Cool, sunny weather for EZ Birding brought a nice variety of raptors overhead and many Monarchs as well as other butterfly species nectaring on plants throughout the State Park. Raptor highlights include: many Osprey, Broad-winged Hawks, Red-tailed and Red-shouldered Hawks, Bald Eagle, Northern Harrier, American Kestrels, and Peregrine Falcon. A lone Spotted Sandpiper by Bunker Pond ended the walk. Leaders: Chuck & Mary Jane Slugg, Janet Crawford, Bill & Lee Smythe.
54 species
Canada Goose 45
Mute Swan 9
Gadwall 1
American Wigeon 4
American Black Duck 1
Mallard 16
Blue-winged Teal 7
Northern Shoveler 4
Green-winged Teal 2
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Double-crested Cormorant 15
Great Egret 3
Black Vulture 3
Turkey Vulture 6
Osprey 11
Northern Harrier 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 2 circling over Lighthouse Pond
Broad-winged Hawk 3
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull 60
Ring-billed Gull 1
Herring Gull 2
Great Black-backed Gull 25
Forster's Tern 7
Royal Tern 2
Black Skimmer X on beach at 2nd St. jetty; too far to count individuals
Rock Pigeon 6
Mourning Dove 5
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 3
Belted Kingfisher 1
American Kestrel 7
Peregrine Falcon 1
American Crow 6
Tree Swallow 40
Carolina Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 3
House Wren 1
Carolina Wren 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2
American Robin 3 heard
Gray Catbird 5
Northern Mockingbird 10
European Starling 7
American Redstart 3
Yellow Warbler 3
Palm Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 2 heard
Red-winged Blackbird 13
American Goldfinch 3
House Sparrow 4
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org/content/nj)
