The Whimbrel numbers were spectacular, with nearly 300 seen. The other shorebirds put in a respectable showing as well, with many clouds of Dunlin and Short-billed Dowitchers whirling through the overcast May sky. Leaders: Dave Lord and Bob Lubberman.
33 species
Canada Goose 3
American Black Duck 2
Mallard 6
Red-breasted Merganser 9
Common Loon 2
Double-crested Cormorant 56
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 23
Snowy Egret 18
Black-crowned Night-Heron 3
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 13
Osprey 54
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Clapper Rail 10
Black-bellied Plover 34
American Oystercatcher 23
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Willet 26
Whimbrel 300
Ruddy Turnstone 8
Semipalmated Sandpiper 12
Dunlin 275
Short-billed Dowitcher 27
Laughing Gull 234
Herring Gull 35
Great Black-backed Gull 7
Least Tern 3
Common Tern 6
Forster's Tern 14
Barn Swallow 15
Red-winged Blackbird 7
Boat-tailed Grackle 13
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org/content/nj)
