Bird Walk for All People - Saturday, April 21, 2012

The Bird Walk for All People saw a variety of birds in differend habitats. From the beach we saw Northern Gannets, a variety of gulls, American Oystercatchers, and a Piping Plover. A second Piping Plover was feeding by the "Plover Pond". Other birds on the ponds included Northern Shovelers, Gadwalls, Blue-winged Teal, many Forster's Terns, and a Bonaparte's Gull. A Blue Grosbeak was spotted in the bushes along Bunker Pond and many Osprey were hunting over the ponds. Leaders: Chuck & MJ Slugg, Cindy Bamford, Marc & Lynne Breslow.
44 species

Canada Goose  30
Mute Swan  8
Gadwall  6
Mallard  20
Blue-winged Teal  2
Northern Shoveler  4
Northern Gannet  12
Double-crested Cormorant  60
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  2
Snowy Egret  1
Glossy Ibis  4
Turkey Vulture  10
Osprey  6
Piping Plover  2
Killdeer  3
American Oystercatcher  4
Bonaparte's Gull  1
Laughing Gull  25
Herring Gull  15
Great Black-backed Gull  5
Forster's Tern  60
Rock Pigeon  5
Mourning Dove  2
Chimney Swift  2
Northern Flicker  2
Fish Crow  20
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  15
Purple Martin  45
Tree Swallow  6
Carolina Chickadee  2
Carolina Wren  3     heard only
American Robin  8
Northern Mockingbird  4
European Starling  10
Yellow-rumped Warbler  2     heard only
Song Sparrow  1     heard only
Northern Cardinal  2
Blue Grosbeak  1
Red-winged Blackbird  10
Common Grackle  25
Brown-headed Cowbird  3     heard only
House Finch  3
House Sparrow  1

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org/content/nj)