- RBA
* New Jersey
* Cape May, Cumberland, Atlantic Counties
* NJCM0603.11
* March 11, 2006
- Birds Mentioned
American Bittern
American Woodcock
Bonaparte's Gull
Dickcissel
Eastern Bluebird
Eurasian Wigeon
Golden Eagle
Great Cormorant
House Sparrow
Laughing Gull
Merlin
Pine Warbler
Purple Sandpiper
Rusty Blackbird
Snowy Owl
Winter Wren
- Transcript
Hotline: Cape May Birding Hotline
Number: (609) 898-BIRD
To Report: (609) 884-2736, CapeMayReports@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 March 11. The roster this week includes
sightings of DICKCISSEL, GREAT CORMORANT, RUSTY BLACKBIRD, AMERICAN
BITTERN, MERLIN, LAUGHING GULL, GOLDEN EAGLE, PINE WARBLER, SNOWY
OWL, EURASIAN WIGEON, EASTERN BLUEBIRD and WINTER WREN
Please excuse the lack of hotline coverage in the last week. We
apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused. This
weeks’ hotline will cover mostly the week of 3/4-3/11 and a few
highlights from the previous week.
There have been a good number of WOODCOCK “peenting” in Cape May this
last week. They have been heard from Higbee’s WMA to Cape May Point,
one was even heard directly behind the Northwood Center on the
evening of 3/9.
The DICKCISSEL has been again, re-found, along Stevens St. in Cape
May this week. The bird was reported with a flock of HOUSE SPARROWS
on 3/10.
On 3/8, eight GREAT CORMORANT were reported from the jetty at Two-
Mile Beach. On 3/10 four were reported along with PURPLE SANDPIPER.
Also on 3/8 a RUSTY BLACKBIRD was heard calling at Higbee’s WMA. On
3/6, three were seen at the Beanery. The AMERICAN BITTERN continues
at the Meadows and was seen today 3/11.
The first LAUGHING GULL of the year was spotted on 3/7 with
approximately 200+ BONAPARTE’S GULLS at the Cape May/Lewes Ferry
terminal. Also the same day at the ferry terminal was a MERLIN.
GOLDEN EAGLES were seen on 3/3 and 3/5 from Brigantine and from the
Garden State Parkway.
A PINE WARBLER was heard singing in the Goshen area on the morning of
3/9. Signs of spring!
A late report of SNOWY OWL from a back yard in Wildwood Crest on
2/20, no reports of this bird have come in since the (2/20) bird was
reported on 3/2. Also at the end of last month a EURASIAN WIGEON was
seen on 2/28 at Brigantine NWR.
In Rio Grande a flock of 12 or more EASTERN BLUEBIRDS was seen near
the Social Services Building on Rte. 9. Lastly, WINTER WRENS have
been being seen with some frequency from the Beanery and Higbee’s WMA
in the last couple of weeks.
CMBO’s bookstore hours are as follows: Northwood Center in Cape May
Point, as promised, has returned to being open 7 days a week 9-4:30.
The Center for Research and Education on Route 47 in Goshen is open 7
days a week, 9-4:30.
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
609-884-2736. 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 copy of
BIRDS OF NEW JERSEY (in addition to member discount in the stores).
Good luck and Good Birding!
- End Transcript
* New Jersey
* Cape May, Cumberland, Atlantic Counties
* NJCM0603.11
* March 11, 2006
- Birds Mentioned
American Bittern
American Woodcock
Bonaparte's Gull
Dickcissel
Eastern Bluebird
Eurasian Wigeon
Golden Eagle
Great Cormorant
House Sparrow
Laughing Gull
Merlin
Pine Warbler
Purple Sandpiper
Rusty Blackbird
Snowy Owl
Winter Wren
- Transcript
Hotline: Cape May Birding Hotline
Number: (609) 898-BIRD
To Report: (609) 884-2736, CapeMayReports@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 March 11. The roster this week includes
sightings of DICKCISSEL, GREAT CORMORANT, RUSTY BLACKBIRD, AMERICAN
BITTERN, MERLIN, LAUGHING GULL, GOLDEN EAGLE, PINE WARBLER, SNOWY
OWL, EURASIAN WIGEON, EASTERN BLUEBIRD and WINTER WREN
Please excuse the lack of hotline coverage in the last week. We
apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused. This
weeks’ hotline will cover mostly the week of 3/4-3/11 and a few
highlights from the previous week.
There have been a good number of WOODCOCK “peenting” in Cape May this
last week. They have been heard from Higbee’s WMA to Cape May Point,
one was even heard directly behind the Northwood Center on the
evening of 3/9.
The DICKCISSEL has been again, re-found, along Stevens St. in Cape
May this week. The bird was reported with a flock of HOUSE SPARROWS
on 3/10.
On 3/8, eight GREAT CORMORANT were reported from the jetty at Two-
Mile Beach. On 3/10 four were reported along with PURPLE SANDPIPER.
Also on 3/8 a RUSTY BLACKBIRD was heard calling at Higbee’s WMA. On
3/6, three were seen at the Beanery. The AMERICAN BITTERN continues
at the Meadows and was seen today 3/11.
The first LAUGHING GULL of the year was spotted on 3/7 with
approximately 200+ BONAPARTE’S GULLS at the Cape May/Lewes Ferry
terminal. Also the same day at the ferry terminal was a MERLIN.
GOLDEN EAGLES were seen on 3/3 and 3/5 from Brigantine and from the
Garden State Parkway.
A PINE WARBLER was heard singing in the Goshen area on the morning of
3/9. Signs of spring!
A late report of SNOWY OWL from a back yard in Wildwood Crest on
2/20, no reports of this bird have come in since the (2/20) bird was
reported on 3/2. Also at the end of last month a EURASIAN WIGEON was
seen on 2/28 at Brigantine NWR.
In Rio Grande a flock of 12 or more EASTERN BLUEBIRDS was seen near
the Social Services Building on Rte. 9. Lastly, WINTER WRENS have
been being seen with some frequency from the Beanery and Higbee’s WMA
in the last couple of weeks.
CMBO’s bookstore hours are as follows: Northwood Center in Cape May
Point, as promised, has returned to being open 7 days a week 9-4:30.
The Center for Research and Education on Route 47 in Goshen is open 7
days a week, 9-4:30.
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
609-884-2736. 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 copy of
BIRDS OF NEW JERSEY (in addition to member discount in the stores).
Good luck and Good Birding!
- End Transcript