New Jersey (Statewide) RBA
August 12, 2010
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:32:26 -0400
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Subject: [BIRDEAST] RBA: New Jersey, Aug. 12, 2010
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- RBA
* New Jersey
* Statewide
* NJNJ1008.12
* August 12, 2010
- Birds Mentioned
+ Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
+ (Details requested by NJBRC)
American Avocet
Black Skimmer
Black Tern
Caspian Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Least Bittern
Marbled Godwit
Red Knot
Royal Tern
Sandwich Tern
Stilt Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Willet
- 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 Scott Barnes with the Voice of New Jersey Audubon for Thursday August
12, 2010 with reports of BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK, AMERICAN AVOCET, SANDWICH
TERN, seasonal and local reports of interest, and announcements.
A BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK was discovered on Wreck Pond Aug 11. The bird was
on the sand bar/island at the east end of the lake and viewed from Brown and
Second Avenues. On Aug 12 the bird was found west of the railroad tracks and
viewed from Shore Drive.
Brigantine NWR Aug 7-8 hosted 5 AMERICAN AVOCETS, MARBLED GODWIT, 8 STILT
SANDPIPERS, WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, 3 CASPIAN TERNS, and 10+ GULL-BILLED TERNS.
Three RED KNOTS and 2 SANDWICH TERNS were noted at Sedge Islands WMA (adjacent
to Island Beach State Park) Aug 7.
Floodgates in Gloucester County had 7 CASPIAN TERNS and 2 BLACK TERNS Aug 8.
Sandy Hook's salt pond/false hook area hosted 7 WESTERN WILLETS, EASTERN WILLET,
STILT SANDPIPER, 1-2 BLACK TERNS, ROYAL TERN, and 30+ BLACK SKIMMERS Aug 9-10.
Spruce Run Reservoir had 2 CASPIAN TERNS near Mulhockoway Creek Aug 11.
A LEAST BITTERN was noted at the shorebird pool at DeKorte Park in Lyndhurst Aug
7. Two STILT SANDPIPERS were there Aug 8.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
An overnight pelagic trip is scheduled from Belmar Aug 21-22 in search of
late-summer seabirds including Leach's and White-faced Storm-Petrels, Audubon's
Shearwater, & Long-tailed Jaeger. For more information or to register go to
www.paulagics.com or call 215-234-6805.
Sandy Hook has no summer entrance fee for birding as long as you park in
designated lots. Tell the toll attendant "you are birding and not parking in
beach access lots." This allows you to park at the Visitor Center, Horseshoe
Cove, Scout Camp, all Fort Hancock lots, K-lot, and SHBO. Fees are not charged
before 7 am and after 5 pm. If you arrive before 7 am an attendant at the Ranger
Station will give you a pass that allows you free access to all parking areas.
Note that with summer beach traffic and the reconstruction of the Sea
Bright-Highlands Bridge it is advisable to arrive and leave early in order to
avoid delays.
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 email sightings AT
njaudubon.org Thanks for calling and reporting. 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.
- End Transcript
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