Daintree River Area 10/12-10/14--30 Life Birds, 3 Year Birds

PAPUAN FROGMOUTH, on nest, Daintree River

We drove up the Captain Cook Highway from Cairns with the Coral Sea on our right, getting one year bird--Black Kite--and one life bird--AUSTRALIAN KESTREL at 100 kph.

Coral Sea panorama

Daintree Village

BAR-SHOULDERED DOVES

We arrived in Daintree Village in the late afternoon, where are first life bird was seen on the road coming in, a pair of very pretty BAR-SHOULDERED DOVES. We had just enough time to check into our rooms, overlooking the Daintree River, before we were scheduled to go on the first of our boat trips up and down the river. The rainy season, according to Alex, our guide/boatman, was just about to begin, which would mean massive flooding of the river. We had to descend a long driveway to get to the boat launch which was about 20 feet below the car park. He said that at times, during the rainy season, he had been able to launch the boat from the car park! That's a flood.

Some of the highlights of our rather meandering trip along the waterway was our first AUSTRALASIAN DARTER (akin to our Anhinga), the lucky for us to find it WHITE-BROWED CRAKE, and the even hard to find PAPUAN FROGMOUTH (see photo above). There are a lot of beautiful birds in Australia. The Papuan Frogmouth is not one of them.

AUSTRALASIAN DARTER

WHITE-BROWED CRAKE

As we proceeded, Alex saw that I was keeping an eBird list (it is ever thus) of the birds we'd seen. He asked me how many Cattle Egrets I'd noted. Only the one with all the cattle along the river bank, I told him.  He smiled. A few minutes later he came around a bend in the river and asked me now how many Cattle Egrets I was going to count:

The photo shows only a small section of the huge roost that the egrets were flying to as the sun set. Dozens at a time were coming down the river. It reminded me of our time on the Caroni Swamp in Trinidad when the Scarlet Ibises came into their roost, except that Cattle Egrets are not nearly as spectacular looking. But the Cattle Egrets in Australia look very different from the Cattle Egrets in the Western Hemisphere, having much more buff color on their faces and necks than the ones we see in Florida, the Caribbean, and even Africa. Right now they are a sub-species. I'm hoping for a split. 

The next morning we took another ride on the river; this time our boatman was Sauce, the original owner of the boat and probably the only Australian I had a hard time understanding, his accent so thick. He was not the only Australian I had a hard time hearing. That was all of them. Despite a reputation for being loud and hardy souls, my experience was that Australians never raise their voices above sotto voce. If I hadn't been around 5 other Americans, I would have thought I was losing my hearing. 

Of course "Sauce" is not his real name and when we inquired as to its origin he told us that, well, his last name was Worcester so inevitably he was called "Sauce." Inevitably. 

We saw plenty of birds with Sauce, but nothing new, and right after the trip Alex joined us for a jaunt across the river (via a car ferry pulled by a cable) to the pessimistically named Cape Tribulation to look for CASSOWARIES...which we did not find despite "looking here and there, looking everywhere." But we did add BROWN CUCKOO-DOVE, PACIFIC EMERALD DOVE, PACIFIC HERON, PACIFIC REEF-HERON & YELLOW-SPOTTED HONEYEATER to our lists, but since we were birding primarily from a car (which I dislike) no photos were obtained. Here is a photo of a Pacific Heron (also know as White-necked Heron) that we saw later the next day (photo also taken from the car)

Hard to believe that we could miss a bird that stands as tall as a man, but we had, so the next morning, before we left for the Tablelands south and west of Daintree, we tried again, and after another hour or so of driving the now familiar roads of Cape Tribulation, Lon suddenly called out, "There it is!" and we saw a magnificent Cassowary trot across the road. Unfortunately, big as it was, it disappeared into the thick brush when we pulled up to the spot where it had left the road. Still, we all had great, if brief views of this very early species in the taxonomic order. 

Before we left our hotel in Daintree Village, Kim called us over to the little office area. There one of the workers was holding in her hand a moth. I'm not particularly interested in moths, butterflies, or any insects--I leave that to my brother--but this moth was special, being huge, making the Polyphemus Moth that sometimes flits around here look like a midget.

It is called a HERCULES MOTH and, according to my brother, is considered the largest moth in the world.

On our way south we made several stops without finding much, but at the intersection of Wonga Beach Road & Mossman Daintree Rd, Mike spotted a group of white herons that weren't Cattle Egrets. Instead they turned out to be one of the species we most wanted to see on the trip, ROYAL SPOONBILLS. As Kim pointed out, it pays to really look at the birds instead of just blowing them off as common species. Or as Yogi Berra said: You can observe a lot by watching. 

My Birding Year

Purple Honeycreeper, Yrette, Trinidad

Best year.

In terms of number of species recorded, in terms of lifers, in terms of exciting, beautiful birds seen, it was my best year of birding.

For the year I listed 446 species, not as many as the 500 I secretly set a goal for at the beginning of the year, but by far more than I've had in the past. As to lifers, I had 140 new species added to the life list, the most since I started paying attention to that category. Of course, the vast majority of them came from our trip to Trinidad & Tobago.

The year got off to a slow, cold start. Besides finding the usual birds in January, the only one that really stands out in my memory was the trek I took on January 3 along the windswept beach of Holgate in search of a Snowy Owl, which I did eventually find, and a good thing too, because there have been only a few times in my birding years that I considered myself a total idiot, going out in weather that I would usually pay money to avoid.

The first lifer of the year didn't come until February when a HARRIS'S SPARROW started to frequent a feeder on a suburban street in Mercer County about an hour from here. Since it was first reported during the Great Backyard Bird Count, I didn't take the listing seriously, as all kinds of "rarities" are reported that week by casual birders, but this sighting turned out to true. I drove up there one morning and searched around the area only to be told a fellow birder that, while I was in the right place, the bird was up the block. Shari wanted to see the bird too, so we drove back a day or so later and failed to find. It took three tries before she could get the bird and then it was thanks to a homeowner who pointed it out to us and let us view it from her driveway.

A couple of trips that month to the Trenton Sewage Ponds turned up some great warblers, especially for winter--Nashville, Yellow-throated, Palm, Pine, & Yellow-rumped. Lots of tiny bugs to eat at the sewage ponds as you can imagine, so why fly south when you save energy and stay nearer your breeding grounds? I missed the Orange-crowned Warbler there but did get it at the feeder at Manasquan Reservoir.

The early spring was fairly uneventful, though Shari was happy to get her first Oystercatcher of the year. Then it was off to Trinidad & Tobago which was everything we hoped for, including the big, spectacular birds of the country:

RUFOUS-VENTED CHACHALACA

TRINIDAD PIPING-GUAN

TRINIDAD MOTMOT

                                                                          OILBIRD
I participated in the World Series of Birding on Pete's team and while we didn't do as well as we'd have liked, we did get more species in one day than I've ever had and a had rollicking good time, starting at 2:30 in the morning with whip-poor-wills and ending at sunset with I don't know what bird.

The summer had all the herons and egrets one could want, including the famous Reddish Egret that Greg found out on the Great Sedge Islands. When he sent me a picture of the bird, before he was 100% sure of its identification, I was at a Blue Claws game and I can tell you that the gnashing of my teeth drowned out the crack of the bat.

LARK BUNTING, Sandy Hook

I didn't get my next life bird until September when a LARK BUNTING showed up at Sandy Hook. I was there early the next morning and luckily got on the bird because it was gone the next day.

Speaking of larks, I listed MUSCOVY DUCK in Monmouth County in November because there is a large population of them there and they do breed but I didn't feel great about having this feral species that is not on the official NJ list on my life list. But they are such great looking birds that I found them irresistible. Fortunately, we saw them this month in Florida where they are considered "countable" and non-controversial.

The last 3 lifers for the year were also this month in Florida: GRAY-HEADED SWAMPHEN, RED-COCKADED WOODPECKER, and, finally, after missing it our last trip 3 years ago, FLORIDA SCRUB-JAY.

I don't start the new year with a lot of hopes or goals. I just go out virtually every day and look around. Sometimes I find an unusual bird. Most times the day just turns out to be practice: What's that whistle? What's that song? What's that bird on the wire, what's that bird at the top of the tree a little too far for me to see, can I get it by giss? Birding with Mike, Pete, Greg, Bob and Kim has made me a better birder, which in the end, means more to me than another tick on the list.

But I do love my lists!
Here is 2016's. HAPPY NEW YEAR  to all my dozen readers.

Species                First Sighting

LITTLE TINAMOU   Waller Field

Greater White-fronted Goose   Island Heights baseball field

Snow Goose   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (Brigantine Unit)

Brant   Sandy Hook

Barnacle Goose   Monroe--S. Middlesex Av Ponds

Cackling Goose   Prospertown Lake

Canada Goose   Rt. 70--Manchester

Mute Swan   Lake Takanassee

Tundra Swan   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (Brigantine Unit)

MUSCOVY DUCK   Fletcher Lake

Wood Duck   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR--Lily Lake

Gadwall   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (Brigantine Unit)

Eurasian Wigeon   Lake Takanassee

American Wigeon   Lake Takanassee

American Black Duck   Oceanic Bridge--north end

Mallard   Lake Takanassee

Mottled Duck   J. N. Ding Darling NWR

Blue-winged Teal   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (Brigantine Unit)

Northern Shoveler   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (Brigantine Unit)

Northern Pintail   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (Brigantine Unit)

Green-winged Teal   Cape Island--CMPSP (Cape May Point SP)

Canvasback   Lake Takanassee

Redhead   Marshall's Pond

Ring-necked Duck   Marshall's Pond

Greater Scaup   Riverfront Landing

Lesser Scaup   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (Brigantine Unit)

Common Eider   Barnegat Lighthouse SP

Harlequin Duck   Barnegat Lighthouse SP

Surf Scoter   Sandy Hook

White-winged Scoter   Sandy Hook

Black Scoter   Sandy Hook

Long-tailed Duck   Sandy Hook

Bufflehead   Oceanic Bridge--north end

Common Goldeneye   Sandy Hook

Hooded Merganser   Lake Takanassee

Common Merganser   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (Brigantine Unit)

Red-breasted Merganser   Oceanic Bridge--north end

Ruddy Duck   Oceanic Bridge--north end

RUFOUS-VENTED CHACHALACA   Cuffie River Nature Resort

TRINIDAD PIPING-GUAN   Grande Riviere

Ring-necked Pheasant   GSP MM 48

Wild Turkey   Crestwood Village

Red-throated Loon   Sandy Hook

Pacific Loon   Sandy Hook

Common Loon   Sandy Hook

Pied-billed Grebe   Manahawkin Lake

Horned Grebe   Sandy Hook

Western Grebe   Allenhurst--Corlies Ave

RED-BILLED TROPICBIRD   Little Tobago Island

Wood Stork   Harns Marsh

Magnificent Frigatebird   Arena Forest Reserve and Reservoir

Brown Booby   Blue Waters Inn--Starwood tr

RED-FOOTED BOOBY   Little Tobago Island

Northern Gannet   Sandy Hook

Great Cormorant   Sandy Hook

Double-crested Cormorant   Sandy Hook

Anhinga   Caroni Swamp

American White Pelican   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (Brigantine Unit)

Brown Pelican   Paria Main Road, San Souci

American Bittern   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (Brigantine Unit)

Great Blue Heron   Silver Lake and Ferruggiaro Park

Great Egret   Great Egg Harbor

Snowy Egret   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR--Barnegat

Little Blue Heron   Tuckerton--Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Tricolored Heron   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (Brigantine Unit)

Reddish Egret   Island Beach SP--Winter Anchorage

Cattle Egret   Caroni rice fields--by Uriah Butler

Green Heron   Bunker Hill Bogs

STRIATED HERON   Caroni Swamp

Black-crowned Night-Heron   Heislerville WMA

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron   Caroni rice fields--by Uriah Butler

White Ibis   Holiday Inn FLL-west

SCARLET IBIS   Caroni rice fields--by Uriah Butler

Glossy Ibis   Cattus Island County Park

White-faced Ibis   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (Brigantine Unit)

Roseate Spoonbill   J. N. Ding Darling NWR

Black Vulture   Stafford--Hilliard & Route 9

Turkey Vulture   Sandy Hook

Osprey   Tuckerton--Great Bay Bvld. WMA

GRAY-HEADED KITE   Grande Riviere

Golden Eagle   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (Brigantine Unit)

Snail Kite   Caroni rice fields--by Uriah Butler

Mississippi Kite   Waretown

PLUMBEOUS KITE   Arena Forest Reserve and Reservoir

Northern Harrier   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR--Bridge to Nowhere

Sharp-shinned Hawk   35 Sunset Rd

Cooper's Hawk   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (Brigantine Unit)

Bald Eagle   Oceanic Bridge--north end

COMMON BLACK HAWK   Paria Main Road, Grand Rivière

SAVANNA HAWK   Aripo Livestock (Agriculture Research) Station

Red-shouldered Hawk   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (Brigantine Unit)

Broad-winged Hawk   Cuffie River Nature Lodge Driveway

Short-tailed Hawk   Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary

Red-tailed Hawk   Field next to Lakewood Wawa

MANGROVE RAIL   Caroni rice fields--by Uriah Butler

Clapper Rail   Manahawkin WMA

GRAY-HEADED SWAMPHEN   Harns Marsh

Common Gallinule   Lake of the Lilies

American Coot   Lake Takanassee

Limpkin   Harns Marsh

Sandhill Crane   New Egypt--Brynmore / Big Woods Rd. fields

Black-necked Stilt   Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge

American Avocet   Absecon Creek

American Oystercatcher   Sandy Hook

Black-bellied Plover   Sandy Hook

SOUTHERN LAPWING   Aripo Livestock Station

Wilson's Plover   San Carlos Bay/Bunche Beach Preserve

Semipalmated Plover   Caroni Swamp

Piping Plover   Island Beach SP--South Beach to Inlet

Killdeer   Manahawkin Lake

WATTLED JACANA   Aripo Livestock Station

Whimbrel   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (Brigantine Unit)

Hudsonian Godwit   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (Brigantine Unit)

Marbled Godwit   Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge

Ruddy Turnstone   Barnegat Lighthouse SP

Red Knot   Tuckerton--Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Ruff   Heislerville WMA

Stilt Sandpiper   White's Bogs

Curlew Sandpiper   Heislerville WMA

Sanderling   Barnegat Lighthouse SP

Dunlin   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (Brigantine Unit)

Purple Sandpiper   Barnegat Lighthouse SP

Baird's Sandpiper   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (Brigantine Unit)

Least Sandpiper   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (Brigantine Unit)

White-rumped Sandpiper   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (Brigantine Unit)

Buff-breasted Sandpiper   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (Brigantine Unit)

Pectoral Sandpiper   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (Brigantine Unit)

Semipalmated Sandpiper   Tuckerton--Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Western Sandpiper   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (Brigantine Unit)

Short-billed Dowitcher   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (Brigantine Unit)

Long-billed Dowitcher   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (Brigantine Unit)

Wilson's Snipe   Shelter Cove Park

American Woodcock   35 Sunset Rd

Wilson's Phalarope   Holmdel-Willowbrook Rd

Red-necked Phalarope   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (Brigantine Unit)

Spotted Sandpiper   Aripo Livestock (Agriculture Research) Station

Solitary Sandpiper   Cloverdale Farm

Greater Yellowlegs   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (Brigantine Unit)

Willet   Little Tobago Island

Lesser Yellowlegs   Absecon Creek

Parasitic Jaeger   Sandy Hook

Razorbill   Manasquan Inlet

Bonaparte's Gull   Barnegat Lighthouse SP

Black-headed Gull   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (Brigantine Unit)

Laughing Gull   Barnegat Municipal Dock

Ring-billed Gull   Sandy Hook

Herring Gull   Oceanic Bridge--north end

Iceland Gull   Sandy Hook

Lesser Black-backed Gull   Island Beach SP--South Beach to Inlet

Great Black-backed Gull   Oceanic Bridge--north end

Least Tern   Tuckerton--Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Gull-billed Tern   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (Brigantine Unit)

Caspian Tern   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (Brigantine Unit)

Black Tern   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (Brigantine Unit)

Common Tern   Tuckerton--Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Forster's Tern   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (Brigantine Unit)

Royal Tern   Castara Bay

Sandwich Tern   Sanibel Beach

Black Skimmer   Tuckerton--Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Rock Pigeon   Lake Takanassee

PALE-VENTED PIGEON   Arena Forest Reserve and Reservoir

SCALED PIGEON   Asa Wright Nature Centre

Eurasian Collared-Dove   Sanibel 26.4355x-82.0473

Common Ground-Dove   Sanibel Captiva Rd - 26.4383x-82.0910

Ruddy Ground-Dove   Caroni rice fields--by Uriah Butler

White-tipped Dove   Mt. Plasir Estate

GRAY-FRONTED DOVE   Asa Wright Nature Centre

Mourning Dove   Stafford Avenue

GREATER ANI   Caroni rice fields--by Uriah Butler

Smooth-billed Ani   Caroni rice fields--by Uriah Butler

Striped Cuckoo   Aripo Livestock (Agriculture Research) Station

Yellow-billed Cuckoo   Colliers Mills WMA

Black-billed Cuckoo   Colliers Mills WMA

Eastern Screech-Owl   Manahawkin WMA--Beach Ave

TROPICAL SCREECH-OWL   Caroni Swamp

Great Horned Owl   White's Bogs

Snowy Owl   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR--Holgate (Long Beach Island)

FERRUGINOUS PYGMY-OWL   Mt. Plasir Estate

Burrowing Owl   Pelican Blvd. Baseball Fields

Barred Owl   White's Bog (Ocean Co.)

Long-eared Owl   Manahawkin WMA--Beach Ave

Common Nighthawk   Lakehurst NAES

COMMON PAURAQUE   Aripo Livestock Station

WHITE-TAILED NIGHTJAR   Aripo Livestock Station

Chuck-will's-widow   Manahawkin WMA--Beach Ave

Eastern Whip-poor-will   35 Sunset Rd

COMMON POTOO   Caroni Swamp

OILBIRD   Asa Wright Nature Centre

Chimney Swift   Lake Enno

SHORT-TAILED SWIFT   Caroni Swamp

BAND-RUMPED SWIFT   Aripo Livestock Station

GRAY-RUMPED SWIFT   Cuffie River Nature Resort

FORK-TAILED PALM-SWIFT   Waller Field

WHITE-NECKED JACOBIN   Yrette

RUFOUS-BREASTED HERMIT   Yrette

GREEN HERMIT   Yrette

RUBY-TOPAZ HUMMINGBIRD   Aripo Livestock Station

GREEN-THROATED MANGO   Caroni Swamp

BLACK-THROATED MANGO   Aripo Livestock Station

TUFTED COQUETTE   Asa Wright Nature Centre

LONG-BILLED STARTHROAT   Yrette

Ruby-throated Hummingbird   Crestwood Village

BLUE-TAILED EMERALD   Aripo Livestock Station

BLUE-CHINNED SAPPHIRE   Yrette

WHITE-TAILED SABREWING   Tobago Forest Reserve--Gilpin Trace

WHITE-CHESTED EMERALD   Aripo Livestock Station

COPPER-RUMPED HUMMINGBIRD   Yrette

GREEN-BACKED TROGON   Blanchisseuse Rd

GUIANAN TROGON   Grande Riviere

COLLARED TROGON   Asa Wright Nature Centre

TRINIDAD MOTMOT   Asa Wright Nature Centre

Belted Kingfisher   Cattus Island County Park

AMERICAN PYGMY KINGFISHER   Caroni Swamp

RUFOUS-TAILED JACAMAR   Blanchisseuse Rd

CHANNEL-BILLED TOUCAN   Arena Forest Reserve and Reservoir

Red-headed Woodpecker   Colliers Mills WMA

RED-CROWNED WOODPECKER   Cuffie River Nature Resort

Red-bellied Woodpecker   35 Sunset Rd

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker   Bamber Lake

Downy Woodpecker   Cattus Island County Park

Hairy Woodpecker   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR--Bridge to Nowhere

RED-COCKADED WOODPECKER   Babcock-Webb WMA

RED-RUMPED WOODPECKER   Asa Wright Nature Centre

GOLDEN-OLIVE WOODPECKER   Blanchisseuse Rd

Northern Flicker   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR--Bridge to Nowhere

CHESTNUT WOODPECKER   Blanchisseuse Rd

LINEATED WOODPECKER   Aripo Livestock Station

Pileated Woodpecker   East Gulf Drive

YELLOW-HEADED CARACARA   Aripo Livestock Station

American Kestrel   Robert J Miller Air Park

Merlin   Monmouth Beach

BAT FALCON   Arena Forest Reserve and Reservoir

Peregrine Falcon   East Bay Av, Stafford Township

LILAC-TAILED PARROTLET   Blanchisseuse Rd

Monk Parakeet   Carteret--Washington Avenue

BLUE-HEADED PARROT   Blanchisseuse Rd

ORANGE-WINGED PARROT   Aripo Livestock Station

GREEN-RUMPED PARROTLET   Aripo Livestock Station

GREAT ANTSHRIKE   Aripo Livestock Station

BLACK-CRESTED ANTSHRIKE   Caroni Swamp

BARRED ANTSHRIKE   Aripo Livestock Station

WHITE-FLANKED ANTWREN   Blanchisseuse Rd

WHITE-FRINGED ANTWREN   Cuffie River Nature Lodge Driveway

WHITE-BELLIED ANTBIRD   Blanchisseuse Rd

BLACK-FACED ANTTHRUSH   Blanchisseuse Rd

PLAIN-BROWN WOODCREEPER   Blanchisseuse Rd

COCOA WOODCREEPER   Asa Wright Nature Centre

STRAIGHT-BILLED WOODCREEPER   Caroni Swamp

STREAKED XENOPS   Asa Wright Nature Centre

YELLOW-CHINNED SPINETAIL   Aripo Livestock Station

PALE-BREASTED SPINETAIL   Grande Riviere

STRIPE-BREASTED SPINETAIL   Asa Wright Nature Centre

FOREST ELAENIA   Asa Wright Nature Centre

YELLOW-BELLIED ELAENIA   Aripo Livestock Station

OCHRE-BELLIED FLYCATCHER   Asa Wright Nature Centre

SLATY-CAPPED FLYCATCHER   Blanchisseuse Rd

YELLOW-breasted Flycatcher   Caroni Swamp

EULER'S FLYCATCHER   Blanchisseuse Rd

Olive-sided Flycatcher   Cloverdale Farm

Eastern Wood-Pewee   Colliers Mills WMA

TROPICAL PEWEE   Blanchisseuse Rd

Acadian Flycatcher   Taylor Ln

Willow Flycatcher   Ernest L. Oros Wildlife Preserve

Least Flycatcher   Old Mine Road IBA

Eastern Phoebe   Sandy Hook

PIED WATER-TYRANT   Aripo Livestock Station

WHITE-HEADED MARSH TYRANT   Aripo Livestock Station

BRIGHT-RUMPED ATTILA   Asa Wright Nature Centre

DUSKY-CAPPED FLYCATCHER   Blanchisseuse Rd

VENEZUELAN FLYCATCHER   Cuffie River Nature Resort

Great Crested Flycatcher   Colliers Mills WMA

Brown-crested Flycatcher   Cuffie River Nature Resort

Great Kiskadee   Caroni rice fields--by Uriah Butler

BOAT-BILLED FLYCATCHER   Arena Forest Reserve and Reservoir

STREAKED FLYCATCHER   Aripo Livestock Station

PIRATIC FLYCATCHER   Grande Riviere

SULPHURY FLYCATCHER   Waller Field

TROPICAL KINGBIRD   Caroni rice fields--by Uriah Butler

Eastern Kingbird   Island Beach SP--Spizzle Creek Blind Trail

Gray Kingbird   Aripo Livestock Station

Fork-tailed Flycatcher   Aripo Livestock Station

BEARDED BELLBIRD   Asa Wright Nature Centre

BLUE-BACKED MANAKIN   Tobago Forest Reserve--Gilpin Trace

WHITE-BEARDED MANAKIN   Asa Wright Nature Centre

GOLDEN-HEADED MANAKIN   Asa Wright Nature Centre

BLACK-TAILED TITYRA   Arena Forest Reserve and Reservoir

Loggerhead Shrike   Babcock-Webb WMA

Northern Shrike   Sandy Hook

RUFOUS-BROWED PEPPERSHRIKE   Arena Forest Reserve

GOLDEN-FRONTED GREENLET   Asa Wright Nature Centre

White-eyed Vireo   Bunker Hill Bogs

Yellow-throated Vireo   Colliers Mills WMA

Blue-headed Vireo   Island Beach SP--Reed's Road

Philadelphia Vireo   Sandy Hook

Warbling Vireo   Colliers Mills WMA

Red-eyed Vireo   Aripo Livestock Station

Blue Jay   35 Sunset Rd

FLORIDA SCRUB-JAY   Cape Coral

American Crow   35 Sunset Rd

Fish Crow   Union Transportation Trail

Common Raven   Rt 539-MDL

Horned Lark   Jackson Liberty HS

Northern Rough-winged Swallow   Double Trouble State Park

SOUTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW   Aripo Livestock Station

Purple Martin   Bamber Lake

CARIBBEAN MARTIN   Cuffie River Nature Resort

GRAY-BREASTED MARTIN   Holiday Inn Express Piarco

Tree Swallow   Trenton Sewage Ponds

White-winged Swallow   Caroni rice fields--by Uriah Butler

Bank Swallow   Cloverdale Farm

Barn Swallow   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (Brigantine Unit)

Cave Swallow   Sandy Hook

Carolina Chickadee   35 Sunset Rd

Black-capped Chickadee   Central Park

Tufted Titmouse   35 Sunset Rd

Red-breasted Nuthatch   Cranberry Bogs--Dover Rd

White-breasted Nuthatch   35 Sunset Rd

Brown Creeper   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (Brigantine Unit)

House Wren   Aripo Livestock Station

Winter Wren   Ocean County Parks Offices

Sedge Wren   Manahawkin WMA--Beach Ave

Marsh Wren   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (Brigantine Unit)

Carolina Wren   35 Sunset Rd

RUFOUS-BREASTED WREN   Waller Field

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher   Cattus Island County Park

Golden-crowned Kinglet   Cattus Island County Park

Ruby-crowned Kinglet   Assunpink WMA

Eastern Bluebird   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (Brigantine Unit)

Veery   35 Sunset Rd

Gray-cheeked Thrush   Forest Resource Education Center

Swainson's Thrush   Baldpate Mt

Hermit Thrush   Manahawkin WMA--Beach Ave

Wood Thrush   Manahawkin WMA--Beach Ave

YELLOW-LEGGED THRUSH   Tobago Forest Reserve--Gilpin Trace

COCOA THRUSH   Asa Wright Nature Centre

SPECTACLED THRUSH   Grande Riviere

WHITE-NECKED THRUSH   Blanchisseuse Rd

American Robin   Cattus Island County Park

Gray Catbird   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (Brigantine Unit)

Brown Thrasher   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (Brigantine Unit)

TROPICAL MOCKINGBIRD   Caroni rice fields--by Uriah Butler

Northern Mockingbird   Assunpink WMA

European Starling   Oceanic Bridge--north end

Cedar Waxwing   Cattus Island County Park

Lapland Longspur   Barnegat Lighthouse SP

Snow Bunting   Sandy Hook

Ovenbird   Bunker Hill Bogs

Worm-eating Warbler   Belleplain State Forest

Louisiana Waterthrush   Belleplain State Forest

Northern Waterthrush   Caroni rice fields--by Uriah Butler

Blue-winged Warbler   Cranberry Bogs--Dover Rd

Black-and-white Warbler   Colliers Mills WMA

Prothonotary Warbler   Cloverdale Farm

Orange-crowned Warbler   Manasquan Reservoir IBA

Nashville Warbler   Trenton Sewage Ponds

MASKED YELLOWTHROAT   Aripo Savannah--Cumuto Road

Mourning Warbler   Sandy Hook

Common Yellowthroat   Bunker Hill Bogs

Hooded Warbler   Belleplain State Forest

American Redstart   Island Beach SP--Reed's Road

Cerulean Warbler   Old Mine Road IBA

Northern Parula   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR--Bridge to Nowhere

TROPICAL PARULA   Grande Riviere

Magnolia Warbler   Island Beach SP--Reed's Road

Bay-breasted Warbler   Linden Hawk Rise Sanctuary

Blackburnian Warbler   William Warren County Park

Yellow Warbler   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR--Bridge to Nowhere

Chestnut-sided Warbler   Lakehurst Railroad Tracks

Blackpoll Warbler   Island Beach SP--Reed's Road

Black-throated Blue Warbler   Manahawkin WMA

Palm Warbler   Trenton Sewage Ponds

Pine Warbler   Cranberry Bogs--Dover Rd

Yellow-rumped Warbler   Cattus Island County Park

Yellow-throated Warbler   Trenton Sewage Ponds

Prairie Warbler   Island Beach SP--Reed's Road

Black-throated Green Warbler   Island Beach SP--Reed's Road

GOLDEN-CROWNED WARBLER   Asa Wright Nature Centre

Canada Warbler   Cattus Island County Park

Wilson's Warbler   Lakehurst Railroad Tracks

Yellow-breasted Chat   Assunpink WMA--Navigation Beacon

MASKED CARDINAL   Caroni rice fields--by Uriah Butler

WHITE-LINED TANAGER   Aripo Livestock Station

SILVER-BEAKED TANAGER   Grande Riviere

BLUE-GRAY TANAGER   Aripo Livestock Station

PALM TANAGER   Aripo Livestock Station

TURQUOISE TANAGER   Grande Riviere

BAY-HEADED TANAGER   Asa Wright Nature Centre

PURPLE HONEYCREEPER   Yrette

RED-LEGGED HONEYCREEPER   Cuffie River Nature Resort

GREEN HONEYCREEPER   Arena Forest Reserve and Reservoir

SAFFRON FINCH   Piarco International Airport

GRASSLAND YELLOW-FINCH   Aripo Livestock Station

BLUE-BLACK GRASSQUIT   Aripo Livestock Station

Bananaquit   Aripo Livestock (Agriculture Research) Station

Black-faced Grassquit   Delaford

GRAYISH SALTATOR   Aripo Livestock (Agriculture Research) Station

Grasshopper Sparrow   Colliers Mills WMA

Saltmarsh Sparrow   Manahawkin WMA

Seaside Sparrow   Tuckerton--Great Bay Bvld. WMA

American Tree Sparrow   Cranberry Bogs--Dover Rd

Chipping Sparrow   35 Sunset Rd

Clay-colored Sparrow   Tuckerton--Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Field Sparrow   Cranberry Bogs--Dover Rd

Lark Bunting   Sandy Hook

Fox Sparrow   Manahawkin WMA--Beach Ave

Dark-eyed Junco   35 Sunset Rd

White-crowned Sparrow   Assunpink WMA

HARRIS'S SPARROW   Old Washington Crossing Rd

White-throated Sparrow   Manahawkin WMA--Beach Ave

Vesper Sparrow   Tuckerton--Great Bay Bvld. WMA

Savannah Sparrow   Colliers Mills WMA

Song Sparrow   Manahawkin WMA--Beach Ave

Lincoln's Sparrow   Island Beach SP--Spizzle Creek Blind Trail

Swamp Sparrow   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR--Bridge to Nowhere

Eastern Towhee   Levi's Rd—Stafford

Summer Tanager   Horicon Lake

Scarlet Tanager   Belleplain State Forest

RED-CROWNED ANT-TANAGER   Asa Wright Nature Centre

Northern Cardinal   35 Sunset Rd

Rose-breasted Grosbeak   35 Sunset Rd

Blue Grosbeak   Colliers Mills WMA

Indigo Bunting   Union Transportation Trail--Sharon Station

Dickcissel   Laurel Run Park

Bobolink   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (Brigantine Unit)

Red-winged Blackbird   Cattus Island County Park

Eastern Meadowlark   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (Brigantine Unit)

RED-BREASTED MEADOWLARK   Holiday Inn Express Piarco

Rusty Blackbird   White's Bog (Ocean Co.)

Common Grackle   Barnegat Lighthouse SP

Boat-tailed Grackle   Edwin B. Forsythe NWR--Bridge to Nowhere

CARIB GRACKLE   Caroni rice fields--by Uriah Butler

Shiny Cowbird   Aripo Livestock (Agriculture Research) Station

Brown-headed Cowbird   St. Mary's Cemetery

GIANT COWBIRD   Grande Riviere

Orchard Oriole   Assunpink WMA

YELLOW Oriole   Aripo Livestock (Agriculture Research) Station

Baltimore Oriole   Ocean City Welcome Center

YELLOW-RUMPED CACIQUE   Arena Forest Reserve and Reservoir

CRESTED OROPENDOLA   Arena Forest Reserve and Reservoir

TRINIDAD EUPHONIA   Blanchisseuse Rd

VIOLACEOUS EUPHONIA   Aripo Livestock Station

House Finch   Sandy Hook

Purple Finch   Manahawkin WMA--Beach Ave

Pine Siskin   35 Sunset Rd

American Goldfinch   35 Sunset Rd

House Sparrow   Stafford--Hilliard & Route 9