New Jersey (Statewide) RBA
July 23, 2010
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- RBA
* New Jersey
* Statewide
* NJNJ1007.23
* July 23, 2010
- Birds Mentioned
+ Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
+ Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
+ (Details requested by NJBRC)
American Avocet
Blue Grosbeak
Caspian Tern
Common Eider
Common Loon
Gull-billed Tern
Little Blue Heron
Long-billed Dowitcher
Pectoral Sandpiper
Sandwich Tern
Solitary Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
- Transcript
Hotline: Voice of NJ Audubon
Number: (732) 872-2595
Phone reports: (732) 872-2500
E-mail reports: sightings (at) njaudubon.org
Compilers: Pete Bacinski and Scott Barnes, Sandy Hook Bird Observatory
Web: http://www.njaudubon.org/
This is Pete Bacinski for the Voice of the NJ Audubon Society for Thursday, July
22, 2010 with reports of BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK, COMMON EIDER, COMMON
LOON, WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, AMERICAN AVOCET,
WESTERN SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, GULL-BILLED TERN,
CASPIAN TERN, SANDWICH TERN, SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER, BLUE GROSBEAK and
seasonal and local reports of interest.
Three BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCKS appeared at Bunker Pond at Cape May Point
State Park July 18 and were seen there daily until July 20. There were no
reports of the birds on July 21, but they reappeared in Lighthouse Pond visible
from the blind July 22. A SANDWICH TERN was also present at Bunker Pond July
19-20.
A SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER was seen sitting on a wire at Campgaw Reservation in
Mahwah July 17, with no further reports.
An AMERICAN AVOCET flew over North Beach at Sandy Hook on July 17 and was never
relocated. Over two hundred WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS were observed from a fishing
boat approximately three miles off Sandy Hook July 20.
Seven COMMON EIDERS were tallied at Island Beach State Park on July 22.
Forsythe (Brigantine) NWR hosted both GULL-BILLED TERNS and CASPIAN TERNS July
16 and 22, while 31 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 31 WHIMBREL and 8 WESTERN SANDPIPER
were tallied there July 22.
The Sandy Hook Bird Observatory is running a field trip to Brigantine (Forsythe)
NWR on Saturday, July 24 led by center director Pete Bacinski. The trip meets
at 8:45 a.m. in the refuge parking lot. There is a $15 fee for members and $20
for non-members. For more information call SHBO at 732-872-2500
Two LITTLE BLUE HERON were at White's Pond in Waldwick July 20 and a
YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was present there July 21.
The New Jersey Meadowlands July 20 hosted two BLUE GROSBEAKS, a YELLOW-CROWNED
NIGHT-HERON, and a WESTERN SANDPIPER.
The Liberty Loop at the Wallkill River NWR was home to PECTORAL SANDPIPERS and
SOLITARY SANDPIPERS July 20. A breeding plumaged COMMON LOON has been summering
at Byram Cove, Lake Hopatcong.
There will be Free Bird Walks at Island Beach State Park. August 5th and 19th,
and September 2nd. Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey's Barnegat Bay
Birder in Residence, Skyler Streich, will lead the approximately 3 mile walk.
Meet at the Interpretive Center, 7 miles south of the park entrance at 7AM. For
more information: barnegatbirder@gmail.com or 609-984-0621.
Reports of Review List Species (photos, field sketches, and/or written
Documentation) go to the New Jersey Bird Records Committee at 14 Crown Drive,
Warren, NJ 07059 or report AT njbrc.net.
The Voice of NJ Audubon is a weekly report on birding in NJ. To report birds,
please call 732-872-2500. This is Pete Bacinski wishing you the best birding
and thanks for calling, surfing, and reporting.
- End Transcript
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