The Bird Walk for All People braved hot, humid weather to view the birds at the State Park. Highlights of the walk included: many shorebirds such as Semipalmated Plovers and Sandpipers; Stilt and Least Sandpipers; both Great and Snowy Egrets; immature Little Blue Heron and Great Blue Herons; Least, Common, Forster's, and Royal Terns; and an Indigo Bunting. Leaders: Chuck & Mary Jane Slugg, and Cindy Bamford.
49 species
Canada Goose 40
Mute Swan 7
Mallard 30
Great Blue Heron 5
Great Egret 7
Snowy Egret 8
Little Blue Heron 1
Green Heron 2
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 2
Semipalmated Plover 4
Killdeer 6
American Oystercatcher 7
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 5
Sanderling 1
Semipalmated Sandpiper 5
Least Sandpiper 12
Stilt Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull 30
Herring Gull 10
Great Black-backed Gull 15
Least Tern 30
Common Tern 15
Forster's Tern 20
Royal Tern 12
Black Skimmer 12
Rock Pigeon 6
Mourning Dove 9
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3
American Crow 3
Fish Crow 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 4
Purple Martin 30
Tree Swallow 8
Barn Swallow 8
Carolina Wren 5
American Robin 3
Gray Catbird 2
Northern Mockingbird 5
European Starling 10
Common Yellowthroat 2 heard
Song Sparrow 1 heard
Northern Cardinal 3
Indigo Bunting 1
Red-winged Blackbird 3
Common Grackle 1
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 7
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org/content/nj)
