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Thursday, May 21, 2026

Colliers Mills 5/21--Grasshopper Sparrow

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Although they're not flagged as rare in Ocean County, there is not much appropriate habitat (grasslands) for Grasshopper Sparrows , maki...
Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Double Trouble SP 5/19--Black-necked Stilt

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Black-necked Stilts , Double Trouble After spending the weekend walking back and forth, up and down a couple of migrant hot spots rubbing sh...
Saturday, May 16, 2026

Island Beach SP 5/16--Chestnut-sided Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Scarlet Tanager

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Scarlet Tanager According to Cornell's BirdCast site, 753,100  (the "100" is amusing) birds passed over Ocean County last nigh...
Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Great Bay Blvd 5/12--Red Knot, Common Tern

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Red Knots Mid-May is the time to look for Red Knots , and you don't have to go to the Delaware Bayshore in Cape May to find this threate...
Monday, May 11, 2026

Cedar Bonnet Island | Barnegat Lighthouse SP 5/11--Least Tern, Cedar Waxwing

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Least Tern I returned this morning to Cedar Bonnet Island despite the blustery weather. It's days like this, cool, windy, wet, that make...
Sunday, May 10, 2026

Cedar Bonnet Island | Manahawkin WMA 5/10--Hudsonian Whimbrel, Acadian Flycatcher, Nashville Warbler, Bay-breasted Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler

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  Bay-breasted Warbler A couple of years ago, one of the maintenance men from our village knocked on the door and said that there was a comp...
Friday, May 8, 2026

Cattus Island 5/8--Marsh Wren

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Marsh Wren The thing about Marsh Wrens is that you can feel like you're right on top of them when they're singing away in the phrag...