Despite gloomy skies and rain at starting time the EZ Birding Walk turned out to be great! We began with Killdeer copulation on the path to the dune, saw Piping Plover and American Oystercatchers on the beach, and had a Wilson's Snipe walking with us along Bunker Pond. As we walked the trails through the park we enjoyed looks at nesting House Wrens and Tree Swallows, a very cooperative Carolina Wren, a beautiful male Scarlet Tanager, a male Indigo Bunting, and a young male and a female Orchard Oriole. Leaders: Chuck & Mary Jane Slugg and Warren Cairo.
64 species
Canada Goose 10
Mute Swan 10
Gadwall 4
Mallard 12
Red-throated Loon 2
Common Loon 1
Double-crested Cormorant 190
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 5
Snowy Egret 1
Green Heron 1
Glossy Ibis 1
Turkey Vulture 6
Osprey 5
Bald Eagle 2
American Coot 1
Piping Plover 1
Killdeer 6
American Oystercatcher 6
Solitary Sandpiper 2
Greater Yellowlegs 3
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Wilson's Snipe 1
Bonaparte's Gull 3
Laughing Gull 12
Herring Gull 5
Great Black-backed Gull 10
Forster's Tern 35
Rock Pigeon 7
Mourning Dove 6
Chimney Swift 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
White-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 8
Fish Crow 12
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 10
Purple Martin 45
Tree Swallow 10
Barn Swallow 4
Carolina Wren 4
House Wren 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 3
American Robin 10
Northern Mockingbird 3
European Starling 5
Common Yellowthroat 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler 10
Eastern Towhee 2 heard
Song Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 15
Scarlet Tanager 1
Northern Cardinal 6
Indigo Bunting 2
Red-winged Blackbird 30
Common Grackle 15
Boat-tailed Grackle 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 9
Orchard Oriole 3
House Finch 4
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 7
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org/content/nj)
