- RBA

* New Jersey
* Statewide
* NJNJ0911.05
* November 5, 2009

- Birds Mentioned
+ Ash-throated Flycatcher
+ (Details requested by NJBRC)

American Golden-Plover
Barred Owl
Black-headed Gull
Blackpoll Warbler
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Clay-colored Sparrow
Common Eider
Common Moorhen
Eastern Meadowlark
Eurasian Wigeon
Forster's Tern
Golden Eagle
Great Cormorant
Greater White-fronted Goose
Harlequin Duck
Iceland Gull
Lapland Longspur
Lark Sparrow
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Long-billed Dowitcher
Long-tailed Duck
Northern Goshawk
Orange-crowned Warbler
Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Red-breasted Merganser
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-throated Loon
Ruffed Grouse
Rusty Blackbird
Sandhill Crane
Short-billed Dowitcher
Snow Bunting
Spotted Sandpiper
Surf Scoter
Tundra Swan
Western Sandpiper
White-winged Scoter


- 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  
November 5, 2009 with reports of ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, SANDHILL  
CRANE, BLACK-HEADED GULL, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, seasonal and local reports  
of interest.

Last week's ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER at Thompson Park in Lincroft was  
last seen Oct 30. An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was noted there Nov 1.

Sandy Hook sightings this week included a hen HARLEQUIN DUCK, 2 COMMON  
EIDERS, and 2 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS off C-lot Nov 4-5, a flock of 6  
COMMON EIDERS off the false hook Nov 4; a juvenile AMERICAN GOLDEN- 
PLOVER at the tidal cut east of the end of the fisherman's trail Oct  
31-Nov 1; an immature COMMON MOORHEN in north pond Oct 31-Nov 2; an  
early first-winter ICELAND GULL at the false hook Nov 1; the resident  
BARRED OWL hooting along raccoon alley Nov 1, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW at  
Randolph St Nov 2; LARK SPARROW at K-lot Nov 1; LAPLAND LONGSPUR and 2  
SNOW BUNTINGS near the false hook Oct 31; and 5 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS over  
K-lot Nov 4.

A PARASITIC JAEGER was off Belmar Nov 1. Also there was a LESSER BLACK- 
BACKED GULL.

Island Beach State Park hosted 3 PARASITIC JAEGERS and a probable  
POMARINE JAEGER harassing FORSTER'S TERNS Nov 1.

Barnegat Light State Park hosted an impressive flock of 120 COMMON  
EIDERS, including some adult males; 2 HARLEQUIN DUCKS, and GREAT  
CORMORANT Nov 3.

Brigantine NWR birds this week included TUNDRA SWAN, juvenile AMERICAN  
GOLDEN-PLOVER, 10 WESTERN SANDPIPERS, 2 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 3  
juvenile SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER at the Leeds  
Eco Trail, and 11 EASTERN MEADOWLARKS.

A TUNDRA SWAN was noted on McCormack Lake at Plainsboro Preserve Nov  
3-4.

Two RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen in Lenape Park in Cranford Nov 3.  
An immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was noted at the wetland restoration  
site off Omar Ave in the Avenel section of Woodbridge Nov 3.

Six CACKLING GEESE were noted at Warinanco Park in Rahway Nov 4.

A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was found at Overpeck Creek Park in  
Leonia Nov 1-4, seen near the playground and stables. An ORANGE- 
CROWNED WARBLER was near the stables there Nov 1.

A drake EURASIAN WIGEON was seen at Liberty State Park in the marsh  
near the visitor's center Nov 1-2. Also in Hudson County was an adult  
light-morph PARASITIC JAEGER over Newark Bay Nov 3.

Spruce Run Reservoir hosted a good assortment of waterfowl this week  
including WHITE-WINGED SCOTER and 2 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS Nov 1-2.  
RED-THROATED LOON and a very late SPOTTED SANDPIPER were there Nov 4.  
Also in Hunterdon County at Round Valley Reservoir Nov 4 were 2  
CACKLING GEESE, 13 LONG-TAILED DUCKS, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, 3 RED- 
THROATED LOONS, GREAT CORMORANT, and a late BLACKPOLL WARBLER.

Scott's Mountain Hawk Watch at Merrill Creek Reservoir tallied 5  
migrant SANDHILL CRANES Oct 30. Very rare away from the coast, a BLACK- 
HEADED GULL was photographed at Merrill Creek Reservoir Nov 4.  
Seventeen LONG-TAILED DUCKS were on the reservoir Nov 4. A GOLDEN  
EAGLE was at the hawkwatch Nov 3. Also in Warren County at Raccoon  
Ridge Hawk Watch this week were 2 GOLDEN EAGLES, NORTHERN GOSHAWK, 94  
RED-TAILED HAWKS, and SNOW BUNTING Nov 1.

Kittatinny Valley State Park hosted 2 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE and  
a CACKLING GOOSE among the CANADA GOOSE flock at White's Pond,  
accessed off the Sussex Branch Trail Nov 2. The CACKLING GOOSE was  
still there Nov 3. Two GOLDEN EAGLES passed the Sunrise Mountain Hawk  
Watch Nov 1. Another GOLDEN EAGLE was noted there Nov 2 along with a  
RUFFED GROUSE.

Five SURF SCOTERS were noted at Penbryn Pond in Berlin Nov 2. Palmyra  
Cove Nature Park had an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER Oct 31.

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.

- End Transcript

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