Cape May Hotline, Cumberland and Altantic Co., NJ RBA
January 14, 2010
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:19:48 -0500
Reply-To: Jean Bickal <jbickal@EARTHLINK.NET>
Sender: "National Birding Hotline Cooperative (East)"
<BIRDEAST@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>
From: Jean Bickal <jbickal@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject: [BIRDEAST] RBA: Cape May, NJ, January 14, 2010
Comments: To: njbirds@princeton.edu
To: BIRDEAST@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
Precedence: list
List-Help: <http://listserv.arizona.edu/cgi-bin/wa?LIST=BIRDEAST>,
<mailto:LISTSERV@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU?body=INFO BIRDEAST>
List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:BIRDEAST-unsubscribe-request@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>
List-Subscribe: <mailto:BIRDEAST-subscribe-request@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>
List-Owner: <mailto:BIRDEAST-request@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>
List-Archive: <http://listserv.arizona.edu/cgi-bin/wa?LIST=BIRDEAST>
X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at email.arizona.edu
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by virtualbirder.com id
o0EMKGiq081576
- RBA
* New Jersey
* Cape May, Cumberland, Atlantic Counties
* NJCM1001.14
* January 14, 2010
- Birds Mentioned
American Tree Sparrow
American Woodcock
Cackling Goose
Canvasback
Common Eider
Eurasian Wigeon
Harlequin Duck
Little Blue Heron
Redhead
Sandhill Crane
- Transcript
Hotline: Cape May Birding Hotline
To Report: (609) 884-2736, sightings@birdcapemay.org
Coverage: Cape May, Cumberland and Atlantic Counties, NJ
Compiler: David Lord, Cape May Bird Observatory with additions by Don Freiday
URL: http://www.njaudubon.org ; http://www.birdcapemay.org
This is the Cape May Birding Hotline, a service of New Jersey Audubon’s's Cape
May Bird Observatory. This week's message was prepared on Thursday, January 14,
2010. Highlights this week include sightings of SANDHILL CRANE, HARLEQUIN DUCK,
COMMON EIDER, LITTLE BLUE HERON, CANVASBACK, REDHEAD, EURASIAN WIGEON, CACKLING
GOOSE, TREE SPARROW, AMERICAN WOODCOCK, and announcements about coming CMBO
birding workshops.
-For more up-to-the-minute Cape May sightings information, photos and
downloadable birding maps and checklist of Cape May, visit www.birdcapemay.org –
Two SANDHILL CRANES were seen across the creek from Lucky Bones Restaurant in
Cape May on Wednesday, January 13, 2010. Another or the same has been seen at
Villas WMA and in fields on Cape Island this week.
2 HARLEQUIN DUCKS were seen at the Avalon 8th Street Jetty on Wednesday, January
13, 2010 with 36 COMMON EIDERS.
An unseasonal LITTLE BLUE HERON was seen on Ocean Drive, across from the Coast
Guard Ponds, on Wednesday, January 13, 2010.
2 CANVASBACKS were seen in the first Coast Guard Pond along Ocean Drive on
Thursday, January 14, 2010. Another was located in the center of Cape May
Harbor, viewed from the Nature Center of Cape May, the same day.
Several REDHEADS have been seen in Cape May this week, including a drake on
Lighthouse Pond on Tuesday, January 12, 2010, and a hen at Lily Lake on the same
date.
Male and female EURASIAN WIGEON were seen on Lighthouse Pond on Tuesday, January
12, 2010. Check Lily Lake if they are not there.
A CACKLING GOOSE has been noted at various Cape Island sites, last noted on
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 in a field on Seagrove Avenue in Cape May Point.
A flock of AMERICAN TREE SPARROWS was seen along the West Side of the Maurice
River Bridge in Cumberland County on Saturday, January 9, 2010, scarce in
southern NJ.
AMERICAN WOODCOCK have been common and easy to find around Cape May Point,
including CMBO’s Northwood Center, this week.
ANNOUCEMENTS:
Coming CMBO Birding Workshops include a Cape May Winter Birding Sampler with Don
Freiday January 16-17; Techniques of Field Observation with Michael O’Brien
January 23; Wintering Hawks, Eagles and Owls with Don Freiday and Megan Crewe
February 13-15; and How to Look at Gulls with Don Freiday and Mike Crewe
February 27. More information can be found at
http://www.birdcapemay.org/school.php .
CMBO is offering a special to new and upgraded membership renewals. Join CMBO
for the first time or upgrade from Individual or Family to The Hundred and
receive Charley Harper's Migration Mainline- Cape May lithograph poster, valued
at $50. Call either CMBO center to ask an associate about joining today!
******CMBO Bookstore WINTER HOURS are as follows: Northwood Center on East Lake
Drive in Cape May Point is open Wednesday through Monday, 9:30am to 4:30pm;
closed Tuesdays. The Center for Research and Education on Rt. 47 in Goshen is
open Tuesday through Sunday, 9:30am to 4:30pm; closed Mondays. ******
The Cape May Birding Hotline is a service of the New Jersey Audubon Society's
Cape May Bird Observatory and details sightings from Cape May, Cumberland and
Atlantic Counties. Updates are made weekly. Please report sightings of rare or
unusual birds to CMBO at 609-861-0700. Sponsorship for this hotline comes from
the support of CMBO members and business members, and should you not be a
member, we cordially invite you to join. Individual membership is $39 per year;
$49 for families. You can call either center to become a member or visit. Become
a member in person and you'll receive a FREE gift (in addition to member
discounts in the stores).
Good Luck and Good Birding!
- End Transcript
============
*Documentation of review list species goes to report@njbrc.net - or US Mail to
NJ Bird Records Committee Secretary, 14 Crown Dr., Warren, NJ 07059
*** Please report your sightings! ***
<http://www.princeton.edu/~llarson/reportto.html>
Join or search archives: "NJBIRDS," New Jersey rare bird alert list:
<https://new-lists.princeton.edu/listserv/njbirds.html>
Join or search archives: "JerseyBirds," NJ birding discussion list:
<https://new-lists.princeton.edu/listserv/jerseybirds.html>
For Birdeast archives, and to join, leave, or change address, see:
http://listserv.arizona.edu/archives/birdeast.html