The Birding Cumberland County walk turned up a nice total of birds - here's Dave Lord's report:
Wednesday's Birding Cumberland garnered 71 species all told, most of which gave us good looks. A Scarlet Tanager on James Moore road gave us a nice view, a lifer for one participant, while two Yellow-breasted Chats showed off, as did a Prairie Warbler. Hansey Creek Road yielded a nice Yellow-throated Warbler (feeling a bit blue with all these migrants stealing his thunder), and a wondeful array of shorebirds and orioles. The migrant corner had a Blackpoll Warbler singing, which capped off a very good day of birding.
Location: Cumberland County, NJ, US
Observation date: 5/12/10
Notes: Birding Cumberland. Janet Crawford, Chuck and MJ Slugg, Dave Lord.
Number of species: 71
Canada Goose 12
American Black Duck 4
Mallard 2
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 3
Snowy Egret 5
Turkey Vulture 8
Osprey 2
Bald Eagle 1 2nd year bird
Northern Harrier 2
Red-tailed Hawk 3
Clapper Rail 28
Greater Yellowlegs 11
Willet (Eastern) 10
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Least Sandpiper 63
Short-billed Dowitcher 125 Some in nice breeding plumage
Laughing Gull 32
Herring Gull 16
Forster's Tern 9
Mourning Dove 8
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 2 Heard
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 7
Eastern Kingbird 1
White-eyed Vireo 6
Red-eyed Vireo 8
Blue Jay 4
American Crow X
Fish Crow X
Tree Swallow 20
Barn Swallow 35
Carolina Chickadee 12
Tufted Titmouse 6
White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Heard at Hansey
Carolina Wren 5
Marsh Wren 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 5
Eastern Bluebird 1
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 26
Northern Mockingbird 3
Yellow Warbler 3
Yellow-throated Warbler 2
Prairie Warbler 4
Blackpoll Warbler 1 FOS for Cumberland
Black-and-white Warbler 3
American Redstart 1
Prothonotary Warbler 2
Worm-eating Warbler 1
Ovenbird 6
Louisiana Waterthrush 1 FOS for Cumberland
Common Yellowthroat 7
Yellow-breasted Chat 3
Scarlet Tanager 2
Chipping Sparrow 6
Seaside Sparrow 8
Northern Cardinal 5
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Heard chinking
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 12
Red-winged Blackbird 42
Common Grackle 17
Boat-tailed Grackle 6
Brown-headed Cowbird 24
Orchard Oriole 6
Baltimore Oriole 2
American Goldfinch 2
