Semipalmated Plover, Waretown |
When we got down to Collinstown Road it was one minute before sundown and we were prepared to wait for a while until it got dark, our experience being that this species takes its crepuscular reputation seriously, but we got lucky, since one minute after sundown one began repeating its incessant eponymous call very loudly and very close, though of course, we didn't get eyes on one. It wasn't even dark enough to hope that driving along the road we'd get some eyeshine.
That ended a very interesting day for me, which started out in Burlington County this morning with a walk through the woods at Reeves Bogs and then a walk along the white trail at the lengthily named Michael Huber Prairie Warbler Preserve where I go each year to look for two species. I had no trouble at all finding Prothonotary Warblers--there were at least three of them, one of which I got good looks at while it hopped around the upper reaches of trees, but I had all but given up on my second target, since I couldn't find it at the bridge where I usually do, nor along the mile or so that I covered along the trail. It wasn't until I was heading out that I finally heard the sharp "Peet-sa!" call of an Acadian Flycatcher. Another bird that didn't want to show itself in the now thick foliage--one of the disadvantages of waiting to go looking for new birds when the trees have leafed out.
For the day 61 species:
Canada Goose Reeves Bogs
Wood Duck Reeves Bogs
Mallard Reeves Bogs
Mourning Dove Reeves Bogs
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Reeves Bogs
Chuck-will's-widow Collinstown Road
Eastern Whip-poor-will 35 Sunset Rd
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 35 Sunset Rd
Killdeer Reeves Bogs
Semipalmated Plover Waretown
Willet Waretown
Least Sandpiper Waretown
Laughing Gull Reeves Bogs
Herring Gull Waretown
Snowy Egret Waretown
Great Egret Waretown
Great Blue Heron Reeves Bogs
Glossy Ibis Waretown
Red-bellied Woodpecker Huber Preserve
Eastern Wood-Pewee Reeves Bogs
Acadian Flycatcher Huber Preserve
Eastern Phoebe Huber Preserve
Great Crested Flycatcher Reeves Bogs
Eastern Kingbird Reeves Bogs
White-eyed Vireo Huber Preserve
Warbling Vireo Reeves Bogs
Red-eyed Vireo Reeves Bogs
Blue Jay Huber Preserve
American Crow Huber Preserve
Carolina Chickadee Reeves Bogs
Tufted Titmouse Reeves Bogs
Tree Swallow Reeves Bogs
Barn Swallow Reeves Bogs
White-breasted Nuthatch Huber Preserve
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Reeves Bogs
Carolina Wren Huber Preserve
European Starling Waretown
Gray Catbird Reeves Bogs
Eastern Bluebird Reeves Bogs
Wood Thrush Huber Preserve
American Robin Collinstown Road
Cedar Waxwing Reeves Bogs
Chipping Sparrow Reeves Bogs
Field Sparrow Huber Preserve
Song Sparrow Reeves Bogs
Swamp Sparrow Collinstown Road
Eastern Towhee Reeves Bogs
Red-winged Blackbird Reeves Bogs
Brown-headed Cowbird Huber Preserve
Common Grackle Reeves Bogs
Ovenbird Reeves Bogs
Blue-winged Warbler Huber Preserve
Black-and-white Warbler Reeves Bogs
Prothonotary Warbler Huber Preserve
Common Yellowthroat Reeves Bogs
Hooded Warbler Huber Preserve
American Redstart Reeves Bogs
Yellow Warbler Waretown
Pine Warbler Reeves Bogs
Prairie Warbler Huber Preserve
Northern Cardinal Huber Preserve
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