EZ Birding moved back to the state park today because of the federal government shutdown and caught a nice raptor movement during the first half of the walk. Highlights include: two adult Bald Eagles interacting overhead; Peregrine Falcon; Kestrel; Sharp-shinned and Cooper' Hawks; Osprey; many Yellow-rumped Warblers; Black-throated Blue Warbler; Black-and-white Warbler; American Redstarts; Golden-crowned Kinglet; several Wood Ducks; and the Eurasian Wigeon on Bunker Pond. Leaders: Chuck & Mary Jane Slugg, and Janet Crawford.
60 species
Canada Goose 30
Mute Swan 43
Wood Duck 10
Gadwall 2
Eurasian Wigeon 1
American Wigeon 24
American Black Duck 3
Mallard 26
Blue-winged Teal 4
Northern Shoveler 6
Northern Pintail 3
Green-winged Teal 25
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Great Blue Heron 3
Great Egret 7
Snowy Egret 2
Black Vulture 5
Turkey Vulture 6
Osprey 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk 10
Cooper's Hawk 5
Bald Eagle 3
Solitary Sandpiper 2 Back section of Bunker Pond
Greater Yellowlegs 3
Lesser Yellowlegs 7
Stilt Sandpiper 4
Laughing Gull 60
Herring Gull 5
Great Black-backed Gull 10
Forster's Tern 1
Royal Tern 1 heard
Rock Pigeon 10
Mourning Dove 3
Belted Kingfisher 3
Northern Flicker 5
American Kestrel 4
Peregrine Falcon 4
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue Jay 15
American Crow 5
Fish Crow 15
Tree Swallow 20
Carolina Wren 6 heard
Golden-crowned Kinglet 6
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
American Robin 1 heard
Gray Catbird 5
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 7
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 1
American Redstart 2
Magnolia Warbler 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler 40
Blue Grosbeak 1
Bobolink 5
Red-winged Blackbird 40
American Goldfinch 11
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (/content/nj)
