The first Friday Afternoon at the Meadows was well-attended. Highlights of the walk included several Osprey hunting overhead, numerous ducks including Blue-winged Teal and Northern Shovelers, and three Wilson's Snipe in plain view. Leaders: Chuck and MJ Slugg, Kathy and Roger Horn, and Carrie Bell.
40 species
Canada Goose 20
Mute Swan 12
Gadwall 10
American Black Duck 2
Mallard 18
Blue-winged Teal 2
Northern Shoveler 10
Green-winged Teal 20
Ring-necked Duck 1
Black Scoter 5
Ruddy Duck 2
Red-throated Loon 1
Northern Gannet 1000 from the 2nd St. jetty to the horizon line the sky was filled with Northern Gannets; 1,000 is probably a conservative estimate
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 7
Glossy Ibis 2
Turkey Vulture 20
Osprey 6
Northern Harrier 2
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Coot 14
Killdeer 2
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Wilson's Snipe 3
Laughing Gull 5
Herring Gull 8
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Forster's Tern 3
Mourning Dove 2
American Crow 5
Fish Crow 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Tree Swallow 12
Carolina Wren 2 heard only
Northern Mockingbird 1
Northern Cardinal 4
Red-winged Blackbird 8
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org/content/nj)
