In spite of lingering fog and spotty rain the Walk for All People enjoyed some good birding. A dramatic moment came when we watched a young Bald Eagle chasing an Osprey with a fish through the air. After some desperate maneuvering the Osprey dropped the fish and the Bald Eagle missed it! Other highlights include large numbers of migrating Blue Jays, lots of Northern Flickers, several Red-breasted Nuthatches, and a young Caspian Tern begging an adult for food. We also had a perched Baltimore Oriole by Lighthouse Pond. Leaders: Chuck & Mary Jane Slugg, Cindy Bamford, and Patty Rourke.
52 species
Canada Goose 75
Mute Swan 8
Gadwall 3
Mallard 10
Blue-winged Teal 4
Northern Shoveler 6
Pied-billed Grebe 9
Great Blue Heron 3
Great Egret 4
Osprey 7
Sharp-shinned Hawk 3
Cooper's Hawk 3
Bald Eagle 3
Common Gallinule 2 1 seen by leader only; 1 heard by group
Laughing Gull 5
Herring Gull 11
Great Black-backed Gull 120
Caspian Tern 2
Common Tern 1
Forster's Tern 12
Royal Tern 3
Rock Pigeon 6
Mourning Dove 4
Belted Kingfisher 1 heard only
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 20
Peregrine Falcon 1
Eastern Phoebe 4
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 93
American Crow 14
Tree Swallow 40
Carolina Chickadee 5
Red-breasted Nuthatch 5
Carolina Wren 7
American Robin 3
Gray Catbird 16
Northern Mockingbird 9
Brown Thrasher 3
European Starling 15
Cedar Waxwing 3 heard
Common Yellowthroat 8
American Redstart 3
Palm Warbler 7
Yellow-rumped Warbler 5
Savannah Sparrow 4
Northern Cardinal 4
Bobolink 3 heard
Red-winged Blackbird 21
Baltimore Oriole 1
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 5 heard
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org/content/nj)
