EZ Birding - Tuesday, April 24th, 2012

EZ Bird Walk highlights this morning include numerous Osprey looking for fish, Piping Plover feeding by the first pond, nesting House Wrens in one of the bluebird boxes, and a gorgeous Blue Grosbeak establishing his territory. Leaders: Chuck & Mary Jane Slugg, and Warren Cairo.
52 species

Canada Goose  12
Mute Swan  9
Gadwall  4
Mallard  11
Northern Shoveler  2
Northern Gannet  10
Double-crested Cormorant  5
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  3
Snowy Egret  2
Black Vulture  1
Turkey Vulture  8
Osprey  10
American Coot  1
Piping Plover  2
Killdeer  3
American Oystercatcher  2
Least Sandpiper  8
Laughing Gull  20
Ring-billed Gull  2
Herring Gull  10
Great Black-backed Gull  5
Forster's Tern  45
Rock Pigeon  4
Mourning Dove  3
Chimney Swift  12
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Northern Flicker  1
Fish Crow  20
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  14
Purple Martin  45
Tree Swallow  15
Barn Swallow  6
Carolina Chickadee  5
Tufted Titmouse  3     heard only
Carolina Wren  3     heard only
House Wren  2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  2
American Robin  30
Northern Mockingbird  8
European Starling  20
Common Yellowthroat  3
Yellow-rumped Warbler  2
Chipping Sparrow  1     heard only
Song Sparrow  6
Northern Cardinal  4
Blue Grosbeak  1
Red-winged Blackbird  20
Common Grackle  10
Brown-headed Cowbird  6
House Finch  10
House Sparrow  5

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