EZ Birding - Tuesday, August 28th, 2012

EZ Birding got rained on and "sunned" on and enjoyed some good birds as well. Highlights include: Royal and Common Terns on the beach, Black Skimmers skimming and loafing, American Oystercatcher families with the dark tips on the bills of the young visible, large flocks of both Tree and Barn Swallows gathering in preparation for migration, and several flocks of Bobolinks binking overhead. Leaders:  Chuck & Mary Jane Slugg, Janet Crawford, Lee Smythe, and Warren Cairo.
49 species

Canada Goose  30
Mute Swan  8
Gadwall  3
Mallard  16
Double-crested Cormorant  3
Great Blue Heron  1
Great Egret  8
Snowy Egret  3
Turkey Vulture  3
Osprey  1
Semipalmated Plover  2
American Oystercatcher  6
Lesser Yellowlegs  1
Sanderling  12
Semipalmated Sandpiper  2
Laughing Gull  40
Ring-billed Gull  1
Herring Gull  4
Great Black-backed Gull  40
Common Tern  20
Forster's Tern  12
Royal Tern  7
Black Skimmer  11
Rock Pigeon  11
Mourning Dove  15
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
Eastern Kingbird  60
American Crow  2     heard
Fish Crow  8
Purple Martin  1
Tree Swallow  150
Barn Swallow  36
Carolina Wren  3     heard
American Robin  6
Gray Catbird  3
Northern Mockingbird  12
European Starling  120
Cedar Waxwing  6
Northern Waterthrush  1
Yellow Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  4
Blue Grosbeak  1
Bobolink  20
Red-winged Blackbird  85
Common Grackle  10
House Finch  1     heard
American Goldfinch  3
House Sparrow  6

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org/content/nj)