Although the weather was windy and cold, the Hawks, Trails, and Beach Walk had a nice variety of birds. Golden-crowned Kinglets dominated the marsh grasses where Yellow-rumped Warblers, and Savanah and Swamp Sparrows were also seen. A good variety of ducks can still be found on the ponds including the Eurasian Wigeon and Ring-necked Ducks. A large flock of Tree Swallows swarmed overhead. Leaders: Chuck & Mary Jane Slugg.
50 species (+2 other taxa)
Canada Goose 40
Mute Swan 22
Gadwall 16
Eurasian Wigeon 1
American Wigeon 36
Mallard 20
Blue-winged Teal 2
Northern Shoveler 2
Northern Pintail 2
Green-winged Teal 6
Ring-necked Duck 6
scoter sp. 40
Ruddy Duck 16
Common Loon 2
Pied-billed Grebe 4
Northern Gannet 6
Double-crested Cormorant 5
Great Blue Heron 30
Turkey Vulture 3
Northern Harrier 4
Sharp-shinned Hawk 8
Cooper's Hawk 1
American Coot 20
Herring Gull 16
Great Black-backed Gull 40
Rock Pigeon 2
Mourning Dove 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 7
American Kestrel 3
Merlin 1
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 6
crow sp. 3
Tree Swallow 70
Winter Wren 1
Carolina Wren 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 35 There seemed to be a kinglet fallout along the boardwalk in the marshes around Lighthouse Pond East and West. This is probably a conservative number.
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Eastern Bluebird 2
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 30
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 20
Cedar Waxwing 12
Yellow-rumped Warbler 21
Savannah Sparrow 7
Swamp Sparrow 5
Dark-eyed Junco 2
Northern Cardinal 2
American Goldfinch 10
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org/content/nj)
