The Bird Walk for All People enjoyed cooler weather and a good variety of birds. Highlights of the walk include good looks at the Yellow-breasted Chat, Common Yellowthroats, a perched Bobolink and a Horned Lark on the beach. Fall migrant shorebirds included Least Sandpiper, Short-billed Dowitcher, Spotted Sandpiper, and both Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs. Also, seeing two American Coots was an unusual treat. Leaders: Chuck and MJ Slugg, Warren Cairo, and Chris Marks.
58 species
Canada Goose 60
Mute Swan 14
Gadwall 3
Mallard 40
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 6
Glossy Ibis 11
Turkey Vulture 4
Osprey 6
American Coot 2 1 on Lighthouse Pond East & 1 on Bunker Pond
Killdeer 35 20 flying around parking lot & 15 more along the edges of the various ponds.
American Oystercatcher 7
Spotted Sandpiper 3
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 5
Least Sandpiper 20
Short-billed Dowitcher 28
Laughing Gull 50
Herring Gull 5
Great Black-backed Gull 10
Least Tern 30
Common Tern 14
Forster's Tern 36
Royal Tern 1
Black Skimmer 2
Rock Pigeon 6
Mourning Dove 4
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 3
Eastern Kingbird 12 Seen perched & flying around, chasing other birds & each other.
American Crow 6
Fish Crow 4
Horned Lark 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12 Flying over field behind Rutherford's farm & over Bunker Pond.
Purple Martin 70
Tree Swallow 6
Barn Swallow 4
Carolina Chickadee 4
Carolina Wren 6
House Wren 3
American Robin 10
Gray Catbird 5
Northern Mockingbird 8
European Starling 9
Cedar Waxwing 8
Common Yellowthroat 8
Yellow-breasted Chat 3
Song Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 6
Indigo Bunting 2
Bobolink 1
Red-winged Blackbird 12
Common Grackle 6
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
House Finch 4
House Sparrow 8
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org/content/nj)
