Rare today, common next month.
Tricolored Heron is a seasonal rarity in these parts. For the last 5 or 6 years a few have overwintered (or returned really early) on Long Beach Island and this winter there have been reports from Spizzle Creek on Island Beach, but the two birds I saw flying in at the Manahawkin WMA this morning, which I initially took for
Great Blue Herons, are the first I know of on the mainland. These two birds flew into the back impoundment, stood there for a few minutes then left. To see them standing belly deep in water is unusual.
It was a good walk with 25 species seen or heard on a wicked windy day.
Canada Goose 13
Mute Swan 2
American Wigeon 3
American Black Duck 18
Northern Pintail 17
Bufflehead 1
Hooded Merganser 47
Greater Yellowlegs 1 Heard
American Herring Gull 2
Tricolored Heron 2
Great Blue Heron 4
Turkey Vulture 3
Northern Harrier 1
Belted Kingfisher 2
Northern Flicker 2
American Crow 4
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 1
Carolina Wren 2
Northern Mockingbird 1 Circular field
American Robin 4
House Finch 10
Song Sparrow 4
Red-winged Blackbird 8
Northern Cardinal 2
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| American Wigeons & Northern Pintails |
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