New Jersey (Statewide) RBA
August 26, 2010
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- RBA
* New Jersey
* Statewide
* NJNJ1008.26
* August 26, 2010
- Birds Mentioned
+ Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
+ Loggerhead Shrike
+ (Details requested by NJBRC)
American Avocet
American Golden-Plover
Audubon's Shearwater
Baird's Sandpiper
Black Skimmer
Black Tern
Blackburnian Warbler
Blue-winged Teal
Bonaparte's Gull
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Canada Warbler
Caspian Tern
Cattle Egret
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Cory's Shearwater
Forster's Tern
Glossy Ibis
Golden-winged Warbler
Great Cormorant
Greater Shearwater
Gull-billed Tern
Kentucky Warbler
Laughing Gull
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Little Blue Heron
Long-billed Dowitcher
Mourning Warbler
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Pectoral Sandpiper
Philadelphia Vireo
Prothonotary Warbler
Red Knot
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Red-headed Woodpecker
Royal Tern
Snowy Egret
Solitary Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Tennessee Warbler
Upland Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Willet
Wilson's Warbler
Worm-eating Warbler
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Yellow-breasted Chat
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 Scott Barnes with the Voice of New Jersey Audubon for Thursday August
26, 2010 with reports of BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETREL, LEACH'S STORM-PETREL,
AMERICAN AVOCET, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, PHILADELPHIA VIREO,
KENTUCKY WARBLER, seasonal and local reports of interest and announcements.
A pelagic trip from Lewes, Delaware encountered BAND-RUMPED STORM-PETREL and
LEACH'S STORM-PETREL in NJ waters, along with CORY'S SHEARWATER, GREATER
SHEARWATER, and AUDUBON'S SHEARWATER Aug 20.
Two AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS were noted at the DeLea Sod Farm south of Rte 40 Aug
22. Also in Salem County that day were 185 CATTLE EGRETS at Featherbed Lane.
Reports from Brigantine NWR Aug 19-21 included 20 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, an immature
YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, 3-6 AMERICAN AVOCETS, 40 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS,
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, STILT SANDPIPER, 5 GULL-BILLED TERNS, and 11 CASPIAN
TERNS. A BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, 30+ STILT SANDPIPERS, and a BLACK TERN were
noted at Brig Aug 24.
National Park in Gloucester County hosted TENNESSEE WARBLER, MOURNING WARBLER,
and YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT Aug 20 and 2 BLACKBURNIAN WARBLERS and WORM-EATING
WARBLER Aug 26. An excellent count of 86 CASPIAN TERNS was tallied at
Floodgates on the Delaware River Aug 21.
A "possible" LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE was seen briefly at Sandy Hook Aug 21. A BAIRD'S
SANDPIPER was viewed at the tidal cut near the end of the Fisherman's Trail Aug
21 & 26. Two RED KNOTS, 18 "Western" WILLETS, 2 STILT SANDPIPERS, 3 BLACK
TERNS, and 70+ BLACK SKIMMERS were seen there this week as well. A PROTHONOTARY
WARBLER was seen at the intersection of Raccoon ALley and the Road to Nowhere
Aug 23. A good passerine flight Aug 26 tallied 17 species of warblers including
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, 3 WORM-EATING WARBLERS, 3 CANADA WARBLERS, and a KENTUCKY
WARBLER at the garden. A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER was seen along Raccoon
Alley the same day.
A BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was noted in the sod fields along Willow Brook Rd in
Holmdel Aug 23. Also in Monmouth County, an UPLAND SANDPIPER was detected in
sod fields along Herbert Rd near Assunpink WMA Aug 21. Five BLACK TERNS were
found at Lake Assunpink Aug 25.
An AMERICAN AVOCET was in the Kingsland impoundment at DeKorte Environment
Center in Lyndhurst Aug 21-25. Also noted there this week were WHITE-RUMPED
SANDPIPER and 2 STILT SANDPIPERS.
A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was detected at Liberty State Park Aug 26.
Spruce Run Reservoir sightings Aug 21-25 included LITTLE BLUE HERON, SNOWY
EGRET, GLOSSY IBIS, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, 2 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, 3 WHITE-RUMPED
SANDPIPERS, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, 2 LAUGHING GULLS, BONAPARTE'S GULL, LESSER
BLACK-BACKED GULL, 2 CASPIAN TERNS, and FORSTER'S TERN. Most of the shorebirds
are found on the mudflats at the mouth of Mulhockaway Creek.
An immature GREAT CORMORANT was early and inland at the Hillsborough Twp
retention pond/promenade Aug 22.
Glenhurst Meadows (Warren Green Acres) in Somerset County had 2 RED-HEADED
WOODPECKERS, OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER,
WILSON'S WARBLER, and YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT Aug 26.
Birds noted at Sherman-Hoffman Wildlife Sanctuary in Bernardsville Aug 20-21
included RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, WORM-EATING WARBLER, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, and
CANADA WARBLER.
South Amboy hosted ROYAL TERN and CASPIAN TERN Aug 22.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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.
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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