- RBA
* New Jersey
* Statewide
* NJNJ0608.24
* August 24, 2006
- Birds Mentioned
Acadian Flycatcher
American Bittern
American Golden-Plover
Baird's Sandpiper
Black Tern
Black-billed Cuckoo
Blackburnian Warbler
Blue Grosbeak
Blue-winged Teal
Blue-winged Warbler
Bobolink
Brown Pelican
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Canada Warbler
Caspian Tern
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Cliff Swallow
Common Moorhen
Common Tern
Connecticut Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler
Gull-billed Tern
Lark Sparrow
Least Bittern
Little Blue Heron
Long-billed Dowitcher
Marbled Godwit
Northern Waterthrush
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Orchard Oriole
Pectoral Sandpiper
Piping Plover
Red Knot
Royal Tern
Solitary Sandpiper
Sora
Stilt Sandpiper
Tricolored Heron
Upland Sandpiper
Virginia Rail
Warbling Vireo
Western Sandpiper
Whimbrel
White-rumped Sandpiper
Wilson's Phalarope
Wilson's Snipe
Worm-eating Warbler
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Transcript
hotline: Voice of NJ Audubon
number: (732) 872-2595
to report: (732) 872-2500
compilers: Pete Bacinski and Scott Barnes, Sandy Hook Bird Observatory
URL: http://www.njaudubon.org/
This is Scott Barnes with the Voice of New Jersey Audubon Society for
Thursday August 24, 2006 with reports of MARBLED GODWIT, BUFF-
BREASTED SANDPIPER, WILSON'S PHALAROPE, CONNECTICUT WARBLER, LARK
SPARROW, seasonal and local reports of interest, and announcements.
Brigantine NWR Aug 19-20 hosted a variety of shorebirds including 50+
WESTERN WILLETS, 2 MARBLED GODWITS, WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, 6 STILT
SANDPIPERS, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, WILSON'S SNIPE, and WILSON'S
PHALAROPE. LEAST BITTERN, AMERICAN BITTERN, and a family group of
COMMON MOORHENS were noted at the Gull Pond Tower. Other species
around Brig included 30 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON,
TRICOLORED HERON, 10+ GULL-BILLED TERNS, 3 CASPIAN TERNS, BLACK TERN,
and 2 BLUE GROSBEAKS.
One BROWN PELICAN was viewed from the end of Great Bay Blvd in
Tuckerton Aug 19.
The Johnson Sod Farm along the Cumberland/Salem County border Aug 20
hosted 16 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS and BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER. On Aug 22
an UPLAND SANDPIPER and BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER were noted along
Hannan's Lane.
Sandy Hook reports this week included 8 WESTERN WILLETS, 3 PIPING
PLOVERS, 8 ROYAL TERNS, 3 BLACK TERNS, and 1500 COMMON TERNS at
Spermaceti Cove Aug 19-20. Five WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS were at the
salt pond Aug 19 and a juvenile RED KNOT was at north beach Aug 18.
Passerine migrants this week were noted mostly along the bike path
north of the scout camp and included BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, WARBLING
VIREO, BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, WORM-EATING
WARBLER, and CANADA WARBLER. A free, detailed birding map of Sandy
Hook is available at SHBO; check the sightings log there for daily
reports.
Birds noted at Island Beach State Park Aug 22 included good numbers
of WHIMBRELS and ROYAL TERNS; YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, ACADIAN
FLYCATCHER, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, and NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH.
A male CONNECTICUT WARBLER was found at Stony Brook-Millstone
Watershed Reserve Aug 23 along the four seasons trail.
A LARK SPARROW made a brief visit to a field in Pittstown, Hunterdon
County Aug 18 - no reports since.
Hyper Humus Marsh in Lafayette Aug 19-20 hosted SORA, VIRGINIA RAIL,
1 adult and 4 juvenile COMMON MOORHENS, PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, and
SOLITARY SANDPIPERS. A printable birding map of the site is
available at www.sussexcountybirdclub.org/0603.html Also in Sussex
County at Wallkill River NWR's Liberty Loop impoundments this week
were a juvenile LITTLE BLUE HERON, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, WESTERN
SANDPIPER, 3 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, CANADA WARBLER, ORCHARD ORIOLE, and
100+ BOBOLINKS.
The Allendale Celery Farm had a productive week, with GOLDEN-WINGED
WARBLER Aug 21, OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, CLIFF SWALLOW, 2 BLUE-WINGED
WARBLERS and an early YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER Aug 22, VIRGINIA RAIL,
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, and BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO Aug 23.
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 4 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 is a weekly report on birding in New
Jersey. To report birds please call 732-872-2500. Observers are
requested to submit documentation (photos, field sketches, written
descriptions) of Review List Species to the New Jersey Bird Records
Committee at 91 Sycamore Lane, Skillman NJ 08558 or see
www.princeton.edu/~llarson/njrc.html Thanks for calling and reporting.
- End Transcript
* New Jersey
* Statewide
* NJNJ0608.24
* August 24, 2006
- Birds Mentioned
Acadian Flycatcher
American Bittern
American Golden-Plover
Baird's Sandpiper
Black Tern
Black-billed Cuckoo
Blackburnian Warbler
Blue Grosbeak
Blue-winged Teal
Blue-winged Warbler
Bobolink
Brown Pelican
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Canada Warbler
Caspian Tern
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Cliff Swallow
Common Moorhen
Common Tern
Connecticut Warbler
Golden-winged Warbler
Gull-billed Tern
Lark Sparrow
Least Bittern
Little Blue Heron
Long-billed Dowitcher
Marbled Godwit
Northern Waterthrush
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Orchard Oriole
Pectoral Sandpiper
Piping Plover
Red Knot
Royal Tern
Solitary Sandpiper
Sora
Stilt Sandpiper
Tricolored Heron
Upland Sandpiper
Virginia Rail
Warbling Vireo
Western Sandpiper
Whimbrel
White-rumped Sandpiper
Wilson's Phalarope
Wilson's Snipe
Worm-eating Warbler
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Transcript
hotline: Voice of NJ Audubon
number: (732) 872-2595
to report: (732) 872-2500
compilers: Pete Bacinski and Scott Barnes, Sandy Hook Bird Observatory
URL: http://www.njaudubon.org/
This is Scott Barnes with the Voice of New Jersey Audubon Society for
Thursday August 24, 2006 with reports of MARBLED GODWIT, BUFF-
BREASTED SANDPIPER, WILSON'S PHALAROPE, CONNECTICUT WARBLER, LARK
SPARROW, seasonal and local reports of interest, and announcements.
Brigantine NWR Aug 19-20 hosted a variety of shorebirds including 50+
WESTERN WILLETS, 2 MARBLED GODWITS, WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, 6 STILT
SANDPIPERS, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, WILSON'S SNIPE, and WILSON'S
PHALAROPE. LEAST BITTERN, AMERICAN BITTERN, and a family group of
COMMON MOORHENS were noted at the Gull Pond Tower. Other species
around Brig included 30 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON,
TRICOLORED HERON, 10+ GULL-BILLED TERNS, 3 CASPIAN TERNS, BLACK TERN,
and 2 BLUE GROSBEAKS.
One BROWN PELICAN was viewed from the end of Great Bay Blvd in
Tuckerton Aug 19.
The Johnson Sod Farm along the Cumberland/Salem County border Aug 20
hosted 16 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS and BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER. On Aug 22
an UPLAND SANDPIPER and BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER were noted along
Hannan's Lane.
Sandy Hook reports this week included 8 WESTERN WILLETS, 3 PIPING
PLOVERS, 8 ROYAL TERNS, 3 BLACK TERNS, and 1500 COMMON TERNS at
Spermaceti Cove Aug 19-20. Five WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS were at the
salt pond Aug 19 and a juvenile RED KNOT was at north beach Aug 18.
Passerine migrants this week were noted mostly along the bike path
north of the scout camp and included BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, WARBLING
VIREO, BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, WORM-EATING
WARBLER, and CANADA WARBLER. A free, detailed birding map of Sandy
Hook is available at SHBO; check the sightings log there for daily
reports.
Birds noted at Island Beach State Park Aug 22 included good numbers
of WHIMBRELS and ROYAL TERNS; YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER, ACADIAN
FLYCATCHER, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, and NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH.
A male CONNECTICUT WARBLER was found at Stony Brook-Millstone
Watershed Reserve Aug 23 along the four seasons trail.
A LARK SPARROW made a brief visit to a field in Pittstown, Hunterdon
County Aug 18 - no reports since.
Hyper Humus Marsh in Lafayette Aug 19-20 hosted SORA, VIRGINIA RAIL,
1 adult and 4 juvenile COMMON MOORHENS, PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, and
SOLITARY SANDPIPERS. A printable birding map of the site is
available at www.sussexcountybirdclub.org/0603.html Also in Sussex
County at Wallkill River NWR's Liberty Loop impoundments this week
were a juvenile LITTLE BLUE HERON, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, WESTERN
SANDPIPER, 3 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, CANADA WARBLER, ORCHARD ORIOLE, and
100+ BOBOLINKS.
The Allendale Celery Farm had a productive week, with GOLDEN-WINGED
WARBLER Aug 21, OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, CLIFF SWALLOW, 2 BLUE-WINGED
WARBLERS and an early YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER Aug 22, VIRGINIA RAIL,
BAIRD'S SANDPIPER, and BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO Aug 23.
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 4 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 is a weekly report on birding in New
Jersey. To report birds please call 732-872-2500. Observers are
requested to submit documentation (photos, field sketches, written
descriptions) of Review List Species to the New Jersey Bird Records
Committee at 91 Sycamore Lane, Skillman NJ 08558 or see
www.princeton.edu/~llarson/njrc.html Thanks for calling and reporting.
- End Transcript