EZ Birding at Two Mile Beach was filled with raptors overhead this morning. Ospreys abounded with Sharp-shinned and Cooper's Hawks, American Kestrels, Merlins, and Peregine Falcons. Lots of gulls and terns were feeding close to shore. Shorebirds included Sanderlings, Dunlin, Ruddy Turnstones, and Black-bellied Plover. Leaders: Chuck & Mary Jane Slugg, Lee Smythe, and Janet Crawford.
54 species
American Black Duck 6
Mallard 10
Black Scoter 30
Ruddy Duck 1
Northern Gannet 6
Double-crested Cormorant 150
Great Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 3
Snowy Egret 2
Turkey Vulture 4
Osprey 15
Northern Harrier 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 7
Cooper's Hawk 4
Bald Eagle 1
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Black-bellied Plover 5
Semipalmated Plover 4
Greater Yellowlegs 7
Lesser Yellowlegs 2
Ruddy Turnstone 8
Sanderling 35
Dunlin 15
Laughing Gull 15
Ring-billed Gull 8
Herring Gull 25
Great Black-backed Gull 40
Caspian Tern 4
Royal Tern 8
Rock Pigeon 4
Mourning Dove 2
Northern Flicker 2
American Kestrel 5
Merlin 3
Peregrine Falcon 2
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 8
Tree Swallow 70
Carolina Chickadee 5
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1 heard
Carolina Wren 4
Golden-crowned Kinglet 3 heard
American Robin 4
Gray Catbird 8
Northern Mockingbird 3
Brown Thrasher 1 heard
European Starling 7
Yellow-rumped Warbler 50
Savannah Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 3
American Goldfinch 15
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org/content/nj)
