PPA HQ 6/17--Dickcissel

Dickcissel, PPA HQ

To amuse myself I sought--and found--three different kinds of rarities in Burlco today. The first one is what I'd consider a rarity in the pure sense, a bird that doesn't show up much in these parts (NJ). The Dickcissel is mostly a mid-western grasslands birds. There are many grasslands extant in NJ anymore, but Burlington County has some patches and today at the Pinelands Preservation Alliance Headquarters (PPA HQ) three of as many 6 reported Dickcissels were present. I arrived early and started walking around the deer fence enclosing the fields. I heard the characteristic "dik dik sssssssssss" and was thinking I might have to be satisfied with that when one flew in, and, as advertised, alighted on the fence and continued singing. In the sunlight it was just gorgeous. Then I saw another a little farther down the fence line and finally, walking on the other side of the field I heard another one singing that managed to stay unsighted. Pretty good for me who has never encountered more than one at a time. I have an extra-avian fondness for Dickcissels because on the same day that Shari & I first viewed the house we live in we also made a trip up to Negri-Nepote and got our life Dickcissel there, so the bird is always connected with that life change from Brooklyn to NJ in my memory. 

Red-headed Woodpecker, 
South Park Rd

My second stop was South Park Road in Tabernacle. There I found a Red-headed Woodpecker, which to my mind is not so much rare as "localized." I can think of 3 or 4 places off-hand in the county where you can find the bird--the habitat they like is surprisingly sparse in the county--but Burlington is a big place (the largest county by area in the state) and those areas where the woodpeckers are found are relatively small and three of them fairly close to each other. So it is rare only in the sense that there just aren't a lot of them in Burlington County

The third so-called rarity is a "seasonal" example. At Whitesbog, ever since the end of May, there has been a drake Bufflehead in the Middle Bog. In the winter you wouldn't look twice at this bird. Obviously, he should be long gone and north of here yet here he is mid-June and seeming pretty comfortable. I've been watching the bird for a couple of weeks now (I'm at Whitesbog two or three times a week lately) and at first there was speculation that the bird was ill or injured as it seem to spend a lot of time preening itself or just sitting atop the water with its head tucked in. But today it was actively diving. There's plenty of pickerel in the bog but it may also be eating the vegetation at the bottom along with worms, snails and other invertebrates. So it won't starve. I'm interested to see how long it stay and if it will still be there in August when, I hope, the bog will be drawn down. I don't know if it can fly, so it may have to waddle over to Union Pond. 

Bufflehead, Whitesbog

June Birding--9 year birds

Black-billed Cuckoo, Whitesbog

For an historically slow month, post-migration June provided some spectacular results. True, the drop-off in year birds was steep, from 34 to a mere 9, but of those 9 almost all were rarities and what rarities they were: Dickcissel in Burlco, which is regular but rare & sought after, then the amazing surprise of the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher on the playing fields of Toms River HS East (not exactly Eton, but what rare birds has Eton produced lately?), then the two forays in seldom visited Somerset County to get what was probably the rarest bird in the state this month, the Henslow's Sparrow, topped off with Friday's first occurrence in Ocean County of a duo of Black-bellied Whistling Ducks. Without those rarities, I don't know what I'd have done.

Actually, I do know what I'd have done, because I did it anyway--I wandered around obscure parts of Burlington and Monmouth Counties, places I was pretty certain not to run into a horde of other birders, and enjoyed myself and whatever birds I happened upon. It's called "birding" as opposed to "chasing." Probably the happiest of my finds which wasn't a year bird, was coming upon the Black-billed Cuckoo picture above at the back of Union Pond at Whitesbog. While I had heard a number of cuckoos this year, this was the first Black-billed I'd come upon and I was lucky enough to get close enough to have photos showing the red orbital ring. And frankly, ever since I got scolded about an out of season Black-billed Cuckoo that I listed as "heard" when it was most likely a chipmunk (!), I have been reluctant to list all the cuckoos I think I hear--especially when that scolding is reinforced by the knowledge that the Yellow-billed Cuckoo learns its cousin's song and vice versa. Which is a long way of saying, "Boy, was I happy to see this one!"

For the month I had 143 species in 6 counties
Counties birded: Atlantic, Burlington, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset

Species                    First Sighting

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck   Cedar Run Dock Rd.

Snow Goose   Brig

Canada Goose   Cloverdale Farm

Mute Swan   Brig

Wood Duck   Brig

Blue-winged Teal   Brig

Mallard   Forsythe-Barnegat

American Black Duck   Brig

Common Eider   Barnegat Lighthouse SP

Surf Scoter   Barnegat Lighthouse SP

White-winged Scoter   Barnegat Lighthouse SP

Black Scoter   Barnegat Lighthouse SP

Red-breasted Merganser  Brig

Wild Turkey   Brig

Mourning Dove   Cloverdale Farm

Yellow-billed Cuckoo   Double Trouble State Park

Black-billed Cuckoo   Whitesbog

Common Nighthawk   35 Sunset Rd

Eastern Whip-poor-will   35 Sunset Rd

Chimney Swift   Brig

Ruby-throated Hummingbird   Lochiel Creek County Park

Clapper Rail   Brig

American Oystercatcher   Brig

Black-bellied Plover   Barnegat Lighthouse SP

Semipalmated Plover   Brig

Piping Plover   Barnegat Lighthouse SP

Killdeer   Cedar Bonnet Island

Ruddy Turnstone   Brig

Dunlin   Brig

Least Sandpiper   Brig

Semipalmated Sandpiper   Forsythe-Barnegat

Western Sandpiper   Brig

Short-billed Dowitcher   Brig

Spotted Sandpiper   Brig

Greater Yellowlegs   Brig

Willet   Brig

Lesser Yellowlegs   Brig

Laughing Gull   Meadowedge Park

Herring Gull   Meadowedge Park

Great Black-backed Gull   Forsythe-Barnegat

Least Tern   Great Bay Blvd WMA

Gull-billed Tern   Brig

Caspian Tern   Brig

Common Tern   Brig

Forster's Tern   Forsythe-Barnegat

Black Skimmer   Brig

Double-crested Cormorant   Brig

Brown Pelican   Island Beach SP

Great Blue Heron   Cloverdale Farm

Great Egret   Cloverdale Farm

Snowy Egret   Forsythe-Barnegat

Little Blue Heron   Island Beach SP

Tricolored Heron   Brig

Green Heron   Whitesbog

Black-crowned Night-Heron   Double Trouble State Park

Glossy Ibis   Meadowedge Park

Black Vulture   Lake Enno

Turkey Vulture   Crestwood Village

Osprey   Brig

Sharp-shinned Hawk   Brig

Cooper's Hawk   Butterfly Bogs

Bald Eagle   GSP MM42

Red-tailed Hawk   Colliers Mills WMA

Red-headed Woodpecker   Cloverdale Farm

Red-bellied Woodpecker   35 Sunset Rd

Downy Woodpecker   Cloverdale Farm

Hairy Woodpecker   Cloverdale Farm

Northern Flicker   Cloverdale Farm

Peregrine Falcon   Cedar Bonnet Island

Eastern Wood-Pewee   Cloverdale Farm

Acadian Flycatcher   Double Trouble State Park

Alder Flycatcher   Negri-Nepote Grasslands

Willow Flycatcher   Brig

Eastern Phoebe   Double Trouble State Park

Great Crested Flycatcher   Cloverdale Farm

Eastern Kingbird   Cloverdale Farm

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher   Toms River High School East

White-eyed Vireo   Double Trouble State Park

Yellow-throated Vireo   Baldpate Mt

Warbling Vireo   Colliers Mills WMA

Red-eyed Vireo   Lochiel Creek County Park

Blue Jay   Cloverdale Farm

American Crow   Cloverdale Farm

Fish Crow   Meadowedge Park

Common Raven   Negri-Nepote Grasslands

Northern Rough-winged Swallow   Lake Enno

Purple Martin   Brig

Tree Swallow   Cloverdale Farm

Bank Swallow   Laurel Run Park

Barn Swallow   Cloverdale Farm

Carolina Chickadee   35 Sunset Rd

Tufted Titmouse   Cloverdale Farm

White-breasted Nuthatch   Cloverdale Farm

House Wren   Cloverdale Farm

Marsh Wren   Forsythe-Barnegat

Carolina Wren   Meadowedge Park

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher   Cloverdale Farm

Eastern Bluebird   Cloverdale Farm

Veery   Double Trouble State Park

Wood Thrush   Cloverdale Farm

American Robin   Cloverdale Farm

Gray Catbird   Cloverdale Farm

Brown Thrasher   Cloverdale Farm

Northern Mockingbird   Colliers Mills WMA

European Starling   Meadowedge Park

Cedar Waxwing   Cloverdale Farm

House Finch   Cloverdale Farm

Pine Siskin   35 Sunset Rd

American Goldfinch   Cloverdale Farm

Grasshopper Sparrow   Laurel Run Park

Chipping Sparrow   Cloverdale Farm

Field Sparrow   Double Trouble State Park

White-throated Sparrow   Island Beach SP

Seaside Sparrow   Brig

Saltmarsh Sparrow   Great Bay Blvd WMA

Henslow's Sparrow   Negri-Nepote Grasslands

Song Sparrow   Cloverdale Farm

Swamp Sparrow   Whitesbog

Eastern Towhee   Cloverdale Farm

Yellow-breasted Chat   Brig

Orchard Oriole   Brig

Baltimore Oriole   Double Trouble State Park

Red-winged Blackbird   Cloverdale Farm

Brown-headed Cowbird   35 Sunset Rd

Common Grackle   Meadowedge Park

Boat-tailed Grackle   Brig

Ovenbird   Cloverdale Farm

Worm-eating Warbler   Lochiel Creek County Park

Black-and-white Warbler   Double Trouble State Park

Prothonotary Warbler   Huber Preserve

Common Yellowthroat   Cloverdale Farm

Hooded Warbler   Double Trouble State Park

American Redstart   Double Trouble State Park

Yellow Warbler   Forsythe-Barnegat

Pine Warbler   Lochiel Creek County Park

Prairie Warbler   Double Trouble State Park

Summer Tanager   Huber Preserve

Scarlet Tanager   Garden State Parkway N

Northern Cardinal   35 Sunset Rd

Blue Grosbeak   Colliers Mills WMA

Indigo Bunting   Cloverdale Farm

Dickcissel   Laurel Run Park House Sparrow   Brig

Wood Duck, Ditch Meadow, Whitesbog

Negri-Nepote Grasslands 6/23--Henslow's Sparrow

Henslow's Sparrow
Photo: Mike Mandracchia

Although I've only been there 4 or 5 times, I have a fondness for the Negri-Nepote Grasslands up in Franklin Township.I don't bird Somerset County all that much. But 8 years ago, after first looking at the house from which I write this, Shari & I went up there and got our life Dickcissel.

And yesterday, Dickcissel was the bird of the day, as Mike and I went over to Laurel Run Park in Burlco so he could get it for the year, which we did, pretty easily. As we were leaving, I checked the rare bird reports and saw a report of Henslow's Sparrow up at Negri-Nepote. The only Henslow's I've ever seen was in Ohio and, remarkably, considering his list, it would be a lifer for Mike, so despite having to take a rather roundabout route to get there, we went, arriving mid-afternoon. Because of diminishing habitat (read: grasslands) Henslow's has become a rarity in NJ. The closest place to reliably find them is in central Pennsylvania. Unfortunately for us, by the time we got there the bird had gone to ground and while we were happy to find our buddy Bob Auster there along with a couple of other birders we knew, the bird never showed for us. Of course, after we left it showed up again around 6 PM.

Bob texted me that he was going back early today and Mike and I decided to do the same. By the time I arrived at Mike's house, at around a quarter after six this morning, Bob texted that he already had seen the bird. It took us about 45 minutes to get there and 6 minutes to walk to the back field where the bird was being seen. We joined a long stream of birders headed in the same direction. We were lucky to get a parking spot--as we were leaving I saw many northern and central Jersey birders I know already leaving and still the parking lot was congested.

Just because Henslow's is rare doesn't mean it is a particularly interesting bird to look at--there are not astonishing field marks as there are on say a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. And its "song" if you will is just a stifled sneeze. Still, hard for me to get a Jersey lifer and even harder for Mike to get a lifer in Jersey, so there was great relief when the bird, which everyone assured us would "pop up" on a certain little bush in the field, actually did pop up, sing, and give great views, especially if someone kindly lent you his scope. My pictures came out smallish, but Mike's photo shows the bird to good advantage.

Coming in and going out we built up a pretty good list without really birding hard--most of the typical grassland birds can be found there, like Grasshopper Sparrow, Indigo Bunting, Blue Grosbeak, etc. We found 'em all and then some, including one flycatcher which we could swear was calling "Free Beer" like an Alder Flycatcher, but, considering the rarity of that bird and the fact that everyone else was reporting Willow Flycatcher (common) we relented and defaulted to the "Fitz-bew" bird. Since both birds look exactly alike (and were once conspecific) you can only really separate them by voice. Too bad, still need Alder for the year.
The list, covering a 1/2 mile to the sparrow spot:

35 species

Mourning Dove  3

Chimney Swift  1

Red-tailed Hawk  1

Willow Flycatcher  1    

Great Crested Flycatcher  1    Heard

Eastern Kingbird  5

Blue Jay  1    Heard

American Crow  2

Fish Crow  1    Heard

Tree Swallow  20    Feeding young

Barn Swallow  6    Nesting in blind

House Wren  4

Carolina Wren  2    Heard

Eastern Bluebird  1

American Robin  2

Gray Catbird  5

Brown Thrasher  1

Northern Mockingbird  1

European Starling  4

Cedar Waxwing  4

American Goldfinch  7

Grasshopper Sparrow  1

Chipping Sparrow  1

Field Sparrow  1    Heard

Henslow's Sparrow  1    

Song Sparrow  5

Eastern Towhee  1    Heard

Orchard Oriole  2

Red-winged Blackbird  10

Brown-headed Cowbird  2

Common Grackle  4

Common Yellowthroat  4

Yellow Warbler  1    Heard

Blue Grosbeak  1    Heard

Indigo Bunting  2

Negri-Nepote Grasslands 7/13--Dickcissel

It looked for a while that today's target bird wasn't going to make its annual appearance at Negri-Nepote Grasslands this year, but finally, about a week ago, a female Dickcissel was found to be feeding a couple of juveniles. Where the male is or was and the sudden appearance of the nest remain a mystery. A female DICK isn't as satisfying as a singing male, but it is a rarity, so it seemed worth trying for.

I drove up there this morning with no great hopes of finding the bird, but, if you don't look, you definitely won't find it. I was happy to run into my friends Joe & Elizabeth who had an odd bird in their scope. We were trying to turn it into a juvenile Dickcissel when a local birder came by and told us we had a juvenile cowbird. I was a little dubious about that, not seeing any striping on the bird, but we knew we didn't have the Dickcissel. A few minutes later, the same birder called out "There it is," and a few feet before us, perched on the top of very small tree, was the female DICK, with all the appropriate field marks. Great. "Now," I said, "I can do some birding."

Except I couldn't because, as we were walking to the little pond on the property to see if any shorebirds were around, the overcast sky became more threatening and then rain began, so, after a cursory look at the pond, and finding nothing but some Tree Swallows swooping over the surface, we headed back to the parking lot. So I got my target bird and pretty much nothing else.

June Wrap-up

Upland Sandpiper, Lakehurst NAES
Photo: Shari Zirlin

June is supposed to start the summer birding doldrums, the period between migrations, but we did all right with one life bird (MISSISSIPPI KITE on Staten Island) and 16 first of year birds. It was also a good month for time of year rarities--birds that should have moved on by now but for whatever reason, didn't get the message, like the Ruddy Duck and Hooded Merganser we found at Brig, the Common Loon I saw at Tuckerton a couple of weeks ago, and especially interesting these very late or extremely early Brants I saw on Friday hanging out in a marina parking lot on Great Bay Blvd.

Brants hang around later than most waterfowl because they nest farther north than most waterfowl but the end of the June is really stretching it. These two are probably at a procreative dead end, at least for this season. 

I found myself gravitating to a couple of places more so than normal--one inland Colliers Mills, was very productive for passerines, and the other, Great Bay Blvd, got me a fair number of marsh birds plus surprisingly, Willow Flycatcher a few times.  The main reason I kept returning to these spots was that I knew I had a decent chance of adding to my Bird A Day list, though at this point, unless I can turn up a Blue Grosbeak, Colliers Mills is pretty much exhausted until migration starts anew, while Great Bay Blvd still has potential for a couple of birds. But I truly doubt I'm going to make it too much farther in July. In just the last week I had to use "reliables" like Canada Goose and Turkey Vulture. Even driving down to Brigantine every day wouldn't extend the streak very much. And, as I've said before, this is starting to seem like a job and I like being retired.  I can tell you Shari will certainly be happy when the streak ends. 

For the month the tally is 135 species, not as long a list as last month, but last month had migration in Ohio.

Counties birded:

New Jersey: Atlantic, Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset

New York: Richmond

Species      Location

Brant      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Canada Goose      Colliers Mills WMA

Mute Swan      Brigantine

Wood Duck      Double Trouble State Park

American Black Duck      Brigantine

Mallard      Crestwood Village

Hooded Merganser      Brigantine

Ruddy Duck      Brigantine

Wild Turkey      35 Sunset Rd

Common Loon      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Double-crested Cormorant      Great Kills Park

Great Blue Heron      Colliers Mills WMA

Great Egret      Double Trouble State Park

Snowy Egret      Great Kills Park

Little Blue Heron      Cattus Island County Park

Tricolored Heron      Cattus Island County Park

Green Heron      White's Bogs

Black-crowned Night-Heron      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Glossy Ibis      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Black Vulture      Lakehurst NAES

Turkey Vulture      Colliers Mills WMA

Osprey      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

MISSISSIPPI KITE      Cemetery of the Resurrection

Cooper's Hawk      Colliers Mills WMA

Bald Eagle      Assunpink WMA

Red-tailed Hawk      Colliers Mills WMA

Clapper Rail      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Virginia Rail      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

American Coot      Brigantine

Black-bellied Plover      Brigantine

Semipalmated Plover      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Killdeer      Colliers Mills WMA

American Oystercatcher      Great Kills Park

American Avocet      Brigantine

Willet      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Lesser Yellowlegs      Brigantine

Upland Sandpiper      Lakehurst NAES

Whimbrel      Brigantine

Marbled Godwit      Brigantine

Ruddy Turnstone      Brigantine

Semipalmated Sandpiper      Brigantine

Dunlin      Brigantine

Short-billed Dowitcher      Brigantine

Laughing Gull      Great Kills Park

Herring Gull      Crestwood Village

Great Black-backed Gull      Great Kills Park

Least Tern      Horicon Lake

Gull-billed Tern      Brigantine

Caspian Tern      Brigantine

Common Tern      Mt. Loretto

Forster's Tern      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Black Skimmer      Brigantine

Rock Pigeon      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Mourning Dove      Colliers Mills WMA

Yellow-billed Cuckoo      White's Bogs

Black-billed Cuckoo      Forest Hill Rd

Barred Owl      Lakehurst NAES

Common Nighthawk      Colliers Mills WMA

Chuck-will's-widow      E. Bay Ave, Barnegat

Eastern Whip-poor-will      35 Sunset Rd

Chimney Swift      Crestwood Village

Ruby-throated Hummingbird      35 Sunset Rd

Belted Kingfisher      Colliers Mills WMA

Red-headed Woodpecker      Colliers Mills WMA

Red-bellied Woodpecker      Colliers Mills WMA

Downy Woodpecker      Crestwood Village

Northern Flicker      Colliers Mills WMA

American Kestrel      Lakehurst NAES

Peregrine Falcon      Brigantine

Eastern Wood-Pewee      Colliers Mills WMA

Acadian Flycatcher      Double Trouble State Park

Willow Flycatcher      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Eastern Phoebe      Colliers Mills WMA

Great Crested Flycatcher      Colliers Mills WMA

Eastern Kingbird      Colliers Mills WMA

White-eyed Vireo      Double Trouble State Park

Warbling Vireo      Assunpink WMA

Blue Jay      Colliers Mills WMA

American Crow      Crestwood Village

Fish Crow      35 Sunset Rd

Horned Lark      Lakehurst NAES

Northern Rough-winged Swallow      Mt. Loretto

Purple Martin      Brigantine

Tree Swallow      Colliers Mills WMA

Bank Swallow      Lakehurst NAES

Barn Swallow      Double Trouble State Park

Carolina Chickadee      Colliers Mills WMA

Black-capped Chickadee      Mt. Loretto

Tufted Titmouse      Colliers Mills WMA

White-breasted Nuthatch      Colliers Mills WMA

House Wren      Crestwood Village

Marsh Wren      Brigantine

Carolina Wren      Crestwood Village

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher      Colliers Mills WMA

Eastern Bluebird      Colliers Mills WMA

Veery      Double Trouble State Park

Wood Thrush      Double Trouble State Park

American Robin      Colliers Mills WMA

Gray Catbird      Colliers Mills WMA

Northern Mockingbird      Colliers Mills WMA

Brown Thrasher      Colliers Mills WMA

European Starling      Crestwood Village

Cedar Waxwing      Crestwood Village

Ovenbird      Colliers Mills WMA

Black-and-white Warbler      Double Trouble State Park

Common Yellowthroat      Colliers Mills WMA

Yellow Warbler      Great Kills Park

Blackpoll Warbler      Colliers Mills WMA

Pine Warbler      Crestwood Village

Prairie Warbler      Colliers Mills WMA

Yellow-breasted Chat      Assunpink WMA

Eastern Towhee      Colliers Mills WMA

Chipping Sparrow      Colliers Mills WMA

Field Sparrow      Negri-Nepote Grasslands

Grasshopper Sparrow      Negri-Nepote Grasslands

Saltmarsh Sparrow      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Seaside Sparrow      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Song Sparrow      Crestwood Village

Swamp Sparrow      Assunpink WMA

Scarlet Tanager      Colliers Mills WMA

Northern Cardinal      Colliers Mills WMA

Rose-breasted Grosbeak      Assunpink WMA

Blue Grosbeak      Mt. Loretto

Indigo Bunting      Colliers Mills WMA

Dickcissel      Negri-Nepote Grasslands

Red-winged Blackbird      Colliers Mills WMA

Eastern Meadowlark      Lakehurst NAES

Common Grackle      35 Sunset Rd

Boat-tailed Grackle      Great Kills Park

Brown-headed Cowbird      Colliers Mills WMA

Orchard Oriole      Double Trouble State Park

Baltimore Oriole      Colliers Mills WMA

House Finch      35 Sunset Rd

American Goldfinch      Crestwood Village

House Sparrow      Mt. Loretto

Species      Location

Brant      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Canada Goose      Colliers Mills WMA

Mute Swan      Brigantine

Wood Duck      Double Trouble State Park

American Black Duck      Brigantine

Mallard      Crestwood Village

Hooded Merganser      Brigantine

Ruddy Duck      Brigantine

Wild Turkey      35 Sunset Rd

Common Loon      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Double-crested Cormorant      Great Kills Park

Great Blue Heron      Colliers Mills WMA

Great Egret      Double Trouble State Park

Snowy Egret      Great Kills Park

Little Blue Heron      Cattus Island County Park

Tricolored Heron      Cattus Island County Park

Green Heron      White's Bogs

Black-crowned Night-Heron      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Glossy Ibis      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Black Vulture      Lakehurst NAES

Turkey Vulture      Colliers Mills WMA

Osprey      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

MISSISSIPPI KITE      Cemetery of the Resurrection

Cooper's Hawk      Colliers Mills WMA

Bald Eagle      Assunpink WMA

Red-tailed Hawk      Colliers Mills WMA

Clapper Rail      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Virginia Rail      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

American Coot      Brigantine

Black-bellied Plover      Brigantine

Semipalmated Plover      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Killdeer      Colliers Mills WMA

American Oystercatcher      Great Kills Park

American Avocet      Brigantine

Willet      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Lesser Yellowlegs      Brigantine

Upland Sandpiper      Lakehurst NAES

Whimbrel      Brigantine

Marbled Godwit      Brigantine

Ruddy Turnstone      Brigantine

Semipalmated Sandpiper      Brigantine

Dunlin      Brigantine

Short-billed Dowitcher      Brigantine

Laughing Gull      Great Kills Park

Herring Gull      Crestwood Village

Great Black-backed Gull      Great Kills Park

Least Tern      Horicon Lake

Gull-billed Tern      Brigantine

Caspian Tern      Brigantine

Common Tern      Mt. Loretto

Forster's Tern      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Black Skimmer      Brigantine

Rock Pigeon      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Mourning Dove      Colliers Mills WMA

Yellow-billed Cuckoo      White's Bogs

Black-billed Cuckoo      Forest Hill Rd

Barred Owl      Lakehurst NAES

Common Nighthawk      Colliers Mills WMA

Chuck-will's-widow      E. Bay Ave, Barnegat

Eastern Whip-poor-will      35 Sunset Rd

Chimney Swift      Crestwood Village

Ruby-throated Hummingbird      35 Sunset Rd

Belted Kingfisher      Colliers Mills WMA

Red-headed Woodpecker      Colliers Mills WMA

Red-bellied Woodpecker      Colliers Mills WMA

Downy Woodpecker      Crestwood Village

Northern Flicker      Colliers Mills WMA

American Kestrel      Lakehurst NAES

Peregrine Falcon      Brigantine

Eastern Wood-Pewee      Colliers Mills WMA

Acadian Flycatcher      Double Trouble State Park

Willow Flycatcher      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Eastern Phoebe      Colliers Mills WMA

Great Crested Flycatcher      Colliers Mills WMA

Eastern Kingbird      Colliers Mills WMA

White-eyed Vireo      Double Trouble State Park

Warbling Vireo      Assunpink WMA

Blue Jay      Colliers Mills WMA

American Crow      Crestwood Village

Fish Crow      35 Sunset Rd

Horned Lark      Lakehurst NAES

Northern Rough-winged Swallow      Mt. Loretto

Purple Martin      Brigantine

Tree Swallow      Colliers Mills WMA

Bank Swallow      Lakehurst NAES

Barn Swallow      Double Trouble State Park

Carolina Chickadee      Colliers Mills WMA

Black-capped Chickadee      Mt. Loretto

Tufted Titmouse      Colliers Mills WMA

White-breasted Nuthatch      Colliers Mills WMA

House Wren      Crestwood Village

Marsh Wren      Brigantine

Carolina Wren      Crestwood Village

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher      Colliers Mills WMA

Eastern Bluebird      Colliers Mills WMA

Veery      Double Trouble State Park

Wood Thrush      Double Trouble State Park

American Robin      Colliers Mills WMA

Gray Catbird      Colliers Mills WMA

Northern Mockingbird      Colliers Mills WMA

Brown Thrasher      Colliers Mills WMA

European Starling      Crestwood Village

Cedar Waxwing      Crestwood Village

Ovenbird      Colliers Mills WMA

Black-and-white Warbler      Double Trouble State Park

Common Yellowthroat      Colliers Mills WMA

Yellow Warbler      Great Kills Park

Blackpoll Warbler      Colliers Mills WMA

Pine Warbler      Crestwood Village

Prairie Warbler      Colliers Mills WMA

Yellow-breasted Chat      Assunpink WMA

Eastern Towhee      Colliers Mills WMA

Chipping Sparrow      Colliers Mills WMA

Field Sparrow      Negri-Nepote Grasslands

Grasshopper Sparrow      Negri-Nepote Grasslands

Saltmarsh Sparrow      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Seaside Sparrow      Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Song Sparrow      Crestwood Village

Swamp Sparrow      Assunpink WMA

Scarlet Tanager      Colliers Mills WMA

Northern Cardinal      Colliers Mills WMA

Rose-breasted Grosbeak      Assunpink WMA

Blue Grosbeak      Mt. Loretto

Indigo Bunting      Colliers Mills WMA

Dickcissel      Negri-Nepote Grasslands

Red-winged Blackbird      Colliers Mills WMA

Eastern Meadowlark      Lakehurst NAES

Common Grackle      35 Sunset Rd

Boat-tailed Grackle      Great Kills Park

Brown-headed Cowbird      Colliers Mills WMA

Orchard Oriole      Double Trouble State Park

Baltimore Oriole      Colliers Mills WMA

House Finch      35 Sunset Rd

American Goldfinch      Crestwood Village

House Sparrow      Mt. Loretto