In addition to "regular" walkers, the Walk for All People hosted a Girl Scout group from Connecticut today. Highlights of the walk include Great Blue Herons, Great and Snowy Egrets, an immature Little Blue Heron, two families of American Oystercatchers, and four species of raptors -- Cooper's Hawk, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Broad-winged Hawk, and Osprey. Leaders: Chuck & Mary Jane Slugg, Chris Marks.
54 species
Canada Goose 25
Mute Swan 8
Mallard 30
Great Blue Heron 2
Great Egret 4
Snowy Egret 2
Little Blue Heron 1
Black Vulture 3
Turkey Vulture 6
Osprey 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Flying over tree line behind Plover Ponds in State Park being chased by a Cooper's Hawk. Classic T-shape with a straight edge on tail and much smaller than Cooper's Hawk.
Cooper's Hawk 2
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Semipalmated Plover 3
American Oystercatcher 7
Greater Yellowlegs 1
Willet 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 3
Semipalmated Sandpiper 6
Least Sandpiper 4
Short-billed Dowitcher 4
Laughing Gull 40
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull 6
Great Black-backed Gull 25
Common Tern 10
Forster's Tern 20
Royal Tern 4
Rock Pigeon 6
Mourning Dove 5
Chimney Swift 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Eastern Kingbird 2
Fish Crow 3 heard
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Purple Martin 15
Tree Swallow 10
Barn Swallow 6
Carolina Chickadee 3
Carolina Wren 3 heard
American Robin 2 heard
Gray Catbird 3
Northern Mockingbird 6
European Starling 14
Yellow Warbler 1
Song Sparrow 1 heard
Northern Cardinal 3
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 1
Red-winged Blackbird 200
Common Grackle 2
House Finch 1 heard
American Goldfinch 4
House Sparrow 6
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org/content/nj)
