New Jersey (Statewide) RBA
January 28, 2010
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:43:54 -0500
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- RBA
* New Jersey
* Statewide
* NJNJ1001.28
* January 28, 2010
- Birds Mentioned
+ Barnacle Goose
+ Barrow's Goldeneye
+ Spotted Towhee
+ Western Grebe
+ (Details requested by NJBRC)
Bald Eagle
Black Scoter
Cackling Goose
Canvasback
Common Eider
Eurasian Green-winged Teal
Glaucous Gull
Greater White-fronted Goose
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Northern Shrike
Razorbill
Redhead
Red-shouldered Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Wood Duck
Yellow-breasted Chat
- Transcript
hotline: Voice of NJ Audubon
number: (732) 872-2595
to report: (732) 872-2500
compilers: Pete Bacinski and Scott Barnes, Sandy Hook Bird Observatory
URL: http://www.njaudubon.org/
This is Scott Barnes with the Voice of New Jersey Audubon for Thursday January
28, 2010 with reports of BARNACLE GOOSE, BARROW'S GOLDENEYE, WESTERN GREBE,
SPOTTED TOWHEE, NORTHERN SHRIKE, seasonal and local reports of interest, and
announcements.
The BARNACLE GOOSE was noted this week in a field along Rte 513 about a mile
north of Califon, Hunterdon County Jan 24.
Sandy Hook reports this week included a female BARROW'S GOLDENEYE off
Kingman/Mills (south end of Horseshoe Cove) Jan 28. Up to 2 ICELAND GULLS have
been present all week off SHBO and another first-winter bird was at the false
hook Jan 24. An adult RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was at the hook Jan 28. A free,
detailed birding map of Sandy Hook is available at SHBO; check the sightings log
there for daily reports.
A WESTERN GREBE (probably a returning bird) was discovered off Seven President's
Park in Long Branch Jan 28. Other North Shore sightings this week included an
adult GLAUCOUS GULL at Point Pleasant Beach, first-winter ICELAND GULL at
Manasquan Inlet, 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS at Wreck Pond, a female WOOD DUCK
at Fletcher Lake in Bradley Beach, the continuing EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL
near the fireman's memorial at the third/fourth pond of Lake Takanassee, and 6
COMMON EIDERS off Allenhurst, all Jan 23. A first-year GLAUCOUS GULL was noted
at Manasquan Inlet Jan 26. A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT visited a feeder in Spring
Lake Jan 23-24. Three hundred BLACK SCOTERS and a RAZORBILL were off Clem
Conover Blvd in Deal Jan 27. More information on birding this area can be found
at
http://www.njaudubon.org/SectionCenters/SectionSHBO/GuidetoBirdingtheNorthernNorthShore.aspx
The SPOTTED TOWHEE continues at Palmyra Cove Nature Park in Burlington County
through Jan 27.
The NORTHERN SHRIKE continued at the DeKorte Environment Center in Lyndhurst
this week through Jan 24, seen along the Transco Trail near the west
impoundment.
A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was reported at Etra Lake off Rte 571 just east of
Hightstown Jan 23. At nearby Lake Assunpink a CACKLING GOOSE was noted the same
day.
A drake REDHEAD was among 250 CANVASBACKS on the Delaware River in Riverton,
Burlington County off Howard St (DeLorme P. 46, K-14) Jan 24.
Ten BALD EAGLES were observed from the Chestnut Neck Boat Yard adjacent to exit
48 off the Garden State Parkway Jan 24. A light morph ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was
viewed from Mott's Creek and a dark morph ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen along Dock
Road in West Creek the same day.
Ten REDHEADS were counted at Merrill Creek Reservoir Jan 27.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
See Life Paulagics is running a mid-winter trip from Belmar Feb 28 for
Razorbill, Dovekie, other alcids, and kittiwakes. For more information or to
register, see www.paulagics.com
For recent bird sightings in Cape May and Cumberland counties, visit
www.birdcapemay.org/blog
The Voice of New Jersey Audubon Society is a weekly report on birding in New
Jersey. To report birds please call 732-872-2500 or e-mail sightings AT
njaudubon.org Please submit reports of Review List Species (photos, field
sketches, and/or written documentation) to the New Jersey Bird Records Committee
at 14 Crown Dr, Warren NJ 07059 or report AT njbrc.net Good Birding and thanks
for reporting.
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