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Begin forwarded message:

> From: sktreesh AT patmedia.net
> Date: November 25, 2007 1:21:26 PM EST
> To: llarson AT Princeton.EDU
> Subject: Sandy Hook:  Ash-throated fly and Townsend's Solitaire
> Reply-To: sktreesh AT patmedia.net
>

> Hi Laurie:
>
> Just returned from viewing Ash-throated flycatcher and Townsend's  
> Solitaire at Sandy Hook.  Birds were sighted around noon by Tom  
> Boyle, Mike Fahy, and Dave Larson at the flagpole in the Boy Scout  
> camp.  They appeared to be associating, and stayed in the same  
> general area at least for an hour.
>
> Searchers can go to the flagpole circle and scan high and low there  
> and the nearby new restroom building.  Birds were well seen and  
> photographed in good light.
>
> Susan Treesh
>
>

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NJBIRDS,

I just received a phone call from Paul Lehman asking me to post the  
word that a Lesser Nighthawk has just been identified as it roosts in  
a cedar next to the Hawkwatch platform in Cape May. He says the bird  
was just identified a few minutes ago by expert birders and is  
presently under observation.

Laurie

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Tom Boyle reports two Cave Swallows at Sandy Hook this morning (Nov 22). The 
birds were over the salt pond at the end of the fisherman's trail and among 
100+ Tree Swallows. 

   
 At least two Northern Shrikes are now present at Franklin Parker Preserve in 
Chatsworth and another individual was found at Great Bay Blvd in Tuckerton 
today. 

   
  Scott Barnes
  Senior Naturalist
  Sandy Hook Bird Observatory
  New Jersey Audubon Society
  www.njaudubon.org/centers/shbo 
   

       
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- RBA

* New Jersey
* Statewide
* NJNJ0711.21
* November 21, 2007

- Birds Mentioned
+ Ash-throated Flycatcher
+ Calliope Hummingbird
+ Cave Swallow
+ (Details requested by NJBRC)

American Pipit
Cackling Goose
Cattle Egret
Common Eider
Evening Grosbeak
Golden Eagle
Harlequin Duck
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Little Gull
Long-billed Dowitcher
Northern Goshawk
Northern Shrike
Orange-crowned Warbler
Pectoral Sandpiper
Red Crossbill
Red-headed Woodpecker
Sandhill Crane
Snow Bunting
Western Kingbird

- Transcript

hotline: Voice of NJ Audubon
number:
to report:
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 Society for  
Wednesday November 21, 2007 with reports of CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD, ASH- 
THROATED FLYCATCHER, WESTERN KINGBIRD, CAVE SWALLOW, NORTHERN SHRIKE,  
EVENING GROSBEAK, seasonal and local reports of interest, and  
announcements.

A hatch-year male CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD has been present in Denville  
since Nov 13 and continues through Nov 19; the homeowners are  
graciously welcoming birders to the site. Please be discreet and use  
common courtesy when visiting. To reach it from Route 80W take the  
Denville exit which drops you on Route 46East. Take the very first  
right exit ramp to Route 53 (probably says Morris Plains -  
Morristown). Go to first light (at A&P mall), turnright, and keep  
bearing right past Indian Lake over the bridge. Takeeither of the 2  
one-way streets which will lead to a red blinkinglight at Franklin  
Road. Turn right, one block and turn right ontoGeraldine Court, a dead- 
end street. 5 Geraldine Court is the 3rdhouse from corner on the  
right. From Route 80E take Denville exit, go to first light at Burger  
Kingand turn right onto Franklin Road. Go two blocks and take the  
secondleft onto Geraldine Court.

An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER was photographed at Brigantine NWR Nov 17  
in the persimmon trees just before the bridge over Doughty Creek; no  
reports since. Also at the refuge this week were 21 Tundra Swans, 5+  
Bald Eagles, and 20+ Marbled Godwits in the west pool near the gull  
pond tower.

A CAVE SWALLOW was observed at Franklin Parker Preserve in Chatsworth,  
Burlington County Nov 21. It was seen over the large reservoir and  
adjoining bogs located on the west side of Rte 563. Also there that  
day were LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, 2 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, AMERICAN PIPIT,  
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, and RED CROSSBILL. The NORTHERN SHRIKE  
continues at Franklin Parker Preserve as well through Nov 18. From  
Rtes 563 & 532 in Chatsworth, take Rte 532 west towards Medford. In a  
short distance you will see a large lake on your right and the road  
will bend sharply right (currently minor shoulder work occurring  
there) and immediately turn left on to a dirt road. Park along the  
road, walk past the two gates back into the old cranberry bogs. The  
bird was active nearer to several reservoirs in the rear section of  
the bogs.

At Barnegat Light State Park 18 COMMON EIDERS, 20 HARLEQUIN DUCKS, and  
4 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were noted Nov 19. A yet-unidentified  
hummingbird species has been visiting a feeder at 29 West 9th Street  
in Barnegat Light Nov 19-21. This is the same residence where both  
Rufous and Black-chinned Hummingbirds have been recorded in previous  
years. Please be courteous and discreet if you visit the site.

Unusual in date and location was a flock of 8 CATTLE EGRETS feeding on  
the soccer fields at Doc Cramer Park, Doc Cramer Blvd in Cedar Run Nov  
19.

Four EVENING GROSBEAKS visited the feeders at Wells Mills Park in  
Ocean County Nov 20-21.

Sandy Hook sightings this week included 120 SNOW BUNTINGS and a COMMON  
EIDER off North Beach Nov 17. A WESTERN KINGBIRD was seen in the tall  
trees near the officer's club (across the street from the garden) Nov  
21. A free, detailed birding map of Sandy Hook is available at SHBO;  
check the bird sightings log there for daily reports.

A LITTLE GULL was on Lake Takanassee in Long Branch Nov 21.

One of the WESTERN KINGBIRDS present last week at Thompson Park in  
Lincroft was seen again Nov 21. The bird was in trees along the gravel  
road near the craft center on the way to Marlu Lake.

Three SANDHILL CRANES were observed in a field on Randolph Rd (between  
Schoolhouse Rd & 0.6 miles from Weston Canal Rd) in Franklin Twp,  
Somerset County Nov 21.

Two juvenile RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue at the Great Swamp NWR;  
look for the birds in the stand of dead trees visible to the north  
from the closed bridge along Pleasant Plains Road.

A CACKLING GOOSE was detected at Assiscong Marsh Nov 17.

Raccoon Ridge Hawkwatch reports this week included a NORTHERN GOSHAWK,  
2 GOLDEN EAGLES and 13 SNOW BUNTINGS Nov 17. Two NORTHERN GOSHAWKS and  
a GOLDEN EAGLE were recorded Nov 18.

The Voice of New Jersey Audubon Society is a weekly report on birding  
in New Jersey. To report birds please call . Reports of  
Review List Species (photos, field sketches, and/or written  
documentation) go to the New Jersey Bird Records Committee at 91  
Sycamore Lane, Skillman NJ 08558. Thanks for calling and reporting.

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NJBIRDS:

This morning (Weds) I found an Ash-throated Flycatcher in Cape May. It 
was hanging around and was seen by others as well. It is just north of 
West Cape May. As one heads north out of West Cape May village on 
Broadway, which then turns to Seashore Road, look on the right (east) 
for Wilson Ave., which is just a block long and dead-ends. Park there 
and continue just a few feet farther east, where the end of Wilson 
crosses a dirt road, then there's a pedestrian gate, a railroad track, 
and then Nature Conservancy property ("Cape Island Creek"). The bird was 
mostly along the dirt road, just south of Wilson, but it also went over 
to along the railroad track a couple times as well.

The Barnacle Goose was seen again this morning at the South Cape May 
Meadows from first light until it departed with Canadas around 7:15AM, 
presumably to feed in nearby fields, but where it could not be found 
later in the morning. Hopefully it will be back again late this 
afternoon to roost there again tonight (with about 100 Canada Geese).

The two Sandhill Cranes were seen again today flying around various 
spots on Cape Island, but the birds are very difficult to pin down for 
long.  A few (ca. 4) Cave Swallows were seen in the early morning along 
the Cape May city waterfront and flying over the South Cape May Meadows 
(could be the same birds). Also a fly-over Common Redpoll.

Still waiting on hearing about the identity of two hummingbirds, one in 
Erma, Cape May County, and one at Barnegat Light.

--Paul Lehman

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What must be the same Barnacle Goose seen from the hawkwatch last 
Saturday, flying by in a flock of Canada Geese, was relocated at dusk 
this evening (Tuesday) at the South Cape May Meadows, again in a flock 
of roosting Canada Geese, by Chris Vogel and Ken Behrens. Whether this 
flock spends all night there or moves around during the night is 
anyone's guess at this point. The birds were in the main section of "the 
Meadows" between the two paths.

Otherwise, numbers of Cave Swallows continue here and there around Cape May.

There is a as-yet unidentified hummingbird at the same Spingola feeder 
in Barnegat Light that has hosted several November hummingbirds (both 
Rufous and Ruby-throated) the past number of years. 29 West 9th St.; 
rear deck.

Paul Lehman

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NJBIRDS,

Carol writes:


> Laurie
>
> The bird arrives at sun-up and leaves at 4:15.   Basically at and  
> around the feeding station all day.  Perches not too very far from  
> feeder which is under our flood lights getting heat.   I cannot  
> locate at present my actual heat lamp but continuing the search.    
> Still there this morning, active and feeding.   Will perch in my  
> blue spruce beneath the clematis vines overgrowing same.   We have a  
> bi-level so there is an overhang at the feeding area and protected  
> perch sites.
>
> Snowed last night and still snowing..
>
> Carol Knapp

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The Calliope Hummingbird is still present today in Denville:


> Date: 18 November 2007 11:38:24 AM
> To: JerseyBirds AT Princeton.EDU
>
> The November Calliope Hummingbird still in Denville, NJ  on Nov  
> 18th , 9:00 to 10:00 am. The bird appears to be a Hatch Year  
> Male .Photos from this morning can be found here : http:// 
> www.flickr.com/photos/ AT N00/
> Thank you John and Carol !!
>
> Stephen Bahr
> New Brunswick, NJ


Paul Lehman reports a count of 64 Cave Swallows yesterday in Cape  
May, counted as the birds were going in to several roost sites along  
the Cape May waterfront. Also, an immature Black-headed Gull was seen  
yesterday afternoon around the Coast Guard ponds on Ocean Drive.

Laurie Larson

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A Calliope Hummingbird has been coming to the feeder of John & Carol  
Knapp in Denville. Present four days now, it was identified this  
morning and I have just gotten the go-ahead to invite birders to see  
it. Please be courteous, and obey any requests regarding parking,  
observation locations, etc.  I haven't yet heard whether there is a  
pattern or best time to see the bird.

Directions:

 From Route 80W take the Denville exit which drops you on Route 46  
E.  Take the very first right exit ramp to Route 53 (probably says  
Morris Plains � Morristown).   Go to first light (at A&P mall), turn  
right, and keep bearing right past Indian Lake over the bridge.  Take  
either of the 2 one-way streets which will lead to a red blinking  
light at Franklin Road.  Turn right, one block and turn right onto  
Geraldine Court, a dead-end street. 5 Geraldine Court is the 3rd  
house from corner on the right.

 From Route 80E take Denville exit, go to first light at Burger King  
and turn right onto Franklin Road.  Go two blocks and take the second  
left onto Geraldine Court.


An Ash-throated Flycatcher was present about 12:15 to 12:30 at  
Brigantine (Forsythe) NWR today.  Found by Jack and Jessie Connor, it  
was seen by a NJAS field trip and heard calling as well. The bird was  
located on the entrance road between the bridge with ponds on both  
sides, and the main entrance sign/HQ parking lot.

Also, at the Cape May Point in the past hour Sandhill Cranes as well  
as a Barnacle Goose (in a flock of Canadas) have been seen circling  
over the hawk watch; neither crossed the bay, and may still be in the  
area.

Laurie Larson

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No surprise given the weather the past number of days (i.e., 2+ days of 
mild weather with S/SW winds, followed by a sharp cold front), but 
yesterday (Friday) before dark there were 24+ Cave Swallows along the 
Cape May city waterfront hotels, and this morning (Saturday), in a more 
thorough check, there were 44 Cave Swallows. These birds roost on these 
hotels in colder weather and then disperse locally and/or totally depart 
the area during the day. Smaller number of Caves have been seen recently 
at the Cape May hawkwatch and at the Avalon seawatch. Also yesterday and 
today, three separate small flocks of Red Crossbills were seen flying 
by, one at the Avalon seawatch and two around Cape May Point. There has 
been a recent surge of Red Crossbills (but no White-wingeds) in 
Massachusetts and elsewhere the past few days. Another one or two fly-by 
Evening Grosbeaks.

Otherwise, the number of western passerines and late-lingering landbirds 
(other than Baltimore Orioles) the past couple weeks has seemingly been 
mediocre to poor this year. Sparrow numbers also seem sub-par.

--Paul Lehman

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- RBA

* New Jersey
* Statewide
* NJNJ0711.15
* November 15, 2007

- Birds Mentioned
+ Cave Swallow
+ (Details requested by NJBRC)

Black Scoter
Blue-headed Vireo
Cackling Goose
Cattle Egret
Clay-colored Sparrow
Common Eider
Common Redpoll
Evening Grosbeak
Golden Eagle
Indigo Bunting
Lapland Longspur
Long-billed Dowitcher
Marbled Godwit
Northern Goshawk
Northern Shrike
Orange-crowned Warbler
Pectoral Sandpiper
Pine Siskin
Purple Finch
Red Crossbill
Red-headed Woodpecker
Rough-legged Hawk
Rusty Blackbird
Short-eared Owl
Snow Bunting
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Vesper Sparrow
Western Kingbird
White-winged Scoter



- Transcript

hotline: Voice of NJ Audubon
number:
to report:
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 Society for  
Thursday November 15, 2007 with reports of CAVE SWALLOW, NORTHERN  
SHRIKE, WESTERN KINGBIRD, COMMON REDPOLL, EVENING GROSBEAK, seasonal  
and local reports of interest.


A CAVE SWALLOW was seen at Round Valley Reservoir Nov 8 and a ROUGH- 
LEGGED HAWK was there Nov 11.  Also in Hunterdon County this week were  
CACKLING GOOSE and 23 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS at Assiscong Marsh Nov 8-11; a  
BLACK SCOTER at Spruce Run Reservoir Nov 8 and 30 SNOW BUNTINGS there  
Nov 11.


Sightings from Brigantine NWR this week were 12+ TUNDRA SWANS, 2  
CATTLE EGRETS, 20 MARBLED GODWITS, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, a NORTHERN  
SHRIKE on the north dike, and 2 SNOW BUNTINGS.


Franklin Parker Preserve in Burlington County had a NORTHERN SHRIKE  
Nov 10-11.  Also there were PECTORAL SANDPIPER and ORANGE-CROWNED  
WARBLER.  From Rtes 563 and 532 in Chatsworth take Rte 532 west  
towards Tabernacle/Medford.  In a short distance you will see a large  
lake on your right and the road bends sharply right; immediately turn  
left on to a dirt road.  Park along the road, walk past the two gates  
back in to the old cranberry bogs.  The Northern Shrike was active  
nearer to several reservoirs in the back sections of the bogs.


A *probable* adult TRUMPETER SWAN was seen in the Ocean County section  
of Whitesbog Nov 14.  The bird was with TUNDRA SWANS in the reservoir  
furthest away from the historic village.


Island Beach State Park had 30+ WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS and 30+ SNOW  
BUNTINGS Nov 10.


Sandy Hook sightings this week included up to 4 COMMON EIDERS between  
the end of the fisherman's trail and north beach pavilion; a WESTERN  
KINGBIRD near north pond, a late INDIGO BUNTING at Spermaceti Cove,  
100+ SNOW BUNTINGS and a LAPLAND LONGSPUR at north beach, 9 RUSTY  
BLACKBIRDS and a late Baltimore Oriole at G-lot, 3 COMMON REDPOLLS and  
16 Pine Siskins near north pond, all Nov 13.  Four EVENING GROSBEAKS  
were flyovers Nov 9.  A free, detailed birding map of Sandy Hook is  
available at SHBO; check the sightings log there for daily bird reports.


Two WESTERN KINGBIRDS discovered at Thompson Park in Lincroft Nov 11  
remain through Nov 14.  Look for the birds along the gravel road to  
Marlu Lake on the north side and the brushy field on the east side of  
the lake.  They have also been viewed in the large trees adjacent to  
the craft center before you hit the gravel road to the lake.


At nearby Big Brook Park in Marlboro an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER and  
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW were detected Nov 13.


A SHORT-EARED OWL was found at Mercer County Park NW off Federal City  
Rd Nov 8.


A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues to reside at Great Swamp NWR this  
week.  It is most reliable from the gate on the east side of Pleasant  
Plains Rd between the heronry overlook lot and the closed bridge; most  
often seen in the flood-killed timber.  Also at the swamp Nov 12 were  
200 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS.


Warren Green Acres (Glenhurst Meadows) had 4 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS (2  
juveniles, 1 adult, & 1 un-aged) Nov 14.  The birds were found along  
the Passaic River at the north end of the site.  Also at the park this  
week was a late BLUE-HEADED VIREO and VESPER SPARROW Nov 9.


Highlights from Raccoon Ridge this week included 5 NORTHERN GOSHAWKS  
and 3 GOLDEN EAGLES Nov 11; RED CROSSBILLS were noted as flyovers on  
two different days this week.


Celery Farm birds this week included 30+ PINE SISKINS and 20+ PURPLE  
FINCHES.


The Voice of New Jersey Audubon Society is a weekly report on birding  
in New Jersey.  To report birds please call .  Reports of  
Review List Species (photos, field sketches, and/or written  
documentation) go to the New Jersey Bird Records Committee at 91  
Sycamore Lane, Skillman NJ 08558.  Thanks for calling and reporting.



- End Transcript

How/where to report NJ bird sightings:

For info, to join, or search archives: "NJBIRDS," rare bird alert list:

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- RBA

* New Jersey
* Statewide
* NJNJ0711.08
* November 8, 2007

- Birds Mentioned
+ Black Brant
+ Cave Swallow
+ Eared Grebe
+ (Details requested by NJBRC)

American Golden-Plover
American White Pelican
Blue-headed Vireo
Cackling Goose
Common Eider
Common Redpoll
Evening Grosbeak
Golden Eagle
Harlequin Duck
Horned Grebe
Horned Lark
Hudsonian Godwit
Long-billed Dowitcher
Marbled Godwit
Northern Goshawk
Northern Shrike
Pine Siskin
Purple Finch
Red Crossbill
Red-headed Woodpecker
Rusty Blackbird
Snow Bunting
Stilt Sandpiper
Tundra Swan


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hotline: Voice of NJ Audubon
number:
to report:
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 Society for  
November 8, 2007 with reports of BLACK BRANT, EARED GREBE, CAVE  
SWALLOW, NORTHERN SHRIKE, RED CROSSBILL, COMMON REDPOLL, EVENING  
GROSBEAK, seasonal and local reports of interest, and announcements.  
Directions to most locations mentioned in the VONJAS can be found in  
Bill Boyle's "A Bird Finding Guide to New Jersey," available at NJ  
Audubon Center bookstores.

Two CAVE SWALLOWS were found briefly at Round Valley Reservoir Nov 7  
-- no reports since.

A BLACK BRANT was noted at Sylvan Lake on the border of Avon &  
Bradley Beach Nov 3.

An EARED GREBE was observed at Island Beach State Park Nov 8. From  
Parking area A-7 take the boardwalk out to Barnegat Bay; scan from  
the platform to the northwest, where the bird was seen among a flock  
of HORNED GREBES.

Brigantine NWR Nov 4 hosted 9 TUNDRA SWANS, the continuing AMERICAN  
WHITE PELICAN, GOLDEN EAGLE, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, up to 16 MARBLED  
GODWITS, 5 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, and 6 STILT SANDPIPERS. Four late  
HUDSONIAN GODWITS were noted there Nov 2.

At Barnegat Light 5 COMMON EIDERS and 4 HARLEQUIN DUCKS were back Nov 5.

Sandy Hook reports this week included two continuing COMMON EIDERS  
seen off the end of the fisherman's trail, a NORTHERN GOSHAWK from  
the North Pond observation deck, 3 HORNED LARKS and 16 SNOW BUNTINGS  
at Gunnison Beach, and 7 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, all Nov 4. Four EVENING  
GROSBEAKS were flyovers at north beach Nov 7. A RED CROSSBILL was a  
flyover along Atlantic Drive Nov 8. A free, detailed birding map of  
Sandy Hook is available at SHBO; check the sightings log there for  
daily bird reports.

Four EVENING GROSBEAKS visited a Middletown feeder adjacent to Tatum  
Park Nov 4.

At Great Swamp NWR 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were seen at the overlook  
at the end of Pleasant Plains Rd this week. At nearby Scherman- 
Hoffman Wildlife Sanctuary up to 14 PINE SISKINS have been visiting  
the feeders.

A NORTHERN SHRIKE was found at Hoffman Park in Hunterdon County Nov 2.

Another NORTHERN SHRIKE was found at Warren Green Acres (Glenhurst  
Meadows) Nov 7. The bird was just west of the parking lot, across the  
stream spillway, on the right where the trail comes to a T. Also  
there was a late BLUE-HEADED VIREO.

A belated report was received of several EVENING GROSBEAKS during  
late October (all flyovers) at the main parking lot of Monksville  
Reservoir.

Celery Farm reports this week included a flock of 12 COMMON REDPOLLS  
Nov 4. Also in Bergen County were single EVENING GROSBEAKS at NJ  
Audubon's Lorrimer Sanctuary Nov 3 & 7.

Raccoon Ridge highlights this week included 3 NORTHERN GOSHAWKS and 4  
GOLDEN EAGLES Nov 6, NORTHERN GOSHAWK and 3 GOLDEN EAGLES Nov 7. Four  
RED CROSSBILLS and SNOW BUNTING were detected there Nov 3.

Sussex County birds this week included a CACKLING GOOSE at Turtle  
Pond in Green Twp Nov 4. From Rte. 206 in Andover, take Rte. 603  
towards Hackettstown. Turtle Pond is on the left side of the road  
where Pequest Rd goes to the right and Rte 603 continues as Airport Rd.

PURPLE FINCH and PINE SISKIN continue to be reported in small-to- 
moderate numbers across many portions of the state this week.

The Voice of New Jersey Audubon Society is a weekly report on birding  
in New Jersey. To report birds please call . Reports of  
Review List Species (photos, field sketches, and/or written  
documentation) go to the New Jersey Bird Records Committee at 91  
Sycamore Lane, Skillman NJ 08558. Thanks for calling and reporting.


- End Transcript

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For info, to join, or search archives: "NJBIRDS," rare bird alert list:

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- RBA

* New Jersey
* Statewide
* NJNJ0711.02
* November 2, 2007

- Birds Mentioned
+ Eurasian Collared-Dove
+ Gray Kingbird
+ Townsend's Solitaire
+ (Details requested by NJBRC)

American Bittern
American Golden-Plover
American Pipit
American White Pelican
Bald Eagle
Baltimore Oriole
Brant
Cattle Egret
Common Eider
Common Moorhen
Fox Sparrow
Golden Eagle
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Long-billed Dowitcher
Marbled Godwit
Nashville Warbler
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Northern Goshawk
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Northern Shrike
Orange-crowned Warbler
Parasitic Jaeger
Pine Siskin
Pomarine Jaeger
Purple Finch
Red Crossbill
Red-shouldered Hawk
Ross's Goose
Short-eared Owl
Snow Bunting
Stilt Sandpiper
Surf Scoter
Vesper Sparrow
Virginia Rail
White-winged Scoter

- Transcript

hotline: Voice of NJ Audubon
number:
to report:
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 Society for  
Thursday November 1, 2007 with reports of EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE,  
GRAY KINGBIRD, TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE, ROSS'S GOOSE, POMARINE JAEGER,  
NORTHERN SHRIKE, seasonal and local reports of interest, and  
announcements.  Directions to most locations mentioned in the VONJAS  
can be found in Bill Boyle's "A Bird Finding Guide to New Jersey,"  
available at NJ Audubon Center bookstores.

A EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE appeared briefly at the Cape May Hawkwatch  
Oct 27--call the CMBO Birding Hotline for details.

A GRAY KINGBIRD was reported from Six Mile Run Park in Somerset  
County Oct 28.  The bird was seen at close range in the mowed  
hayfield near the cedar thickets one half mile north of Jacques Lane  
and west of Middlebush Road.

A TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE was reported at Merrill Creek Reservoir Oct 25  
in some tall pines at the western end of the main dam looking south.

Sightings from Brigantine NWR Oct 26 & 28 included an adult ROSS'S  
GOOSE on the north dike, AMERICAN BITTERN, a late CATTLE EGRET,  
VIRGINIA RAIL, COMMON MOORHEN at the gull pond tower, 16 MARBLED  
GODWITS in the southwest pool, 6 STILT SANDPIPERS, a first-year  
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, and SNOW BUNTING.  The AMERICAN WHITE  
PELICAN continues through Nov 1; also there that day were 700+  
GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 7 MARBLED GODWITS, 11 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, and  
a STILT SANDPIPER.

An adult POMARINE JAEGER was seen at Palmyra Cove Oct 25.

Island Beach State Park Oct 27 had 2 POMARINE JAEGERS, 6 PARASITIC  
JAEGERS, and 3 unidentified jaegers.  The birds were harassing gulls  
and terns feeding on an abundance of peanut bunker (menhaden).  An  
impressive 10 NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLS were banded there on the night  
of Oct 31.

Sandy Hook sightings this week included an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER and  
20+ SNOW BUNTINGS at north beach, a one-day only NORTHERN SAW-WHET  
OWL Oct 30, a SHORT-EARED OWL near the salt pond Nov 1, 2 COMMON  
EIDERS near the end of the fisherman's trail Oct 31, 2 NASHVILLE  
WARBLERS Oct 31, and NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS at Plum Island.   
A high of 13 PURPLE FINCHES was noted Oct 29 and small numbers of  
AMERICAN PIPITS and PINE SISKINS have been daily flyovers.  A free,  
detailed birding map of Sandy Hook is available at SHBO; check the  
sightings log there for daily reports.

A NORTHERN SHRIKE was found at Spruce Run Reservoir Oct 28.  The bird  
was in the field opposite the beach area.  Also in Hunterdon County  
at Cold Brook Preserve Oct 28 were 36 AMERICAN PIPITS, ORANGE-CROWNED  
WARBLER, 4 VESPER SPARROWS, and BALTIMORE ORIOLE.

Merrill Creek Reservoir Oct 25 had 196 BRANT, 9 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS,  
3 SURF SCOTERS, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, and VESPER SPARROW.

The Raccoon Ridge hawk watch tallied 12 BALD EAGLES, 2 NORTHERN  
GOSHAWKS, 21 RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS, 2 GOLDEN EAGLES, and a RED  
CROSSBILL Oct 28.

The adult NORTHERN SHRIKE has returned Oct 31 for another winter at  
Flatbrook-Roy WMA near Layton in Sussex County.  Look for the bird in  
the fields near the intersection of Rtes 615 and 640 (DeLorme P. 18,  
J-9 & 10).

Allendale Celery Farm reports this week include a lingering juvenile  
COMMON MOORHEN through Oct 30, VIRGINIA RAIL, FOX SPARROW, and 15+  
PURPLE FINCHES.


ANNOUNCEMENTS: New Jersey Audubon Society strongly supports the  
passage of Public Question # 3, which provides one year of funding  
for New Jersey's Green Acres, Farmland, Blue Acres, and Historic  
Preservation programs.  We encourage you to vote in November to  
determine the future of preservation efforts in our state.  For more  
information see www.njkeepitgreen.org

The Voice of New Jersey Audubon Society is a weekly report on birding  
in New Jersey.  To report birds please call .  Reports of  
Review List Species (photos, field sketches, and/or written  
documentation) go to the New Jersey Bird Records Committee at 91  
Sycamore Lane, Skillman NJ 08558.  Thanks for calling and reporting.


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NJBIRDS:

Friday-Sunday has been the annual NJ Audubon Society Fall Weekend/Bird 
Show in the Cape May region, so lots of birders have been out and about. 
Highlights I know of include the season's first CAVE SWALLOW this 
afternoon (Sunday, 10/28) flying by the hawkwatch at the State Park, a 
EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE flying by and briefly perching near the hawkwatch 
on Saturday afternoon (10/27), the continuing AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN at 
Brigantine (Forsythe) NWR, a fly-by YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD at the 
hawkwatch on Friday, the continuing (through today) male RED CROSSBILL 
at the Nature Conservancy HQ feeders along Route 47 in Eldora, and a 
rare and late adult male SUMMER TANAGER (probably a reverse migrant) at 
the Beanery today. Other species of interest have included a fly-by 
Western Kingbird today in Villas, Golden Eagle, a couple Clay-colored 
Sparrows, Red-headed Woodpecker, several Dickcissels, ca. 16 species of 
warblers, bunch of Marbled Godwits at both Brigantine and Stone Harbor 
Point, a fly-by King Eider (plus several Common Eiders) in Cape May, 
fly-over Cackling Goose, and a nice hawk and passerine flight 
(particularly Am. Robins, Yellow-rumpeds, kinglets, flickers, and 
blackbirds, but NOT sparrows) on Sunday, after the weather cleared and 
NW winds kicked in late Saturday. On Friday there was a mammoth scoter 
flight at the Avalon seawatch totaling some 150,000 birds!

--Paul Lehman

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- RBA
.
* New Jersey
* Statewide
* NJNJ0710.25
* October 25, 2007
.
- Birds Mentioned
+ Black Brant
+ Swainson's Hawk
+ (Details requested by NJBRC)
.
American Bittern
American Golden-Plover
American Pipit
Caspian Tern
Clay-colored Sparrow
Cliff Swallow
Common Raven
Dickcissel
Golden Eagle
Grasshopper Sparrow
Green-winged Teal
Lincoln's Sparrow
Marbled Godwit
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Northern Pintail
Northern Shrike
Pine Siskin
Purple Finch
Red-headed Woodpecker
Rusty Blackbird
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
Short-eared Owl
Vesper Sparrow
White-eyed Vireo
White-rumped Sandpiper
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-headed Blackbird
.

- Transcript
.
hotline: Voice of NJ Audubon
number:
to report:
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 Society for  
Thursday October 25, 2007 with reports of BLACK BRANT, SWAINSON'S  
HAWK, SHORT-EARED OWL, NORTHERN SHRIKE, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD,  
seasonal and local reports of interest, and announcements.   
Directions to most locations mentioned in the VONJAS can be found in  
Bill Boyle's "A Bird Finding Guide to New Jersey," available at NJ  
Audubon Center bookstores.
.
A SWAINSON'S HAWK was viewed in Cape May this week: call the CMBO  
hotline for details.
.
An immature male YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was found at Abbott's Meadow  
WMA in Salem County Oct 21.
.
Sightings from Brigantine NWR Oct 20 included 15 MARBLED GODWITS and  
4 CASPIAN TERNS.  Also there that day were several thousand NORTHERN  
PINTAILS and GREEN-WINGED TEAL.
.
Sandy Hook reports this week included a NORTHERN SHRIKE viewed  
briefly at the locust grove Oct 21, a SHORT-EARED OWL and a CLIFF  
SWALLOW at the salt pond Oct 21, AMERICAN BITTERN, up to 6 NELSON'S  
SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS, 3 SALTMARSH SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS, and SEASIDE  
SPARROW--all at Plum Island; 3 YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOOS Oct 21, a CLAY- 
COLORED SPARROW at K-lot Oct 19-20, VESPER SPARROW, 2 LINCOLN'S  
SPARROWS, and a DICKCISSEL Oct 21 over k-lot.  AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER  
and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER were present at the north beach/salt pond  
area Oct 24.  Flyover PURPLE FINCHES and PINE SISKINS have been  
daily.  A free, detailed birding map of Sandy Hook is available at  
SHBO; check the sightings log there for daily reports.
.
A BLACK BRANT was found among a large flock of "pale-bellied" Brant  
at the mouth of Flat Creek in Union Beach Oct 24.  At nearby  
Conaskonk Point 19 NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS, 8 SALTMARSH SHARP- 
TAILED SPARROWS, and a SEASIDE SPARROW were tallied the same day.   
For more on birding Raritan Bay see www.njaudubon.org/Centers/SHBO/ 
RaritanBirding.html
.
The immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was seen again on the evening of  
Oct 20 from the heron rookery overlook at Great Swamp NWR.  Also  
there that day were RUSTY BLACKBIRDS.  A COMMON RAVEN was a good find  
at the rookery overlook Oct 19.
.
Warren Green Acres off Mountain Ave in Warren Twp hosted CLAY-COLORED  
SPARROW and VESPER SPARROW Oct 20; also there this week were up to 5  
LINCOLN'S SPARROWS, PINE SISKIN and PURPLE FINCH.
.
Great Piece Meadows in Fairfield Twp had CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, 6  
VESPER SPARROWS, and NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW Oct 21.  To reach  
the area take Rte 46 west to Fairfield Ave exit, turn right on  
Fairfield then right on Horseneck.  After going under Rte 80 make the  
first right on Park St and then make the next left--go all the way to  
the end and park in the dirt lot across from the last house (DeLorme  
P. 31, A-27).
.
Birds noted at Overpeck County Park in Leonia Oct 21 included 12  
AMERICAN PIPITS, 15 VESPER SPARROWS, and GRASSHOPPER SPARROW.
.
An immature WHITE-EYED VIREO Oct 24 highlighted birds at the  
Allendale Celery Farm this week.
.
Two GOLDEN EAGLES passed by Raccoon Ridge Oct 21.
.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
.
New Jersey Audubon Society strongly supports the passage of Public  
Question # 3, which provides one year of funding for New Jersey's  
Green Acres, Farmland, Blue Acres, and Historic Preservation  
programs.  We encourage you to vote in November to determine the  
future of preservation efforts in our state.  For more information  
see www.njkeepitgreen.org
.
The Voice of New Jersey Audubon Society is a weekly report on birding  
in New Jersey.  To report birds please call .  Reports of  
Review List Species (photos, field sketches, and/or written  
documentation) go to the New Jersey Bird Records Committee at 91  
Sycamore Lane, Skillman NJ 08558.  Thanks for calling and reporting.
.

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* New Jersey
* Statewide
* NJNJ0710.18
* October 18, 2007

- Birds Mentioned
American Avocet
American Bittern
American Golden-Plover
American Pipit
American White Pelican
American Woodcock
Black-billed Cuckoo
Blue Grosbeak
Cape May Warbler
Clay-colored Sparrow
Common Eider
Common Moorhen
Common Raven
Dickcissel
Dunlin
Eastern Meadowlark
Eurasian Wigeon
Fox Sparrow
Golden Eagle
Grasshopper Sparrow
Lapland Longspur
Lincoln's Sparrow
Marbled Godwit
Merlin
Nashville Warbler
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Northern Goshawk
Northern Shrike
Orange-crowned Warbler
Pectoral Sandpiper
Pine Siskin
Purple Finch
Red-headed Woodpecker
Rough-legged Hawk
Rusty Blackbird
Sora
Stilt Sandpiper
Swainson's Thrush
Tennessee Warbler
Vesper Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

- Transcript

hotline: Voice of NJ Audubon
number:
to report:
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 Society for  
Thursday October 18, 2007 with reports of EURASIAN WIGEON, NORTHERN  
GOSHAWK, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, NORTHERN SHRIKE, and numerous  
aggregations of short-distance migrants at various locations  
throughout the northern part of the state.  Directions to most  
locations mentioned in the VONJAS can be found in Bill Boyle's "A  
Guide to Bird Finding in New Jersey" available at NJ Audubon center  
bookstores.


Brigantine NWR reports Oct 14 & 15 included the continuing AMERICAN  
WHITE PELICAN in the southwest pool, a male Eurasian Wigeon near the  
dog-leg on the north dike, AMERICAN BITTERN, COMMON MOORHEN, 2  
AMERICAN AVOCETS in the east pool, 2 MARBLED GODWITS, and 10,000  
DUNLIN.  A STILT SANDPIPER, 4 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, and a LAPLAND  
LONGSPUR were found at Brig Oct 17.  The longspur was near the dog- 
leg and feeding in the road.


A NORTHERN SHRIKE was closely observed at Whitesbog Oct 15.  The bird  
was viewed along the auto tour loop approximately 1.2 miles after you  
leave the wooded section; it was feeding near a dog-leg turn on an  
overgrown dike to the right of the road.  This is possibly a record  
early arrival date for the species in NJ.  Any additional sightings  
should be reported.


Island Beach State Park birds noted Oct 13 & 15 included BLACK-BILLED  
CUCKOO, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, and VESPER SPARROW.


Sandy Hook sightings this week included a female COMMON EIDER near  
Sandy Hook Point, up to 3 AMERICAN BITTERNS at the salt pond,  
Spermaceti Cove, and fields around k-lot, a SORA at Spermaceti Cove,  
an early NORTHERN GOSHAWK near the officer's club Oct 15, AMERICAN  
GOLDEN-PLOVER at north beach Oct 13-14, 40+ YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS  
Oct 15, AMERICAN PIPIT, CAPE MAY WARBLER in the Virginia pine outside  
SHBO Oct 14, 2 VESPER SPARROWS & 2 GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS Oct 14,  a  
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW Oct 15, 4 NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS at Plum  
Island, a female BLUE GROSBEAK at G-lot Oct 13-14, a high of 8+  
PURPLE FINCHES Oct 13, flyover RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, and several PINE  
SISKINS this week.  A free, detailed birding map of Sandy Hook is  
available at SHBO; check the sightings log there for daily reports.


An immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was found at the Great Swamp NWR at  
the heron rookery overlook Oct 14.


Five AMERICAN PIPITS were noted at Bryant Park in Summit Oct 16.


Warren Green Acres (officially called Glenhurst Meadows) hosted  
TENNESSEE WARBLER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, and  
LINCOLN'S SPARROW Oct 13.


Griggstown Native Grassland Preserve had a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW Oct 18.


The season's first ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK passed the Montclair Hawkwatch  
Oct 15.


Overpeck County Park in Leonia Oct 14-15 had 2 AMERICAN PIPITS,  
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, 2 VESPER SPARROWS, LINCOLN'S SPARROW, and  
BLUE GROSBEAK.  Bird the north end of the park near the stables.


Liberty State Park hosted AMERICAN WOODCOCK, an excellent total of 72  
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS, 6 LINCOLN'S SPARROWS, and 3 EASTERN  
MEADOWLARKS Oct 13.  A DICKCISSEL was noted along Freedom Way Oct 17.


Great Piece Meadows in Fairfield had a late BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, 2  
VESPER SPARROWS, 21 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS, and FOX SPARROW Oct 14.   
Two VESPER SPARROWS, NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW, and 14 LINCOLN'S  
SPARROWS were found there Oct 17.  To reach the area take Rte 46 west  
to Fairfield Ave exit, turn right on Fairfield then right on  
Horseneck.  After going under Rte 80 make the first right on Park St  
and then make the next left-- go all the way to the end and park in  
the dirt lot across from the last house (DeLorme P. 31, A-27).


Reports from the Allendale Celery Farm this week included an immature  
COMMON MOORHEN, TENNESSEE WARBLER, and ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, all  
Oct 15.


Raccoon Ridge raptors this week were highlighted by a GOLDEN EAGLE  
Oct 13, 2 GOLDEN EAGLES, 16 MERLINS, and 2 COMMON RAVENS Oct 14.


The Voice of New Jersey Audubon Society is a weekly report on birding  
in New Jersey.  To report birds please call .  Reports of  
review list species go to the NJ Bird Records Committee at 91  
Sycamore Lane, Skillman NJ 08558.  Thanks for calling and reporting.



- End Transcript

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* New Jersey
* Statewide
* NJNJ0710.11
* October 11, 2007

- Birds Mentioned
+ Anhinga
+ Roseate Spoonbill
+ (Details requested by NJBRC)

American Avocet
American Bittern
American Golden-Plover
American Pipit
American White Pelican
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blue-headed Vireo
Brown Pelican
Cape May Warbler
Caspian Tern
Common Eider
Connecticut Warbler
Horned Lark
Lark Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Marbled Godwit
Nashville Warbler
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Orange-crowned Warbler
Parasitic Jaeger
Purple Finch
Red Knot
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-winged Blackbird
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Rusty Blackbird
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
Sedge Wren
Sora
Tennessee Warbler
Tricolored Heron
Vesper Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Winter Wren
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-breasted Chat
Yellow-headed Blackbird

- Transcript

hotline: Voice of NJ Audubon
number:
to report:
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 Society for  
Thursday October 11, 2007 with reports of ANHINGA, ROSEATE SPOONBILL,  
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, LARK SPARROW, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD,  
seasonal and local reports of interest.

An ANHINGA was soaring over the Cape May hawkwatch Oct 10: call the  
CMBO Birding Hotline for details.

The ROSEATE SPOONBILL discovered on July 12 remains at Brigantine NWR  
through Oct 7.  The bird is most often viewed around the gull pond  
tower in the southern corner of the northwest pool.  Early morning or  
evening is best.  Also at Brig this week were AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN  
Oct 7, AMERICAN BITTERN, 2 SORAS near the gull pond tower, 2 AMERICAN  
GOLDEN-PLOVERS, 2-3 AMERICAN AVOCETS Oct 4 & 6, a high of 36 CASPIAN  
TERNS, 2 AMERICAN PIPITS, a LARK SPARROW at the intersection of the  
gull pond tower road and the main dike Oct 8, and a female YELLOW- 
HEADED BLACKBIRD in the RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD flock along the gull  
pond road Oct 6.

In Salem County at the end of Money Island Rd 54 WHITE-CROWNED  
SPARROWS, 7 LINCOLN'S SPARROWS, and a SEDGE WREN were noted Oct 9.   
The SEDGE WREN was along the trail to the western blind about 20  
yards before the fork (De Lorme P. 60, L-12).

The salt marshes at Great Bay Blvd WMA (aka Tuckerton) hosted  
TRICOLORED HERON, 15 BROWN PELICANS, 10 RED KNOTS, SEASIDE SPARROW,  
SALTMARSH SHARP-TAILED SPARROW, and NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS  
Oct 6-7.

Island Beach State Park Oct 8 had a fly-by AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN,  
PARASITIC JAEGER, 6 BLUE-HEADED VIREOS, HORNED LARK, 50+ RUBY-CROWNED  
KINGLETS, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, VESPER SPARROW, and 28 WHITE- 
CROWNED SPARROWS.  Also noted there this week was a MARBLED GODWIT at  
the winter anchorage sandbars.

Two COMMON EIDERS were noted in the surf at Avon Oct 10.

Sandy Hook sightings this week included an AMERICAN BITTERN at  
Spermaceti Cove, an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER at north beach, 4 AMERICAN  
PIPITS, 12 YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS, 3 WINTER WRENS, 40+ RED- 
BREASTED NUTHATCHES, TENNESSEE WARBLER, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, CAPE  
MAY WARBLER, CONNECTICUT WARBLER, 3 NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROWS at  
Plum Island, another NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW at Spermaceti  
Cove, LINCOLN'S SPARROW, and 15 PURPLE FINCHES.  A free, detailed  
birding map of Sandy Hook is available at SHBO; check the sightings  
log there for daily reports.

Great Swamp NWR hosted a CONNECTICUT WARBLER Oct 6.

A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER visited the Scott's Mountain Hawkwatch Oct  
8.  Flyover AMERICAN PIPITS have been daily there.

An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was noted at the Negri-Nepote grasslands in  
Franklin Twp Oct 9.  For more information on birding this site see  
www.njaudubon.org/Conservation/Franklin.html

A SEDGE WREN was detected at Garret Mountain Oct 9 at the south end  
of Barbour's Pond in the cattails near the gazebo.

Birds noted at Overpeck County Park in Leonia Oct 7 included YELLOW- 
BILLED CUCKOO, 6 YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS, WINTER WREN, 3 AMERICAN  
PIPITS, NASHVILLE WARBLER, 3 LINCOLN'S SPARROWS, and WHITE-CROWNED  
SPARROW.  BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, and 4 LINCOLN'S  
SPARROWS were found there Oct 11.   These birds were all located in  
the north end of the park near the stables.

Allendale Celery Farm birds this week included LINCOLN'S SPARROW, 6  
WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS, RUSTY BLACKBIRD, and several PURPLE FINCHES.

An immature SORA was found at Rekowski Park in Bayonne Oct 4.

The Voice of New Jersey Audubon Society is a weekly report on birding  
in New Jersey.  To report birds please call .  Reports of  
review list species go to the NJ Bird Records Committee at 91  
Sycamore Lane, Skillman NJ 08558.  Thanks for calling and reporting.


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This just in, from the Jerseybirds list:


> There was a high flying Anhinga seen by many from the hawkwatch  
> where Chris
> Brown picked up on the bird. I got a call from Glen Davis on the  
> platform as
> I was making a food run to Wawa. Not a minute later it flew  
> directly towards
> me, circled a few times, then headed South. Only to be seen once  
> again back
> at the hawkwatch. It could still be in the area. There are great  
> kettling
> flocks of raptors today so who knows. The first time it was seen is  
> was
> associating with a couple of them.
>
> Good Birding,
> Sam Galick
> Cape May, NJ

Laurie Larson

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* New Jersey
* Cape May, Cumberland, Atlantic Counties
* NJCM0710.05
* October 5, 2007

- Birds Mentioned
+ Calliope Hummingbird
+ Eurasian Collared-Dove
+ Roseate Spoonbill
+ Swallow-tailed Kite
+ (Details requested by NJBRC)

Common Eider
Lark Sparrow

You have reached the Cape May Birding Hotline, a service of New Jersey
Audubon Society�s Cape May Bird Observatory.  This week�s message was  
prepared on Friday October 5, 2007.  Highlights this week include  
sightings of ROSEATE SPOONBILL, CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD, LARK SPARROW,  
EURASIAN COLLARED DOVE, COMMON EIDER and AMERICAN SWALLOW-TAILED KITE.


We are sorry for the lack of hotline coverage in the last weeks.   
This was an unavoidable lapse and hope that this has not caused our  
listeners any inconvenience.

The long staying ROSEATE SPOONBILL continues to be seen at the  
Brigantine NWR, in the gull pond area as of 10/4.

On 10/1 a report of an AMERICAN SWALLOW-TAILED KITE seen soaring low  
over the fields Higbee Beach WMA came into the Northwood Center late  
in the day.  There has been no further sighting of this species since  
the initial sighting at 9:00 a.m.

Found at a feeder on 10/2 at 1695 Rt. 47 in Eldora, an adult male  
CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD has been teasing birders with brief views.  This  
bird is not visiting on a regular basis.  It seems that morning is  
the best time, between 7:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.  The home owner asks  
that you park along Rt. 47 and walk down the drive way.  There is a  
sign pointing visiting birders to the approved viewing area.  Since  
the hummingbird is visiting the salvia near the residence, please to  
not approach to closely so that all may be able to catch a glimpse of  
this sporadic visitor.  The last reported sighting was at 10:10 a.m.,  
today, 10/5.

A COMMON EIDER was seen from Poverty Beach in the first row of  
pilings on the Coast Guard Base, on 10/3.

A EURASIAN COLLARED DOVE was reported to be seen sitting on the wires  
on Cambridge Ave. in Cape May Point on 10/2.

Lastly, a LARK SPARROW was photographed at Stone Harbor Point on 10/3.


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Join CMBO for the first time or upgrade from Individual or Family to  
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Drive in Cape May Point has returned to a seven day a week schedule.   
Hours are 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.  The Center for Research and  
Education on Rt. 47 in Goshen is open Tuesday- Sunday 9:30- 4:30.

The Cape May Birding Hotline is a service of the New Jersey Audubon  
Society�s Cape May Bird Observatory and details sightings from Cape  
May, Cumberland, and Atlantic Counties. Updates are made weekly.   
Please report sightings of rare or unusual birds to CMBO at  . Sponsorship for this hotline comes from the support of  
CMBO members and business members, and should you not be a member, we  
cordially invite you to join. Individual membership is $39 per year;  
$49 for families. You can call either center to become a member or  
visit.  Become a member in person and you�ll receive a FREE gift (in  
addition to member discount in the stores).

Good Luck and Good Birding!



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Hi All,

 

I received this report from Jason Guerard: �Just received a call that the
hummingbird was seen at the same location at 10:10 a.m. on Friday 10/5/07.�

 

Don

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Donald P. Freiday

Director of Birding Programs

New Jersey Audubon Society's

Cape May Bird Observatory

600 Route 47 North

Cape May Court House, NJ  08210
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 fax

HYPERLINK "mailto:don.freiday AT njaudubon.org"don.freiday AT njaudubon.org

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* New Jersey
* Statewide
* NJNJ0710.04
* October 4, 2007

- Birds Mentioned
+ Calliope Hummingbird
+ Roseate Spoonbill
+ (Details requested by NJBRC)

American Avocet
American Bittern
American Golden-Plover
American Kestrel
American Pipit
American White Pelican
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blue Grosbeak
Blue-headed Vireo
Blue-winged Warbler
Brown Pelican
Cape May Warbler
Caspian Tern
Clay-colored Sparrow
Common Raven
Connecticut Warbler
Dickcissel
Grasshopper Sparrow
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Hooded Warbler
Lincoln's Sparrow
Mourning Warbler
Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Pectoral Sandpiper
Peregrine Falcon
Philadelphia Vireo
Purple Finch
Rusty Blackbird
Sora
Summer Tanager
Tennessee Warbler
Tricolored Heron
Yellow-throated Vireo


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number:
to report:
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 Society for  
Thursday October 4, 2007 with reports of CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD,  
ROSEATE SPOONBILL, seasonal and local reports of interest.

A male CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD appeared at a feeder in Eldora, Cape May  
County Oct 2-3: call the CMBO Hotline for details.

The ROSEATE SPOONBILL continues at Brigantine NWR, seen most recently  
on Oct 4: look for the bird around the gull pond tower or in the  
southern portion of the northwest pool; best times continue to be  
early or late in the day.  Also found at Brig that day were AMERICAN  
WHITE PELICAN, AMERICAN BITTERN, TRICOLORED HERON, PECTORAL  
SANDPIPER, 9 PEREGRINE FALCONS, and 16 CASPIAN TERNS.  Two AMERICAN  
AVOCETS were found in the southwest pool Sep 29.

At the end of Great Bay Blvd in Tuckerton, 57 BROWN PELICANS were  
tallied Sep 30.

Palmyra Cove had numbers of migrants Sep 29-30 including SORA, 3  
PHILADELPHIA VIREOS, GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, 10(!) CONNECTICUT WARBLERS,  
NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW, 6 LINCOLNS' SPARROWS, RUSTY BLACKBIRD,  
and 7 PURPLE FINCHES.

In Salem County 7 CONNECTICUT WARBLERS were tallied at the  
Pedricktown dredge spoils Sep 27.

Sandy Hook had an excellent flight Sep 29 including AMERICAN GOLDEN- 
PLOVER, 2 PHILADELPHIA VIREOS at the garden, 3 AMERICAN PIPITS, 22  
species of warblers including BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, 2 TENNESSEE  
WARBLERS, 3 CAPE MAY WARBLERS, 2 BAY-BREASTED WARBLERS, and HOODED  
WARBLER, a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW at Plum Island, LINCOLN'S SPARROW,  
and 2 flyover DICKCISSELS.  An AMERICAN BITTERN was detected at  
Spermaceti Cove Oct 4.  A free detailed birding map of Sandy Hook is  
available at SHBO; check the sightings log there for daily reports.

Warren Green Acres (also known as Glenhurst Meadows) hosted TENNESSEE  
WARBLER, BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, 2 CONNECTICUT WARBLERS, 2 SUMMER  
TANAGERS, and 7 LINCOLN'S SPARROWS Sep 29.

Birds found at Garret Mountain Sep 29 included COMMON RAVEN, YELLOW- 
THROATED VIREO, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, 15 species of  
warbler, and LINCOLN'S SPARROW.

At Overpeck County Park in Leonia GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH, Philadelphia  
Vireo, 15 species of warbler including TENNESSEE WARBLER and BAY- 
BREASTED WARBLER, 6 LINCOLN'S SPARROWS, and a BLUE GROSBEAK Sep  
29-30.  An interior race NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW was detected  
Oct 4.  Most of these sightings came from the northern area of the  
park near the horse stables.

Great Piece Meadows Sep 29-30 had 6 LINCOLN'S SPARROWS and 3 RUSTY  
BLACKBIRDS.

Celery Farm reports this week included AMERICAN BITTERN, CLAY-COLORED  
SPARROW, 3 LINCOLN'S SPARROWS, and BLUE GROSBEAK Oct 1.  PURPLE  
FINCHES have been daily there this week, with a high count of 15 on  
Oct 2.

The Negri-Nepote Grasslands in Franklin Twp hosted 8+ AMERICAN  
KESTRELS, a probable MOURNING WARBLER, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW,  
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW, and LINCOLN'S SPARROW Sep 28-29.  For more  
information on birding this site see www.njaudubon.org/Conservation/ 
Franklin.html

An impressive total of 4 CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS were found at Spruce  
Run Reservoir Sep 29.  Also in Hunterdon County at Cold Brook  
Preserve Oct 2 were 16+ AMERICAN PIPITS.

The Voice of New Jersey Audubon is a weekly report on birding in New  
Jersey.  To report birds call .  Reports of review list  
species (photos, field sketches, and/or written documentation) go to  
the New Jersey Bird Records Committee at 91 Sycamore Lane, Skillman  
NJ 08558.  Thanks for calling and reporting.



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Hi all,

 

The Calliope hummingbird continues, according to Sandra Keller and Pat
Sutton.  Sandra says it was about once an hour.  Pat sent me some modified
instructions based on the seating set up:

 

Karen has given permission for birders to come see the bird.  FROM THE
SOUTH: proceed north on Route 47 to where Route 347 splits off.  Turn left
at this light onto Route 47.  Karen & Brian�s is the 4th house on the left,
1695 Route 47.  Her driveway is lined with Red Cedars.  Do not drive down
the driveway, instead park safely along Route 47.  Walk down the driveway A
SHORT DISTANCE and step carefully through the vegetation on the left (where
there is a bit of an opening, well before the arbor entrance, also on the
left) to access the front yard garden, chairs, & benches Karen & Brian have
set up (these chairs back onto Rt. 47 & face the house, salvia gardens, and
feeder).  The bird is being seen primarily feeding in the 2 salvia/sage
gardens in front of the house (1 round garden of Tropical Sage [tiny red
flowers] is just ahead of the benches and the 2nd garden bed of Tropical
Sage & Salvia subrotunda, which is quite tall, is behind it & closer to the
house).  There are Ruby-throated Hummingbirds there as well.  From this
vantage point viewers can observe without keeping the bird from feeding.

 

Don

 

--------------------------------------------------

Donald P. Freiday

Director of Birding Programs

New Jersey Audubon Society's

Cape May Bird Observatory

600 Route 47 North

Cape May Court House, NJ  08210
 voice
 fax

HYPERLINK "mailto:don.freiday AT njaudubon.org"don.freiday AT njaudubon.org

HYPERLINK "http://www.birdcapemay.org"www.birdcapemay.org

HYPERLINK "http://www.njaudubon.org"www.njaudubon.org

 

 


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Karen Johnson just called me (7:00 a.m.) to report her male Calliope
Hummingbird is BACK. Karen says folks are still welcome to come look for it.
Just park along Route 47, walk down her driveway, and BE SURE not to trample
any plants. The bird has been feeding primarily in the sage to the left of
the house as you face the house from the driveway, so standing where you can
see that may be a good bet. The bird may have "disappeared" yesterday
because too many people were looking for it, so anyone looking today should
be sure to be still, wear neutral colors, and give the bird plenty of room
to get to the sage and other nectar plants. 

 

Karen Johnson's home is at 1695 Route 47, north of North Dennis in Cape May
County. From the south, proceed north on Route 47 to where Route 347 splits
off. Turn left at this light onto Route 47. Karen's is the 4th house on the
left, 1695 Route 47. Her driveway is lined with cedars. Do not go down the
driveway, instead park safely along Route 47 and walk down the driveway to
the house. There are Ruby-throated Hummingbirds there as well, these were
observed yesterday chasing the Calliope away.

 

Photos of the bird are posted at HYPERLINK
"http://www.birdcapemay.org/"http://www.birdcapemay.org/ under View from the
Cape.



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Donald P. Freiday

Director of Birding Programs

New Jersey Audubon Society's

Cape May Bird Observatory

600 Route 47 North

Cape May Court House, NJ  08210
 voice
 fax

HYPERLINK "mailto:don.freiday AT njaudubon.org"don.freiday AT njaudubon.org

HYPERLINK "http://www.birdcapemay.org"www.birdcapemay.org

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The Calliope Hummingbird previously posted has not been seen since 9:45 a.m.
People are looking for it, and I will send an update as soon as I hear more.

 

Don

 

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Donald P. Freiday

Director of Birding Programs

New Jersey Audubon Society's

Cape May Bird Observatory

600 Route 47 North

Cape May Court House, NJ  08210
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 fax

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A male Calliope Hummingbird appeared this morning, Tuesday October 2, at
Karen Johnson�s home at 1695 Route 47, north of North Dennis in Cape May
County, and is being seen now. Karen initially had a brief glimpse of the
bird, tentatively identified it, and called CMBO.  The i.d. has been
confirmed, and photos will be posted to HYPERLINK
"http://www.birdcapemay.org/"www.birdcapemay.org under �View from the Cape�
shortly.

 

Karen has given permission for birders to go see the bird.  From the south,
proceed north on Route 47 to where Route 347 splits off.  Turn left at this
light onto Route 47.  Karen�s is the 4th house on the left, 1695 Route 47.
Her driveway is lined with cedars.  Do not go down the driveway, instead
park safely along Route 47 and walk down the driveway to the house.  The
bird is being seen primarily feeding on sage on the road side of Karen�s
house.  Karen intends to set some chairs up for people to see the bird.
There are Ruby-throated Hummingbirds there as well.

 

Cheers,

Don

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Donald P. Freiday

Director of Birding Programs

New Jersey Audubon Society's

Cape May Bird Observatory

600 Route 47 North

Cape May Court House, NJ  08210
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 fax

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HYPERLINK "http://www.njaudubon.org"www.njaudubon.org

 

 


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.
* New Jersey
* Statewide
* NJNJ0709.27
* September 27, 2007
.
- Birds Mentioned
+ Roseate Spoonbill
+ (Details requested by NJBRC)
.
American Avocet
American Golden-Plover
American White Pelican
Baird's Sandpiper
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Caspian Tern
Cliff Swallow
Common Moorhen
Connecticut Warbler
Hudsonian Godwit
Lark Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Long-billed Dowitcher
Philadelphia Vireo
Purple Finch
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Sandhill Crane
Sora
Stilt Sandpiper
Virginia Rail
Western Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
.
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hotline: Voice of NJ Audubon
number:
to report:
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 Society for  
Thursday September 27, 2007 with reports of ROSEATE SPOONBILL,  
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, AMERICAN AVOCET, HUDSONIAN GODWIT, SANDHILL  
CRANE, LARK SPARROW, seasonal and local reports of interest.
.
Sightings from Brigantine NWR Sep 22-23 included 3 VIRGINIA RAILS, 4  
SORAS, 3 AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVERS, 4 HUDSONIAN GODWITS in the east  
pool, 2 AMERICAN AVOCETS in the west pool, 30+ WHITE-RUMPED  
SANDPIPERS, 2 BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS, 10 STILT SANDPIPERS, 5 LONG-BILLED  
DOWITCHERS, and 29 CASPIAN TERNS.  The long-staying ROSEATE SPOONBILL  
continues through Sep 23, mostly seen from the gull pond tower area  
and the continuing AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN in the west pool was noted  
Sep 26.
.
Mannington Marsh hosted a SANDHILL CRANE, 4 COMMON MOORHENS, and 3  
CLIFF SWALLOWS Sep 20.
.
Palmyra Cove had a LARK SPARROW adjacent to the parking lot Sep 24.   
Also there this week were 2 Soras.
.
Sandy Hook reports this week included 2 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS and  
CASPIAN TERN at Spermaceti Cove, another AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER,  
WESTERN SANDPIPER, and SORA at the salt pond, 2 PHILADELPHIA VIREOS  
along raccoon alley Sep 24, 17 species of warbler including  
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, and a CONNECTICUT WARBLER  
at the locust grove Sep 21.  A LINCOLN'S SPARROW was at K-lot Sep  
26.  A free, detailed birding map of Sandy Hook is available at SHBO;  
check the sightings log there for daily reports.
.
At Cross Farm Park in Holmdel an AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER was found Sep  
21 and a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was present there Sep 22-23 (DeLorme  
P. 44, E-9).  At nearby Thompson Park Sep 24 a CONNECTICUT WARBLER  
and LINCOLN'S SPARROW were noted.
.
The highlight from the Allendale Celery Farm this week was a photo- 
documented SALTMARSH SHARP-TAILED SPARROW Sep 21, a first record for  
the site and extremely rare anywhere away from the immediate coast.   
Also there this week were CONNECTICUT WARBLER, 3 LINCOLN'S SPARROWS,  
and daily PURPLE FINCHES.
.
The Voice of New Jersey Audubon Society is a weekly report on birding  
in New Jersey.  To report birds please call .   
Documentation of Review List Species (photos, field sketches, and/or  
written documentation) goes to the New Jersey Bird Records Committee  
at 91 Sycamore Lane, Skillman NJ 08558.  Thanks for calling and  
reporting.
.
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* New Jersey
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* NJNJ0709.20
* September 20, 2007

- Birds Mentioned
+ Eared Grebe
+ Roseate Spoonbill
+ (Details requested by NJBRC)

American Avocet
American Bittern
American Kestrel
American White Pelican
Bald Eagle
Bay-breasted Warbler
Broad-winged Hawk
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Cape May Warbler
Caspian Tern
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Clay-colored Sparrow
Cliff Swallow
Common Moorhen
Common Raven
Connecticut Warbler
Golden Eagle
Greater Shearwater
Hooded Warbler
Hudsonian Godwit
Lincoln's Sparrow
Mourning Warbler
Northern Goshawk
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Osprey
Palm Warbler
Philadelphia Vireo
Purple Finch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Scarlet Tanager
Sora
Tennessee Warbler
Tricolored Heron
Upland Sandpiper
Wilson's Phalarope
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron


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hotline: Voice of NJ Audubon
number:
to report:
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 Society for  
Thursday September 20, 2007 with reports of ROSEATE SPOONBILL, EARED  
GREBE, HUDSONIAN GODWIT, NORTHERN GOSHAWK, CONNECTICUT WARBLER, CLAY- 
COLORED SPARROW, seasonal and local reports of interest.

A basic-plumaged EARED GREBE was found along the east dike at  
Brigantine NWR Sep 16-19.  The ROSEATE SPOONBILL was reported again  
Sep 18.  Other sightings at Brig Sep 17-19 included the continuing  
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, 2 AMERICAN AVOCETS, and 4 HUDSONIAN GODWITS  
in the east pool. A WILSON'S PHALAROPE was near the Turtle Cove tower  
and a PHILADELPHIA VIREO was viewed along the upland section of the  
wildlife drive Sep 17.

Johnson Sod Farm had a late UPLAND SANDPIPER Sep 18.

Palmyra Cove hosted a total of 7 CONNECTICUT WARBLERS Sep 14-17 and  
other migrants reported there over the weekend were OLIVE-SIDED  
FLYCATCHER, YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, and 24 species of warbler  
including 5 BAY-BREASTED WARBLERS.

Sandy Hook had an excellent landbird flight Sep 16 with 2-3 YELLOW- 
BELLIED FLYCATCHERS, 30+ RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES, 23 species of  
warbler including BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, 4 CAPE MAY WARBLERS,  
CONNECTICUT WARBLER, MOURNING WARBLER; 25+ SCARLET TANAGERS, 2  
LINCOLN'S SPARROWS, and 3+ PURPLE FINCHES.  Two CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS  
were found at the edge of K-lot Sep 16 and at least one bird remained  
there through Sep 19.  An AMERICAN BITTERN was noted Sep 16 at  
Horseshoe Cove.  A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was seen at the garden Sep 20.   
A free, detailed birding map of Sandy Hook is available at SHBO;  
check the sightings log there for daily reports.

Garret Mountain had a CONNECTICUT WARBLER north of Barbour Lake Sep  
17.  A MOURNING WARBLER was noted at Hatfield Swamp the same day.

The Meadowlands Festival of Birding recorded 102 species Sep 15-16.   
Highlights included AMERICAN BITTERN, TRICOLORED HERON, YELLOW- 
CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, SORA, COMMON MOORHEN, BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER,  
COMMON RAVEN, CLIFF SWALLOW, and PURPLE FINCH.  Many of these species  
were found on boat tours of the Hackensack River wetlands.

At Mill Creek Marsh in the Hackensack Meadowlands CASPIAN TERN, 40+  
PALM WARBLERS, 6 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLERS, and a HOODED WARBLER were  
noted Sep 17.

Liberty State Park had CONNECTICUT WARBLER and LINCOLN'S SPARROW Sep 16.

Highlights at the Allendale Celery Farm this week were a CONNECTICUT  
WARBLER at Phair's Pond and PURPLE FINCH, both Sep 16.

Highlights at Raccoon Ridge Sep 15-18 included high day-counts of 46  
OSPREYS, 17 BALD EAGLES, 54 AMERICAN KESTRELS, a juvenile NORTHERN  
GOSHAWK Sep 18, and 12 COMMON RAVENS.  An early GOLDEN EAGLE was  
recorded there Sep 19.

In Sussex County along Parson Rd near Paulinskill Lake TENNESSEE  
WARBLER and CONNECTICUT WARBLER were found among the passerine  
migrants there Sep 17 (DeLorme P. 23, B-28).

A major BROAD-WINGED HAWK flight occurred in North Jersey Sep 16 &  
17.  Some totals recorded were 10,312 birds at Scott's Mountain/ 
Merrill Creek, 3600 raptors (including 12 BALD EAGLES) at Montclair  
Hawkwatch, 1,796 at Raccoon Ridge, and 505 at Rifle Camp Park.

A birder tuna fishing at the Hudson Canyon Sep 18 observed 3 GREATER  
SHEARWATERS, 3 WILSON'S STORM-PETRELS, and a jaeger sp.

The Voice of New Jersey Audubon Society is a weekly report on birding  
in New Jersey.  To report birds please call .  Reports of  
review list species (photos, field sketches, and/or written  
documentation) go to the NJ Bird Records Committee at 91 Sycamore  
Lane, Skillman NJ 08558 or www.princeton.edu/~llarson/njrc.html   
Thanks for calling and reporting.

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NJ Birds,
   
 The Eared Grebe was still present this afternoon (19 Sep) at Brigantine NWR, 
viewed along the East Dike by Linda Matula and Adam D'Onofrio. While there have 
been over 40 accepted records of this near-annual vagrant to New Jersey, most 
have occurred during winter or early spring. This marks the second time an 
Eared Grebe has been documented in September, with the first record also from 
Brigantine NWR on 1 September 1986. 

   
  Details are sought by the New Jersey Bird Records Committee
  website: www.princeton.edu/~llarson/njrc.html
   
  Scott Barnes
   
   
   

       
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NJBIRDS,

An Eared Grebe in basic plumage was well-photographed from the east  
dike at Brigantine (Forsythe) NWR yesterday, Sept. 16, by Howard  
Eskin. No word on whether it was seen today.

Laurie Larson

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* NJNJ0709.13
* September 13, 2007

- Birds Mentioned
+ Lark Bunting
+ Roseate Spoonbill
+ White Ibis
+ (Details requested by NJBRC)

American Avocet
American Bittern
American Golden-Plover
American White Pelican
Baird's Sandpiper
Barn Owl
Bay-breasted Warbler
Black Tern
Brown Pelican
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Caspian Tern
Cattle Egret
Clay-colored Sparrow
Common Eider
Common Moorhen
Connecticut Warbler
Dark-eyed Junco
Gull-billed Tern
Hudsonian Godwit
Lincoln's Sparrow
Long-billed Dowitcher
Marbled Godwit
Mourning Warbler
Northern Goshawk
Philadelphia Vireo
Purple Finch
Red Knot
Sandwich Tern
Solitary Sandpiper
Sora
Stilt Sandpiper
Tennessee Warbler
Upland Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Wilson's Phalarope
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher


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hotline: Voice of NJ Audubon
number:
to report:
compilers: Pete Bacinski and Scott Barnes, Sandy Hook Bird Observatory
URL: http://www.njaudubon.org/


This is Pete Bacinski for the Voice of the NJ Audubon Society for  
Thursday, September 13, 2007 with reports of COMMON EIDER, AMERICAN  
WHITE PELICAN, BROWN PELICAN, AMERICAN BITTERN, WHITE IBIS, ROSEATE  
SPOONBILL, NORTHERN GOSHAWK, SORA, COMMON MOORHEN, AMERICAN GOLDEN- 
PLOVER, AMERICAN AVOCET, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, UPLAND SANDPIPER,  
HUDSONIAN GODWIT, MARBLED GODWIT, RED KNOT, WESTERN SANDPIPER, WHITE- 
RUMPED SANDPIPER, BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, STILT SANDPIPER, BUFF-BREASTED  
SANDPIPER, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, WILSON'S PHALAROPE, GULL-BILLED  
TERN, CASPIAN TERN, SANDWICH TERN, BLACK TERN, BARN OWL, YELLOW- 
BELLIED FLYCATCHER, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, TENNESSEE WARBLER, BAY- 
BREASTED WARBLER, CONNECTICUT WARBLER, MOURNING WARBLER, CLAY-COLORED  
SPARROW, LINCOLN'S SPARROW, LARK BUNTING, PURPLE FINCH and seasonal  
and local reports of interest.

Forsythe (Brigantine) NWR. continues to please birders with the  
ROSEATE SPOONBILL still present as of Sept. 9 and the AMERICAN WHITE  
PELICAN and the three AMERICAN AVOCETS present as of Sept. 12. Other  
sightings at the refuge this week include: two COMMON MOORHEN as of  
Sept. 9, three Soras Sept. 8 and one Sept. 9 and 12, two AMERICAN  
GOLDEN-PLOVER Sept. 9, a SOLITARY SANDPIPER Sept. 11, three flyover  
HUDSONIAN GODWITS Sept. 10, six RED KNOTS Sept. 11, several WESTERN  
SANDPIPERS all week, a peak of 100+ WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS Sept. 9,  
a BAIRD'S SANDPIPER Sept. 10, a peak of STILT SANDPIPERS of 30 Sept.  
8, a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER Sept. 8 and 9, a peak of LONG-BILLED  
DOWITCHERS of 25 Sept. 8, a WILSON'S PHALAROPE Sept. 9, a peak of  
CASPIAN TERNS of six Sept. 9, and a peak of nine BLACK TERNS Sept. 10.

A WHITE IBIS flew over the hawkwatch at Cape May Point Sept. 10 and a  
LARK BUNTING was reported Sept. 12 on inaccessible private property  
in Ocean County.

The Johnson Sod Farm produced an amazing 35 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS  
as well as ten AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, Sept. 9. Six BAIRD'S  
SANDPIPERS and an UPLAND SANDPIPER were also noted at the Johnson Sod  
Farm Sept. 9.

For those in need of a CATTLE EGRET fix, 150 were tallied at  
Compromise Road and another 60 at Featherbed Lane in Salem County  
Sept. 9.

A flight at Sandy Hook produced two MOURNING WARBLERS and two  
CONNECTICUT WARBLERS Sept. 12. Seventeen warbler species were tallied  
at the Hook Sept. 13 including one CONNECTICUT WARBLER at the Garden  
as well as BAY-BREASTED WARBLERS and TENNESSEE WARBLERS. A YELLOW- 
BELLIED FLYCATCHER and three or four PHILADELPHIA VIREOS also were  
noted at Sandy Hook Sept. 13, while the following shorebirds were  
observed there: a BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS   and two WHITE-RUMPED  
SANDPIPERS Sept. 7, and 12, a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER Sept. 8 and 9,  
an AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER Sept. 8, a WESTERN SANDPIPER Sept. 9 and  
two BAIRD'S SANDPIPERS Sept 12 and 13.

Sandy Hook Sept. 9 produced a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW in Guardian Park  
and a PHILADELPHIA VIREO, while an immature NORTHERN GOSHAWK was  
reported from the Boy Scout Camp area Sept. 12. Sept. 13 a PURPLE  
FINCH visited the Sandy Hook Bird Observatory feeder and the season's  
first DARK-EYED JUNCOS returned to Sandy Hook.

The Winter Anchorage at Island Beach SP Sept. 8 was home to two  
SANDWICH TERNS, a CASPIAN TERN, two BLACK TERNS, 30 BROWN PELICANS,  
two MARBLED GODWITS, and a LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER. A hen COMMON EIDER  
was observed in the surf in front of the Essex-Sussex Condos in  
Spring Lake Sept. 11, while two BLACK TERNS visited Assunpink WMA  
Sept. 10 and a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER Willow Brook Road in Holmdel  
Sept. 9.

Garret Mountain Res. in West Paterson hosted a CONNECTICUT WARBLER  
and several Common Ravens Sept. 9, while a SOLITARY SANDPIPER visited  
Rahway River Park the same day. Eighteen species were tallied at  
Garret Mountain Sept. 13 including BAY-BREASTED WARBLERS and  
TENNESSEE WARBLERS along with a LINCOLN'S SPARROW.

A foraging BARN OWL was observed the evening of Sept. 11 at Liberty SP.

The Voice of NJ Audubon is a weekly report on birding in NJ. To  
report birds, please call . Documentation of review list  
species goes to the NJ Bird Records Committee at 91 Sycamore Lane,  
Skillman, NJ 08558. This is Pete Bacinski wishing you the best  
birding and thanks for calling, surfing, and reporting.

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Begin forwarded message:

> From: Sam Galick
> Date: September 10, 2007 10:18:05 AM EDT
> To: JerseyBirds AT Princeton.EDU
> Subject: White Ibis flyover, State Park, more Buffies
>
> A imm. White Ibis was seen by a Glen Davis and Jessie Barry at the  
> hawkwatch this AM around 8:45 heading North toward Sunset  
> Boulevard, Pond Creek. It was with two Glossy Ibises. A Brown  
> Pelican flew by 2nd Ave. jetty shortly before.
>
> Also of note at the dike this morning was a Whimbrel closely  
> following the shore heading South.
>
> Third hand reports of 23 Buff-breasted Sandpipers at the State Park  
> yesterday.
>
> -- 
> Sam Galick
> Cape May, NJ


White Ibis is a review species; if it's refound please report, and  
please send details and/or photos to me for committee files.

thanks!
Laurie Larson

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* New Jersey
* Cape May, Cumberland, Atlantic Counties
* NJCM0709.09
* September 9, 2007

- Birds Mentioned
+ Roseate Spoonbill
+ Say's Phoebe
+ (Details requested by NJBRC)

American Avocet
American Golden-Plover
Baird's Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Great Black-backed Gull
Lark Sparrow
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Long-billed Dowitcher
Red-headed Woodpecker
Yellow-headed Blackbird

You have reached the Cape May Birding Hotline, a service of New  
Jersey Audubon Society's Cape May Bird Observatory. This week's  
message was prepared on Sunday September 9, 2007. Highlights this  
week include sightings of ROSEATE SPOONBILL, BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER,  
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, AMERICAN AVOCET, LESSER  
BLACK-BACKED GULL, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, LARK SPARROW, YELLOW-HEADED  
BLACKBIRD, and SAY'S PHOEBE.


The long staying ROSEATE SPOONBILL continues at the Brigantine NWR as  
of 9/4. This bird is still being seen in the gull pond area.

Shorebird diversity has been excellent on Bunker pond at the Cape May  
Point State Park. Yesterday, 9/8, all five peep were observed in the  
Bunker pond vicinity. Also noted on Bunker pond was one LONG-BILLED  
DOWITCHER on 9/7.

A BAIRD'S SANDPIPER continues to be seen between Bunker pond and the  
plover ponds as of yesterday, 9/8.

Also at the Cape May Point State Park yesterday (9/8) were and  
amazing, for Cape May, 22 BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPERS.

Three AMERICAN AVOCETS were observed at Brigantine NWR 9/2-9/4.

Also at Brigantine NWR on 9/3 were two AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVERS and a  
BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER.

The YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD continues at Brigantine NWR as of 9/3..

The SAY'S PHOEBE found at TNC's CMMBR was last seen on the evening of  
9/4.

On 9/5, a LARK SPARROW was found in the location along the dunes  
where the phoebe had been seen the previous day. There has been no  
further report of this species since.

A handful of RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS have been observed in Cape May  
this week. The most recent was on 9/8 as a flyover at St. Mary's in  
Cape May Point. Also on 9/4 as a fly over at the CMBO hawk watch.

Lastly, two LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were observed on the dune,  
mixed in with a group of GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULLS at TNC's CMMBR on 9/6.


ANNOUNCEMENT:

CMBO is offering a special to new and upgraded membership renewals.  
Join CMBO for the first time or upgrade from Individual or Family to  
The Hundred and receive Charley Harper's Migration Mainline- Cape May  
lithograph poster, valued at $50. Call either CMBO center to ask an  
associate about joining today!

CMBO Bookstore hours are as follows; Northwood Center on East Lake  
Drive in Cape May Point has returned to a seven day a week schedule.  
Hours are 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Center for Research and  
Education on Rt. 47 in Goshen is open Tuesday- Sunday 9:30- 4:30.

The Cape May Birding Hotline is a service of the New Jersey Audubon  
Society's Cape May Bird Observatory and details sightings from Cape  
May, Cumberland, and Atlantic Counties. Updates are made weekly.  
Please report sightings of rare or unusual birds to CMBO at  . Sponsorship for this hotline comes from the support of  
CMBO members and business members, and should you not be a member, we  
cordially invite you to join. Individual membership is $39 per year;  
$49 for families. You can call either center to become a member or  
visit. Become a member in person and you'll receive a FREE gift (in  
addition to member discount in the stores).

Good Luck and Good Birding!


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* New Jersey
* Statewide
* NJNJ0709.06
* September 6, 2007

- Birds Mentioned
+ Roseate Spoonbill
+ Say's Phoebe
+ (Details requested by NJBRC)

American Avocet
American Bittern
American Golden-Plover
American White Pelican
Baird's Sandpiper
Bay-breasted Warbler
Black Tern
Brown Pelican
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Cape May Warbler
Caspian Tern
Common Moorhen
Common Raven
Connecticut Warbler
Gull-billed Tern
Horned Lark
Least Bittern
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Long-billed Dowitcher
Marbled Godwit
Mourning Warbler
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Parasitic Jaeger
Philadelphia Vireo
Purple Finch
Red Knot
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Red-necked Phalarope
Sandwich Tern
Solitary Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Tennessee Warbler
Trumpeter Swan
Upland Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Yellow-headed Blackbird


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hotline: Voice of NJ Audubon
number:
to report:
compilers: Pete Bacinski and Scott Barnes, Sandy Hook Bird Observatory
URL: http://www.njaudubon.org/


This is Pete Bacinski for the Voice of the NJ Audubon Society for  
Thursday, September 6, 2007 with reports of TRUMPETER SWAN, AMERICAN  
WHITE PELICAN, BROWN PELICAN, AMERICAN BITTERN, LEAST BITTERN,  
ROSEATE SPOONBILL, COMMON MOORHEN, AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, AMERICAN  
AVOCET, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, UPLAND SANDPIPER, MARBLED GODWIT, RED  
KNOT, WESTERN SANDPIPER, WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, BAIRD�S SANDPIPER,  
STILT SANDPIPER, BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, RED- 
NECKED PHALAROPE, PARASITIC JAEGER, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, GULL- 
BILLED TERN, CASPIAN TERN, SANDWICH TERN, BLACK TERN, OLIVE-SIDED  
FLYCATCHER, YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, SAY�S PHOEBE, PHILADELPHIA  
VIREO, COMMON RAVEN, HORNED LARK, TENNESSEE WARBLER, CAPE MAY  
WARBLER, BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, CONNECTICUT WARBLER, MOURNING WARBLER,  
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, PURPLE FINCH and seasonal and local reports  
of interest.

A SAY�S PHOEBE was discovered Sept. 3 at Cape May Migratory Bird  
Refuge i.e the Meadows and was last seen the evening of Sept. 4.

The Johnson Sod Farm (JSF) south of Pole Tavern and the DeLea sodfarm  
near Woodstown were the place to be this week with two UPLAND  
SANDPIPERS at JSF Sept. 1 and a single bird at DeLea Sept. 4.  JSF  
hosted as many as three BAIRDS SANDPIPERS, 13 to 21 BUFF-BREASTED  
SANDPIPERS and as many as six AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVERS Sept. 1-5. JSF  
also hosted several HORNED LARKS.

A YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER appeared at Palmyra Cove Park Sept. 1 and  
5, while a Cape May and MOURNING WARBLER were present there Sept. 5.

Forsythe (Brigantine) NWR continues to shine birdwise with the  
ROSEATE SPOONBILL still present Sept. 3 and the AMERICAN WHITE  
PELICAN Sept. 4, while three AMERICAN AVOCETS were observed Sept.  
2-4. Other birds frequenting the refuge Sept. 3 include a LEAST  
BITTERN, a COMMON MOORHEN, two AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, a MARBLED  
GODWIT, a BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER, 20 RED KNOTS, 7 LONG-BILLED  
DOWITCHERS, 30 STILT SANDPIPERS, two GULL-BILLED TERNS, 15 CASPIAN  
TERNS, BLACK TERN and a BAY-BREASTED WARBLER. The YELLOW-HEADED  
BLACKBIRD at Forsythe (Brigantine) NWR continues as of Sept. 3, while  
a few WESTERN SANDPIPERS and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS were present  
there throughout the week. A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was also noted at the  
refuge Sept. 5.

A flight at Sandy Hook Sept. 2 featured two YELLOW-BELLIED  
FLYCATCHERS, three PHILADELPHIA VIREOS, a BAY-BREASTED WARBLER and a  
CAPE MAY WARBLER as well as two SOLITARY SANDPIPERS, one WHITE-RUMPED  
SANDPIPER and one WESTERN SANDPIPER. An amazing 22 RED-BREASTED  
NUTHATCHES were tallied on Sandy Hook Sept. 2 while a pair of  
PARASITIC JAEGERS were tallied off North Beach Sept. 3. Two BROWN  
PELICANS flew by the Hook Sept. 6.

A good day was had at Island Beach State Park Sept. 3 with the  
following noted: AMERICAN BITTERN, BROWN PELICAN, AMERICAN GOLDEN  
PLOVER, MARBLED GODWIT, RED KNOT and a photographed SANDWICH TERN.

A RED-NECKED PHALAROPE was discovered on Spruce Run Reservoir Sept. 2  
at the Mulhockaway Creek mouth and was still present Sept. 3. An  
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was discovered at Hoffman Park in Hunterdon  
County Sept 3, while four LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS were present at  
Merrill Creek Reservoir the same day.

WESTERN SANDPIPER and SOLITARY SANDPIPER were noted at Liberty SP  
Sept. 4-5, while a dead TENNESSEE WARBLER was discovered at the  
Liberty Science Center Sept. 5.

The Swartswood Lake TRUMPETER SWAN was still present Sept. 4, while  
several COMMON RAVENS were observed from Sunrise Mountain and the  
West Milford area this week. The Liberty Loop at the Wallkill River  
NWR hosted  WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER and BAIRD�S SANDPIPER Sept. 3. Two  
CONNECTICUT WARBLERS, a BAY-BREASTED WARBLER and a PURPLE FINCH were  
tallied in West Milford Sept. 5.

The Allendale Celery Farm Sept. 4 hosted a YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER  
and Sept. 5 five to seven PURPLE FINCHES.

The Voice of NJ Audubon is a weekly report on birding in NJ. To  
report birds, please call . Documentation of review list  
species goes to the NJ Bird Records Committee at 91 Sycamore Lane,  
Skillman, NJ 08558. This is Pete Bacinski wishing you the best  
birding and thanks for calling, surfing, and reporting.


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NJBIRDS,

The Say's Phoebe was still being seen as of 4:30 pm this afternoon,  
on the East Path of "The Meadows" (Cape May Migratory Bird Refuge, on  
Sunset Ave.). It was at the dune cross-over, working the split rail  
and snow fence.
Thanks to Karl Lukens and Mark Garland for updates.

Laurie Larson

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NJBIRDS,

 From Sheila Lego at CMBO:

A Say's Phoebe at the Cape May Migratory Bird Refuge "the Meadows" on  
Sunset Blvd, Cape May.  It was seen along the main path up towards  
the beach this afternoon.
  

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- RBA

* New Jersey
* Cape May, Cumberland, Atlantic Counties
* NJCM0709.01
* September 1, 2007

- Birds Mentioned
+ Roseate Spoonbill
+ (Details requested by NJBRC)

American Golden-Plover
American White Pelican
Baird's Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Golden-winged Warbler
Hudsonian Godwit
Lark Sparrow
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Red-necked Phalarope
Wilson's Phalarope
Yellow-headed Blackbird

- Transcript

Hotline: Cape May Birding Hotline
Number: (-BIRD
To Report:, CapeMayReports AT njaudubon.org
Coverage: Cape May, Cumberland and Atlantic Counties, NJ
Compiler: Jason Guerard, Cape May Bird Observatory
URL: 

You have reached the Cape May Birding Hotline, a service of New Jersey
Audubon Society�s Cape May Bird Observatory.  This week�s message was  
prepared on Friday August 31, 2007.  Highlights this week include  
sightings of  ROSEATE SPOONBILL, AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, BAIRD�S  
SANDPIPER, WILSON�S PHALAROPE, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, BUFF-BREASTED  
SANDPIPER, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER, LARK SPARROW  
and YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD.


The long staying ROSEATE SPOONBILL continues at the Brigantine NWR as  
of 8/27.  This bird is still being seen in the gull pond area.

Along with various other species of shorebirds at Brigantine NWR,  
both WILSON�S PHALAROPE and RED-NECKED PHALAROPE were observed in the  
southwest pool on 8/29.

Also, in the southwest pool on 8/27, was one BAIRD�S SANDPIPER and an  
AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER.  On 8/26 an amazing 40 HUDSONIAN GODWITS were  
observed at Brigantine NWR.

Continuing at Brigantine, the AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was seen on 8/27  
thru 8/29.

Also, on the north dike at Brigantine, a YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was  
observed in a flock of Red-winged blackbirds on 8/25 thru 8/27.  The  
bird was reported to be an immature male or female.

Here in Cape May, the minor invasion of RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES  
continues.  Reports are from various locations in Cape May County.   
As many as eight individuals were observed at Higbee Beach WMA on 8/28.

A GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER made a brief appearance at Higbee Beach WMA  
on 8/28.

The BAIRD�S SANDPIPER that had been frequently seen on Bunker pond  
was last reported on 8/26.

Also at the Cape May Point State Park, on 8/22, a BUFF-BREASTED  
SANDPIPER made a brief appearance.  Another of this species was  
observed briefly at Stone Harbor, yesterday, 8/30.

Lastly, a LARK SPARROW was observed on the CMBO Villas WMA walk on  
8/26.  This is just one of a hand full of Lark Sparrow reports that  
have come in the last few weeks.

ANNOUNCEMENT:

CMBO is offering a special to new and upgraded membership renewals.   
Join CMBO for the first time or upgrade from Individual or Family to  
The Hundred and receive Charley Harper�s Migration Mainline- Cape May  
lithograph poster, valued at $50.  Call either CMBO center to ask an  
associate about joining today!

CMBO Bookstore hours are as follows; Northwood Center on East Lake  
Drive in Cape May Point has returned to a seven day a week schedule.   
Hours are 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.  The Center for Research and  
Education on Rt. 47 in Goshen is open Tuesday- Sunday 9:30- 4:30.

The Cape May Birding Hotline is a service of the New Jersey Audubon  
Society�s Cape May Bird Observatory and details sightings from Cape  
May, Cumberland, and Atlantic Counties. Updates are made weekly.   
Please report sightings of rare or unusual birds to CMBO at  . Sponsorship for this hotline comes from the support of  
CMBO members and business members, and should you not be a member, we  
cordially invite you to join. Individual membership is $35 per year;  
$45 for families. You can call either center to become a member or  
visit.  Become a member in person and you�ll receive a FREE gift (in  
addition to member discount in the stores).

Good Luck and Good Birding!

  - End Transcript
============

**Documentation of review list species goes to the NJ Bird Records  
Committee at
91 Sycamore Lane, Skillman, NJ 08558.


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* New Jersey
* Statewide
* NJNJ0708.30
* August 30, 2007

- Birds Mentioned
+ Roseate Spoonbill
+ (Details requested by NJBRC)

Alder Flycatcher
American Bittern
American Golden-Plover
American Pipit
American White Pelican
Audubon's Shearwater
Baird's Sandpiper
Black Tern
Black-billed Cuckoo
Blackburnian Warbler
Blue Grosbeak
Blue-winged Teal
Blue-winged Warbler
Bobolink
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Canada Warbler
Caspian Tern
Common Moorhen
Common Nighthawk
Cory's Shearwater
Greater Shearwater
Gull-billed Tern
Hooded Warbler
Hudsonian Godwit
Lark Sparrow
Long-billed Dowitcher
Marbled Godwit
Mourning Warbler
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Parasitic Jaeger
Purple Finch
Red Knot
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Red-necked Phalarope
Solitary Sandpiper
Sora
Upland Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Willet
Wilson's Phalarope
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Yellow-throated Vireo

- Transcript

hotline: Voice of NJ Audubon
number:
to report:
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 Society for  
Thursday August 30, 2007 with reports of ROSEATE SPOONBILL, AUDUBON'S  
SHEARWATER, AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN, HUDSONIAN GODWIT, BUFF-BREASTED  
SANDPIPER, LARK SPARROW, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, seasonal and local  
reports of interest, and announcements.

Brigantine NWR continues to be a hotbed of activity this week.  The  
ROSEATE SPOONBILL first discovered July 12 continues through Aug 27;  
look for the bird early morning or evening from the gull pond tower.   
Shorebird highlights over the weekend included an AMERICAN GOLDEN- 
PLOVER Aug 27, an incredible count of 40 HUDSONIAN GODWITS Aug 26, 5  
MARBLED GODWITS in the southeast corner of the east pool, a BAIRD'S  
SANDPIPER in the southwest pool, 50+ WESTERN SANDPIPERS, and 30 WHITE- 
RUMPED SANDPIPERS.  Two HUDSONIAN GODWITS were fly-bys Aug 24 and 5  
RED KNOTS and 50+ LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS were noted that day.  Two  
WILSON'S PHALAROPES and a RED-NECKED PHALAROPE were detected in the  
southwest pool Aug 29.  The previously reported AMERICAN WHITE  
PELICAN was seen again from the Turtle Cove tower in the impoundment  
Aug 27-29.  An intriguing report was received of a PARASITIC JAEGER  
harassing a GULL-BILLED TERN Aug 28. A LARK SPARROW was found Aug  
26-29 along the south dike and/or east dike.  A YELLOW-HEADED  
BLACKBIRD was noted along the north dike in the Red-winged Blackbird  
flock Aug 25-27: reports identified the bird as an immature male or  
female - whether or not this is the same bird or two different  
individuals is unclear.  Other birds reported at Brig this week  
included 80 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 4 CASPIAN TERNS, 12+ GULL-BILLED TERNS,  
4 BLACK TERNS, a very early AMERICAN PIPIT Aug 27, 2 HOODED WARBLERS,  
BLUE GROSBEAK, and large numbers of BOBOLINKS.

The Johnson Sod Farm in Salem County Aug 25-29 hosted 7-8 BUFF- 
BREASTED SANDPIPERS and 3 UPLAND SANDPIPERS.  Thirty AMERICAN GOLDEN- 
PLOVERS were noted there Aug 29. The DeLea Sod Farm had 3 UPLAND  
SANDPIPERS and a BAIRD'S SANDPIPER Aug 26 (DeLorme P 61, C-19).  A  
BLACK TERN was found at Mannington Marsh the same day.

Island Beach State Park had a good flight Aug 28 including AMERICAN  
BITTERN and a family of YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS at Spizzle Creek  
Blind, 3 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS, 8 RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES, and BLUE- 
WINGED WARBLER.

Sandy Hook reports this week included a continuing SORA at the salt  
pond through Aug 26, 6 WESTERN SANDPIPERS and 6 WHITE-RUMPED  
SANDPIPERS at the shallow pools to the right of the end of the  
fisherman's trail Aug 26-27, up to 12 BLACK TERNS at various  
locations, BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, a MOURNING WARBLER along Raccoon  
Alley Aug 26, and a LARK SPARROW near the Scout Camp Aug 30.  A free,  
detailed birding map of Sandy Hook is available at SHBO; check the  
sightings log there for daily reports.

Two AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS were found on the sod fields at Cross  
Farm Park in Holmdel Aug 26 (DeLorme P. 44 E-9).

A vocal ALDER FLYCATCHER was detected at Lord Stirling Park Aug 25.

An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was noted at Spruce Run Reservoir Aug 26.

Highlights at Liberty State Park this week included a juvenile YELLOW- 
CROWNED NIGHT-HERON and "Western" WILLET.

A COMMON MOORHEN and an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER highlighted birds  
found at Hyper Humus in Sussex County Aug 26.  Another OLIVE-SIDED  
FLYCATCHER was found Aug 26 at Allamuchy State Park.  Passerines  
noted along Parson Rd near Paulinskill Lake Aug 27 included YELLOW- 
THROATED VIREO, BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, CANADA  
WARBLER, and 2 PURPLE FINCHES.  Over 100 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS were  
tallied over Dingman's Bridge on the Delaware River Aug 23.

The Belmar pelagic trip to the Hudson Canyon Aug 26 recorded GREATER  
SHEARWATER, AUDUBON'S SHEARWATER, 3 CORY'S SHEARWATERS, 336 WILSON'S  
STORM-PETRELS, 9 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES, and 17 BLACK TERNS.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Sandy Hook has no entrance fee for birding as long as you park in  
designated lots.  Tell the toll attendant that "you are birding and  
not parking in beach access lots."  This allows you free parking in  
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 .  Reports of  
review list species (photos, field sketches and/or written  
documentation) go to the New Jersey Bird Records Committee at 91  
Sycamore Lane, Skillman NJ 08558.  Thanks for calling and reporting.


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Michael O�Brien, a crew of workshop participants, and I watched the Roseate
Spoonbill fly by the Gull Tower at Brig a.k.a. Forsythe NWR, headed
southwest, at 8:45 this morning.  Two Hudsonian Godwits flew over the south
dike, headed north, at about 9:30 a.m., they may have settled somewhere in
the east pool but since they disappeared into fog I can�t say for sure, and
we did not relocate them despite two circumnavigations of the dikes.  Brig
was generally packed with shorebirds, especially with the late afternoon
high tide, including many Westerns, about 50 Long-billed Dowitchers, and 5
Red Knots. 

 

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* New Jersey
* Statewide
* NJNJ0708.23
* August 23, 2007

- Birds Mentioned
+ Roseate Spoonbill
+ White Ibis
+ (Details requested by NJBRC)

Alder Flycatcher
American Bittern
American Golden-Plover
Baird's Sandpiper
Bald Eagle
Black Tern
Black-billed Cuckoo
Blackburnian Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Brown Pelican
Canada Warbler
Caspian Tern
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Common Raven
Forster's Tern
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Golden-winged Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Least Bittern
Least Flycatcher
Louisiana Waterthrush
Marbled Godwit
Merlin
Mourning Warbler
Northern Goshawk
Northern Waterthrush
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Orchard Oriole
Piping Plover
Purple Martin
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Red-necked Phalarope
Royal Tern
Sedge Wren
Sora
Tricolored Heron
Western Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Willow Flycatcher
Wilson's Phalarope
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Yellow-breasted Chat
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

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hotline: Voice of NJ Audubon
number:
to report:
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 Society for  
Thursday August 23, 2007 with reports of ROSEATE SPOONBILL, WHITE  
IBIS, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE,  WILSON'S PHALAROPE, SEDGE WREN, seasonal  
and local reports of interest, and announcements.

The ROSEATE SPOONBILL at Brigantine NWR continues to show fidelity to  
the gull pond tower area with the most recent report on Aug 20; best  
times are early morning or evening.   An immature WHITE IBIS found  
last week was reported again Aug 18 along the north dike just before  
the road enters the upland section.  The SEDGE WREN continued to sing  
in the morning on the freshwater side of the beginning of the one-way  
section of the wildlife drive through Aug 19.  Among the 23+ species  
of shorebirds found there this week were 4-5 MARBLED GODWITS Aug 19,  
WILSON'S PHALAROPE Aug 18-22 and a juvenile RED-NECKED PHALAROPE  
through Aug 19.  Also noted there this week were AMERICAN BITTERN and  
2 LEAST BITTERNS near the gull tower, juvenile YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT- 
HERON, 3 TRICOLORED HERONS, and up to 7 BLACK TERNS near the dog  
leg.  Along the upland portion of the wildlife drive Aug 22 BLACK- 
BILLED CUCKOO, YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, KENTUCKY WARBLER, and  
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT were reported.

At Manahawkin WMA a LEAST BITTERN was detected along the north side  
of Stafford Ave Aug 18 and a SEDGE WREN was viewed on the north side  
of the road a short distance before the bridge to nowhere Aug 18.

A MARBLED GODWIT was a fly-by near Barnegat Inlet at Island Beach  
State Park Aug 17; also there were up to 60 BROWN PELICANS.

Highlights at Rancocas Woods Aug 18 were GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER and  
LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH. Palmyra Cove hosted LEAST FLYCATCHER, WILLOW  
FLYCATCHER, ALDER FLYCATCHER, and YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, 2 BLACK- 
THROATED BLUE WARBLERS, and 3 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLERS among migrants  
found there Aug 22.  Also in Burlington County at Franklin Parker  
Preserve an AMERICAN GOLDEN PLOVER, an early MERLIN and 500+ PURPLE  
MARTINS were noted Aug 19.

A BAIRD'S SANDPIPER was noted at the DeLea Sod Farm along Rte 40 in  
Salem County Aug 21.

Sandy Hook hosted 18 species of shorebirds this week, mostly viewed  
at the north end around the terminus of the fisherman's trail  
including 8+ PIPING PLOVERS, 3-4 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, and BAIRD'S  
SANDPIPER Aug 19.  A SORA was detected at the salt pond Aug 23.  Up  
to 3 BLACK TERNS were found this week at Spermaceti Cove and the  
false hook.  Passerines of note this week were 8+ RED-BREASTED  
NUTHATCHES, and 14 species of warblers including 7 BLUE-WINGED  
WARBLERS, 4 CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLERS, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, 8 NORTHERN  
WATERTHRUSHES, 9 CANADA WARBLERS, and 2 MOURNING WARBLERS; the latter  
two at the locust grove and raccoon alley Aug 19.  Also at the hook  
this week were 20+ ROYAL TERNS and ORCHARD ORIOLE.  A free detailed  
birding map is available at SHBO; check the sightings log there for  
daily reports.

Two AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS were noted on the fields at Cross Farm  
Park in Holmdel Aug 23.

Spruce Run Reservoir hosted 2 CASPIAN TERNS, 4 BLACK TERNS, FORSTER'S  
TERN, and WESTERN SANDPIPER Aug 20.

Early fall raptor sightings at Raccoon Ridge this week included an  
adult NORTHERN GOSHAWK (probably a local) and 10 BALD EAGLES; also  
noted were 3 COMMON RAVENS.

Lord Stirling Park had a MOURNING WARBLER and BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO Aug  
19.

An OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER highlighted migrants along Parson Rd at  
Paulinskill Lake Aug 20.

Allendale Celery Farm highlights this week included an exceptionally  
early GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET Aug 19 and an OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER Aug  
22.

Announcements:
The Aug 26 pelagic from Belmar is now full.  To be put on a waiting  
list please call See Life Paulagics at  or www.paulagics.com

Sandy Hook has no entrance fee for birding as long as you park in  
designated lots.  Tell the toll attendant that "you are birding and  
not parking in beach access lots."  This allows you free parking in  
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 .  Reports of  
review list species (photos, field sketches and/or written  
documentation) go to the New Jersey Bird Records Committee at 91  
Sycamore Lane, Skillman NJ 08558.  Thanks for calling and reporting.


- End Transcript

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* New Jersey
* Cape May, Cumberland, Atlantic Counties
* NJCM0708.18
* August 18, 2007

- Birds Mentioned
+ Arctic Tern
+ Roseate Spoonbill
+ White Ibis
+ (Details requested by NJBRC)

American White Pelican
Baird's Sandpiper
Greater Shearwater
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Red-necked Phalarope

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Hotline: Cape May Birding Hotline
Number: (-BIRD
To Report:, CapeMayReports AT njaudubon.org
Coverage: Cape May, Cumberland and Atlantic Counties, NJ
Compiler: Jason Guerard, Cape May Bird Observatory
URL: 

You have reached the Cape May Birding Hotline, a service of New  
Jersey Audubon Society�s Cape May Bird Observatory.  This week�s  
message was prepared on Saturday August 18, 2007.  Highlights this  
week include sightings of ROSEATE SPOONBILL, WHITE IBIS, AMERICAN  
WHITE PELICAN, ARCTIC TERN, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, GREATER SHEARWATER,  
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, and RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH
The ROSEATE SPOONBILL continues to be seen at Brigantine NWR in the  
gull pond area.  The latest sighting of this bird was on 8/16 around  
7:00 p.m.
An immature WHITE IBIS found at Brigantine NWR on 8/13 has not been  
reported again in this area.  Though, an imm. ibis was spotted form  
the Skimmer boat on Sunset Lake in Wildwood on 8/15.  Also, an imm.  
White Ibis was seen flying over the Cape May Migratory Bird Refuge on  
8/17.
Continuing the Brigantine NWR thread, an AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was  
spotted over the NWR on 8/11.
A report came in today, 8/18, of an ARCTIC TERN on the beach at the  
Cape May Point State Park.  This sighting has yet to be verified.   
Keep this bird in mind if you are birding the state park in the next  
few days.
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE reports continue to come in from Cape May and  
Brigantine NWR.  A juvenile bird flew by the Cape May Point State  
Park on 8/12.  The most recent report of this species from the  
Brigantine NWR was on 8/11.
A GREATER SHEARWATER was spotted off Cape May Point on 8/10.
An adult BAIRD'S SANDPIPER was seen on Lighthouse pond on 8/16.   
There have been no further reports of this bird since the initial  
sighting.
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH sightings continue to increase.  Three were  
heard at Higbee Beach this morning, 8/18, and one at CMBO�s Northwood  
Center.
ANNOUNCEMENT:
CMBO is offering a special to new and upgraded membership renewals.   
Join CMBO for the first time or upgrade from Individual or Family to  
The Hundred and receive Charley Harper�s Migration Mainline- Cape May  
lithograph poster, valued at $50.  Call either CMBO center to ask an  
associate about joining today!
CMBO Bookstore hours are as follows; Northwood Center on East Lake  
Drive in Cape May Point; summer hours, Wednesday- Monday 9:30-4:30.   
The Northwood Center will be closed on Tuesdays.  Starting September  
1, the Northwood Center returns to a seven day a week schedule.  The  
Center for Research and Education on Rt. 47 in Goshen is open  
Tuesday- Sunday 9:30- 4:30.  At least one CMBO center will be open  
everyday to serve our members needs.
The Cape May Birding Hotline is a service of the New Jersey Audubon  
Society�s Cape May Bird Observatory and details sightings from Cape  
May, Cumberland, and Atlantic Counties. Updates are made weekly.   
Please report sightings of rare or unusual birds to CMBO at  . Sponsorship for this hotline comes from the support of  
CMBO members and business members, and should you not be a member, we  
cordially invite you to join. Individual membership is $35 per year;  
$45 for families. You can call either center to become a member or  
visit.  Become a member in person and you�ll receive your choice of a  
FREE gift (in addition to member discount in the stores).
Good Luck and Good Birding!


  - End Transcript

*Documentation of review list species goes to the NJ Bird Records  
Committee at
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NJBIRDS,

Another White Ibis report today:


>
> From: 	  jason.guerard AT NJAUDUBON.ORG
> Subject: 	Imm. WHITE IBIS
> Date: 	17 August 2007 3:33:24 PM
>
> Sorry for the delay in posting.  Just wanted to let everyone know  
> that while on a fact finding trip at TNC's Cape May Migratory Bird  
> Refuge, we had an imm. WHITE IBIS fly over heading in a northerly  
> direction.  I did not watch the bird long enough to know if it made  
> any attempt to land in the near by vicinity.
>
> If your headed down to Cape may this weekend (or S. Jersey for that  
> matter) it seems prudent to keep white ibis on the radar.
>
>
>

Also, the Trumpeter Swan continued today at Swartswood Lake, Sussex Co.

Laurie Larson

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.
* New Jersey
* Statewide
* NJNJ0708.16
* August 16, 2007
.
- Birds Mentioned
+ Roseate Spoonbill
+ White Ibis
+ (Details requested by NJBRC)
.
American White Pelican
Black Tern
Black-billed Cuckoo
Blue Grosbeak
Blue-winged Warbler
Canada Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Cattle Egret
Common Moorhen
Gull-billed Tern
Hudsonian Godwit
Least Bittern
Long-billed Dowitcher
Marbled Godwit
Piping Plover
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Red-necked Phalarope
Sedge Wren
Solitary Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Trumpeter Swan
Upland Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
.
- Transcript
.
hotline: Voice of NJ Audubon
number:
to report:
compilers: Pete Bacinski and Scott Barnes, Sandy Hook Bird Observatory
URL: http://www.njaudubon.org/

.
This is Pete Bacinski for the Voice of the NJ Audubon Society for  
Thursday, August 16, 2007 with reports of TRUMPETER SWAN, AMERICAN  
WHITE PELICAN, LEAST BITTERN, CATTLE EGRET, YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT- 
HERON, WHITE IBIS, ROSEATE SPOONBILL, COMMON MOORHEN, PIPING PLOVER,  
SOLITARY SANDPIPER, UPLAND SANDPIPER, HUDSONIAN GODWIT, MARBLED  
GODWIT, WESTERN SANDPIPER, WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, STILT SANDPIPER,  
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, GULL-BILLED TERN, BLACK  
TERN, BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, SEDGE WREN, BLUE- 
WINGED WARBLER, CAPE MAY WARBLER, CANADA WARBLER, BLUE GROSBEAK and  
seasonal and local reports of interest.
.
Forsythe (Brigantine) NWR remains the place to be this summer with an  
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN discovered there Aug. 11 and present in the NW  
Pool Aug. 16, an immature WHITE IBIS Aug. 12-14, the continuing  
ROSEATE SPOONBILL last seen Aug. 14, two RED-NECKED PHALAROPES found  
Aug. 10 with one present Aug. 12 and a SEDGE WREN at the Gull Pond  
Aug. 11-12.  Other reports at the refuge include: a peak of 72 STILT  
SANDPIPERS Aug.14, a MARBLED GODWIT Aug. 16, a max of 30 WHITE-RUMPED  
SANDPIPER and 28 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS Aug. 13, 4 juvenile YELLOW- 
CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS Aug. 13, a COMMON MOORHEN Aug. 12, two CATTLE  
EGRETS all week, two BLUE GROSBEAKS Aug. 11 as well as several GULL- 
BILLED TERNS and WESTERN SANDPIPERS.
.
An immature WHITE IBIS was discovered Aug. 15 at the Sunset Lake  
Rookery between Wildwood and Wildwood Crest.  See the Cape May  
Birding Hotline and Website for more details.
.
A HUDSONIAN GODWIT was tallied on a Kayaking trip at Island Beach SP  
Aug. 14 in the Sedge Islands area near A-21 launch site.
.
Migration was apparent at Sandy Hook Aug. 12 with YELLOW-BILLED  
CUCKOOS and BLACK-BILLED CUCKOOS as well as CAPE MAY WARBLERS, BLUE- 
WINGED WARBLERS and CANADA WARBLERS present.  Also observed at the  
Hook Aug. 12 were two BLACK TERNS and a LEAST BITTERN.
.
Featherbed Lane and Kings Highway near Sharptown Aug. 9 were home to  
100+ CATTLE EGRETS, while Franklin Parker Preserve in the Burlington  
County cranberry bogs area produced 22 GULL-BILLED TERNS Aug. 13.
.
An UPLAND SANDPIPER was observed at the Johnson Sod Farm south of  
Pole Tavern Aug. 14, while 6 COMMON MOORHENS were tallied at  
Mannington Marsh the same day.
.
RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES were widely reported around NJ this week.
.
An untagged adult TRUMPETER SWAN was discovered at Swartswood Lake  
from Hendershots Point Aug. 15.  This is not likely to be a wild  
migrant especially at this season and probably came to us from the  
reintroduction program taking place in Ontario. Reports and photos  
are still requested by the NJ Bird Records Committee as information  
will be useful for a future status review.
.
The Voice of NJ Audubon is a weekly report on birding in NJ.  To  
report birds, please call .  Documentation of review list  
species goes to the NJ Bird Records Committee at 91 Sycamore Lane,  
Skillman, NJ 08558.  This is Pete Bacinski wishing you the best  
birding and thanks for calling, surfing, and reporting.
.
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NJBIRDS,

The previously-reported immature White Ibis, found Monday 8/13 at  
Brigantine (Forsythe) NWR, was seen once more, on Tuesday 8/14, about  
5:45, by Joseph Granese, at the same place. I've received no further  
reports of it.

Don Freiday posts that today, 8/15,  Bob Carlough, Captain of the  
Skimmer tour boat in Cape May, reported an immature White Ibis, seen  
from his boat, at the Sunset Lake Rookery between Wildwood and  
Wildwood Crest. It's conceivable this bird could be relocated from  
land: Sunset Lake is off New Jersey Avenue in Wildwood Crest and the  
rookery itself is on an island on the west side of Sunset Lake, too  
far to view well from land.  [Don gives Sunset Lake the De Lorme  
coordinate "K-8." I have an old edition at hand, which shows Sunset  
Lake on p. 73, K-25, in an inset. It's possible my edition is  
obsolete! -LL] It might be worth checking any "heron-y" looking  
access points in the vicinity, such as Nummy Island.

Are these two different birds or the same? The more reports, the  
better chance we can figure that out.  Also in need of reports: the  
long-staying Roseate Spoonbill at Brigantine, which was last noted  
August 12, when Rob Fanning saw it at the usual place at 7:45 PM. If  
seen after that date, please let me know the details. It's always  
hard to figure out the last date such a long-staying rarity is present.

Finally, an adult Trumpeter Swan, untagged, in good plumage, was seen  
today 8/15 at Swartswood Lake in Sussex County. Jim Zamos and Tom  
Halliwell confirmed an anonymous report that had been phoned in to  
the NJAS Scherman-Hoffman sanctuary earlier in the day. The bird was  
viewed from Hendershots Point between 6 and 7 PM; see De Lorme p. 23,  
C 24-25. Certainly an adult Trumpeter in New Jersey in summer is not  
likely to be a wild migrant, but reports are still requested by the  
NJ Records Committee; information and photos will be useful for a  
future status review.


Laurie Larson

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NJBIRDS,

Sandra Keller just phoned from the south dike at Brigantine  
(Forsythe) NWR, where she found a White Ibis at 5:15 PM today. The  
spot is just at the start of the tour route, the southwest corner of  
the west impoundment. The bird is immature, dark above and whitish  
below, with a dull orange bill.  She had not yet gone round the  
impoundments and didn't report any other finds.

Laurie Larson

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* New Jersey
* Cape May, Cumberland, Atlantic Counties
* NJCM0708.11
* August 11, 2007

- Birds Mentioned
+ Roseate Spoonbill
+ (Details requested by NJBRC)

Lark Sparrow
Manx Shearwater
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Red-necked Phalarope
Sandwich Tern
Sedge Wren
Sooty Shearwater
Wilson's Phalarope

CAPE MAY BIRDING HOTLINE August 11, 2007

You have reached the Cape May Birding Hotline, a service of New Jersey
Audubon Society�s Cape May Bird Observatory.  This week�s message was  
prepared on Saturday August 11, 2007.  Highlights this week include  
sightings of MANX SHEARWATER, SOOTY SHEARWATER, ROSEATE SPOONBILL,  
WILSON�S PHALAROPE, RED-NECKED PHALAROPE, SANDWICH TERN, RED-BREASTED  
NUTHATCH, SEDGE WREN and LARK SPARROW

The ROSEATE SPOONBILL continues at Brigantine NWR as of 8/8.  Early  
morning or evening remains the best time to try for this bird.

A MANX SHEARWATER was seen feeding in the rips off Cape May Point on  
8/4.

Also on 8/4, a SOOTY SHEARWATER was seen from the second dune  
crossing at the Cape May Point State Park.

An unexpected find was a WILSON�S PHALAROPE at Stone Harbor Point on  
8/6.

There have been various reports of RED-NECKED PHALAROPE at Brigantine  
NWR in the last week.  The most recent report was of two birds seen  
from the east dike in the east pool on 8/10.

Two SANDWICH TERNS were observed from Cape May Point on 8/5 and 8/6.

Coldspring Campground played host to a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH on 8/4.

A SEDGE WREN was heard singing at Brigantine NWR, from on the left  
side of the south dike near the beginning of the auto loop road on 8/7.

Lastly, a LARK SPARROW was observed at the first metal bridge on the  
red trail at the Cape May Point State Park, today, 8/11.

ANNOUNCEMENT:

CMBO is offering a special to new and upgraded membership renewals.   
Join CMBO for the first time or upgrade from Individual or Family to  
The Hundred and receive Charley Harper�s Migration Mainline- Cape May  
lithograph poster, valued at $50.  Call either CMBO center to ask an  
associate about joining today!


CMBO Bookstore hours are as follows; Northwood Center on East Lake  
Drive in Cape May Point; summer hours, Wednesday- Monday 9:30-4:30.   
The Northwood Center will be closed on Tuesdays.  The Center for  
Research and Education on Rt. 47 in Goshen is open Tuesday- Sunday  
9:30- 4:30.  At least one CMBO center will be open everyday to serve  
our members needs.
The Cape May Birding Hotline is a service of the New Jersey Audubon  
Society�s Cape May Bird Observatory and details sightings from Cape  
May, Cumberland, and Atlantic Counties. Updates are made weekly.   
Please report sightings of rare or unusual birds to CMBO at  . Sponsorship for this hotline comes from the support of  
CMBO members and business members, and should you not be a member, we  
cordially invite you to join. Individual membership is $35 per year;  
$45 for families. You can call either center to become a member or  
visit.  Become a member in person and you�ll receive your choice of a  
FREE gift (in addition to member discount in the stores).

Good Luck and Good Birding!

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.
* New Jersey
* Statewide
* NJNJ0708.09
* August 9, 2007
.
- Birds Mentioned
+ Roseate Spoonbill
+ (Details requested by NJBRC)
.
American Avocet
Black Tern
Blue-winged Warbler
Caspian Tern
Cattle Egret
Common Moorhen
Gull-billed Tern
Long-billed Dowitcher
Northern Waterthrush
Orchard Oriole
Red-necked Phalarope
Ruff
Sandhill Crane
Sedge Wren
White-rumped Sandpiper
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- Transcript
.
hotline: Voice of NJ Audubon
number:
to report:
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 Society for  
Thursday August 9, 2007 with reports of ROSEATE SPOONBILL, RUFF, RED- 
NECKED PHALAROPE, SEDGE WREN, seasonal and local reports of interest,  
and announcements.
.
Brigantine NWR's long-staying ROSEATE SPOONBILL was most recently  
reported Aug 8. Look for the bird in the freshwater impoundments  
around the gull pond tower; early morning or evening is best. Among  
the 20 or so species of shorebirds noted at Brig this week was an  
AMERICAN AVOCET along the south dike Aug 4, 1-2 RED-NECKED PHALAROPES  
in the west pool Aug 4-6, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, and 7 WHITE-RUMPED  
SANDPIPERS. A BLACK TERN was detected Aug 4 and several CASPIAN TERNS  
and GULL-BILLED TERNS were found this week. A SEDGE WREN was heard on  
the left (freshwater side) of the south dike at the start of the one- 
way section of the wildlife drive Aug 7.
.
A RUFF was found at the DeLea Sod Farm in Salem County Aug 5. The  
bird was south of Rte 40 near the intersection with Pointers-Auburn  
Rd (Rte 540)�no reports since. Also in Salem County this week were up  
to 27 CATTLE EGRETS, a SANDHILL CRANE at the intersection of Pointers- 
Auburn Rd (Rte 540) and Sunset Ave Aug 6, and COMMON MOORHENS at  
Mannington Marsh.
.
A BLACK TERN was on the beach at Sandy Hook Aug 8 between lots C & D;  
passerine migrants there this week included BLUE-WINGED WARBLER,  
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, and ORCHARD ORIOLE. A free, detailed birding  
map of Sandy Hook is available at SHBO; check the sightings log there  
for daily reports.
.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
.
The Aug 26 Pelagic trip from Belmar still has a few open spaces. This  
is a good time of year for White-faced Storm-Petrel, Audubon's  
Shearwater, and Long-tailed Jaeger. For more information contact See  
Life Paulagics at www.paulagics.com or .
.
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 . Reports of  
review list species (photos, field sketches, and/or written  
documentation) go to the NJ Bird Records Committee at 91 Sycamore  
Lane, Skillman NJ 08558. Thanks for calling and reporting.
.

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* New Jersey
* Statewide
* NJNJ0708.02
* August 2, 2007


- Birds Mentioned
+ Roseate Spoonbill
+ White-faced Storm-Petrel
+ (Details requested by NJBRC)


American Bittern
Audubon's Shearwater
Black Tern
Brown Pelican
Caspian Tern
Cattle Egret
Glossy Ibis
Gull-billed Tern
Least Bittern
Lesser Yellowlegs
Long-billed Dowitcher
Long-tailed Jaeger
Marbled Godwit
Osprey
Red Knot
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Roseate Tern
Short-billed Dowitcher
Stilt Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Whimbrel
White-rumped Sandpiper
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron



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hotline: Voice of NJ Audubon
number:
to report:
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 Society for  
Thursday August 2, 2007 with reports of ROSEATE SPOONBILL, MARBLED  
GODWIT, ROSEATE TERN, seasonal and local reports of interest, and  
announcements.


The long-staying ROSEATE SPOONBILL was still being viewed at  
Brigantine NWR as recently as July 30.  The best times to look for  
the bird are early morning and evening; watch for the bird in the  
pools near the gull pond tower.  Other sightings from Brig this week  
included 3-4 LEAST BITTERNS near the gull pond tower, 2 CATTLE EGRETS  
and a juvenile YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON at the dog leg, 300 LESSER  
YELLOWLEGS, 8 WHIMBRELS, MARBLED GODWIT, 59 WESTERN SANDPIPERS, WHITE- 
RUMPED SANDPIPER, 52 STILT SANDPIPERS, 1200+ SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS,  
5 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, 3 CASPIAN TERNS, 10+ GULL-BILLED TERNS, and  
BLACK TERN.


At North Brigantine Natural Area 600+ RED KNOTS, BROWN PELICAN, and  
CASPIAN TERN were noted July 28.


Sandy Hook hosted a ROSEATE TERN at the plum island sandbar July 29  
and adult and juvenile YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS were seen at  
Spermaceti Cove over the weekend.  Free detailed birding maps of  
Sandy Hook are available at SHBO�check the sightings log there for  
daily reports.


Another ROSEATE TERN was observed at the Belford Ferry Terminal along  
Raritan Bay July 28.  BLACK TERN  and OSPREY were at the lake at  
Weequahic Park this morning, August 2.


At Assiscong Marsh in Hunterdon County the AMERICAN BITTERN and  
GLOSSY IBIS continued through July 27.


It appears that this may be a good year for RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH  
with reports of individuals received from Lakehurst, Sandy Hook, and  
Cape May County this week.


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.


A pelagic trip is scheduled for August 26 out of Belmar, NJ.  This is  
prime time for WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL, LONG-TAILED JAEGER, and  
AUDUBON'S SHEARWATER.  For more information contact See Life  
Paulagics at  or see the website at www.paulagics.com


The Voice of New Jersey Audubon Society is a weekly report on birding  
in New Jersey.  To report birds please call .  Reports of  
review list species (photos, field sketches, and/or written  
documentation) go to the NJ Bird Records Committee at 91 Sycamore  
Lane, Skillman NJ 08558.  Thanks for calling and reporting.



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I just received a report via Jason Guerard via Pete Bacinski that there was
a report of a female FRIGATEBIRD sp. seen on 7/29/07. The bird was seen from
the Cape May/Lewes Ferry (closer to Lewes DE.) as the bird followed along
side the ferry for about five minutes.

 

If any more information surfaces it will be posted.

 

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Donald P. Freiday

Director of Birding Programs

New Jersey Audubon Society's

Cape May Bird Observatory

Center for Research and Education

600 Route 47 North

Cape May Court House, NJ  08210
 voice
 fax

HYPERLINK "mailto:don.freiday AT njaudubon.org"don.freiday AT njaudubon.org

HYPERLINK "http://www.njaudubon.org"www.njaudubon.org

 

 


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* New Jersey
* Cape May, Cumberland, Atlantic Counties
* NJCM0707.28
* July 28, 2007

- Birds Mentioned
+ Roseate Spoonbill
+ Violet-green Swallow
+ (Details requested by NJBRC)

Black Tern
Cattle Egret
Great Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Least Bittern
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Long-billed Dowitcher
Marbled Godwit
Northern Gannett


CAPE MAY BIRDING HOTLINE July 28, 2007

You have reached the Cape May Birding Hotline, a service of New Jersey
Audubon Society�s Cape May Bird Observatory.  This week�s message was  
prepared on Saturday July 28, 2007.  Highlights this week include  
sightings of ROSEATE SPOONBILL, NORTHERN GANNET, GULL-BILLED TERN,  
BLACK TERN, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, MARBLED GODWIT and LONG-BILLED  
DOWITCHER.

ANNOUNCEMENT:

We are pleased to announce the launch of CMBO�s new, dynamic website;  
www.BirdCapeMay.org.   This site promises to be a virtual Cape May if  
you will.  With daily to semi-daily sightings reports you can log on  
to see what is happening in Cape May in real time.  Now, you can bird  
Cape May every day.


Now for the hotline;

A report just came in that the ROSEATE SPOONBILL was seen last night,  
7/27.

The ROSEATE SPOONBILL continues to be seen at Brigantine NWR as of  
7/24.  The bird is still being seen in the area of the gull pond  
tower in the morning and evening.

LEAST BITTERNS continue to make routine flights around gull pond for  
observers waiting to see the spoonbill.

Also at Brigantine NWR were two CATTLE EGRETS, multitudes of  
shorebirds and a report of a VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW on 7/24.  There  
have been no further reports of this swallow species.

NORTHERN GANNETS have been reported flying past and feeding off the  
coast of Cape May in the last week.

Two to four GULL-BILLED TERNS continue to be seen easily from the  
Cape May Point State Park.  Look for the small flocks of terns  
roosting on the �sand bar� in Bunker pond.  Or, look for these birds  
flying over Lighthouse pond.

Also seen at the State Park today 7/28, a basic plumage BLACK TERN  
which has been frequently seen around Bunker Pond.

A first summer LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen roosting with GREAT  
BLACK-BACKED GULLS on the beach at the Cape May Migratory Bird Refuge  
on 7/25.

A MARBLED GODWIT was seen at Stone Harbor Point, yesterday, 7/27.

Lastly, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS seem to be showing up in various  
places this week.  One was at Stone Harbor Point on 7/27 as well as  
two to three at Brigantine NWR on 7/26.

2nd ANNOUNCEMENT:

The Northwood Center will be closed on Monday 7/30 and Tuesday 7/31  
for inventory.  We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.


CMBO Bookstore hours are as follows; Northwood Center on East Lake  
Drive in Cape May Point; summer hours, Wednesday- Monday 9:30-4:30.   
The Northwood Center will be closed on Tuesdays.  The Center for  
Research and Education on Rt. 47 in Goshen is open Tuesday- Sunday  
9:30- 4:30.  At least one CMBO center will be open everyday to serve  
our members needs.


The Cape May Birding Hotline is a service of the New Jersey Audubon  
Society�s Cape May Bird Observatory and details sightings from Cape  
May, Cumberland, and Atlantic Counties. Updates are made weekly.   
Please report sightings of rare or unusual birds to CMBO at  . Sponsorship for this hotline comes from the support of  
CMBO members and business members, and should you not be a member, we  
cordially invite you to join. Individual membership is $35 per year;  
$45 for families. You can call either center to become a member or  
visit.  Become a member in person and you�ll receive your choice of a  
FREE gift (in addition to member discount in the stores).

Good Luck and Good Birding!

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* New Jersey
* Statewide
* NJNJ0707.26
* July 26, 2007


- Birds Mentioned
+ Roseate Spoonbill
+ Violet-green Swallow
+ (Details requested by NJBRC)


American Bittern
American Oystercatcher
Blue Grosbeak
Brown Pelican
Caspian Tern
Cattle Egret
Cliff Swallow
Glossy Ibis
Gull-billed Tern
Least Bittern
Long-billed Dowitcher
Northern Gannet
Pectoral Sandpiper
Piping Plover
Roseate Tern
Solitary Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron


- Transcript


hotline: Voice of NJ Audubon
number:
to report:
compilers: Pete Bacinski and Scott Barnes, Sandy Hook Bird Observatory
URL: http://www.njaudubon.org/


This is Pete Bacinski for the Voice of the NJ Audubon Society for  
Thursday, July 26, 2007 with reports of BROWN PELICAN, AMERICAN  
BITTERN, LEAST BITTERN, CATTLE EGRET, YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON,  
ROSEATE SPOONBILL, PIPING PLOVER, AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, WESTERN  
SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, STILT SANDPIPER, LONG-BILLED  
DOWITCHER, GULL-BILLED TERN, CASPIAN TERN, ROSEATE TERN, CLIFF  
SWALLOW, BLUE GROSBEAK, and seasonal and local reports of interest.


Forsythe (Brigantine) National Wildlife Refuge is currently the best  
bird show in New Jersey as the ROSEATE SPOONBILL continues with the  
last report Tuesday evening July 24. The bird is seen in the area of  
the Gull Pond and tower before 8:00 a.m. and in the evening between  
6:30 and 8:00 p.m. The LEAST BITTERNS at the Gull Pond have been  
putting on a show for the birders flying back and forth, while an  
AMERICAN BITTERN was discovered there July 21. Two increasingly rare  
in NJ CATTLE EGRETS have been present at the refuge as well as a  
YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON July 24. An uncorroborated report of a  
VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW flying over the Gull Pond was received July 24.


Shorebirding has been excellent at Brigantine with reports of 34  
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS July 21, 30+ WESTERN SANDPIPERS July 21 and  
23, 2+ PECTORAL SANDPIPERS July 21 and 23, 21 STILT SANDPIPERS July  
23, and two LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS July 23. Two CASPIAN TERNS and 22  
GULL-BILLED TERNS, as well as two BLUE GROSBEAKS were present at the  
refuge July 21.


A dozen BROWN PELICANS were discovered in Great Bay at the end of  
Seven Bridges Road in Tuckerton July 21.


A ROSEATE TERN, 10+ PIPING PLOVERS, an Immature NORTHERN GANNET and a  
CLIFF SWALLOW were present at Sandy Hook, July 24.


Assiscong Marsh in Hunterdon County was home to an AMERICAN BITTERN  
July 21-25, a LEAST BITTERN July 24, two GLOSSY IBIS (unusual in  
Hunterdon) July 25, 4-5 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS July 21 -25 and a CLIFF  
SWALLOW July 23.


The Voice of NJ Audubon is a weekly report on birding in NJ. To  
report birds, please call . Documentation of review list  
species goes to the NJ Bird Records Committee at 91 Sycamore Lane,  
Skillman, NJ 08558. This is Pete Bacinski wishing you the best  
birding and thanks for calling, surfing, and reporting.


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The Roseate Spoonbill was seen again tonight at Brigantine.

Both NJBIRDS and Jerseybirds lists will be unavailable from 5 AM to 7  
AM tomorrow, Tuesday July 23, for hardware maintenance as part of a  
network-wide outage at the University.  Sorry for any inconvenience.

Laurie Larson

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NJBIRDS,
Jennifer Hanson just phoned to say the Roseate Spoonbill was being  
enjoyed by many observers about 7:30 today, as it fed with egrets in  
the West Pool at Brigantine. Also at Brigantine this evening, Least  
and American Bittern, Gull-billed Terns, and not too many Green-headed  
Flies.

Laurie Larson

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