October Wrap-up--An Uneventful Month

You, if you're paying attention to these notes, could probably figure out that not much birding-wise was going on for me in October. It wasn't until Scott's Island Beach trip at the end of the month that I added any year birds to the list and they weren't exactly crippling looks--a flyover American Pipit at Johnnie Allen's Cove and a couple of distant Parasitic Jaegers chasing gulls out over the ocean during a sea watch--the kinds of sightings I'll only get on a trip with better eyes ears and more patience than I have. 

Even the county birds for the month were merely check marks--I finally found a previously reported Common Gallinule in the county at Tip Seaman Park in Tuckerton after traipsing up to Lake Unpronounceable 3 or 4 times in the summer without success, and scanning a huge flock of American Oystercatchers at Holgate I came upon a Marbled Godwit I was sure would be there since there always seems to be a Marbled Godwit in the oystercatcher flock in the fall at Holgate, but it was  identifiable only because it wasn't an oystercatcher. 

And that was it for the month. I actually got more armchair birds from eBird splits this month than I did from wandering around beaches and cranberry bogs--Western Warbling Vireo from our various trips out west (eBird assigns our first sighting to Florida Canyon-Lower in Arizona), Little Heron which was split from Striated Heron which was split previously from Green Heron and which we've seen in both South Africa and Australia, and Eurasian Whimbrel which was split from what is now called Hudsonian Whimbrel and which we first sighted on the Cairns Esplanade in Australia and have subsequently seen in Portugal and Spain. There is one other species, apparently, since eBird upped my total by 4, but damned if I can figure out which one it is. Had I been paying attention to sub-species in Puerto Rico and Mexico, I might have added Mangrove Yellow Warbler--actually had I know there was a sub-species I might have made the distinction, but now it simply goes down as a slash Northern Yellow Warbler/Mangrove Yellow Warbler. 

I did take some decent pictures though:

Immature White-Crowned Sparrow, Spizzle Creek

Immature White Ibis & Little Blue Heron, Lighthouse Center

Lesser Black-backed Gull, Island Beach

Eastern Bluebird, Colliers Mills

For the month 127 species restricted to Burlington and Ocean Counties:

Species      First Sighting
Brant   Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Canada Goose   Whiting WMA
Mute Swan   Bridge to Nowhere
Wood Duck   Cranberry Bogs
Gadwall   Stanley H. 'Tip' Seaman County Park
Mallard   Cranberry Bogs
American Black Duck   Forsythe--Barnegat
Green-winged Teal   Reeves Bogs
Ring-necked Duck   Riverfront Landing
Common Eider   Island Beach SP
Surf Scoter   Holgate
Black Scoter   Island Beach SP
Wild Turkey   35 Sunset Rd
Rock Pigeon   Manasquan Inlet
Mourning Dove   Whiting WMA
Common Gallinule   Stanley H. 'Tip' Seaman County Park
American Oystercatcher   Island Beach SP
Black-bellied Plover   Island Beach SP
Killdeer   Double Trouble SP
Semipalmated Plover   Island Beach SP
Marbled Godwit   Holgate
Short-billed Dowitcher   Island Beach SP
Spotted Sandpiper   Island Beach SP
Willet   Island Beach SP
Greater Yellowlegs   Forsythe--Barnegat
Sanderling   Holgate
Dunlin   Cattus Island County Park
White-rumped Sandpiper   Whitesbog
Pectoral Sandpiper   Whitesbog
Semipalmated Sandpiper   Island Beach SP
Parasitic Jaeger   Island Beach SP
Laughing Gull   Lake Shenandoah County Park
Ring-billed Gull   Barnegat Municipal Dock
American Herring Gull   Manasquan Inlet
Great Black-backed Gull   Manasquan Inlet
Lesser Black-backed Gull   Island Beach SP
Forster's Tern   Island Beach SP
Royal Tern   Manasquan Inlet
Pied-billed Grebe   Whitesbog
Horned Grebe   Island Beach SP
Red-throated Loon   Island Beach SP
Common Loon   Island Beach SP
Northern Gannet   Island Beach SP
Double-crested Cormorant   Manasquan Inlet
White Ibis   Lighthouse Center
American Bittern   Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Black-crowned Night Heron   Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Little Blue Heron   Forsythe--Barnegat
Tricolored Heron   Forsythe--Barnegat
Snowy Egret   Forsythe--Barnegat
Great Egret   Island Beach SP
Great Blue Heron   Lake Shenandoah County Park
Brown Pelican   Island Beach SP
Black Vulture   35 Sunset Rd
Turkey Vulture   35 Sunset Rd
Osprey   Island Beach SP
Sharp-shinned Hawk   Island Beach SP
Cooper's Hawk   Crestwood Village
Northern Harrier   Island Beach SP
Bald Eagle   Whitesbog
Red-shouldered Hawk   Whiting WMA
Red-tailed Hawk   Manasquan River WMA
Belted Kingfisher   Whiting WMA
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker   Cattus Island County Park
Red-headed Woodpecker   Colliers Mills WMA
Red-bellied Woodpecker   Whiting WMA
Downy Woodpecker   Whiting WMA
Hairy Woodpecker   Reeves Bogs
Northern Flicker   Whiting WMA
Merlin   Whitesbog
Peregrine Falcon   Whitesbog
Eastern Phoebe   Whiting WMA
White-eyed Vireo   Manasquan River WMA
Blue-headed Vireo   Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Blue Jay   Whiting WMA
American Crow   Whiting WMA
Fish Crow   Lake Shenandoah County Park
Common Raven   35 Sunset Rd
Carolina Chickadee   Whiting WMA
Tufted Titmouse   Whiting WMA
Tree Swallow   Cedar Bonnet Island
Barn Swallow   Island Beach SP
Ruby-crowned Kinglet   Bridge to Nowhere
Golden-crowned Kinglet   Manasquan River WMA
White-breasted Nuthatch   Whiting WMA
Red-breasted Nuthatch   Whiting WMA
Brown Creeper   Island Beach SP
Northern House Wren   Manasquan River WMA
Winter Wren   Island Beach SP
Carolina Wren   35 Sunset Rd
European Starling   Lakewood
Gray Catbird   Manasquan River WMA
Brown Thrasher   Reeves Bogs
Northern Mockingbird   Lakewood
Eastern Bluebird   Whiting WMA
Hermit Thrush   Island Beach SP
American Robin   Whiting WMA
Cedar Waxwing   Bridge to Nowhere
House Sparrow   Crestwood Village
American Pipit   Island Beach SP
House Finch   Whiting WMA
American Goldfinch   Whiting WMA
Chipping Sparrow   Whiting WMA
Field Sparrow   Cranberry Bogs
Dark-eyed Junco   Bridge to Nowhere
White-crowned Sparrow   Island Beach SP
White-throated Sparrow   Cranberry Bogs
Nelson's Sparrow   Cattus Island County Park
Saltmarsh Sparrow   Cattus Island County Park
Savannah Sparrow   Colliers Mills WMA
Song Sparrow   Cranberry Bogs
Lincoln's Sparrow   Island Beach SP
Swamp Sparrow   Whiting WMA
Eastern Towhee   Whiting WMA
Eastern Meadowlark   Island Beach SP
Red-winged Blackbird   Lake Shenandoah County Park
Common Grackle   Lighthouse Center
Boat-tailed Grackle   Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Black-and-white Warbler   Lake Shenandoah County Park
Common Yellowthroat   Manasquan River WMA
American Redstart   Cranberry Bogs
Northern Parula   Cranberry Bogs
Palm Warbler   Island Beach SP
Pine Warbler   Whiting WMA
Yellow-rumped Warbler   Whiting WMA
Black-throated Green Warbler   Reeves Bogs
Northern Cardinal   35 Sunset Rd

July Wrap-up--Bombay Hook Saves the Month

Double-crested Cormorants, Lighthouse Center

What was threatening to be an incredibly dull month with only one new year bird on the list (a very poorly seen but clearly heard Eastern Meadowlark at the local airport) was rescued by a trip to Bombay Hook the last two days of the month. We were meeting our friends from Minnesota there who had never visited the NWR (in fact, had never been in Delaware despite being adventurous world travelers), and it was there, the glary impoundments that three year birds jumped onto the list: Pectoral Sandpiper, White-rumped Sandpiper, & Stilt Sandpiper. All relatively difficult birds to find and identify, but all three were fairly close in on the mud. 

The two most amusing birds of the month were also there. On the first day, Shari & I made a quick go round of the impoundments and as we were returning on the far side of Bear Swamp Pool we saw two huge birds fly across the road. At first, seeing only black with white patches, I mistook them for Black Vultures, but Shari, of course, quickly set me straight as to their actual identity--Pileated Woodpeckers. We watched them fly from tree to tree in the dense woods, but they weren't about to pose for any pictures.  

The next day, as we were going around with Lon & Peg, we stopped to scope Shearness Pool which instead of all the sandpipers in the previous pool (Raymond) was full of boring Canada Geese, Mallards, and Mute Swans. But sharp-eyed Peg, using only bins, asked "What's the big black bird at the back by the shore?" I scoped the bird was surprised to find a Black Swan. Obviously, this is not a countable bird in the U.S. but as the four of us had made a trip to Australia together, where we saw huge numbers of these birds (or should I say "events"), it seemed an appropriate candidate for weirdest sighting of the day. 

Of course, American Avocets were present in large numbers in Raymond Pool, some in bright rufous breeding plumage, some already fading to black and white. Year bird for Shari 

Tricolored Heron, immature White Ibis, Snowy Egret, Lighthouse Center

As to the rest of the month for me, it was spent mostly in the abandoned cranberry bogs without much to show for it. I did finally go to a new hot spot in the county--the Lighthouse Center for blah blah blah which is located in Waretown. I liked it there and can see that it might be productive, but the main trail is only 3/8 of a mile long down to the bay so it isn't a place for me to get my walks in. I don't know if it is
open in the winter, but it looked like a good place to scope for bay ducks. Almost the first bird I saw there was an immature Bald Eagle sitting in the middle of the trail. It must have been a first year bird because it didn't seem to understand that I was a human approaching it until I got within 20 feet of it. I was a bit trepidatious about it actually playing possum in order to attack me, but it eventually figured out that both of us shouldn't be on the trail. 

Bald Eagle (imm)

For the month 129 species, about typical, for me, for July.

 Counties birded:

New Jersey: Burlington, Ocean

Delaware: Kent

Species    First Sighting
Brant    Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Canada Goose    Meadowedge Park
Mute Swan    Holly Lake
Wood Duck    Cranberry Bogs
Mallard    Cloverdale Farm
American Black Duck    Manahawkin WMA
Common Eider    Island Beach SP
Surf Scoter    Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Black Scoter    Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Wild Turkey    35 Sunset Rd
Mourning Dove    Cloverdale Farm
Yellow-billed Cuckoo    Whitesbog
Common Nighthawk    Cranberry Bogs
Eastern Whip-poor-will    35 Sunset Rd
Chimney Swift    Robert J. Miller Air Park
Ruby-throated Hummingbird    Cloverdale Farm
Clapper Rail    Waretown
American Avocet    Bombay Hook
American Oystercatcher    Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Black-bellied Plover    Bombay Hook
Killdeer    Whitesbog
Semipalmated Plover    Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Piping Plover    Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Short-billed Dowitcher    Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Spotted Sandpiper    Colliers Mills WMA
Solitary Sandpiper    Whitesbog
Lesser Yellowlegs    Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Willet    Waretown
Greater Yellowlegs    Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Stilt Sandpiper    Bombay Hook
Sanderling    Barnegat Lighthouse SP
White-rumped Sandpiper    Bombay Hook
Least Sandpiper    Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Pectoral Sandpiper    Bombay Hook
Semipalmated Sandpiper    Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Bonaparte's Gull    Bombay Hook
Laughing Gull    Cloverdale Farm
American Herring Gull    Barnegat Municipal Dock
Great Black-backed Gull    Barnegat Municipal Dock
Black Skimmer    Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Least Tern    Edwin B. Forsythe NWR--Barnegat
Gull-billed Tern    Whitesbog
Caspian Tern    Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Forster's Tern    Barnegat Municipal Dock
Common Tern    Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Common Loon    Island Beach SP
Double-crested Cormorant    Barnegat Municipal Dock
White Ibis    Waretown
Glossy Ibis    Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Yellow-crowned Night Heron    Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Black-crowned Night Heron    Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Little Blue Heron    Waretown
Tricolored Heron    Joe Torg Nature Preserve
Snowy Egret    Forsythe--Barnegat
Green Heron    Cloverdale Farm
Great Egret    Cloverdale Farm
Great Blue Heron    Cloverdale Farm
Brown Pelican    Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Black Vulture    School House Road Crestwood Village I
Turkey Vulture    Cloverdale Farm
Osprey    Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Bald Eagle    Whitesbog
Red-tailed Hawk    Colliers Mills WMA
Belted Kingfisher    Horicon Lake
Red-headed Woodpecker    Cloverdale Farm
Red-bellied Woodpecker    Cloverdale Farm
Downy Woodpecker    Colliers Mills WMA
Hairy Woodpecker    Whitesbog
Pileated Woodpecker    Bombay Hook
Northern Flicker    Cloverdale Farm
Eastern Wood-Pewee    Cloverdale Farm
Acadian Flycatcher    Cedar Bridge Tavern County Park
Willow Flycatcher    Manahawkin WMA
Eastern Phoebe    Cloverdale Farm
Great Crested Flycatcher    Cloverdale Farm
Eastern Kingbird    Cloverdale Farm
White-eyed Vireo    Whitesbog
Red-eyed Vireo    Horicon Lake
Blue Jay    35 Sunset Rd
American Crow    Cloverdale Farm
Fish Crow    35 Sunset Rd
Carolina Chickadee    Cloverdale Farm
Tufted Titmouse    Cloverdale Farm
Horned Lark    Robert J. Miller Air Park
Tree Swallow    Cloverdale Farm
Purple Martin    Whitesbog
Northern Rough-winged Swallow    Stafford Forge WMA
Barn Swallow    Barnegat Municipal Dock
White-breasted Nuthatch    Cloverdale Farm
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher    Cloverdale Farm
Northern House Wren    Cloverdale Farm
Marsh Wren    Meadowedge Park
Carolina Wren    Whitesbog
European Starling    Cloverdale Farm
Gray Catbird    35 Sunset Rd
Brown Thrasher    Whitesbog
Northern Mockingbird    Meadowedge Park
Eastern Bluebird    Cloverdale Farm
Veery    Double Trouble SP
Wood Thrush    Whitesbog
American Robin    Cloverdale Farm
Cedar Waxwing    Cranberry Bogs
House Sparrow    Waretown
House Finch    Cloverdale Farm
American Goldfinch    35 Sunset Rd
Chipping Sparrow    Cloverdale Farm
Field Sparrow    Stafford Forge WMA
Seaside Sparrow    Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Saltmarsh Sparrow    Cattus Island County Park
Song Sparrow    Cloverdale Farm
Swamp Sparrow    Whitesbog
Eastern Towhee    Whitesbog
Eastern Meadowlark    Robert J. Miller Air Park
Orchard Oriole    Stafford Forge WMA
Red-winged Blackbird    Cloverdale Farm
Brown-headed Cowbird    Cloverdale Farm
Common Grackle    Meadowedge Park
Boat-tailed Grackle    Great Bay Bvld. WMA
Ovenbird    Whitesbog
Black-and-white Warbler    Whitesbog
Common Yellowthroat    Meadowedge Park
Hooded Warbler    Colliers Mills WMA
Yellow Warbler    Cattus Island County Park
Pine Warbler    Cloverdale Farm
Prairie Warbler    Whitesbog
Scarlet Tanager    Cedar Bridge Tavern County Park
Northern Cardinal    Cloverdale Farm
Blue Grosbeak    Cloverdale Farm
Indigo Bunting    Colliers Mills WMA

October Review--Barrier Island Edition

Fully half the species I saw this month were from Island Beach SP, and most of those were listed on the first day of the month on Scott's NJ Audubon trip. Throw in three trips to Cedar Bonnet Island, a couple of trips to Holgate on the south end of LBI and a trip to the north end at Barnegat Lighthouse SP and almost all my birds this month were from barrier islands. Of the 5 year birds this month, 3 of them came from that great trip on 10/1--the Lark Sparrow, the Dickcissel, and my first life bird since Oregon, the CORY'S SHEARWATER. 

The other two species I listed this month were Bobolink on Cedar Bonnet Island and Nelson's Sparrow down at the end of Great Bay Blvd where they're fairly reliable this time of year, albeit frustratingly elusive, running through the spartina like mice instead of flying around like any other self-respecting sparrow. 

There were, though, a few sightings this month that amused me for one reason or another (and amusement, when you boil it all down, is the point of all this folderol). 

In the middle of the month Shari & I had to spend a lost, rainy weekend in Dobbs Ferry, NY, for reasons too dull to go into here, where the highlight of the trip (aside from leaving) was crossing the Tappan Zee Bridge (aka The Mario S. Cuomo Bridge) on our way home and seeing a Bald Eagle fly over the Hudson. I was astonished to discover, upon looking at my eBird records, that it was a state lifer, the first Bald Eagle I'd ever seen in New York State. Upon reflection, I realized it wasn't all that amazing since when we lived in NY we rarely ventured outside the 5 boroughs and eagles, at least 12+ years ago, were not a humdrum sighting as they are here. It was also, my first Rockland County listing ever. As I said, we rarely left the city limits to do our birding back then. 

I hardly ever go into the Whiting WMA behind our house anymore because I pretty much know what I'm going to find back there. But last week I took a long walk around it and no surprise, found what I expected--Pine Warblers, chickadees, titmice, bluebirds, jays, woodpeckers, and so on. However, at the pond that is back there I saw four American Black Ducks. I've seen Wood Ducks back there, ring-necks, Hooded Mergansers, & Mallards, of course, but to my memory I'd never seen black ducks until last week. I checked when I got home, and I was right. They are the 100th species listed in that hot spot, of which I have seen 97. (I have to say that I am dubious about the Red-headed Woodpecker listing, but I can't disprove it and it isn't totally out of the question.) I also saw 6 Great Blue Herons fly out of the trees at the pond, so there may be a roost back there, but I'm not that motivated to traipse back again to find out. 

Eared Grebe
Manasquan Reservoir

I took a walk around the Manasquan Reservoir this month, and just to see if I could do it, looked for the Eared Grebe that was reported. Lots and lots of Ruddy Ducks in the SW corner and, true to the rule, just as I gave up, what should float into my scope view but the Eared Grebe. I managed a digiscope photo, but since it wasn't even a year bird (Oregon), it wasn't noteworthy enough for a full entry. It isn't exactly an accomplishment to find a bird that is supposed to be there. 

On Sunday, I found myself at Stafford Forge. I was hoping for ducks in the reservoir there, but my hopes were without feathers. Walking around the big field in the front, I saw a bird skulk off the path into the woods. Immediately I recognized it as a Chukar, and of course, knew I couldn't count it, but, if you want to be amused, there's the bird that will do it for you. I can't help but anthropomorphize and think that this survivor (obviously, they are released in the WMA) was giving me a baleful look over its shoulder, as if to say, "I got this far without being killed, are you going to give me grief too?" It is a pretty bird; I wish I'd seen one out west where they are countable.

Chukar, Stafford Forge

And speaking of countable: eBird did its taxonomy revision this month. I knew I was going to "lose" one species when the Pacific-slope and Corderillan flycatchers were lumped together as Western Flycatcher, but I didn't realize that the Cattle Egrets I saw in Australia were now distinct from the Cattle Egrets I've seen everywhere else, or that the Intermediate Egret I saw in South Africa was now Yellow-billed Egret, whereas the ones I saw in Australia are now Plumed Egret, or that the Gull-billed Terns we saw in Australia are no longer Gull-billed Terns but are rather Australian Terns. That made for a net gain of 2 birds on my life list. 

For this month, barring any splits or lumps, I listed 139 species:

Species   First Sighting
Brant   Great Bay Blvd
Canada Goose   Island Beach SP
Mute Swan   Cedar Bonnet Island
Wood Duck   Reeves Bogs
American Wigeon   Manasquan Reservoir IBA
Mallard   Island Beach SP
American Black Duck   Cedar Bonnet Island
Green-winged Teal   Island Beach SP
Ring-necked Duck   Deer Head Lake
Lesser Scaup   Assunpink WMA
Black Scoter   Island Beach SP
Bufflehead   Bamber Lake
Hooded Merganser   Manasquan Reservoir IBA
Red-breasted Merganser   Island Beach SP
Ruddy Duck   Whitesbog
Wild Turkey   35 Sunset Rd
Pied-billed Grebe   Whitesbog
Eared Grebe   Manasquan Reservoir IBA
Rock Pigeon   South Toms River
Mourning Dove   South Toms River
Clapper Rail   Island Beach SP
American Coot   Manasquan Reservoir IBA
American Oystercatcher   Holgate
Black-bellied Plover   Great Bay Blvd
Killdeer   Double Trouble SP
Semipalmated Plover   Island Beach SP
Piping Plover   Holgate
Greater Yellowlegs   Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Ruddy Turnstone   Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Sanderling   Island Beach SP
Dunlin   Island Beach SP
White-rumped Sandpiper   Holgate
Least Sandpiper   Great Bay Blvd
Semipalmated Sandpiper   Holgate
Laughing Gull   Island Beach SP
Ring-billed Gull   Island Beach SP
Herring Gull   Island Beach SP
Great Black-backed Gull   Island Beach SP
Lesser Black-backed Gull   Island Beach SP
Caspian Tern   Holgate
Forster's Tern   Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Common Tern   Island Beach SP
Royal Tern   Island Beach SP
Common Loon   Island Beach SP
CORY'S SHEARWATER   Island Beach SP
Northern Gannet   Island Beach SP
Double-crested Cormorant   Island Beach SP
Brown Pelican   Island Beach SP
Yellow-crowned Night Heron   Great Bay Blvd
Black-crowned Night Heron   Great Bay Blvd
Little Blue Heron   Island Beach SP
Tricolored Heron   Island Beach SP
Snowy Egret   Island Beach SP
Great Egret   Island Beach SP
Great Blue Heron   Island Beach SP
White Ibis   Island Beach SP
Black Vulture   Lake Takanassee
Turkey Vulture   Whitesbog
Osprey   Island Beach SP
Northern Harrier   Holgate
Sharp-shinned Hawk   Island Beach SP
Cooper's Hawk   Double Trouble SP
Bald Eagle   Tappan Zee Bridge
Red-shouldered Hawk   Whitesbog
Red-tailed Hawk   Wawa Lakehurst
Belted Kingfisher   Island Beach SP
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker   Cranberry Bogs
Red-bellied Woodpecker   Colliers Mills WMA
Downy Woodpecker   Island Beach SP
Hairy Woodpecker   Horicon Lake
Northern Flicker   Island Beach SP
Merlin   Island Beach SP
Peregrine Falcon   Island Beach SP
Eastern Wood-Pewee   Island Beach SP
Eastern Phoebe   Island Beach SP
White-eyed Vireo   Colliers Mills WMA
Blue-headed Vireo   Island Beach SP
Red-eyed Vireo   Island Beach SP
Blue Jay   35 Sunset Rd
American Crow   Horicon Lake
Fish Crow   Whitesbog
Common Raven   Double Trouble SP
Carolina Chickadee   Island Beach SP
Tufted Titmouse   Colliers Mills WMA
Horned Lark   Holgate
Tree Swallow   Island Beach SP
Ruby-crowned Kinglet   Island Beach SP
Golden-crowned Kinglet   Island Beach SP
White-breasted Nuthatch   Colliers Mills WMA
Red-breasted Nuthatch   Cedar Bonnet Island
Brown Creeper   Island Beach SP
House Wren   Island Beach SP
Winter Wren   Reeves Bogs
Marsh Wren   Cattus Island County Park
Carolina Wren   35 Sunset Rd
European Starling   South Toms River
Gray Catbird   Island Beach SP
Brown Thrasher   Island Beach SP
Northern Mockingbird   Island Beach SP
Eastern Bluebird   Colliers Mills WMA
Hermit Thrush   Island Beach SP
American Robin   Island Beach SP
Cedar Waxwing   Island Beach SP
House Sparrow   Island Beach SP
House Finch   Colliers Mills WMA
Pine Siskin   Double Trouble SP
American Goldfinch   Island Beach SP
Chipping Sparrow   Island Beach SP
Clay-colored Sparrow   Island Beach SP
Field Sparrow   Double Trouble SP
Lark Sparrow   Island Beach SP
Dark-eyed Junco   Island Beach SP
White-crowned Sparrow   Island Beach SP
White-throated Sparrow   Island Beach SP
Nelson's Sparrow   Great Bay Blvd
Savannah Sparrow   Whitesbog
Song Sparrow   Island Beach SP
Lincoln's Sparrow   Island Beach SP
Swamp Sparrow   Island Beach SP
Eastern Towhee   Colliers Mills WMA
Bobolink   Cedar Bonnet Island
Red-winged Blackbird   Island Beach SP
Common Grackle   Meadowedge Park
Boat-tailed Grackle   Island Beach SP
Black-and-white Warbler   Barnegat Lighthouse SP
Common Yellowthroat   Island Beach SP
American Redstart   Island Beach SP
Cape May Warbler   Island Beach SP
Magnolia Warbler   Island Beach SP
Bay-breasted Warbler   Island Beach SP
Black-throated Blue Warbler   Island Beach SP
Palm Warbler   Island Beach SP
Pine Warbler   Island Beach SP
Yellow-rumped Warbler   35 Sunset Rd
Wilson's Warbler   Island Beach SP
Northern Cardinal   Island Beach SP
Rose-breasted Grosbeak   Island Beach SP
Indigo Bunting   Island Beach SP
Dickcissel   Island Beach SP

Reeves Bogs | Brig 6/19--Least Bittern, Bar-tailed Godwit

Because it is still cool, we slept last night with the windows open, so when, at 4:17 this morning, the whip-poor-will in the weeping cherry tree in the backyard began to sing, it woke me up, so I was at Reeves Bogs at 5:20 AM, which meant that by the time I got my 5 miles in around the bogs, it was still early, so when I saw that at Brig a Bar-tailed Godwit, reported yesterday, continued today around Goose Marker 4, I decided I had nothing better to do than drive down there. I hadn't seen the species since 2018 in Australia, and not since 2015 in the United States (at Brig, of course). 

It was my second day in a row at Reeves Normally, I only go there on Sundays since it almost guaranteed that the only person I'll run into is my friend known here as "my informant." While I didn't see him yesterday because our paths didn't cross, he noted my car and called me to tell me that he'd been hearing a Least Bittern since the middle of the week. By the time I made my way to the relatively inaccessible spot, it was late in the morning and the bird had stopped calling. 

Today I walked straight there, or rather directly there, since there is no straight route you can take, stopping and listening at various points in the abandoned bogs. I heard nothing and was feeling a bit discouraged when I reached the spot where I he'd heard the bird. I stood around for what seemed a long time but was really only a few minutes before I heard the "chuckling" sound that Least Bitterns make, out beyond where I stood. And chuckling is a good description, because, heard, more than seen, you get the sense that the bird is laughing at you. There was absolutely no chance of getting any closer to the bird, since, even with muck boots, the water pouring out of a breached bog is too deep and actually too swift to stand in, like mini-rapids in a mini-river. 

I continued my walk around this old cranberry farm--I'd already passed Milton's Reservoir and eventually made my way back there after walking around Bear Hole and along Muddy Road, past the Atlantic White Cedar Restoration Area.  The most amusing sight was the momma Wood Duck with 6 ducklings. 

I went home, got the scope, and was at Brig by 11. Finding the bird was no problem. There were M.obs near Goose Marker 4. Seeing the bird was a problem since it had, with a large dowitcher flock, gone behind the reeds and was hard to see through the screen of phragmites. It didn't help that while all the dowitchers seemed active, the godwit was mostly still with its beak tucked into its feathers. For a moment it shifted position and I was able to see its long bi-colored beak, but mostly identification was based on it much larger size compared to the dowitchers and to a large extent it was an "if you say so" bird. I took a digiscope shot. The best it does is show relative size difference.
My best look was when it upped and flew with about 20 dowitchers. 

I went around the drive half-heartedly--there wasn't really much to see or else I wasn't seeing much. Not feeling like a second trip around but still hoping for a better look at the godwit, I parked at the beginning of the drive and walked up to marker 4. The godwit had returned but was now completely hidden unless you happened to have a cherry picker attached to your car. Many people were waiting for it to emerge. They were mostly photographers. Having seen the bird well enough to say I saw the bird, I, who am not blessed with great (or any) patience, walked back to the car and went home. Two year birds for a June day is pretty good, albeit one with a lousy look and one only softly heard. 

Brig 11/26--American White Pelican, Black-throated Gray Warbler (Lousy Pictures Included)

For over a week a couple of nice birds have been seen at Brig, one of them which I'd never seen in New Jersey. I held off going down, knowing that Shari & I would be on Scott's trip today. I hoped both species would stay and, happily, both did, and even more happily, both were fairly stress-free. 

Black-throated Gray Warbler

When Shari & I arrived at 8:45 at the parking lot, a birder asked us if she was in the right place, because she couldn't find the group. I told her they were probably looking for the Black-throated Gray Warbler that had been hanging out on the Leeds Eco-trail for nigh over a week now. As we were parking the car, we saw the group coming up the road with satisfied looks on their faces. A lot of folks hadn't seen the bird yet, so a big part of the group turned around and walked onto the boardwalk where the bird was flitting from tree to groundsel to phragmites, active as warblers are wont to be. A western species that occasionally pops up on the East Coast, the last one in New Jersey occurred a few years ago while we were in Australia, so this was our first chance to see one in the state. The last one that we saw was out west, with Scott, in Idaho. I tried to take pictures, but the bird was hopping around as if the vegetation was on fire. Amazingly, one of my random shots got the bird in a corner of the frame. The yellow dot in front of the eye is a good field mark, reassuring you that you're not looking at a Black-and-white Warbler. 

This time of year, the impoundments of Brig are given over to much duckage (a word I learned from Scott) and while there was a good variety of ducks, there weren't huge flocks of them. Probably the two most interesting ducks were seen early on in the Gull Pond, both hens: a Common Goldeneye and a Greater Scaup. There were a few coots, a few swans, some Canada Geese, but surprisingly, no Brant, and the big flock of Snow Geese that some saw in the air I missed completely. 

The sky was "infinite blue" and the leaders spent a lot of time staring up into it, trying to find a Golden Eagle. There was apparently at least one good candidate, but as I said in Shari in the car, "Even if they find one, I'll never see it." When I stare into the sky looking for hawks, it is hard to separate them out from the floaters in my vitreous jelly. So, unless a bird is really low, like some of the Bald Eagles that flew right over us, or, even better, perched on a tree top, I don't spend a lot of effort trying to find those high in the sky raptors. 

American White Pelican lumps

The other species I was hoping we'd get today was the flock of American White Pelicans that have been there for almost two weeks. I've seen white pelicans at Brig before, but only single birds. The usual count for the current flock is 8, though today I was only able to count six "big white lumps" in the eastern pool. At least when we saw them again, on the north dike, one of the birds was stretching out and we got the full profile with huge yellow pouch. American White Pelicans are laughably large. How large? I remember in Florida seeing both Brown Pelicans and White Pelicans resting on a sandbar. By comparison the Brown Pelicans looked like Mourning Doves next to the white ones. 

There was not much going on in terms of land birds today which seems to be the theme of the autumn, though a walk through the fields around the Visitor's Center while my companions were talking about hockey and soccer did produce some of the more common tweety birds. For the trip I had 49 species which is a little light for this time of year. But two year birds this late in the year has to rate as a success. 

Canada Goose  50
Mute Swan  4
Tundra Swan  3
Wood Duck  4
Northern Shoveler  20
Gadwall  5
American Wigeon  50
Mallard  20
American Black Duck  10
Northern Pintail  40
Green-winged Teal  1
Ring-necked Duck  8
Greater Scaup  1
Bufflehead  1
Common Goldeneye  1     Gull pond. Hen
Ruddy Duck  5
Mourning Dove  1
American Coot  5
Black-bellied Plover  10
Dunlin  1000
Least Sandpiper  4     South dike. Small shorebirds running along mud
Long-billed Dowitcher  1
Greater Yellowlegs  7
Ring-billed Gull  30
Herring Gull  20
Double-crested Cormorant  1
American White Pelican  6     
Great Blue Heron  4
Great Egret  7
Black Vulture  5
Turkey Vulture  1
Northern Harrier  3
Bald Eagle  4
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Downy Woodpecker  1
Blue Jay  3
American Crow  5
Carolina Chickadee  1     Heard
Tufted Titmouse  2
Carolina Wren  1     Heard
Northern Mockingbird  1
American Robin  1     Heard
Dark-eyed Junco  1
Saltmarsh Sparrow  3     South dike
Savannah Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  1     Heard
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1
Black-throated Gray Warbler  1     
Northern Cardinal  2

Great Bay Blvd | Huber Preserve 5/16--Pacific Golden-Plover, Acadian Flycatcher, Prothonotary Warbler

Pacific Golden-Plover, Great Bay Blvd (digiscope)

My plans for today of a long walk around Reeve's Bogs followed by a trip to the Huber Preserve were disrupted by yesterday's incredible find of a Pacific Golden-Plover down on Great Bay Blvd.  I was down in Tuckerton on Friday but couldn't do the whole road due to a brush fire just before the second bridge. Ironically, just a few dozen yards north of the fire is where the plover was found the next day. Was it there Friday and I missed it in the hubbub? My pride tells me no. By the time I found out about it yesterday it was mid-afternoon and while I could have rushed right down there, fecklessness kept me at home.

But I awoke at 4 this morning and said to myself, "Well, if I want to go to Reeve's, I better go down to Tuckerton now." I arrived there at 5:45 AM, just about at lowest tide and started looking. There was one other birder there, which surprised me but I was happy to have beaten the frenzy. Of course, all the mud flats I looked at were full of birds I didn't want to see today, whereas normally I'd be thrilled with the variety. Up the road I saw the birder who'd found the plover originally and her friend scanning the marsh. Rule #4 of Zirlin's Laws of Birding says 

    Don't look for the bird, look for the birders

so I ambled up there and set up my scope with them. No luck though she did find a couple of Whimbrel (new for the county for both of us) and I found a Ruddy Turnstone sticking out brightly against the drabness of the distant peeps. 

She wandered down the road toward the boat launch area that had been on fire Friday. Rule #5 says

    If you want to see good birds, hang out with good birders.

I figured, she found it once, she can find it again. And, just about when I caught up with her she said, "Check out that bird, I think it's the one." I put up my bins and saw a plover that didn't look Black-bellied, but it was moving in and out of the marsh grass. Happily I was lugging my scope so instead of haplessly trying to find the bird with it, I ceded it to her and she got on it almost immediately. Yep, that's the plover. She called for the other birders to come down and four of us tramped a little way into the marsh, set up our scope and started watching the bird in earnest, losing it for a moment behind clumps of vegetation, refinding it, losing it again. Naturally, I'd left my camera in the car, though I suspect I wouldn't have done my much good, given the lighting conditions and distance of the bird. I was able to digiscope photos that document my sighting and really, that's all I cared about. 

While this wasn't a life bird--the last one I saw was on Lady Elliot Island off the coast of Australia--it did check a lot of boxes:

    Year bird✅

    County bird✅

    State bird✅

    US bird✅

    ABA bird✅

    Western Hemisphere bird✅

It was about 7:15. A couple of birders arrived and I said goodbye. I could feel the onrushing tide of birders coming down and let's just say I wanted to make room for them. In 45 minutes I was where I originally planned to be, Reeve's Bogs, glad to see that the front bogs were low and that they were attracting the commonplace sandpipers like Solitary, Spotted, Least, and Lesser Yellowlegs. I was wearing my new Muck Boots and fearlessly sloshing through the flooded trails, checking out an amazing number of insectivorous pitcher plants growing along the edge of what I believe is called Bear Pool, as well as Spoonleaf Sundew. Not a good place to be a fly. I also heard a Hooded Warbler, my first for Reeve's. 

Prothonotary Warbler, Huber Preserve

I was dithering about whether Huber would be active in the late morning but decided that the one bird I hoped to see would probably be around. I walked in to the wood bridge, hearing, but not seeing, a good variety of birds (cuckoos, pewees, Ovenbirds, and, of course, Prairie Warblers) until I got to the T where I saw an Eastern Phoebe. I decided to hang out at the bridge for a half hour and see what flew in. It didn't take long for my target bird to arrive--a beautiful Prothonotary Warbler. I'm pretty certain they nest in the vicinity of the stream. It is almost a dead certainty that in the spring you'll find one there. Also "singing" and flitting around in the crown of the trees was an Acadian Flycatcher: Pizza! Having heard Hooded Warbler, I decided again venturing down the trail any farther to the spot where they nest. It was almost noon and I'd had enough. I bird every day, but I don't bird all day.

I looked at the eBird reports on my phone. 30, 40, 50 reports of the plover. The fishermen and crabbers must have wondered what the hell was going on down there. I was glad to be 30 miles away.

Barnegat Light SP 6/29--Great Shearwater

I've been doing a lot of "off-chance" birding of late. On the off chance that I might find a Least Bittern I've been searching certain parts of Whitesbog and Reeves Bog where my informant has heard and seen them. I haven't. On the off chance that I might find a Roseate Tern, or one of the two shearwater species that have been reported numerous times, last week I walked the beach at Island Beach SP and stood on the jetty for two hours at Barnegat Light SP. No chance. 

But today, on the off chance that my luck would change, I returned to Barnegat Light and again walked out on the jetty as far as I felt safe. I saw another birder all the way at the end by the tower, but my first slight slip stopped where I was. There have been reports of big feeding flocks of gulls & terns around the fishing boats, but the flocks I've seen haven't exactly been swarms and today was no different. Lots of terns diving, Laughing Gulls and Herring Gulls flying overhead, but nothing resembling a shearwater. Not that I'm any kind of authority on shearwaters. I've seen one in Cape May, and thousands one day in Australia and that's the extent of my experience of shearwaters--if someone hadn't been with me to tell me what they were, I'd have never known.

So, I was feeling pretty frustrated and bored before too long today standing on the rocks, looking at gulls that looked very much like the little stick figures we used to draw in school to indicate birds over the sea. Instead of watching birds, I decided to watch the birder. When he picked up his camera, I got interested and following along with where he was aiming I saw one bird that definitely wasn't a gull or tern. Dark, long, straight wings, flying low over the water. I had in my binoculars but dropped it when I tried to find it in the scope. I had the feeling...

The birder soon after turned around and I waited for him to reach me. He turned out to be a birder I know from North Jersey and when I inquired as to his success vis a vis shearwaters he confirmed that he'd been looking at one and showed me the picture he took on the preview screen of his camera. We discussed its flight pattern and he agreed that it went flying back toward where I'd seen my mystery bird. That was enough for me and that's how I got my shitty shearwater sighting for Ocean County. Great Shearwater, which wasn't a life bird. I was hoping for a Cory's Shearwater, which would have been a lifer. For every 4 or 5 Great Shearwaters that have been reported, there has been one Cory's. It is unusual to see so many shearwaters shore for so long, but apparently the fish have moved closer in and the birds go where the food is. 

I don't much like Barnegat Light in the summer--to much traffic to get on and off the island, too many people. I was figuring I wouldn't have to go there this summer since I'd seen a Piping Plover at Island Beach and usually I make one trip in the hot weather to get that species. 

Which were abundant today. I saw 6 of them and enjoyed seeing the adults and chicks running and stopping, running and stopping, going from the sandy area to the mud flats near the jetty much more than I did looking at distant sea birds. 

Piping Plover Chicks

So, unless someone can guarantee me a life bird, I'm done for the summer going to Barnegat Light. I much more enjoy the solitude of the bogs to the slog through the sands of the shore. 

24 species

Mallard  11

Surf Scoter  1    Drake off 8th st jetty

Mourning Dove  1

American Oystercatcher  7

Piping Plover  6    Banded birds

Laughing Gull  100

Herring Gull  50

Great Black-backed Gull  25

Common Tern  50

Forster's Tern  2

Great Shearwater  1    Larger than LAGU, long straight wings, flying low over water

Double-crested Cormorant  7

Great Egret  1

Glossy Ibis  3

Osprey  4    One carrying a huge whitefish

American Crow  5

Tree Swallow  1

Barn Swallow  4

Gray Catbird  1

House Sparrow  1

House Finch  1

Song Sparrow  2

Red-winged Blackbird  2

Northern Cardinal  1    Heard

The Birding Year in Review

It is now, as Bob Murphy use to say at the end of Mets victories, which at times were as rare Winter Wrens in summer, "time for the happy recap." I suppose I won, with 640 species for the year, a personal best, but all that really proves is that I can afford air fare to Mexico and Australia. In terms of the counts that really "count" for me--my NJ and Ocean County lists, I was way down this year from last year, partly because I wasn't absent for a little over a month out of the year. Partly because, for a variety of reasons, I couldn't build up any enthusiasm for chasing after a bird I've seen dozens of times.

Pink-footed Goose, Warinanco Park

Ross's Geese among the Canada Geese, lower bog, Whitesbog

Looking back, I see the year in big birding chunks, predominated by one family of birds, then another, as the seasons turn over. The first couple of months seem to have been predominated with rare waterfowl. It is the time to get them, unless you want to gamble on your second shot at the end of the year. In January and February I managed to get all the rare geese save Barnacle Goose (which I did stumble upon toward the end of this year): Cackling Goose, Greater White-fronted Goose, Pink-footed Goose, Ross's Goose, Trumpeter Swan, & Tufted Duck a number of times at 3 locations. The Ross's Goose was the most satisfying to me because I found 2 of them, on my own, in an unexpected location, Whitesbog. Unfortunately, they didn't hang around for anyone else to enjoy them, but I got good documentation photos.

The Tufted Duck was fun because Shari & I happened to be in the neighborhood, doing something else, when the alert went off and we able to drive 15 minutes to see it. Then I saw it again at Wreck Pond. Then, I picked it up as a county bird when it appeared at Lake of the Lilies in Point Pleasant Beach.

Tufted Duck (right) with Ring-necked Duck, Sandy Hook

I also remember being cold a lot during those months so I was happy to see March when the warblers started to trickle in. It was also the month when the first Ospreys appeared. And yet another Tufted Duck, this one in North Pond at Sandy Hook.

Reviewing my list, it really was a trickle of warblers, with only Pine and Prairie getting ticked. March was also the month of my first big, aggravating miss: I didn't get American Woodcock for the first time since we've lived here. I could have gone other spots to pick it up, but I was stubborn, returning to the same place I had "historically" seen them 5 or 6 times and striking out each time. It was a combination of stubbornness and laziness.

Magnificent Frigatebird, Puerto Morelos, Mexico

On April 14, we had our first Whip-poor-will call. There were two consecutive great days at Double Trouble SP with Louisiana Waterthrush, Blue-headed Vireo, Blue Grosbeak, Yellow-throated Warbler, and Summer Tanager all making appearances. Kind friends showed me a Barred Owl in their backyard. The 3rd week of the month we spent in Puerto Morelos on the Yucatan Peninsula. It wasn't a birding vacation, per se, but we did manage to tack on 54 species to the year list.

The only life bird I was able to put on my list in the United States this year was the Kentucky Warbler Mike and I heard (heard, but heard very clearly) at Baldpate Mountain in May. Hearing counts, but I'd still love to see one, and maybe one of my New Year's resolutions should be to trek around Baldpate more often until I finally eyeball one.

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, Monroe Twp.

In June I made my annual trip to the Lakehurst naval base to get Upland Sandpiper and Shari & I drove down to the Ocean City Visitor's Center to look at the Yellow-crowned Night-Heron roost.

Black-bellied Whistling- Ducks turn up sporadically in New Jersey, and this year they appeared in an ephemeral pond on some farmland next to a busy road in Middlesex County. I drove up there early one morning, found them almost immediately, then left before there were too many cars on the narrow shoulder for the cops to tolerate.

Black Tern, Union Pond, Whitesbog

The summer doldrums were relieved by a Roseate Spoonbill at Brig, a flock American Golden-Plovers up at one of the sod farms and by a trip to Delaware in August where we spent one day on an Audubon field trip, getting Sedge Wren for the year, and the next day on our own, where we found Brown-headed Nuthatch exactly where we were told they could be found. It was just a delightful moment to first hear the squeaky little call of the nuthatch and then to actually find it high in a loblolly pine.

A personal summer highlight for me was once again at Whitesbog (I just love that place) where I found a Black Tern hunting over Union Pond. It almost made up for the disappointment of the bogs staying filled this year because the farmer was afraid he'd need the water for the cranberries. Thus, no shorebird season at Whitesbog this year.

Lark Sparrow, Sandy Hook

September was really slow though  three sought-after shorebirds--Baird's Sandpiper, Wilson's Phalarope, Marbled Godwit--were added to the list. The rarest bird was seen on one of Scott's Half-day Friday trips at Sandy Hook, a very cooperative Lark Sparrow hanging around beneath the hawk watch platform.

I have one word for October:

AUSTRALIA

It took a bit of readjustment to birding locally after being away for nearly a month.  The last two months have been spent pretty much filling in and filling up the year list, playing out the string because, like the Mets, I had no shot for the playoffs. I'm already looking ahead to next year when the concentration will be on New Jersey. This month is the one year anniversary of my cataract surgery and it made a tremendous difference in my birding abilities. I'm able to see birds "naked eye" and I'm a lot less reliant on optics, which means I see birds faster and if you see birds fast, you'll see more birds--if they're there. (A side note: All year long we read about the devastating crashes in bird populations due to climate change, habitat loss, dearth of insects, and so on endlessly. We get mailings begging us for contributions to help stem this crisis. Then, the Christmas Counts start, or surveys for specific birds are done and everyone is startled at how few birds they've found and how the numbers are down to historic lows. To which I say: "Duh.") So I want, next year to go to where the birds are instead of being stubborn and insisting that the birds come to where I feel like being.

640 species. I doubt I'll ever get to that number again because I feel like I'm done with traveling long distances. When I travel I hate everything about it--the airports, the airplanes, the driving, the hotels, the food--except the birds. So I'm going to see how long I can go without going anywhere.

Below is my year list. I don't expect anyone to read the whole thing. But if you randomly glance at either some of the names of the birds, e.g. Yellow-throated Euphonia, Freckled Duck, or some of the locations--Tinchi Tamba Wetlands Reserve, Cape Tribulation--perhaps you'll find them as amusing and evocative as I do. This blog is titled Birds and Words and sometimes the names of the birds are as interesting to me as the birds themselves.
Key: LIFE BIRD, Rarity

Species                   First Sighting

Southern Cassowary   Cape Tribulation

Magpie Goose   Centenary Lakes

Plumed Whistling-Duck   Hasties Swamp National Park

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck    Monroe Twp.

Snow Goose   Conines Millpond

Ross's Goose   Whitesbog

Greater White-fronted Goose   Conines Millpond

Pink-footed Goose   Warinanco Park

Brant   Island Beach SP

Barnacle Goose   Mercer Corp Park

Cackling Goose   Assunpink WMA

Canada Goose   Riverfront Landing

Freckled Duck   Goulds Lagoon Wildlife Sanctuary

Mute Swan   Tunney Bridge

Black Swan   Tamar Island Wetlands

Trumpeter Swan   Assunpink WMA

Tundra Swan   Whitesbog

Radjah Shelduck   Centenary Lakes

Australian Shelduck   Tamar Island Wetlands

Green Pygmy-Goose   Lake Mitchel

Wood Duck   Central Park

Maned Duck   Royal Botanic Gardens

Blue-winged Teal   Mannington Marsh

Australian Shoveler   Hollowtree Road

Northern Shoveler   Central Park

Gadwall   Brig

Eurasian Wigeon   Cape May Point SP

American Wigeon   Brig

Pacific Black Duck   Royal National Park

Mallard   Riverfront Landing

American Black Duck   Island Beach SP

Northern Pintail   Brig

Green-winged Teal   Brig

Gray Teal   Tamar Island Wetlands

Chestnut Teal   Tamar Island Wetlands

Pink-eared Duck   Hasties Swamp National Park

Canvasback   Riverfront Landing

Redhead   Mathis Veteran's Memorial Park

Ring-necked Duck   Riverfront Landing

Hardhead   Oppenheims Road

Tufted Duck   Shark River Inlet

Greater Scaup   Shark River Inlet

Lesser Scaup   Sands Point--Dock Ave

King Eider   Barnegat Lighthouse SP

Common Eider   Barnegat Lighthouse SP

Harlequin Duck   Shark River Inlet

Surf Scoter   Spring Lake

White-winged Scoter   Sandy Hook

Black Scoter   Shark River Inlet

Long-tailed Duck   Island Beach SP

Bufflehead   Island Beach SP

Common Goldeneye   Island Beach SP

Hooded Merganser   Mathis Veteran's Memorial Park

Common Merganser   Mathis Veteran's Memorial Park

Red-breasted Merganser   Sands Point Preserve

Ruddy Duck   Riverfront Landing

Musk Duck   Hollowtree Road

Australian Brushturkey   Cairns Botanical Gardens

Orange-footed Scrubfowl   Cairns Botanical Gardens

Plain Chachalaca   Muyil

Helmeted Guineafowl   Granite Gorge Nature Park

Northern Bobwhite   Bombay Hook

Brown Quail   Yore Rd Wetlands

Ring-necked Pheasant   New Egypt

Wild Turkey   35 Sunset Rd

Australasian Grebe   Royal National Park

Pied-billed Grebe   Bamber Lake

Hoary-headed Grebe   Atkinsons Park

Horned Grebe   Allenhurst--Corlies Ave

Red-necked Grebe   Manasquan Inlet

Great Crested Grebe   Shoobridge Park

Rock Pigeon   New Egypt

White-headed Pigeon   O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat

Eurasian Collared-Dove   Puerto Morelos

Spotted Dove   Cairns Esplanade

Brown Cuckoo-Dove   Cape Tribulation

Pacific Emerald Dove   Cape Tribulation

Common Bronzewing   Dru Point

Brush Bronzewing   Bruny Island

Crested Pigeon   Bald Hills

Squatter Pigeon   Mount Molloy

Wonga Pigeon   Royal National Park

Peaceful Dove   Cairns Esplanade

Bar-shouldered Dove   Daintree Village

Common Ground-Dove   Puerto Morelos

Plain-breasted Ground-Dove   Puerto Morelos

Ruddy Ground-Dove   Puerto Morelos

White-winged Dove   Puerto Morelos

Mourning Dove    Malverne

Wompoo Fruit-Dove   Mossman

Torresian Imperial-Pigeon   Cairns

Topknot Pigeon   Royal National Park

Australian Bustard   Maryfarms

Pheasant Coucal   Daintree River

Yellow-billed Cuckoo   Cranberry Bogs

Black-billed Cuckoo   Manasquan River WMA

Pacific Koel   Daintree River

Channel-billed Cuckoo   Royal National Park

Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo   Cradle Mountain

Shining Bronze-Cuckoo   Royal National Park

Little Bronze-Cuckoo   Big Mitchell Creek Reserve

Pallid Cuckoo   Bruny Island Main Road

Fan-tailed Cuckoo   Bruny Island Main Road

Brush Cuckoo   Tinchi Tamba Wetlands Reserve

Tawny Frogmouth   Jannali

Marbled Frogmouth   Lamington National Park

Papuan Frogmouth   Daintree River

Common Nighthawk   35 Sunset Rd

Chuck-will's-widow   Collinstown Rd

Eastern Whip-poor-will   35 Sunset Rd

Large-tailed Nightjar   Daintree Village

Chimney Swift   35 Sunset Rd

Vaux's Swift   Muyil

Australian Swiftlet   Cairns Esplanade

Ruby-throated Hummingbird   35 Sunset Rd

Cinnamon Hummingbird   Villa Silvia

Clapper Rail   Great Bay Blvd

Virginia Rail   Cattus Island County Park

Buff-banded Rail   Lady Elliot Island

Russet-naped Wood-Rail   Muyil

Tasmanian Nativehen   Tamar Island Wetlands

Sora   Burlington County Fairgrounds

Common Gallinule   Bombay Hook

Dusky Moorhen   Royal Botanic Gardens

Eurasian Coot   Royal National Park

American Coot   Lake Takanassee

Australasian Swamphen   Royal National Park

White-browed Crake   Daintree River

Sandhill Crane   New Egypt

Sarus Crane   East Barron

Brolga   East Barron

Bush Thick-knee   Cairns Cemetery

Pied Stilt   Hasties Swamp National Park

Black-necked Stilt   Bombay Hook

American Avocet   Bombay Hook

Pied Oystercatcher   Atkinsons Park

Sooty Oystercatcher   Bruny Island

American Oystercatcher   Brigantine Island

Black-bellied Plover   Island Beach SP

American Golden-Plover   Reed Sod Farm

Pacific Golden-Plover   Cairns Esplanade

Banded Lapwing   Lyell Highway

Masked Lapwing   Royal Botanic Gardens

Greater Sand-Plover   Cairns Esplanade

Semipalmated Plover   Great Bay Blvd

Piping Plover   Sandy Hook

Killdeer   Shelter Cove Park

Oriental Plover   Maryfarms

Red-kneed Dotterel   Hasties Swamp National Park

Hooded Plover   Adventure Bay

Black-fronted Dotterel   Cairns Esplanade

Comb-crested Jacana   Julatten

Upland Sandpiper   Lakehurst NAES

Whimbrel   Great Bay Blvd

Far Eastern Curlew   Cairns Esplanade

Bar-tailed Godwit   Cairns Esplanade

Black-tailed Godwit   Cairns Esplanade

Hudsonian Godwit   Bombay Hook

Marbled Godwit   Island Beach SP

Ruddy Turnstone   Barnegat Lighthouse SP

Great Knot   Cairns Esplanade

Red Knot   Great Bay Blvd

Broad-billed Sandpiper   Cairns Esplanade

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper   Cairns Esplanade

Stilt Sandpiper   Brig

Curlew Sandpiper   Cairns Esplanade

Red-necked Stint   Cairns Esplanade

Sanderling   Island Beach SP

Dunlin   Island Beach SP

Purple Sandpiper   Barnegat Lighthouse SP

Baird's Sandpiper   Brig

Least Sandpiper   Manahawkin WMA

White-rumped Sandpiper   Brig

Pectoral Sandpiper   Brig

Semipalmated Sandpiper   Island Beach SP

Western Sandpiper   Brigantine Island

Short-billed Dowitcher   Great Bay Blvd

Long-billed Dowitcher   Brig

Latham's Snipe   Hasties Swamp National Park

Wilson's Snipe   Shelter Cove Park

Terek Sandpiper   Cairns Esplanade

Wilson's Phalarope   Brig

Red-necked Phalarope   Whitehall Neck Rd.

Common Sandpiper   Hasties Swamp National Park

Spotted Sandpiper   Ernest L. Oros Wildlife Preserve

Solitary Sandpiper   Cloverdale Farm

Gray-tailed Tattler   Cairns Esplanade

Wandering Tattler   Lady Elliot Island

Greater Yellowlegs   Brigantine Island--South Cove

Common Greenshank   Cairns Esplanade

Willet   Brigantine Island

Lesser Yellowlegs   Manahawkin WMA

Australian Pratincole   Maryfarms

Bonaparte's Gull   Seven Presidents Park

Silver Gull   Sydney Cove and Circular Quay

Laughing Gull   Wawa South Toms River

Pacific Gull   Atkinsons Park

Ring-billed Gull   Island Beach SP

Herring Gull   Island Beach SP

Iceland Gull   Clark T. Carey Memorial Park

Lesser Black-backed Gull   Clark T. Carey Memorial Park

Glaucous Gull   Long Branch

Great Black-backed Gull   Island Beach SP

Kelp Gull   Royal National Park

Brown Noddy   Lady Elliot Island

Black Noddy   Lady Elliot Island

Sooty Tern   Lady Elliot Island

Bridled Tern   Lady Elliot Island

Little Tern   Newell Beach

Least Tern   Great Bay Blvd

Gull-billed Tern   Brig

Caspian Tern   Puerto Morelos

Black Tern   Whitesbog

Whiskered Tern   Bromfield Swamp

Black-naped Tern   Lady Elliot Island

Common Tern   Sandy Hook

Forster's Tern   Island Beach SP

Royal Tern   Island Beach SP

Great Crested Tern   Royal National Park

Black Skimmer   Brig

Red-tailed Tropicbird   Lady Elliot Island

Red-throated Loon   Barnegat Municipal Dock

Common Loon   Island Beach SP

Little Penguin   Bruny Island

Wedge-tailed Shearwater   Royal National Park

Black-necked Stork   Yore Rd Wetlands

Magnificent Frigatebird   Puerto Morelos

Northern Gannet   Allenhurst

Australasian Gannet   Royal National Park

Australasian Darter   Daintree River

Little Pied Cormorant   Royal National Park

Great Cormorant   Barnegat Lighthouse SP

Little Black Cormorant   Sydney Cove and Circular Quay

Pied Cormorant   Sydney Cove and Circular Quay

Black-faced Cormorant   Bruny Island Ferry Crossing

Double-crested Cormorant   Berkeley

Brown Pelican   Puerto Morelos

Australian Pelican   Granton

American Bittern   Brig

Least Bittern   Mercer Corp Park

Great Blue Heron   Cattus Island County Park

Pacific Heron   Cape Tribulation

Great Egret   Cattus Island County Park

Intermediate Egret   Centenary Lakes

White-faced Heron   Tamar Island Wetlands

Little Egret   Wonga Beach Rd

Pacific Reef-Heron   Cape Tribulation

Snowy Egret   Brig

Little Blue Heron   Manahawkin WMA

Tricolored Heron   Cattus Island County Park

Cattle Egret   Brig

Green Heron   Oros Wildlife Preserve

Striated Heron   Daintree River

Black-crowned Night-Heron   Shark River

Rufous Night-Heron   Atkinsons Park

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron   Ocean City Welcome Center

White Ibis   Manahawkin WMA

Glossy Ibis   Manahawkin WMA

White-faced Ibis   Brig

Australian Ibis   Sydney Cove and Circular Quay

Straw-necked Ibis   Cairns Cemetery

Royal Spoonbill   Wonga Beach Rd

Roseate Spoonbill   Brig

Black Vulture   Brig

Turkey Vulture   Toms River

Osprey   Sandy Hook

Black-shouldered Kite   Daintree River

Black-breasted Kite   Maryfarms

Square-tailed Kite   Maryfarms

Wedge-tailed Eagle   State Forest

Snail Kite   Muyil

Mississippi Kite   Waretown

Swamp Harrier   Tamar Island Wetlands

Spotted Harrier   Maryfarms

Northern Harrier   Great Bay Blvd

Gray Goshawk   Mountain Valley Wilderness

Collared Sparrowhawk   Cairns Botanical Gardens

Sharp-shinned Hawk   Motts Creek

Cooper's Hawk   35 Sunset Rd

Red Goshawk   Lake Mitchel

Black Kite   Captain Cook Highway

Whistling Kite   Daintree River

Brahminy Kite   Daintree River

Bald Eagle   Brig

White-bellied Sea-Eagle   Royal National Park

Red-shouldered Hawk   Whitesbog

Broad-winged Hawk   High Point SP

Red-tailed Hawk   Brig

Rough-legged Hawk   Burlington County Fairgrounds

Sooty Owl   Crater Lakes National Park

Barn Owl   Lamington National Park

Great Horned Owl   Brick

Snowy Owl   Island Beach SP

Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl   Muyil

Barred Owl   Ocean County

Long-eared Owl   Pole Farm

Powerful Owl   Burraneer Park

Southern Boobook   Lamington National Park

Black-headed Trogon   Muyil

Turquoise-browed Motmot   Muyil

Azure Kingfisher   Royal National Park

Laughing Kookaburra   Royal National Park

Blue-winged Kookaburra   Julatten

Forest Kingfisher   Daintree River

Torresian Kingfisher   Tinchi Tamba Wetlands Reserve

Sacred Kingfisher   Royal National Park

Belted Kingfisher   Ocean County Parks Offices

Rainbow Bee-eater   Cairns Cemetery

Dollarbird   Beaudesert Racing Club Lagoon

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker   35 Sunset Rd

Red-headed Woodpecker   Sooy Pl Rd

Yucatan Woodpecker   Muyil

Golden-fronted Woodpecker   Puerto Morelos

Red-bellied Woodpecker   35 Sunset Rd

Downy Woodpecker   35 Sunset Rd

Hairy Woodpecker   35 Sunset Rd

Pileated Woodpecker   William Warren County Park

Northern Flicker   Sandy Hook

Australian Kestrel   Captain Cook Highway

American Kestrel   Plumsted

Merlin   Marsha Dr & Rt 72

Australian Hobby   Adventure Bay

Brown Falcon   Oppenheims Road

Peregrine Falcon   Brig

Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo   Maryfarms

Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo   Kindred

Galah   Burraneer Park

Long-billed Corella   Kingston Beach

Little Corella   Royal National Park

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo   Sydney Cove and Circular Quay

Australian King-Parrot   Royal National Park

Blue-winged Parrot   Bruny Island

Swift Parrot   Bruny Island

Green Rosella   Mountain Valley Wilderness

Crimson Rosella   O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat

Eastern Rosella   Queens Domain

Pale-headed Rosella   Tinana South

Musk Lorikeet   Goulds Lagoon Wildlife Sanctuary

Little Lorikeet   Yore Rd Wetlands

Rainbow Lorikeet   Sydney

Scaly-breasted Lorikeet   Cairns Botanical Gardens

Monk Parakeet   Carteret

White-fronted Parrot   Puerto Morelos

Noisy Pitta   O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat

Black-faced Antthrush   Muyil

Tawny-winged Woodcreeper   Muyil

Ivory-billed Woodcreeper   Muyil

Eye-ringed Flatbill   Muyil

Yellow-olive Flycatcher   Muyil

Royal Flycatcher   Muyil

Eastern Wood-Pewee   Michael Huber Prairie Warbler Preserve

Acadian Flycatcher   Evert Memorial Nature Trail

Alder Flycatcher   Assunpink WMA

Willow Flycatcher   Brig

Eastern Phoebe   Whitesbog

Ash-throated Flycatcher   Mercer County Park

Great Crested Flycatcher   Island Beach SP

Brown-crested Flycatcher   Puerto Morelos

Great Kiskadee   Puerto Morelos

Boat-billed Flycatcher   Puerto Morelos

Social Flycatcher   Puerto Morelos

Tropical Kingbird   Puerto Morelos

Couch's Kingbird   Muyil

Eastern Kingbird   Reeves Bogs

Albert's Lyrebird   O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat

Superb Lyrebird   Royal National Park

Spotted Catbird   Mossman

Green Catbird   Royal National Park

Tooth-billed Bowerbird   Mt Lewis Rd

Golden Bowerbird   Mount Hypipamee National Park

Regent Bowerbird   O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat

Satin Bowerbird   Royal National Park

Great Bowerbird   Julatten

White-throated Treecreeper   Royal National Park

Southern Emuwren   Towra Point Nature Reserve

Variegated Fairywren   Royal National Park

Superb Fairywren   Royal National Park

Red-backed Fairywren   Tinchi Tamba Wetlands Reserve

Eastern Spinebill   Royal National Park

Yellow-spotted Honeyeater   Cape Tribulation

Lewin's Honeyeater   Royal National Park

Graceful Honeyeater   Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge

Yellow Honeyeater   Cairns Esplanade

Yellow-faced Honeyeater   Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge

Yellow-tufted Honeyeater   Heathcote National Park

Bell Miner   The Gravel Pit and Track

Noisy Miner   Sydney Cove and Circular Quay

Bridled Honeyeater   Mossman

Little Wattlebird   Royal National Park

Red Wattlebird    Jannali

Yellow Wattlebird   Mount Field National Park

Mangrove Honeyeater   Tinchi Tamba Wetlands Reserve

Brown-backed Honeyeater   Daintree River

White-fronted Chat   Narawntapu National Park

Dusky Myzomela   Julatten

Scarlet Myzomela   Curtain Fig Tree

Tawny-crowned Honeyeater   Waterfall

Brown Honeyeater   Cairns Esplanade

Crescent Honeyeater   Cradle Mountain

New Holland Honeyeater   Granton Power Boat Racing Centre

White-cheeked Honeyeater   Julatten

White-eared Honeyeater   Heathcote National Park

Yellow-throated Honeyeater   Cradle Mountain

Blue-faced Honeyeater   Daintree Village

White-throated Honeyeater   Lamington National Park

White-naped Honeyeater   Lamington National Park

Black-headed Honeyeater   Mountain Valley Wilderness

Black-chinned Honeyeater   Big Mitchell Creek Reserve

Strong-billed Honeyeater   Mountain Valley Wilderness

Macleay's Honeyeater   Cape Tribulation

Striped Honeyeater   Nindooinbah Dam

Little Friarbird   Maryfarms

Helmeted Friarbird   Cairns Esplanade

Silver-crowned Friarbird   Big Mitchell Creek Reserve

Noisy Friarbird   Mount Molloy

Spotted Pardalote   Atkinsons Park

Forty-spotted Pardalote   Bruny Island

Striated Pardalote   Atkinsons Park

Fernwren   Mt Lewis Rd

Yellow-throated Scrubwren   Mt Lewis Rd

White-browed Scrubwren   O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat

Tasmanian Scrubwren   Narawntapu National Park

Atherton Scrubwren   Mt Lewis Rd

Large-billed Scrubwren   O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat

Speckled Warbler   Yore Rd Wetlands

Mountain Thornbill   Mt Lewis Rd

Brown Thornbill   Royal National Park

Tasmanian Thornbill   Narawntapu National Park

Yellow-rumped Thornbill   Dru Point

White-throated Gerygone   Yore Rd Wetlands

Large-billed Gerygone   Cairns Botanical Gardens

Brown Gerygone   Royal National Park

Mangrove Gerygone   Tinchi Tamba Wetlands Reserve

Gray-crowned Babbler   Big Mitchell Creek Reserve

Australian Logrunner   O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat

Chowchilla   Cathedral Fig Tree

Eastern Whipbird   Royal National Park

Yellow-breasted Boatbill   Mossman

White-breasted Woodswallow   Cairns Esplanade

Dusky Woodswallow   Dru Point

Gray Butcherbird   Jannali

Pied Butcherbird   Maryfarms

Black Butcherbird   Daintree River

Australian Magpie   Sydney Cove and Circular Quay

Pied Currawong   Sydney

Black Currawong   Mountain Valley Wilderness

Gray Currawong   Narawntapu National Park

Barred Cuckooshrike   Mt Lewis Rd

Black-faced Cuckooshrike   Launceston Airport

White-bellied Cuckooshrike   Cairns Esplanade

White-winged Triller   Big Mitchell Creek Reserve

Varied Triller   Daintree River

Bower's Shrikethrush   Cathedral Fig Tree

Gray Shrikethrush   Narawntapu National Park

Little Shrikethrush   Mossman

Olive Whistler   Mountain Valley Wilderness

Golden Whistler   Royal National Park

Gray Whistler   Julatten

Rufous Whistler   Tinchi Tamba Wetlands Reserve

Rufous-browed Peppershrike   Muyil

Lesser Greenlet   Muyil

White-eyed Vireo   Island Beach SP

Yellow-throated Vireo   Muyil

Blue-headed Vireo   Double Trouble State Park

Warbling Vireo   Sandy Hook

Red-eyed Vireo   Forest Resource Education Center

Yellow-green Vireo   Muyil

Yucatan Vireo   Muyil

Olive-backed Oriole   Royal National Park

Green Oriole   Daintree River

Australasian Figbird   Cairns

Spangled Drongo   Daintree River

Northern Fantail   Mossman

Willie-wagtail   Royal National Park

Rufous Fantail   Tinchi Tamba Wetlands Reserve

Gray Fantail   Royal National Park

Black-faced Monarch   Royal National Park

Spectacled Monarch   Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge

Pied Monarch   Curtain Fig Tree

Magpie-lark   Cairns Esplanade

Leaden Flycatcher   Royal National Park

Shining Flycatcher   Daintree River

Brown Jay   Muyil

Green Jay   Muyil

Blue Jay   Whiting

American Crow   35 Sunset Rd

Fish Crow   Bayview Marina

Torresian Crow   Maryfarms

Australian Raven   Royal National Park

Forest Raven   Tamar Island Wetlands

Common Raven   Whitesbog

Paradise Riflebird   Lamington National Park

Victoria's Riflebird   Crater Lakes National Park

Lemon-bellied Flycatcher   Big Mitchell Creek Reserve

Scarlet Robin   Mountain Valley Wilderness

Flame Robin   Mountain Valley Wilderness

Rose Robin   Royal National Park--Lady Carrington Drive

Pink Robin   Mountain Valley Wilderness

Dusky Robin   Mountain Valley Wilderness

Pale-yellow Robin   Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge

Eastern Yellow Robin   Royal National Park

Gray-headed Robin   Mossman - Mt Molloy Rd

Horned Lark   Mannington Marsh

Eurasian Skylark   Oppenheims Road

Northern Rough-winged Swallow   Brig

Purple Martin   Woodmansee Blvd

Gray-breasted Martin   Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancun

Tree Swallow   Whitesbog

Bank Swallow   Reeves Bogs

Barn Swallow   Cloverdale Farm

Welcome Swallow   Royal Botanic Gardens

Fairy Martin   Cairns Botanical Gardens

Tree Martin   Adventure Bay

Cliff Swallow   Wesley Lake

Cave Swallow   Sandy Hook

Carolina Chickadee   35 Sunset Rd

Black-capped Chickadee   High Point SP

Tufted Titmouse   35 Sunset Rd

Red-breasted Nuthatch   Whitesbog

White-breasted Nuthatch   35 Sunset Rd

Brown-headed Nuthatch   Big Stone Beach

Brown Creeper   35 Sunset Rd

House Wren   Sandy Hook

Winter Wren   Whitesbog

Sedge Wren   Woodland Beach

Marsh Wren   Manahawkin WMA

Carolina Wren   35 Sunset Rd

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher   Island Beach SP

Red-whiskered Bulbul   Towra Point Nature Reserve

Golden-crowned Kinglet   Horicon Lake

Ruby-crowned Kinglet   Trenton Sewage Ponds

Australian Reed Warbler   Daintree River

Little Grassbird   Tamar Island Wetlands

Tawny Grassbird   Kerry Rd

Golden-headed Cisticola   Lake Mitchel

Silver-eye   Royal National Park

Eastern Bluebird   Brig

Bassian Thrush   O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat

Veery   Island Beach SP

Swainson's Thrush   Sandy Hook

Hermit Thrush   Manasquan River WMA

Wood Thrush   Manahawkin WMA

Eurasian Blackbird   Launceston Airport

Clay-colored Thrush   Muyil

American Robin   Forked River

Gray Catbird   Seven Presidents Park

Brown Thrasher   Shelter Cove Park

Tropical Mockingbird   Puerto Morelos

Northern Mockingbird   Sandy Hook

Metallic Starling   Daintree River

European Starling   GSP MM 107

Common Myna   Bondi Beach

Mistletoebird   Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge

Olive-backed Sunbird   Cairns Botanical Gardens

Australasian Pipit   Narawntapu National Park

American Pipit   Sandy Hook

Cedar Waxwing   Sandy Hook

Yellow-throated Euphonia   Muyil

House Finch   35 Sunset Rd

Purple Finch   Sandy Hook

European Greenfinch   Bothwell

European Goldfinch   Atkinsons Park

Pine Siskin   Cape May Point SP

American Goldfinch   35 Sunset Rd

Lapland Longspur   Brig

Snow Bunting   Sandy Hook

Grasshopper Sparrow   Bombay Hook

Chipping Sparrow   Bamber Lake

Clay-colored Sparrow   Sandy Hook

Field Sparrow   Assunpink WMA

Lark Sparrow   Sandy Hook

American Tree Sparrow   Sandy Hook

Fox Sparrow   Bamber Lake

Dark-eyed Junco   35 Sunset Rd

White-crowned Sparrow   Sandy Hook

White-throated Sparrow    Malverne

Seaside Sparrow   Great Bay Blvd

Saltmarsh Sparrow   Great Bay Blvd

Savannah Sparrow   Barnegat Lighthouse SP

Song Sparrow    Malverne

Swamp Sparrow   Island Beach SP

Eastern Towhee   Brig

Yellow-breasted Chat   Brig

Bobolink   Burlington County Fairgrounds

Eastern Meadowlark   Burlington County Fairgrounds

Yellow-billed Cacique   Muyil

Orchard Oriole   Island Beach SP

Hooded Oriole   Puerto Morelos

Yellow-backed Oriole   Puerto Morelos

Yellow-tailed Oriole   Puerto Morelos

Baltimore Oriole   Island Beach SP

Red-winged Blackbird   Cattus Island County Park

Bronzed Cowbird   Muyil

Brown-headed Cowbird   New Egypt

Melodious Blackbird   Muyil

Rusty Blackbird   Whitesbog

Common Grackle   Central Park

Boat-tailed Grackle   Great Bay Blvd

Great-tailed Grackle   Aeropuerto Internacional de Cancun

Ovenbird   Manahawkin WMA

Worm-eating Warbler   Michael Huber Prairie Warbler Preserve

Louisiana Waterthrush   Double Trouble State Park

Northern Waterthrush   Sandy Hook

Blue-winged Warbler   Manasquan River WMA

Black-and-white Warbler   Double Trouble State Park

Prothonotary Warbler   Michael Huber Prairie Warbler Preserve

Orange-crowned Warbler   Manahawkin WMA

Nashville Warbler   Manasquan River WMA

Gray-crowned Yellowthroat   Puerto Morelos

Kentucky Warbler   Baldpate Mt

Common Yellowthroat   Double Trouble State Park

Hooded Warbler   Michael Huber Prairie Warbler Preserve

American Redstart   Muyil

Northern Parula   Double Trouble State Park

Magnolia Warbler   Muyil

Bay-breasted Warbler   Double Trouble State Park

Yellow Warbler   Muyil

Chestnut-sided Warbler   Sandy Hook

Blackpoll Warbler   Brig

Black-throated Blue Warbler   Sandy Hook

Palm Warbler   Forest Resource Education Center

Pine Warbler   35 Sunset Rd

Yellow-rumped Warbler   Island Beach SP

Yellow-throated Warbler   Double Trouble State Park

Prairie Warbler   Colliers Mills WMA

Black-throated Green Warbler   Forest Resource Education Center

Canada Warbler   High Point SP

Wilson's Warbler   William Warren County Park

Summer Tanager   Double Trouble State Park

Scarlet Tanager   Sandy Hook

Red-throated Ant-Tanager   Muyil

Northern Cardinal   Malverne

Rose-breasted Grosbeak   Island Beach SP

Blue Grosbeak   Double Trouble State Park

Indigo Bunting   Sandy Hook

House Sparrow    Malverne

Beautiful Firetail   Bruny Island

Red-browed Firetail   Kingfisher Park Birdwatchers Lodge

Double-barred Finch   Yore Rd Wetlands

Chestnut-breasted Munia   

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