow Buntings on the list, so I don't have to "worry" about them anymore--except I'd like to have them both for Ocean County.
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| Swamp Sparrow in our backyard |
Well-known winter hater that I am, I have to concede one benefit of winter birding now that we'll soon be shifting into warbler/vireo mode--you don't have to get up early in the winter to get the birds. Ducks and gulls don't keep early hours. The sparrows are smart--they wait for the day to warm up before they become active. But those days are over for the next few months.
For March I had 126 species, a few more than I was getting the first two months of the year. All my birding was in NJ except for one stroll through Central Park.
Counties birded:
New Jersey: Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Middlesex, Ocean
New York: New York
Species
First Sighting
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Snow Goose
Brig
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Brant Spizzle
Creek
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Canada Goose
Manahawkin WMA
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Mute Swan
Manahawkin WMA
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Tundra Swan
Brig
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Wood Duck
Bunker Hill Bogs
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Gadwall
Forsythe-Barnegat
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American Wigeon Forsythe-Barnegat
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American Black Duck Forsythe-Barnegat
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Mallard
Manahawkin WMA
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Blue-winged Teal
Davies Sports Complex
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Northern Shoveler Forsythe-Barnegat
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Northern Pintail Brig
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Green-winged Teal Forsythe-Barnegat
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Canvasback
Brig
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Ring-necked Duck Brig
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Greater Scaup
Graveling Point
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Lesser Scaup
Davies Sports Complex
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Common Eider
Barnegat Lighthouse SP
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Harlequin Duck Barnegat Lighthouse SP
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Black Scoter
Island Beach
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Long-tailed Duck Island Beach
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Bufflehead
Barnegat Municipal Dock
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Common Goldeneye Colliers Mills WMA
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Hooded Merganser Manahawkin WMA
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Common Merganser Brig
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Red-breasted Merganser Barnegat Municipal Dock
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Ruddy Duck
Brig
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Wild Turkey
Crestwood Village
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Red-throated Loon Barnegat Lighthouse SP
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Common Loon
Island Beach
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Pied-billed Grebe Colliers Mills WMA
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Horned Grebe
Graveling Point
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Northern Gannet Barnegat Lighthouse SP
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Great Cormorant Island Beach
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Double-crested Cormorant Brig
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Great Blue Heron Manahawkin WMA
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Great Egret
Brig
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Snowy Egret Holly
Lake
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Black Vulture
Colliers Mills WMA
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Turkey Vulture 35 Sunset Rd
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Osprey Brig
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Northern Harrier Brig
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Sharp-shinned Hawk Spizzle Creek
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Cooper's Hawk
Mud City
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Bald Eagle
GSP MM 49.8
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Red-shouldered Hawk Whitesbog
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Red-tailed Hawk Manahawkin WMA
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Clapper Rail Brig
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American Coot
Brig
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American Oystercatcher Spizzle Creek
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Black-bellied Plover Great Bay Blvd
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Killdeer
Barnegat Municipal Dock
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Sanderling
Villas
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Dunlin
Forsythe-Barnegat
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Purple Sandpiper Barnegat Lighthouse SP
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Pectoral Sandpiper
Patriots County Park
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Wilson's Snipe
Meadowedge Park
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American Woodcock Crestwood Village
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Greater
Yellowlegs Eno’s Pond
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Lesser
Yellowlegs Shelter Cove Park
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Bonaparte's Gull Cape May - Lewes Ferry Terminal
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Black-headed Gull Brig
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Laughing Gull Brig
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Ring-billed Gull Barnegat Municipal Dock
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Herring Gull
Manahawkin WMA
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Iceland Gull
Raritan Bay Waterfront Park
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Glaucous Gull
Manasquan Inlet
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Great Black-backed Gull Barnegat Municipal Dock
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Rock Pigeon
Bayview Marina
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Mourning Dove
35 Sunset Rd
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Belted Kingfisher Manahawkin WMA
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Red-headed Woodpecker Colliers Mills WMA
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Red-bellied Woodpecker Manahawkin WMA
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Cattus Island County Park
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Downy Woodpecker Manahawkin WMA
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Hairy Woodpecker Forest Resource Education Center
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Northern Flicker Whitesbog
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American Kestrel New Egypt
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Merlin
Colliers Mills WMA
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Peregrine Falcon Brig
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Eastern Phoebe
Manahawkin WMA
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Blue Jay
Manahawkin WMA
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American Crow
Cloverdale Farm
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Fish Crow
35 Sunset Rd
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Common Raven
New Egypt
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Tree Swallow
Wetlands Institute
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Carolina Chickadee Manahawkin WMA
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Black-capped Chickadee
Central Park
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Tufted Titmouse 35 Sunset Rd
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Red-breasted Nuthatch Cloverdale Farm
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White-breasted Nuthatch Manahawkin WMA
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Brown Creeper
Forest Resource Education Center
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Winter Wren
Forest Resource Education Center
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Carolina Wren
Manahawkin WMA
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Golden-crowned Kinglet Forest Resource Education Center
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet Spizzle Creek
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Eastern Bluebird Cloverdale Farm
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Hermit Thrush
White's Bogs
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American Robin Manahawkin WMA
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Northern Mockingbird Barnegat Lighthouse SP
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European Starling Barnegat Municipal Dock
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American Pipit
Raritan Bay Waterfront Park
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Cedar Waxwing
Barnegat Lighthouse SP
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Snow Bunting Brig
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Pine Warbler
Whitesbog
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Yellow-rumped Warbler Spizzle Creek
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American Tree Sparrow Jumping Brook Preserve
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Chipping Sparrow
Forest Resource Education Center
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Field Sparrow
Colliers Mills WMA
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Fox Sparrow
35 Sunset Rd
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Dark-eyed Junco Cloverdale Farm
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White-crowned Sparrow New Egypt
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White-throated Sparrow 35 Sunset Rd
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Savannah Sparrow Brig
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Song Sparrow
35 Sunset Rd
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Swamp Sparrow
35 Sunset Rd
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Eastern Towhee Brig
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Northern Cardinal Cloverdale Farm
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Red-winged Blackbird Manahawkin WMA
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Common Grackle Barnegat Municipal Dock
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Boat-tailed Grackle Meadowedge Park
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Brown-headed Cowbird 35 Sunset Rd
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House Finch
35 Sunset Rd
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American Goldfinch 35 Sunset Rd
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House Sparrow
Stafford
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| Song Sparrow, Cattus Island CP |
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