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3 Feb Western Tanager update [Scott Barnes ] 2 Feb RBA: New Jersey, Feb. 2, 2012 [Laurie Larson ] 30 Jan Reminder: Listserv maintenance, outage, tomorrow morning [Laurie Larson ] 28 Jan "Common" Green-winged Teal, Mercer County [Sam Galick ] 27 Jan Pacific Loon report, Cape May County [Samuel Galick ] 26 Jan RBA: New Jersey, Jan. 26, 2012 [Laurie Larson ] 26 Jan Common Chaffinch probable departure, Hunterdon County [Samuel Galick ] 25 Jan Western Tanager, Cape May [Samuel Galick ] 19 Jan RBA: New Jersey, Jan. 19, 2012 [Laurie Larson ] 18 Jan Brewer's Blackbirds, Salem County [Sam Galick ] 16 Jan Western Tanager continues, Monmouth County [Samuel Galick ] 15 Jan Western Tanager, Allaire State Park [Scott Barnes ] 13 Jan RBA: New Jersey, Jan. 13, 2012 [Laurie Larson ] 12 Jan Common Chaffinch update, Hunterdon County [Samuel Galick ] 11 Jan ADMIN: Maintenance, downtime 1/31/12 [Laurie Larson ] 7 Jan "Common" Green-winged Teals, Hudson and Cape May Counties, Pine Grosbeak footnote [Samuel Galick ] 7 Jan Common Chaffinch continues, Hunterdon County [Samuel Galick ] 7 Jan Pine Grosbeak report, Warren County [Samuel Galick ] 6 Jan Common Chaffinch NO, Hunterdon County [Samuel Galick ] 6 Jan Common Chaffinch misc. notes, Hunterdon County- NO WEEKEND VISITS! [Samuel Galick ] 5 Jan RBA: New Jersey, Jan. 5, 2012 [Laurie Larson ] 5 Jan Western Tanager, Ocean County [Samuel Galick ] 4 Jan Common Chaffinch visitation reminder, Hunterdon County- NO WEEKEND VISITS [Samuel Galick ] 4 Jan Common Chaffinch continues, Hunterdon County [Samuel Galick ] 3 Jan Common Chaffinch address, Hunterdon County [Samuel Galick ] 3 Jan Common Chaffinch, Hunterdon County [Samuel Galick ] 29 Dec White Ibis photos, Cape May [Samuel Galick ] 29 Dec RBA: New Jersey, Dec. 29, 2011 [Laurie Larson ] 29 Dec White Ibis, Cape May County [Sam Galick ] 28 Dec Bell's Vireo continues, Cape May [Tom Reed ] 27 Dec Western Grebe no, Monmouh County [Sam Galick ] 26 Dec Western Grebe, Manasquan Reservoir [Scott Barnes ] 24 Dec Eurasian Collared-Doves continues, Monmouth County [Sam Galick ] 23 Dec Eurasian Collared-Doves (3!) continue, Monmouth County [Samuel Galick ] 22 Dec Eurasian Collared-Dove, Monmouth County [Samuel Galick ] 22 Dec RBA: New Jersey, Dec. 22, 2011 [Laurie Larson ] 22 Dec Ash-throated Flycatcher continues in Howell Twp., Monmouth County [Samuel Galick ] 22 Dec Townsend's Solitaire- no, Warren County [Samuel Galick ] 22 Dec Ash-throated Flycatcher continues, Monmouth County [Samuel Galick ] 21 Dec Black Guillemot, Seven Presidents Park [Scott Barnes ] 21 Dec Bell's Vireo reported, Cape May [Samuel Galick ] 20 Dec Ash-throated Flycatcher, Monmouth County [Sam Galick ] 20 Dec Townsend's Solitaire continues, Warren County [Samuel Galick ] 19 Dec Townsend's Solitaire, Warren County [Samuel Galick ] 15 Dec Final Swan update, Atlantic Co. [Samuel Galick ] 15 Dec RBA: New Jersey, Dec. 15, 2011 [Laurie Larson ] 15 Dec Thayer's Gull continues, Monmouth Co. [Sam Galick ] 15 Dec Bell's Vireo continues, Cape May [Samuel Galick ] 14 Dec Ash-throated Flycatcher, Monmouth Co. [Samuel Galick ] 14 Dec Bell's Vireo, Cape May [Samuel Galick ] 13 Dec Trumpeter Swan update, Atlantic County [Samuel Galick ] 13 Dec Tentative Trumpeter Swan, Atlantic County [Samuel Galick ] 13 Dec Thayer's Gull update, Wreck Pond [Samuel Galick ] 13 Dec Thayer's Gull, Monmouth Co. [Samuel Galick ] 8 Dec RBA: New Jersey, Dec. 8, 2011 [Laurie Larson ] 4 Dec Barnacle Goose, Hunterdon Co. [Sam Galick ] 3 Dec Bell's Vireo photos, Cape May [Samuel Galick ] 3 Dec Bell's Vireo, Cape May [Sam Galick ] 3 Dec Painted Bunting continues, Cape May [Sam Galick ] 2 Dec Painted Bunting, Cape May [Sam Galick ] 1 Dec RBA: New Jersey, Dec. 1, 2011 [Laurie Larson ] 27 Nov Western Tanager photos, Ocean County [Samuel Galick ] 27 Nov Western Tanager continues, Ocean County [Sam Galick ] 26 Nov Western Tanager, Ocean County [Sam Galick ] 24 Nov Fwd: Le Conte's Sparrow in Cape May - photos and directions [Sam Galick ] 24 Nov Fwd: Le Conte's Sparrow - Cape May [Sam Galick ] 23 Nov RBA: New Jersey, Nov. 23, 2011 [Laurie Larson ] 21 Nov Ash-throated Flycatcher continues, Cape May [Sam Galick ] 18 Nov Ash-throated Flycatcher, Cape May [Sam Galick ] 17 Nov RBA: New Jersey, Nov. 17, 2011 [Laurie Larson ] 15 Nov Ash-throated Flycatcher photo, Monmouth Co. [Samuel Galick ] 14 Nov Ash-throated Flycatcher (13 Nov) at Sandy Hook [Scott Barnes ] 11 Nov Snowy Owl update, Warren County [Samuel Galick ] 11 Nov California Gull, Cape May [Samuel Galick ] 10 Nov Photo of the Snowy Owl, Warren County updated directions [Samuel Galick ] 10 Nov Snowy Owl continues, Warren Co. [Sam Galick ] Subject: Western Tanager update From: Scott Barnes <myiarchus16 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 10:11:25 -0800 NJ Birds,   Glen Davis reports that the Cape May Western Tanager at the start of the straight path at the blue trail bridge in Cape May Point State Park at 12:30 pm.   Scott Barnes Bird Programs Director-central region New Jersey Audubon www.njaudubon.org How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: RBA: New Jersey, Feb. 2, 2012 From: Laurie Larson <llarson2 AT MAC.COM> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 16:24:43 -0500 - RBA * New Jersey * Statewide * NJNJ1202.02 * February 2, 2012 - Birds Mentioned + Western Tanager + (Details requested by NJBRC) American Goldfinch Atlantic Puffin Black-legged Kittiwake Cackling Goose Canvasback Clay-colored Sparrow Common Redpoll Dovekie Eurasian Green-winged Teal Eurasian Wigeon Glaucous Gull Golden Eagle Greater White-fronted Goose Iceland Gull Northern Fulmar Northern Shrike Orange-crowned Warbler Razorbill Redhead Red-headed Woodpecker Ross's Goose Sandhill Crane Short-eared Owl Snowy Owl - Transcript Hotline: Voice of NJ Audubon Number: (732) 872-2595 Phone reports: (732) 872-2500 E-mail reports: sightings (at) njaudubon.org Compilers: Pete Bacinski and Scott Barnes Web: http://www.njaudubon.org/ This is Scott Barnes with the Voice of New Jersey Audubon for Thursday February 2, 2012 with reports of WESTERN TANAGER, EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL, EURASIAN WIGEON, SNOWY OWL, NORTHERN SHRIKE, seasonal and local reports of interest. The WESTERN TANAGER continues this week at Allaire State Park, most recently seen Jan 28. From the parking lot at Allaire Village, take the bike path east, crossing a bridge and small stream near a burned-over area, and look for the bird there or near a muddy side trail off the bike path on the left. A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was also seen in this area Jan 28. The Merrill Creek Reservoir SNOWY OWL continues through Jan 31, seen in the rocks below the main dam. Also in Warren County was a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE along Good Springs Rd off Asbury Rd in Franklin Twp Jan 26. A NORTHERN SHRIKE made a brief appearance at Kittatinny Valley State Park Jan 27. The bird was seen in the hedgerow between the fields past the Twin Lakes parking lot on Gooddale Rd. The NORTHERN SHRIKE continues in Boonton Twp at Johansen Park/Memorial Fields through Jan 28, seen in the tree line adjacent to the ball field. Three RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were noted along the Passaic River between the fisherman's parking lot and the observation tower at Lord Stirling Park Jan 29. Somerset County sightings this week included a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER at Colonial Park in Franklin Twp through Jan 30, seen along the nature loop trail. At nearby Randolph Rd in Franklin Twp the flock of 5 SANDHILL CRANES was noted Jan 29. The GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was seen at Duke Island Park Jan 28. Ten CACKLING GEESE were detected at North Branch Park in Bridgewater Feb 1. North Shore sightings this week included an excellent count of 150 RAZORBILLS between the Monmouth Beach Cultural Center and Sandy Hook Feb 1. An adult BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE was seen of the Monmouth Beach Cultural Center Feb 1. An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was noted at Little Silver Lake in Point Pleasant Beach Jan 28 and at least one RAZORBILL continues in Manasquan Inlet through Jan 31. An immature ICELAND GULL and GLAUCOUS GULL were both photographed at Shark River Inlet Jan 30. Another ICELAND GULL followed a party boat into Manasquan Inlet Feb 1. A birder on a fishing boat tallied an 17 NORTHERN FULMARS, BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, ATLANTIC PUFFIN, and 1,000+ DOVEKIES east of Manasquan Inlet about 30 miles offshore Feb 1. A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was found among Canada Geese along Rte 537 in Colts Neck Jan 28, seen near the intersection with Laird Rd. Possibly the same white-fronted goose was at Cross Farm Park in Holmdel Feb 2. Eight REDHEADS were noted in the scaup flock at the Little Silver Boat Launch Jan 28. A EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL was detected at Trenton Marsh Jan 28. The bird was in a marsh along the yellow trail on the right after a small bridge. A COMMON REDPOLL was detected in a small flock of AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES at Taylor's Refuge in Cinnaminson Jan 28-29. Nine SANDHILL CRANES were tallied at Mannington Marsh in Salem County Jan 29. The birds were in two flocks: one at the Rte 45 causeway and the other along Sunset Rd. A SHORT-EARED OWL was found at Dock Rd in West Creek Jan 30. Forsythe (Brigantine) NWR hosted a drake EURASIAN WIGEON in the east pool Jan 30 and a GOLDEN EAGLE was over the north dike Jan 29. A ROSS'S GOOSE and 350 CANVASBACKS were noted at Brig Jan 25. The Corbin City unit of McNamara WMA had a EURASIAN WIGEON and a EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL in the first impoundment Jan 29. The Voice of New Jersey Audubon Society is a weekly report on birding in New Jersey. To report birds please call 732-872-2500 or email sightings AT njaudubon.org Please submit reports of Review List Species (photos, field sketches, and/or written documentation) to the New Jersey Bird Records Committee at 14 Crown Dr, Warren NJ 07059 or report AT njbrc.net Good Birding and thanks for reporting. - End transcript How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Reminder: Listserv maintenance, outage, tomorrow morning From: Laurie Larson <llarson2 AT MAC.COM> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:01:03 -0500 (I'm reposting this to remind list members about tomorrow morning's brief listserv outage). The system administrators at Princeton will be performing maintenance on Princeton's Listserv (the software that is used by NJBIRDS and Jerseybirds) on Jan. 31 at 6:30 am. Here is the announcement: Service(s) affected: Listserv (e-mail list distribution service) Date/time of outage: 01/31/2012 6:30 am Duration of outage: 0 hours 30 minutes Listserv will be unavailable on 01-31-2012 from 6:30 am to 7:00 am. Messages sent to any Listserv list during this time may be delayed up to 30 minutes. The Listserv web self service interface will be unavailable during this time. Apologies in advance for any inconvenience during the software maintenance. Laurie Larson co-listowner, NJBIRDS and Jerseybirds Princeton NJ How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: "Common" Green-winged Teal, Mercer County From: Sam Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:34:21 -0500 -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ Begin forwarded message: > From: Todd Frantz > Date: January 28, 2012 11:54:38 AM EST > To: JerseyBirds AT Princeton.EDU > Subject: [JerseyBirds] Trenton Marsh - Common Teal > Reply-To: Todd Frantz > > There is a Common Teal w/ a small flock of Green-winged Teal at Trenton > Marsh if you follow the yellow trail to the right after the small bridge > and walk until you see the marsh on the right side of the trail. He is > hanging out on the far side of the marsh. > > Todd Frantz > Hightstown, NJ > > How to report NJ bird sightings: How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Pacific Loon report, Cape May County From: Samuel Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:35:13 -0500 Be on the lookout for this bird seen yesterday: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S9696097 Good birding, Sam -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: RBA: New Jersey, Jan. 26, 2012 From: Laurie Larson <llarson2 AT MAC.COM> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:21:38 -0500 - RBA * New Jersey * Statewide * NJNJ1201.26 * January 26, 2012 - Birds Mentioned + Western Tanager + (Details requested by NJBRC) American Pipit Black-legged Kittiwake Common Redpoll Dovekie Eurasian Green-winged Teal Glaucous Gull Golden Eagle Greater White-fronted Goose Iceland Gull King Eider Lesser Black-backed Gull Northern Shrike Razorbill Red Knot Redhead Red-headed Woodpecker Rough-legged Hawk Snowy Owl Tundra Swan - Transcript Hotline: Voice of NJ Audubon Number: (732) 872-2595 Phone reports: (732) 872-2500 E-mail reports: sightings (at) njaudubon.org Compilers: Pete Bacinski and Scott Barnes, Sandy Hook Bird Observatory Web: http://www.njaudubon.org/ This is Scott Barnes with the Voice of New Jersey Audubon for Thursday January 26, 2012 with reports of WESTERN TANAGER, SNOWY OWL, NORTHERN SHRIKE, DOVEKIE, seasonal and local reports of interest. The male WESTERN TANAGER continues through Jan 22 at Allaire State Park. The bird has been seen in a burned-over area between the bike path and Atlantic Ave south of Brisbane Lake and west of the outflow creek. The NORTHERN SHRIKE continues at Johansen Park in Boonton through Jan 25. The bird is often behind field # 1. The Merrill Creek Reservoir SNOWY OWL continues through Jan 23, usually seen in the rocks below the main dam. A juvenile GOLDEN EAGLE was reported over the Alpha Grasslands this week. Hudson County reports this week included the continuing EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL at Mill Creek Marsh in Secaucus Jan 24, and single ICELAND GULLS at Kearny Marsh Jan 25 and at Liberty State Park. The GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE remains in the Canada Goose flock at Duke Island Park in Bridgewater through Jan 24. Other Somerset County reports this week included 3 ICELAND GULLS and 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS at the pig farm along Homestead Rd in Hillsborough Twp Jan 23 and RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS along the trail from the fisherman's access parking lot at Lord Stirling Park. Three REDHEADS were noted this week on the pond along Clark Drive in Mt. Olive Twp. A GLAUCOUS GULL and ICELAND GULL (both first-cycle) were seen from the Edison Boat Ramp Jan 23. North Shore reports this week included a RAZORBILL at Manasquan Inlet Jan 22-24 and an immature ICELAND GULL there Jan 22. A flock of 5 AMERICAN PIPITS was noted at nearby Fisherman's Cove Park in Manasquan Jan 22. An adult GLAUCOUS GULL was reported at Roosevelt Ave in Deal Jan 22 and a COMMON REDPOLL was a surprise at Deal Esplanade in Deal Jan 25. An impressive feeding flock of 42 RAZORBILLS was noted off F-lot at Sandy Hook Jan 25. A birder aboard a fishing boat tallied 7 RAZORBILLS, 2 DOVEKIES, and a BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE off Sandy Hook Jan 19. Eight REDHEADS were among the scaup flock at the Little Silver Boat Launch Jan 19. Four TUNDRA SWANS were noted on Lake Assunpink Jan 24. A KING EIDER, ICELAND GULL, and 2 RED KNOTS were found at Barnegat Light State Park Jan 23-24. A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was seen at Amassa Landing in Burlington County Jan 22. Also in Burlington County was a continuing RED-HEADED WOODPECKER at Rancocas State Park, seen near the 15 MPH sign near the parking lot. Mannington Marsh had 2 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE and 17 TUNDRA SWANS Jan 22. The Voice of New Jersey Audubon Society is a weekly report on birding in New Jersey. To report birds please call 732-872-2500 or email sightings AT njaudubon.org Please submit reports of Review List Species (photos, field sketches, and/or written documentation) to the New Jersey Bird Records Committee at 14 Crown Dr, Warren NJ 07059 or report AT njbrc.net Good Birding and thanks for reporting. - End Transcript How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Common Chaffinch probable departure, Hunterdon County From: Samuel Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:46:22 -0500 It looks as though the Common Chaffinch visiting Micheal Rehman's feeders since 12/20 was last sighted by Michael on 1/21 and hasn't been seen since. This is a good opportunity to thank him and his family for hosting hundreds of birders. If you haven't had a chance to sign the visitor's book please send him your particulars on when you were there and where you came from. His email is at the bottom of the copied message. From his note you can see that this bird caused quite a stir in the birding community and it will be really interesting to see what the final tally is. The bird has questionable origins, but that didn't deter people coming from multiple states traveling hundreds sometimes thousands of miles to enjoy the bird. If your reading this and are subscribed to other state listserves please pass this message along. "The Chaffinch has not been seen, as far as I know, since I observed him this past Saturday. We've had a few people visit this week with no success so perhaps he has moved on. The latest tally of visitors is ~650 with 17 states, Washington D.C. and Ontario, Canada. Only Rhode Island, South Carolina and Georgia are missing from the eastern seaboard and we've had three visits from individuals residing in California. The Pocono Record also did an article on the 22nd of January about the Chaffinch and the February issue of "*Birding Community E-Bulletin" *put out by the National Wildlife Refuge Association is covering the Chaffinch as well. We are quite fortuitous to live at a location where we could enable people to visit without any real liability issues due to the safe and ample parking on a quiet street as well as large enough lot sizes so our neighbors, outside of the cars all over the place, really had no idea what was going on and the few who stopped to talk to me were amazed that a bird could draw such attention!! Michael Rehman mcr16 AT msn.com" Good birding, Sam -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Western Tanager, Cape May From: Samuel Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:59:37 -0500 Mike Crewe reports: MCrewe: Western Tanager on north end of Cape Avenue - flew west between Alexander Ave. and Sunset Blvd., Cape May Point Good birding, Sam -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: RBA: New Jersey, Jan. 19, 2012 From: Laurie Larson <llarson2 AT MAC.COM> Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:47:19 -0500 - RBA * New Jersey * Statewide * NJNJ1201.19 * January 19, 2012 - Birds Mentioned + Brewer's Blackbird + Common Murre + Pine Grosbeak + Western Tanager + (Details requested by NJBRC) American Oystercatcher Black-legged Kittiwake Blue-winged Teal Cackling Goose Canada Goose Common Eider Dovekie Glaucous Gull Golden Eagle Greater White-fronted Goose Green Heron Harlequin Duck Horned Lark Iceland Gull King Eider Lesser Black-backed Gull Little Blue Heron Marbled Godwit Northern Shrike Orange-crowned Warbler Razorbill Redhead Rough-legged Hawk Rusty Blackbird Sandhill Crane Snow Bunting Snowy Owl Tundra Swan Willet - Transcript Hotline: Voice of NJ Audubon Number: (732) 872-2595 Phone reports: (732) 872-2500 E-mail reports: sightings (at) njaudubon.org Compilers: Pete Bacinski and Scott Barnes, Sandy Hook Bird Observatory Web: http://www.njaudubon.org/ This is Pete Bacinski for the Voice of the NJ Audubon Society for Thursday, January 19, 2012 with reports of GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, CACKLING GOOSE, TUNDRA SWAN, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, REDHEAD, KING EIDER, COMMON EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, GOLDEN EAGLE, SANDHILL CRANE, AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, “WESTERN” WILLET, MARBLED GODWIT, ICELAND GULL, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, GLAUCOUS GULL, BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, DOVEKIE, COMMON MURRE, RAZORBILL, SNOWY OWL, NORTHERN SHRIKE, HORNED LARK, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, WESTERN TANAGER, SNOW BUNTING, RUSTY BLACKBIRD, BREWER’S BLACKBIRD, PINE GROSBEAK and seasonal and local reports of interest including a winter pelagic trip. A WESTERN TANAGER was discovered at Allaire SP January 15 in a burned area between the paved bike path and Atlantic Avenue/Rte. 524 and was still present as of January 17. A sick DOVEKIE sat on the beach at the south end of Sandy Hook January 19. Park in the lot next to summer toll booths, walk south on the bike path to a path to the beach on the left. The bird was right on the beach at the edge of the water about a 100 yards north of this path. About twenty SNOW BUNTINGS flew by while the bird was being observed. RAZORBILLS were present at the south end of Sandy Hook Jan. 16 along with 120 SNOW BUNTINGS. A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was noted on Marlu Lake at Thompson Park in Lincroft Jan. 14. Absecon Inlet from Brigantine Island was home to 23 MARBLED GODWITS and several “Western” WILLETS and AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS Jan. 15. Forsythe (Brigantine) NWR the same day produced 7 TUNDRA SWANS, a LITTLE BLUE HERON and a SNOW BUNTING. Barnegat Inlet had 8 COMMON EIDER, 7 KING EIDERS and 6 HARLEQUIN DUCKS Jan. 15. An inshore pelagic trip out of Belmar Jan. 15 traveled north staying within two to three miles of the coast producing: 3 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, an ICELAND GULL (first cycle), LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (second cycle), 40 DOVEKIE, 5 COMMON MURRE and 55 RAZORBILLS. A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE at Assicong Marsh Jan. 14 moved to the River in Raritan Township Jan. 15 along River Road between Pennsylvania Avenue and Rte. 523 and was accompanied by at least 3 CACKLING GEESE in a large flock of CANADA GEESE on the river. Assicong Marsh also produced a single RUSTY BLACKBIRD, Jan. 15. The boat launch at Spruce Run reservoir provided REDHEAD and a GREEN HERON Jan. 19. The GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE at the Duke Island Park in Bridgewater was still present there Jan. 18. An immature GOLDEN EAGLE was reported at Clinton Reservoir Jan. 14. The SNOWY OWL at Merrill Creek continues as of Jan. 13. The Columbus Monument at Liberty SP Jan. 15 hosted 24 HORNED LARKS while 16 SNOW BUNTINGS were present along Port Jersey Blvd. at Global Terminal in Bayonne the same day. A GLAUCOUS GULL was present at the Edison Boat launch Jan. 13 and 15. A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK visited the Edison Marsh and a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL Sayreville Townelake both Jan. 16. . The NORTHERN SHRIKE at Johanson Memorial Fields at 353 Powerville Road in Boonton continues there as of Jan. 17. Another NORTHERN SHRIKE was still present at the Wallkill River NWR from Oil City Road viewing area Jan. 16. A dark form ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was observed at Waywayanda SP Jan. 16 and 6 REDHEADS were tallied on Turtle Pond in Andover the same day. Three or four BREWER’S BLACKBIRDS were discovered at a cattle feedlot in Sharptown in Salem County Jan. 18. Floodgates hosted 91 TUNDRA SWANS Jan. 14, while Mannington Marsh held 5 BLUE-WINGED TEAL as seen from the observation deck at the Rte. 45 crossing Jan. 15. An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was observed along the edge of the soybean field on Money Island Road in Salem County also Jan. 15. In a late report produced a very credible description of a female PINE GROSBEAK at a feeder in Tom’s River January 9. Reports of Review List Species (photos, field sketches, and/or written Documentation) go to the New Jersey Bird Records Committee at 14 Crown Drive, Warren, NJ 07059 or report AT njbrc.net. The Voice of NJ Audubon is a weekly report on birding in NJ. To report birds, please call 732-872-2500. This is Pete Bacinski wishing you the best birding and thanks for calling, surfing, and reporting. - End Transcript How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Brewer's Blackbirds, Salem County From: Sam Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:27:26 -0500 -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ Begin forwarded message: > From: ebird-alert AT cornell.edu > Date: January 18, 2012 2:21:20 PM EST > To: sam.galick AT gmail.com > Subject: [eBird Alert] Needs Alert for New Jersey > > *** Species Summary: > > - Brewer's Blackbird (1 report) > > --------------------------------------------- > Thank you for subscribing to the Needs Alert for New Jersey. The report below shows observations of species you have not seen in New Jersey, based on your eBird observations. View this alert on the web at http://ebird.org/ebird/alert/summary?sid=SN10375 > NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated > > Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) (3) > - Reported Jan 18, 2012 11:45 by George Armistead > - cattle feedlot-n of Sharptown, Salem, New Jersey > - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.6689819,-75.3540888&ll=39.6689819,-75.3540888 > - Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S9623461 > - Comments: ">3 with 2 females and at least 1 (prob 2) males. Adrian, Todd and I all got photos of at least a couple of the birds." > > *********** > > You received this message because you are subscribed to eBird's Needs Alert for New Jersey > > Manage your eBird alert subscriptions: > http://ebird.org/ebird/alerts How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Western Tanager continues, Monmouth County From: Samuel Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:25:30 -0500 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Trina Anderson Date: Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 4:23 PM Subject: [JerseyBirds] Allaire SP Western Tanager To: JerseyBirds AT princeton.edu Today I followed up on a lead concerning a Western Tanager seen at Allaire State Park. I found it in the area described as a recently burned area between the paved bike path and Atlantic Ave./Co. Rt. 524, east of the entrance. Follow the bike path out of the park until you get to an area that appears scorched due to the parks controlled burning. The land falls off into a creek and this is where the bird was foraging. I posted photos here: https://picasaweb.google.com/laporello/AllaireSPJanuary162012 Trina Anderson Middletown How to report NJ bird sightings: -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Western Tanager, Allaire State Park From: Scott Barnes <myiarchus16 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:19:26 -0800 NJ Birds,   Just picked up this email from Bill Resotko:    Hi Scott,   Saw a male Western Tanager at Allaire today (Sunday Jan 15) at 12:00 noon. It was working the recently burned area between the bike path and Atlantic Ave., directly across from Brisbane Lake ( this is the wet area adjacent to the exit road from the village).  The bird is very bright and shows some red around the base of the bill."   Good Luck,   Further reports are appreciated and details are requested by the NJ Bird Records Committee.   Scott Barnes Bird Program Director, central region New Jersey Audubon www.njaudubon.org   How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: RBA: New Jersey, Jan. 13, 2012 From: Laurie Larson <llarson2 AT MAC.COM> Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:39:35 -0500 - RBA * New Jersey * Statewide * NJNJ1201.13 * January 13, 2012 - Birds Mentioned + Common Murre + Pine Grosbeak + (Details requested by NJBRC) Black-legged Kittiwake Brown Pelican Cackling Goose Canada Goose Common Eider Common Raven Dovekie Eurasian Green-winged Teal Eurasian Wigeon Glaucous Gull Greater White-fronted Goose Harlequin Duck King Eider Little Blue Heron Long-tailed Duck Northern Shrike Orange-crowned Warbler Razorbill Redhead Red-headed Woodpecker Rough-legged Hawk Sandhill Crane Snow Bunting Snowy Owl Tricolored Heron - Transcript Hotline: Voice of NJ Audubon Number: (732) 872-2595 Phone reports: (732) 872-2500 E-mail reports: sightings (at) njaudubon.org Compilers: Pete Bacinski and Scott Barnes, Sandy Hook Bird Observatory Web: http://www.njaudubon.org/ This is Scott Barnes with the Voice of New Jersey Audubon for Thursday January 12, 2012 with reports of PINE GROSBEAK, KING EIDER, SANDHILL CRANE, COMMON MURRE, DOVEKIE, seasonal reports of interest, and announcements. A female/immature male type PINE GROSBEAK was detected along the Paulinskill Valley Trail in Sussex County Jan 8 with no reports since. Also in Sussex County this week were 3 REDHEADS on Swartswood Lake Jan 6 and a NORTHERN SHRIKE at the Liberty Loop trail parking lot at Wallkill River NWR Jan 8. The SNOWY OWL continues at Merrill Creek Reservoir, usually seen in the rocks below the dam, through Jan 8. Also in Warren County was a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE in a pasture along Good Springs Rd in Franklin Twp Jan 11. A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER and 2 COMMON RAVENS were noted in Lord Stirling Park Jan 9. Up to 8 REDHEADS were noted this week at the Bernardsville Quarry Pond. The five SANDHILL CRANES continue in Franklin Twp, Somerset County this week; seen in a corn field off Randolph Rd through Jan 8. At nearby Duke Island Park in Bridgewater, a CACKLING GOOSE was noted Jan 8. Mill Creek Marsh in Secaucus hosted a COMMON TEAL and ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER Jan 7-10. Both birds were found in/adjacent to the second impoundment. Another ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was working the shrubs along the Transco Trail at DeKorte Environment Center in Lyndhurst Jan 12. The GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE continues this week at Overpeck County Park in Leonia, viewed in the Henry Hoebel area with CANADA GEESE. A COMMON TEAL was noted at Demott Pond in Clinton Twp Jan 9. The drake EURASIAN WIGEON continues through Jan 9 in Perth Amboy. The bird was seen in the bay off Water Street at the mouth of the Arthur Kill. At other times the bird has been near the Cornucopia Cruise Lines parking lot, visible from a paved pathway that heads toward the Rte 35 bridge. A GLAUCOUS GULL was seen at the Edison Boat Ramp Jan 7 & 11. Sandy Hook sightings this week included up to 6 RAZORBILLS on the ocean between B-lot and F-lot; a first-cycle BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE was off B-lot Jan 8 and an adult was seen off F-lot Jan 10, a female KING EIDER was with the large LONG-TAILED DUCK and scoter flock off North Beach Jan 8, and 100+ SNOW BUNTINGS were at the end of the fisherman’s trail the same day. Birders aboard a mackerel fishing boat out of Belmar tallied 8 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, 10 DOVEKIES, 7 COMMON MURRES, and 34 RAZORBILLS Jan 8. North Shore sightings this week included 1-2 RAZORBILLS in Manasquan Inlet Jan 7-11, a DOVEKIE on the rocks at Shark River Inlet Jan 9, RAZORBILL and COMMON EIDER off Roosevelt Ave in Deal Jan 10, and 2 RAZORBILLS off Pullman Ave in Elberon Jan 9. A juvenile RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues at the Pole Farm (Mercer County Park Northwest) through Jan 7. A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was noted at Amassa Landing in Burlington County Jan 7. Barnegat Light State Park hosted 2 female KING EIDERS, 150+ COMMON EIDERS, 20 HARLEQUIN DUCKS, and 2 TRICOLORED HERONS Jan 7. A BROWN PELICAN was noted there Jan 11. Also in Ocean County was a GLAUCOUS GULL at the Barnegat Twp docks/boat launch Jan 12. Six SANDHILL CRANES were viewed off Sunset Rd in Mannington Marsh Jan 6-10. An out-of-season LITTLE BLUE HERON was observed there Jan 12. A LITTLE BLUE HERON was found at Forsythe (Brigantine) NWR this week. ANNOUNCEMENTS: An eight-hour nearshore pelagic trip is scheduled from Belmar on Jan 15, 2012 targeting Razorbill, Common Murre, other alcids, Black-legged Kittiwake, and other gulls. For more information or to register contact See Life Paulagics at 215-234-6805 or info at paulagics.com The Voice of New Jersey Audubon Society is a weekly report on birding in New Jersey. To report birds please call 732-872-2500 or email sightings AT njaudubon.org Please submit reports of Review List Species (photos, field sketches, and/or written documentation) to the New Jersey Bird Records Committee at 14 Crown Dr, Warren NJ 07059 or report AT njbrc.net Good Birding and thanks for reporting. - End Transcript How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Common Chaffinch update, Hunterdon County From: Samuel Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:54:48 -0500 The Common Chaffinch continues to be seen everyday at the Rehman's feeders. Pick up a Hunterdon County Democrat at a local store in Hunterdon and you'll see an article about the bird in the front section. http://www.nj.com/hunterdon-county-democrat/index.ssf/2012/01/european_finch_shows_up_at_uni.html Several people have asked about Martin Luther King Day, a federal holiday on Monday, January 16th- the Rehman's are allowing people to visit. Please try to stay on the porch- last Friday ~15 people spilled out onto the side yard- perhaps a contributing factor in the bird not showing at all that day. If there is a large crowd and you find yourself in the back prepare yourself to not see the bird the first time. People in the front usually get a good gander and leave, allowing the people from the back to move up for it's next visit. Good birding, Sam -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: ADMIN: Maintenance, downtime 1/31/12 From: Laurie Larson <llarson2 AT MAC.COM> Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:51:54 -0500 The system administrators at Princeton will be performing maintenance on Princeton's Listserv (the software that is used by NJBIRDS and Jerseybirds) on Jan. 31 at 6:30 am. Here is the announcement: Service(s) affected: Listserv (e-mail list distribution service) Date/time of outage: 01/31/2012 6:30 am Duration of outage: 0 hours 30 minutes Listserv will be unavailable on 01-31-2012 from 6:30 am to 7:00 am. Messages sent to any Listserv list during this time may be delayed up to 30 minutes. The Listserv web self service interface will be unavailable during this time. Apologies in advance for any inconvenience during the software maintenance. Laurie Larson co-listowner, NJBIRDS and Jerseybirds Princeton NJ How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: "Common" Green-winged Teals, Hudson and Cape May Counties, Pine Grosbeak footnote From: Samuel Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2012 21:43:12 -0500 A "Common" Green-winged Teal was found at Mill Creek Marsh yesterday and was seen again today. Another report came in of another "Common" Green-winged Teal at the Cape May Meadows today. And finally a small footnote to the potential 2ND STATE RECORD of the Pine Grosbeak: They've occurred in irruptions during the 80s- **a potential 2nd state record after the NJBRC put the species under review in 2006. Good birding, Sam -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Common Chaffinch continues, Hunterdon County From: Samuel Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2012 21:24:30 -0500 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Michael Rehman Date: Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 9:17 PM Subject: [JerseyBirds] Chaffinch update To: JerseyBirds AT princeton.edu Hi all - I observed the chaffinch this morning between 7:30 and 8:00 am. I did not see it for the remainder of the day, however, due to our outside activities today I did not see much of anything past this point. I will post again tomorrow as to whether or not the chaffinch shows again. Michael RehmanAsbury, NJmcr16 AT msn.com How to report NJ bird sightings: -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Pine Grosbeak report, Warren County From: Samuel Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2012 21:24:15 -0500 Gleaned from the Sussex County Bird Club website: http://www.sussexcountybirdclub.org/ under Bird Sightings: "Hainesburg, Warren County: Joe Burgiel & Marge Barrett had a female/juvenile male Pine Grosbeak on the Paulinskill Valley Trail about a quarter-mile west of the Hainesburg viaduct. Right where the power line ends, there is a clearing on the left filled with multiflora. The bird was at the far end of the clearing associating with White-throated Sparrows and titmice." More documentation is sought on this potential 2ND STATE RECORD via NJBRC. Good birding, Sam -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Common Chaffinch NO, Hunterdon County From: Samuel Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 18:30:00 -0500 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Michael Rehman Date: Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 6:13 PM Subject: [JerseyBirds] Common Chaffinch - Hunterdon County To: JerseyBirds AT princeton.edu Hi all - Unfortunately, the Chaffinch did not make an appearance today, leaving around 100 people disappointed. I will post over the weekend whether or not I observe it. For anyone who is looking to see the bird please remember that the next available time to look for the Chaffinch is not until Monday morning at 7:30AM. Its been great getting to meet a lot of you and we appreciate the kind notes, and to whomever left the munchkins our oldest son says thankyou. Hopefully, the chaffinch sticks around allowing those who have not had a chance to view it additional opportunities to do so. Again, I'll post on whether or not it makes any appearances. Michael RehmanAsbury, NJmcr16 AT msn.com How to report NJ bird sightings: -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Common Chaffinch misc. notes, Hunterdon County- NO WEEKEND VISITS! From: Samuel Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 09:18:06 -0500 I want this message to be on top of what everyone reads in regards to this bird, this is the final plea to respect the homeowner's privacy on the weekends: "Hi Frank - As we discussed here are our guidelines: We are OK with people coming to the house to look for the bird as long as the following are respected: No weekend visitations as our kids are outside all the time and the chaffinch is unlikely to be present during this time frame. Monday - Friday with the earliest time to arrive being 7:30 AM. We have a large cul-de-sac next to our driveway where parking is safe and ample. As you walk up the driveway please bear to the right as soon as the lawn appears and make your way around the house to the porch. This is the best viewing location and will prevent the possibility of a birder coming up a different way and potentially scaring the bird off. The feeders are in our back yard which is where the bird has been observed multiple times. It typically comes in with the White-throated Sparrows and juncos but has occasionally been observed individually. The bird has been spotted in both the morning and early afternoon hours. ... Michael Rehman" Doug Gochfeld and 50 birders report that the Common Chaffinch has not been seen yet this morning as of 8:55 AM. A note to people submitting the Common Chaffinch into eBird- I've made a publicly available location called, "Rehman's Residence" Going forward I'd like to see all observations go in under this location so we don't have an umpteenth number of dots within a 100 yards of the same porch everyone stands on to observer the bird. I will be sending out mail to people requesting the public location change who have already eBirded the Chaffinch with their own personal location. It showed well yesterday morning- I got some undertail shots that show black edging on the white outer tail feathers. I do not know if this helps but here you go: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/6641951795 http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/6641951125 http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/6641950737 http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/6641950493 Good birding, Sam -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: RBA: New Jersey, Jan. 5, 2012 From: Laurie Larson <llarson2 AT MAC.COM> Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 17:07:46 -0500 - RBA * New Jersey * Statewide * NJNJ1201.05 * January 5, 2012 - Birds Mentioned + Ash-throated Flycatcher + Western Tanager + COMMON CHAFFINCH + (Details requested by NJBRC) American Bittern Black-crowned Night-Heron Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Blue-winged Teal Brown Pelican Cackling Goose Canada Goose Canvasback Clay-colored Sparrow Common Goldeneye Dark-eyed Junco Eastern Phoebe Eurasian Wigeon Forster's Tern Glaucous Gull Greater White-fronted Goose Green Heron Harlequin Duck Iceland Gull King Eider Lesser Yellowlegs Northern Shrike Orange-crowned Warbler Palm Warbler Razorbill Red Knot Red-headed Woodpecker Red-necked Grebe Rough-legged Hawk Sandhill Crane Sedge Wren Short-eared Owl Snow Bunting Snowy Owl Western Kingbird White-throated Sparrow Yellow-breasted Chat - Transcript Hotline: Voice of NJ Audubon Number: (732) 872-2595 Phone reports: (732) 872-2500 E-mail reports: sightings (at) njaudubon.org Compilers: Pete Bacinski and Scott Barnes, Sandy Hook Bird Observatory Web: http://www.njaudubon.org/ This is Scott Barnes with the Voice of New Jersey Audubon for Thursday January 5, 2012 with reports of COMMON CHAFFINCH, ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, WESTERN TANAGER, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, SANDHILL CRANE, WESTERN KINGBIRD, Christmas Bird Count results, seasonal and local reports of interest, and announcements. A COMMON CHAFFINCH of unknown provenance is visiting a feeder in Asbury, Hunterdon County. The homeowners are graciously allowing visitors to view the bird ON WEEKDAYS ONLY. Address is 6 Fawn Way, Union Twp NJ. RULES FOR VISITATION: Monday to Friday no earlier than 7:30 am. Park in the cul-de-sac next to the driveway. Walk up the driveway and bear to the right as soon as the lawn appears and make your way around the house to the porch. This is the best viewing location and will prevent the possibility of accidentally scaring the bird off. The feeders are in the back yard. The CHAFFINCH typically comes in with the WHITE-THROATED SPARROWS and JUNCOS but has occasionally been observed individually. The CHAFFINCH has been spotted in both the morning and the early afternoon hours, but has not been seen after 2 pm. A WESTERN TANAGER was reported at Riverfront Landing on Water St in downtown Toms River Jan 5. Park at the boat dock area and look for the bird in the trees around the gazebo. An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER continues at Thompson Park in Lincroft through Jan 2. Enter the main park entrance and continue past all parking lots and buildings until the road turns to gravel. Continue on the gravel road and park in the Marlu Pond lot. Cross the dam on the paved trail and watch for the bird in the field on the right just across the dam or around the isolated grove of trees and brush at the hilltop. The WESTERN KINGBIRD continues at the Clay Pit Creek section of Hartshorne Woods Park in Navesink (access is off Locust Ave) through Jan 5. Look for the bird in the field adjacent to (west of) the parking lot or in the taller trees by the creek. Birds noted at Dorbrook Park in Colts Neck this week included AMERICAN BITTERN and a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW. A RAZORBILL was noted in Manasquan Inlet Jan 5. The SNOWY OWL continues at Merrill Creek Reservoir, usually seen in the rocks below the dam, through Jan 5. The five SANDHILL CRANES continue in Franklin Twp, Somerset County this week; seen in a corn field off Randolph Rd through Jan 4. A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was found at Colonial Park in Franklin Twp Jan 1-4. Look for the woodpecker near a stake with a white cloth along the nature trail. At nearby Duke Island Park in Bridgewater, the GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE continues through Jan 4. A new state high-count of 33 CACKLING GEESE was made at Duke Island Park Jan 2. The drake EURASIAN WIGEON continues through Jan 4 in Perth Amboy. The bird was seen in the bay near the Cornucopia Cruise Lines parking lot, visible from a paved pathway that heads toward the Rte 35 bridge. An immature GLAUCOUS GULL was found at the DeKorte Environment Center Jan 2. Other birds noted at the meadowlands this week included 66 CANVASBACKS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 3 PALM WARBLERS, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER at Saw Mill Creek, and 40 SNOW BUNTINGS. A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was found among the CANADA GEESE at Overpeck Park in Leonia Jan 3-5. The bird was in the water across from the horse stables. An "unseasonal" GREEN HERON was roosting with BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS at the back pond of Lincoln Park West in Jersey City Jan 1. Another GREEN HERON was noted at Trenton Marsh Jan 5. A NORTHERN SHRIKE and ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK were observed from the viewing platform at Oil City Rd in the Wallkill River NWR Dec 31. Christmas Bird Count Results: Long Branch CBC Dec 31 tallied 117 species plus 8 count-week birds including 2 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE at a pond along 18th Ave in Wall Twp, RED-NECKED GREBE off Deal Lake, BROWN PELICAN in Spring Lake, ICELAND GULL, RAZORBILL, BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, and YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT. Barnegat CBC Jan 1 tallied 123 species including BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 2 KING EIDERS & 21 HARLEQUIN DUCKS at Barnegat Light, SHORT-EARED OWL and ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK at Manahawkin, AMERICAN BITTERN, RED KNOT, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, FORSTER'S TERN, SEDGE WREN, and EASTERN PHOEBE. Highlights of the Mizpah CBC Dec 30 were COMMON GOLDENEYE, 26 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS, and EASTERN PHOEBE. ANNOUNCEMENTS: An eight-hour nearshore pelagic trip is scheduled from Belmar on Jan 15, 2012 targeting Razorbill, Common Murre, other alcids, Black-legged Kittiwake, and other gulls. For more information or to register contact See Life Paulagics at 215-234-6805 or info at paulagics.com The Voice of New Jersey Audubon Society is a weekly report on birding in New Jersey. To report birds please call 732-872-2500 or email sightings at njaudubon.org Please submit reports of Review List Species (photos, field sketches, and/or written documentation) to the New Jersey Bird Records Committee at 14 Crown Dr, Warren NJ 07059 or report AT njbrc.net Good Birding and thanks for reporting. - End Transcript How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Western Tanager, Ocean County From: Samuel Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 15:20:02 -0500 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Shawn Wainwright Date: Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 3:14 PM Subject: [JerseyBirds] Western Tanager at Riverfront Landing in downtown Toms River 1-5-11 To: JerseyBirds AT princeton.edu Hi everyone, i found a Western Tanager at Riverfront Landing in downtown Toms River, on Water Street around 10am. I parked in the boat dock area, there is a big sign that says Riverfront Landing right where i found the bird. It was flying around the trees around the gazebo. Also in that area there were: Mallard - 50+ Bufflehead - 6 Ruddy Duck - 47 RB Gull - 30+ Herring Gull - 4 Song Sparrow - 2 Northern Cardinal - 2 At Shelter Cove: Mute Swan - 8 Canada Goose - 20+ Mallard - 4 RB Gull - 4 Herring Gull - 2 Rock Pigeon - 4 Northern Mockingbird - 1 American Robin - 6 Song Sparrow - 8 WT Sparrow - 2 DE Junco - 10 Northern Cardinal - 2 At Cattus Island: Mourning Dove - 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 Downy Woodpecker - 2 Carolina Wren - 1 Tufted Titmouse - 1 WB Nuthatch - 2 Blue Jay - 2 American Crow - 2 YR Warbler - 3 Song Sparrow - 3 WT Sparrow - 4 DE Junco - 6 RW Blackbird - 40+ If anyone goes for the Western Tanager, let me know if you find it! Shawn Wainwright Toms River ShawnEagleEyes1 AT aol.com How to report NJ bird sightings: -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Common Chaffinch visitation reminder, Hunterdon County- NO WEEKEND VISITS From: Samuel Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 12:58:15 -0500 A reminder that the home owner requests NO WEEKEND VISITS. If you are looking at this and are subscribed to a different Listserv please pass along the word so other people can continue do enjoy this bird during appropriate hours. "Hi Frank - As we discussed here are our guidelines: We are OK with people coming to the house to look for the bird as long as the following are respected: No weekend visitations as our kids are outside all the time and the chaffinch is unlikely to be present during this time frame. Monday - Friday with the earliest time to arrive being 7:30 AM. We have a large cul-de-sac next to our driveway where parking is safe and ample. As you walk up the driveway please bear to the right as soon as the lawn appears and make your way around the house to the porch. This is the best viewing location and will prevent the possibility of a birder coming up a different way and potentially scaring the bird off. The feeders are in our back yard which is where the bird has been observed multiple times. It typically comes in with the White-throated Sparrows and juncos but has occasionally been observed individually. The bird has been spotted in both the morning and early afternoon hours. ... I am an avid birder and understand that many wish to observe the Chaffinch but please respect these guidelines and our property so that many can hopefully enjoy the bird while it remains here. Good luck. Michael Rehman" On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Alan Mart wrote: > Just a reminder that the property owners have specifically requested NO > WEEKEND VISITS. > > I know of at least one person who was planning a long drive this weekend > to see the bird, but I was able to let them know of the weekend > restriction. It will be unfortunate if others aren't aware of this and > either arrive and are disappointed, or worst unintentionally invade upon > the owners privacy which could result in shutting down all visit. Get the > word out. The Rehman's have graciously provided access to their property > and we all need to honor their weekend privacy. > > Does anyone know of ways to raise awareness of this outside on NJ? > > > > > > How to report NJ bird sightings: > -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Common Chaffinch continues, Hunterdon County From: Samuel Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 12:22:30 -0500 Several dozen birders have had great success waiting for the Common Chaffinch this morning. Just so everyone is aware we're currently validating records entered into eBird with the special note that the validity is pending NJBRC acceptance. People have mentioned dropping off some seed as a donation for being allowed to view the bird on the property- a great idea! If you want to add your field notes for consideration by the NJBRC please fill out this form: http://www.njbrc.net/documents/birdform.pdf Good birding, Sam -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Common Chaffinch address, Hunterdon County From: Samuel Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 11:53:35 -0500 Sound like a great bird! If only there was an address... 6 Fawn Way, Union Township, NJ http://g.co/maps/ajsdc Good birding, Sam -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Common Chaffinch, Hunterdon County From: Samuel Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 11:40:15 -0500 Word came in a couple days ago that a Common Chaffinch visiting a birder's feeder in NW Hunterdon County. Speaking with the home owner we've come to an arrangement for people to come and visit the home to see this beautiful bird. As far as anyone can tell there is no reason to believe that this is a captive escaped bird but close observation and detailed notes on behavior are sought in order for this to be adequately documented so the NJBRC can make a competent ruling. There are three records on the public database in eBird- from St. John, Massachusetts, and Quebec: http://tinyurl.com/7tleluu Another bird found on Newfoundland doesn't appear on eBird, but it describes the abundance and the ensuing discussion on providence: http://birdingnewfoundland.blogspot.com/2011/02/common-chaffinch.html This bird can easily cause a lot of excitement among the birding community all along the East coast and beyond. Please be on your best behavior while visiting the property, and please heed the home owner's wishes about not visiting on the weekends. "Hi Frank - As we discussed here are our guidelines: We are OK with people coming to the house to look for the bird as long as the following are respected: No weekend visitations as our kids are outside all the time and the chaffinch is unlikely to be present during this time frame. Monday - Friday with the earliest time to arrive being 7:30 AM. We have a large cul-de-sac next to our driveway where parking is safe and ample. As you walk up the driveway please bear to the right as soon as the lawn appears and make your way around the house to the porch. This is the best viewing location and will prevent the possibility of a birder coming up a different way and potentially scaring the bird off. The feeders are in our back yard which is where the bird has been observed multiple times. It typically comes in with the White-throated Sparrows and juncos but has occasionally been observed individually. The bird has been spotted in both the morning and early afternoon hours. I have not seen the bird past 2:00. I am an avid birder and understand that many wish to observe the Chaffinch but please respect these guidelines and our property so that many can hopefully enjoy the bird while it remains here. Good luck. Michael Rehman As an aside go ahead and re-validate the bird to the rarities both locally and nationally. I don't want people to miss the bird. Thanks again Frank." *** Species Summary: - Common Chaffinch (1 report) ------------------------------ --------------- Thank you for subscribing to the Needs Alert for New Jersey. The report below shows observations of species you have not seen in New Jersey, based on your eBird observations. NOTE: all sightings are UNCONFIRMED unless indicated Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) (1) - Reported Jan 02, 2012 07:00 by Michael Rehman - Rehman House, Hunterdon, New Jersey - Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6302881,-75.0251198&ll=40.6302881,-75.0251198 - Checklist: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S9471108 - Comments : "Have observed this bird since December 20, 2011.This morning was the fifth time I have seen the bird and the first opportunity I had to photograph and study the details. Photographs below " *********** You received this message because you are subscribed to eBird's Needs Alert for New Jersey View this alert on the web: http://ebird.org/ebird/alert/summary?sid=SN10375 Manage your eBird alert subscriptions: http://ebird.org/ebird/alerts Good birding, Sam -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: White Ibis photos, Cape May From: Samuel Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:21:55 -0500 The juv. White Ibis showed well this afternoon eventually flew over the Meadows and was last seen heading NW towards Pond Creek marsh. http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ Good birding, Sam -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: RBA: New Jersey, Dec. 29, 2011 From: Laurie Larson <llarson2 AT MAC.COM> Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:13:00 -0500 - RBA * New Jersey * Statewide * NJNJ1112.29 * December 29, 2011 - Birds Mentioned + Ash-throated Flycatcher + Western Grebe + (Details requested by NJBRC) Brown Pelican Common Raven Eurasian Wigeon Glaucous Gull Greater White-fronted Goose Green Heron Iceland Gull King Eider Lesser Black-backed Gull Razorbill Redhead Red-headed Woodpecker Ruddy Duck Rusty Blackbird Sandhill Crane Snowy Owl Western Kingbird - Transcript Hotline: Voice of NJ Audubon Number: (732) 872-2595 Phone reports: (732) 872-2500 E-mail reports: sightings (at) njaudubon.org Compilers: Pete Bacinski and Scott Barnes, Sandy Hook Bird Observatory Web: http://www.njaudubon.org This is Scott Barnes with the Voice of New Jersey Audubon for Thursday December 29, 2011 with reports of WESTERN GREBE, ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, EURASIAN WIGEON, SANDHILL CRANE, WESTERN KINGBIRD, seasonal and local reports of interest, and announcements. A WESTERN GREBE was discovered at Manasquan Reservoir Dec 26, but not seen since. Also at Manasquan Reservoir this week were 5 REDHEADS and 699 RUDDY DUCKS. The ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER remains at Thompson Park in Lincroft through Dec 29. Enter the main park entrance and continue past all parking lots and buildings until the road turns to gravel. Continue on the gravel road and park in the Marlu Pond lot. Cross the dam on the paved trail and watch for the bird in the field on the right just across the dam or around the isolated grove of trees at the hilltop. The WESTERN KINGBIRD continues at the Clay Pit Creek section of Hartshorne Woods Park in Navesink through Dec 24. Look for the bird in the field adjacent to (west of) the parking lot or in the taller trees by the creek. The SNOWY OWL continues at Merrill Creek Reservoir, usually seen in the rocks below the dam, through Dec 27. The five SANDHILL CRANES continue in Franklin Twp, Somerset County this week; seen in a corn field off Randolph Rd through Dec 29. A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was found at Colonial Park in Franklin Twp Dec 29. At nearby Duke Island Park in Bridgewater, the GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE continues through Dec 24. Nine RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were also seen there that day. Spruce Run Reservoir sightings this week included a very late GREEN HERON Dec 27, two first-cycle ICELAND GULLS and 25 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS Dec 24. An immature GLAUCOUS GULL was found at the DeKorte Environment Center Dec 28. A drake EURASIAN WIGEON was discovered in Perth Amboy on the Raritan Estuary CBC Dec 26. The bird was in Raritan Bay off the foot of 2nd Ave on the west side of the NJ Transit bridge. On Dec 28 the bird was seen off the Cornucopia Princess Parking lot off Riverside Dr. A juvenile BROWN PELICAN was photographed in Sandy Hook Bay, from Atlantic Highlands, Dec 28. Another juvenile BROWN PELICAN was photographed off Manasquan Inlet, following a commercial fishing boat back to port Dec 29. Four RAZORBILLS were noted off the lower portion of Sandy Hook Dec 28. Another RAZORBILL was in Manasquan Inlet Dec 27. A female REDHEAD has been on the waterworks pond at South Amboy through Dec 26. Two female KING EIDERS continue in the Common Eider flock at Barnegat Inlet this week. A COMMON RAVEN spent Dec 19-27 at Lenape Park in Cranford. ANNOUNCEMENTS: An eight-hour nearshore pelagic trip is scheduled from Belmar on Jan 15, 2012 targeting Razorbill, Common Murre, other alcids, Black-legged Kittiwake, and other gulls. For more information or to register contact See Life Paulagics at 215-234-6805 or info at paulagics.com The Voice of New Jersey Audubon Society is a weekly report on birding in New Jersey. To report birds please call 732-872-2500 or email sightings AT njaudubon.org Please submit reports of Review List Species (photos, field sketches, and/or written documentation) to the New Jersey Bird Records Committee at 14 Crown Dr, Warren NJ 07059 or report AT njbrc.net Good Birding and thanks for reporting. - End Transcript How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: White Ibis, Cape May County From: Sam Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:59:07 -0500 Glen Davis just found a juv. White Ibis at Lily Lake in Cape May Point. More soon to follow! Good birding, Sam -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Bell's Vireo continues, Cape May From: Tom Reed <coturnicops AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 10:50:55 -0500 NJBIRDS: Tom Magarian reports that the Bell's Vireo continues at the Rea Farm/Beanery; feeding to the right of the main gate at 10:20am. Also in Cape May this morning were several Black-legged Kittiwakes seen from Sunset Beach, and a continuing Dickcissel at 205 Harvard Ave (Cape May Pt). good birding tr How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Western Grebe no, Monmouh County From: Sam Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2011 08:50:01 -0500 The Western Grebe videoed yesterday at Manasquan Reservoir has not been seen this morning dispite multiple observers searching. People should keep searching over the next couple of days. Good birding, Sam -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Western Grebe, Manasquan Reservoir From: Scott Barnes <myiarchus16 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 13:08:23 -0800 NJ Birds,   I just received a call from Sam Skinner & Patrick Becker, who are looking at a Western Grebe on Manasquan Reservoir (26 Dec).  The bird is on the north side of the reservoir off Peskin Rd and is mixing with a flock of Ruddy Ducks.  Nearest landmarks are Richard Rd and the wetland mitigation pond on the between the north shore of the reservoir and Peskin Rd.   I don't have the name of the original finder who conscientiously reported the bird to folks at the environmental center (thank you!); hopefully that individual will post to jerseybirds.   Details are requested by the NJ Bird Records Committee; future reports positive or negative on the bird are appreciated.   Good Birding, Scott Barnes Senior Naturalist New Jersey Audubon   How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Eurasian Collared-Doves continues, Monmouth County From: Sam Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2011 10:55:48 -0500 -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ Begin forwarded message: > From: Bill Dalton > Date: December 24, 2011 8:48:14 AM EST > To: Samuel Galick > Subject: ECD Update > > Sam, > > Despite a sharpie hunting my feeders early this morning, two ECDs are currently (8:45am) below the feeders. > > Bill How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Eurasian Collared-Doves (3!) continue, Monmouth County From: Samuel Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:09:53 -0500 Word just broke that there are now three! Eurasian Collared-Doves coming to a feeder in Interlaken. Please carefully read the Bill Dalton's notes about the birds and let's respect his request to not visit on Christmas Day out of common sense. http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/6560444533 http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/6560444491 "Sam, It's OK with me. I suggest that anyone who is interested be told that they've appeared in the early afternoon today and yesterday. Right now two of the three are roosting in my blue spruce trees behind my home. Anyone who wants to take a chance seeing them should look for them in Interlaken, on Scarba St. between Grasmere Ave and Bendermere Ave. I'll put out a traffic cone in my driveway. Folks can walk in from the street and look for them behind my home around my feeders or in the blue spruce trees next to the sidewalk on Scarba St. However *PLEASE NO CHRISTMAS DAY VISITORS*!! I'll keep you posted as to the status of their appearing. Thank you Sam and Merry Christmas!!!!" It looks as though the invasion is starting to set in here in NJ and finally I get to say, "I, for one, welcome our new dove overlords." Good birding! Sam -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Eurasian Collared-Dove, Monmouth County From: Samuel Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:26:18 -0500 A Eurasian Collared-Dove briefly came to a feeder in Interlaken today in the company of Mourning Doves. If the dove comes back tomorrow the home owner will allow birders to come and see it. A couple photos are posted on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/6555933619 http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/6555933593 Good birding, Sam -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: RBA: New Jersey, Dec. 22, 2011 From: Laurie Larson <llarson2 AT MAC.COM> Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:33:54 -0500 - RBA * New Jersey * Statewide * NJNJ1112.22 * December 22, 2011 - Birds Mentioned + Ash-throated Flycatcher + Black Guillemot + Thayer's Gull + Townsend's Solitaire + (Details requested by NJBRC) American Bittern American Kestrel Baltimore Oriole Black-legged Kittiwake Blue-winged Teal Brown Thrasher Cackling Goose Cedar Waxwing Chipping Sparrow Common Gallinule Common Raven Common Yellowthroat Eastern Bluebird Eastern Phoebe Eurasian Wigeon Glaucous Gull Greater White-fronted Goose Horned Lark Iceland Gull Indigo Bunting Lapland Longspur Lesser Black-backed Gull Lesser Yellowlegs Little Gull Long-eared Owl Orange-crowned Warbler Pine Warbler Purple Finch Razorbill Red Crossbill Redhead Red-headed Woodpecker Red-necked Grebe Rough-legged Hawk Ruffed Grouse Rusty Blackbird Sandhill Crane Snow Goose Snowy Owl Virginia Rail Western Kingbird Wilson's Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat - Transcript Hotline: Voice of NJ Audubon Number: (732) 872-2595 Phone reports: (732) 872-2500 E-mail reports: sightings (at) njaudubon.org Compilers: Pete Bacinski and Scott Barnes, Sandy Hook Bird Observatory Web: http://www.njaudubon.org/ This is Scott Barnes with the Voice of New Jersey Audubon for Thursday December 22, 2011 with reports of THAYER'S GULL, BLACK GUILLEMOT, TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE, ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, SANDHILL CRANE, LITTLE GULL, WESTERN KINGBIRD, seasonal and local reports of interest, CBC highlights, and announcements. The possible adult THAYER'S GULL continues this week sporadically at Wreck Pond in Spring Lake, Monmouth County, seen most recently on Dec 18. Look for the bird on the sandbar at the east end of the pond. A second-cycle GLAUCOUS GULL was noted there Dec 18. A BLACK GUILLEMOT was seen off Seven Presidents Park in Long Branch Dec 21. An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER was found at Thompson Park in Lincroft Dec 20-22. Enter the main park entrance and continue past all parking lots and buildings until the road turns to gravel. Continue on the gravel road and park in the Marlu Pond lot. Cross the dam on the paved trail and watch for the bird in the field just across the dam. Another ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER has been present at the Yellow Brook Tract in Howell Twp, Monmouth County Dec 8-14 and was seen again there Dec 22. The address is 285 Merrick Road in Howell Township. Enter the property via a non-descript driveway (marked Special Access Parking) for an unoccupied yellow house. Continue behind the house to a grass, fenced pasture that serves as an undeveloped parking area. Go through the break in the fence at the north end of the lot, turn right behind the small barn, and follow the trail into the woods. You will pass a number of grassy clearings on the left and sections of snow fence along the property line on your right. After the last stand of pines on your left is a grown-in clearing, now populated with olives, oaks and a few spruce. The bird feeds in this area, especially the north end, often close to the ground. This area is open to deer hunting daily, except Sundays. A WESTERN KINGBIRD was discovered at the Clay Pit Creek section of Hartshorne Woods Park in Navesink Dec 17-22. Look for the bird in the field adjacent to (west of) the parking lot or in the taller trees by the creek. A RED CROSSBILL was detected there Dec 18. A TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE was found in a flock of CEDAR WAXWINGS and EASTERN BLUEBIRDS along the Appalachian Trail south of Millbrook Gap Dec 17-20. Hike south approximately one mile from the intersection of the AT with Rte 602. The bird was several hundred yards north of the Catfish Pond Fire Tower along the trail Dec 17 and about a quarter mile south of the fire tower Dec 20. At the north end of Catfish Pond a Northern Shrike was viewed Dec 20. The SNOWY OWL continues at Merrill Creek Reservoir, usually seen in the rocks below the dam, through Dec 21. Another Snowy Owl was discovered at Sandy Hook Dec 18 but not seen again. The five SANDHILL CRANES continue in Franklin Twp, Somerset County this week; seen in a field off Wilhousky St (CR 623) between the Millstone River and the D & R Canal Dec 18. At nearby Duke Island Park in Bridgewater, the GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE continues through Dec 18. Another GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE continues through Dec 18 at Foschini Park in Hackensack. A juvenile RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was noted at the Pole Farm (Mercer County Park NW) near the intersection of the orange and white trails Dec 22. A EURASIAN WIGEON was found at Forsythe (Brigantine) NWR in the east pool Dec 21. A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen in a HORNED LARK flock along Featherbed Lane near Sharptown, Salem County Dec 20. Sandy Hook Dec 21 had four RED-NECKED GREBES with 3 in Horseshoe Cove and another off B-lot; an ICELAND GULL was a fly-by at C-lot the same day. CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT HIGHLIGHTS: Sandy Hook CBC Dec 17 tallied 109 species including REDHEAD at the Oceanic Bridge, an adult LITTLE GULL off F-lot, BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE off E-lot, WESTERN KINGBIRD at Hartshorne Woods, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, and LAPLAND LONGSPUR at K-lot. Lakehurst CBC Dec 17 tallied 100 species including RED-NECKED GREBE off Lavallette, AMERICAN KESTREL, VIRGINIA RAIL, a RAZORBILL in Manasquan Inlet, and BALTIMORE ORIOLE. Great Swamp/Watchung Ridge CBC Dec 17 had highlights including 9,296 SNOW GEESE, 3 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS in Lord Stirling Park, COMMON RAVEN, a WILSON'S WARBLER at the Chatham Waster Water Treatment Plant, 160 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, and PURPLE FINCH. Walnut Valley CBC Dec 17 tallied 86 species including RUFFED GROUSE, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, LONG-EARED OWL, INDIGO BUNTING, and the previously mentioned TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE along the AT. The New Jersey portion of the Lower Hudson CBC Dec 18 tallied 80 species including AMERICAN BITTERN and COMMON GALLINULE at Kearny Marsh, 2 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, and YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT. Sussex CBC Dec 18 tallied 86 species including BLUE-WINGED TEAL, EASTERN PHOEBE, BROWN THRASHER, PINE WARBLER, and 70 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS. Northwest Hunterdon CBC Dec 18 tallied 85 species including a CACKLING GOOSE in Readington Twp, dark morph ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK in Clinton Twp, 2 COMMON RAVENS and CHIPPING SPARROW in Glen Gardner. ANNOUNCEMENTS: An eight-hour nearshore pelagic trip is scheduled from Belmar on Jan 15, 2012 targeting Razorbill, Common Murre, other alcids, Black-legged Kittiwake, and other gulls. For more information or to register contact See Life Paulagics at 215-234-6805 or info at paulagics.com The Voice of New Jersey Audubon Society is a weekly report on birding in New Jersey. To report birds please call 732-872-2500 or email sightings AT njaudubon.org Please submit reports of Review List Species (photos, field sketches, and/or written documentation) to the New Jersey Bird Records Committee at 14 Crown Dr, Warren NJ 07059 or report AT njbrc.net Good Birding and thanks for reporting. - End Transcript How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Ash-throated Flycatcher continues in Howell Twp., Monmouth County From: Samuel Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:37:31 -0500 Via VONJA: Another ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER has been present at the Yellow Brook Tract in Howell Twp, Monmouth County Dec 8-14 and was seen again there Dec 22. The address is 285 Merrick Road in Howell Township. Enter the property via a non-descript driveway (marked Special Access Parking) for an unoccupied yellow house. Continue behind the house to a grass, fenced pasture that serves as an undeveloped parking area. Go through the break in the fence at the north end of the lot, turn right behind the small barn, and follow the trail into the woods. You will pass a number of grassy clearings on the left and sections of snow fence along the property line on your right. After the last stand of pines on your left is a grown-in clearing, now populated with olives, oaks and a few spruce. The bird feeds in this area, especially the north end, often close to the ground. This area is open to deer hunting daily, except Sundays. Good birding, Sam -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Townsend's Solitaire- no, Warren County From: Samuel Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:32:16 -0500 Many observers searched this morning for the reported Townsend's Solitaire without any success. Birders reported finding Eastern Bluebirds and Cedar Waxwings with nothing with them. Common Raven and Pileated Woodpecker were also present. Good birding, Sam -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Ash-throated Flycatcher continues, Monmouth County From: Samuel Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 10:34:16 -0500 Trina Anderson reports that the Thompson Park Ash-throated Flycatcher continues this morning. Good birding, Sam -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Black Guillemot, Seven Presidents Park From: Scott Barnes <myiarchus16 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:01:16 -0800 NJ Birds,   Tom Boyle called to report a Black Guillemot seen well but briefly at Seven Presidents Park in Long Branch early this afternoon (21 Dec).  The bird picked up a flew south, so it might be worth checking jetties or inlets to the south.   Good Birding, Scott Barnes Senior Naturalist New Jersey Audubon   How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Bell's Vireo reported, Cape May From: Samuel Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:26:53 -0500 A different Bell's Vireo was reported off of Stipson's Island Road yesterday evening in the shrubby area near the nature path. More details are requested. Good birding, Sam -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Ash-throated Flycatcher, Monmouth County From: Sam Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:23:37 -0500 -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ Begin forwarded message: > From: Andrew Spears > Date: December 20, 2011 4:17:21 PM EST > To: JerseyBirds AT Princeton.EDU > Subject: [JerseyBirds] Ash Throated Flycatcher, Thompson Park, Lincroft > Reply-To: ajspears AT AOL.COM > > An Ash-Throated Flycatcher was discovered today by Sam Skinner at Thompson Park, 805 Newman Springs Road (County Route 520), Lincroft. Enter the main park entrance and continue past all parking lots and buildings until the road turns to gravel. Continue on the gravel road and park in the Marlu Pond lot. Cross the dam on the paved trail and watch for the bird in the field just across the dam. > > Good birding and best wishes for a great holiday! > > Andrew Spears > Tinton Falls, NJ > > How to report NJ bird sightings: How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Townsend's Solitaire continues, Warren County From: Samuel Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:22:57 -0500 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jim Hayes Date: Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 3:14 PM Subject: [JerseyBirds] Solitaire, Shrike on a hike, Warren County To: JerseyBirds AT princeton.edu Greetings! Using the NY/NJ Trail Conference's South Kittatinny Trails Map #16 as a guide, I decided to make a hike out of my try for the Townsend's Solitaire near the Catfish fire tower. At around 10:45 AM this morning, I found the bird with about 9 Bluebirds approximately 1/4 mile past the fire tower feeding in junipers on the left side of the AT. I continued south on the AT and took the Rattlesnake Swamp Trail back to Route 602. By the shore of the north end of Catfish Pond I found a Northern Shrike in the trees by the pond's edge. This was about an hour later than when I saw the Solitaire. Other birds encountered included a Flicker, Downy and Red-bellied Woodpeckers, WB Nuthatches, BC Chickadees and 2 Brown Creepers. Happy Birding! Jim Hayes, Mahwah How to report NJ bird sightings: -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Townsend's Solitaire, Warren County From: Samuel Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:43:26 -0500 A Townsend's Solitaire was found by Phil DeRea on the Appalachian Trail during the Walnut Valley CBC this past Saturday. "You hike south a mile or so on the AT from the point where it crosses Millbrook Rd. (between Blairstown and Millbrook Village). If it helps, the firetower location in DeLorme is page 23 E-16." "It was several hundred yards North of the Catfish Firetower on the AT. Coordinates 41°2.929'N 74°58.225'W." Good birding, Sam -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Final Swan update, Atlantic Co. From: Samuel Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:52:36 -0500 I'd like to thank everyone for their email correspondence on the Trumpeter Swan fiasco at Brigantine but finally I think it's safe to say that it isn't a Trumpeter Swan. Most likely it's a hybrid. Please pay special attention to the comments attached on the following photograph that leads to this conclusion. This bird has been observed in the area since at least November 27th, and I think that's part of the reason why it wasn't reported- people out in the field had a hard time convincing themselves that this was a Trumpeter. At bare minimum it's never a bad idea to pass along photos or field notes to any of us to take a look at and start a dialog. Luckily this bird stayed long enough for Chris to get an ear full from the suspected birds that sounded like "Whistling" Tundra Swans. And mad props goes to the photographers at Brigantine- they really took some great shots that aided in sorting out this bird. http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/6506611549/ Good birding, Sam "I am quite sure I relocated the below pictured suspect swan this morning near the Gull Pond Tower at Brigantine, and it is not a Trumpeter Swan. It is a Tundra Swan with an extensive bit of black facial skin. The bird was with another (and perfectly marked otherwise) Tundra Swan which was also lacking a yellow loral spot. The bird in question does indeed have facial skin that goes dead straight across its lores, making a horizontal black line from eye to bill base when viewed in profile-as in the photos. However, the forehead feathering is perfectly broad and "U" shaped, whne viewed heaad on, and most importantly, the bird is more or less the same size as its dark-lored Tundra Swan chum ( "spotlessness" on a Tundra Swan's lores being a condition which is really not all that uncommon). Both birds had a dull, tomato-red tomial "grin", which is perfectly normal for either species. Both were the same size and proportions as every other Tundra Swan on the pond. When the two took off and landed together, (again in addition to being clearly the same size), upon landing they extended their necks at a 45 degree angle, and bugled, raising their wings at the wrists, and flapping/fluttering their primaries in a perfect Tundra Swan display. And while there was a hen Common Merganser at Wreck Pond, I could not relocate any Thayer's Gull, though I did not look too long. Cheers CJV Cape May, NJ" -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: RBA: New Jersey, Dec. 15, 2011 From: Laurie Larson <llarson2 AT MAC.COM> Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:30:37 -0500 - RBA * New Jersey * Statewide * December 15, 2011 * NJNJ1112.15) - Birds mentioned + Ash-throated Flycatcher + Thayer's Gull + Trumpeter Swan + Details requested by NJBRC* Atlantic Puffin Black-headed Gull Black-legged Kittiwake Brant Common Murre Common Raven Dovekie Eurasian Wigeon Great Shearwater Greater White-fronted Goose Horned Lark King Eider Least Flycatcher Little Gull Manx Shearwater Northern Fulmar Orange-crowned Warbler Parasitic Jaeger Razorbill Red-headed Woodpecker Red-necked Grebe Red-shouldered Hawk Rusty Blackbird Sandhill Crane Snow Bunting Snowy Owl White-winged Scoter Wilson's Snipe Yellow-breasted Chat - Transcript Hotline: Voice of NJ Audubon Number: (732) 872-2595 Phone reports: (732) 872-2500 E-mail reports: sightings (at) njaudubon.org Compilers: Pete Bacinski and Scott Barnes, Sandy Hook Bird Observatory Web: http://www.njaudubon.org/ This is Scott Barnes with the Voice of New Jersey Audubon for Thursday December 15, 2011 with reports of TRUMPETER SWAN, THAYER'S GULL, ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, SNOWY OWL, DOVEKIE, ATLANTIC PUFFIN, seasonal and local reports of interest, and announcements. A pair of possible TRUMPETER SWANS was photographed at Forsythe (Brigantine) NWR Dec 11-12; the birds were seen near the gull pond tower. An adult THAYER'S GULL was found in Sea Girt on the beach at the intersection of Ocean Ave and Chicago, then relocated to Wreck Pond Dec 13. It was seen again on the sandbar at Wreck Pond Dec 15. Manasquan Inlet sightings this week included a second-cycle LITTLE GULL Dec 8, a first-cycle BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE Dec 10, a RED-NECKED GREBE, an adult BLACK-HEADED GULL and a RAZORBILL all Dec 11. A PARASITIC JAEGER was noted at Shark River Inlet Dec 12. An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER has been present at the Yellow Brook Tract in Howell Twp, Monmouth County Dec 8-14. The address is 285 Merrick Road in Howell Township. Enter the property via a non-descript driveway (marked Special Access Parking) for an unoccupied yellow house. Continue behind the house to a grass, fenced pasture that serves as an undeveloped parking area. Go through the break in the fence at the north end of the lot, turn right behind the small barn, and follow the trail into the woods. You will pass a number of grassy clearings on the left and sections of snow fence along the property line on your right. After the last stand of pines on your left is a grown-in clearing, now populated with olives, oaks and a few spruce. The bird feeds in this area, especially the north end, often close to the ground. This area is open to deer hunting daily, except Sundays. Sandy Hook sightings this week included 1-2 RAZORBILLS off the Visitor Center Dec 10-12, two RED-NECKED GREBES off the Visitor Center Dec 12 and 4 RED-NECKED GREBES off Guardian Park Dec 13, 80+ WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, a "one-hour wonder" SNOWY OWL at Gunnison Beach Dec 11, 42 HORNED LARKS, an ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER in the bowl, and 190 SNOW BUNTINGS. Five SANDHILL CRANES continue this week through Dec 13 in Franklin Twp, Somerset Co. The birds were seen at the intersection of Weston & Mettlar Roads Dec 8 and in a cornfield along Randolph Rd Dec 11 & 13. A BRANT was among a small flock of CANADA GEESE along Randolph Rd Dec 11. The GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was seen again at Duke Island Park in Bridgewater Dec 13-15. Also in Bridgewater, a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues at North Branch Park this week. Another GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was photographed at Terhune Park along River Rd in Teaneck Dec 13. Also in Bergen County, the female EURASIAN WIGEON continues at Darlington Lake in Mahwah through Dec 10. The Merrill Creek SNOWY OWL continues to be seen below the dam through Dec 11. A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was discovered at Huber Woods Environmental Center Dec 12. A BLACK-HEADED GULL was seen at Lefante Way near the Bayonne Golf Club Dec 9. Hatfield Swamp in Essex County had a very late LEAST FLYCATCHER Dec 8-9; also there were RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, WILSON'S SNIPE, COMMON RAVEN, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, and 25 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS. Two female KING EIDERS were noted among the sea duck flock at Barnegat Light State Park Dec 10 and a PARASITIC JAEGER was detected there Dec 12. Birders on a wreck fishing trip 60 miles east of Manasquan Inlet Dec 9 found MANX SHEARWATER, 17 NORTHERN FULMARS, 2 GREAT SHEARWATERS, 9 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, 127 DOVEKIES, ATLANTIC PUFFIN, and 2 RAZORBILLS. Other birders in the same area Dec 14 tallied 21 NORTHERN FULMARS, GREAT SHEARWATER, 6 BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKES, 181 DOVEKIES, and an ATLANTIC PUFFIN. A birder working on a fishing boat Dec 13 found 3 COMMON MURRES three miles offshore of Point Pleasant Beach. ANNOUNCEMENTS: An eight-hour nearshore pelagic trip is scheduled from Belmar on Jan 15, 2012 targeting Razorbill, Common Murre, other alcids, Black-legged Kittiwake, and other gulls. For more information or to register contact See Life Paulagics at 215-234-6805 or info at paulagics.com The Voice of New Jersey Audubon Society is a weekly report on birding in New Jersey. To report birds please call 732-872-2500 or email sightings at njaudubon.org Please submit reports of Review List Species (photos, field sketches, and/or written documentation) to the New Jersey Bird Records Committee at 14 Crown Dr, Warren NJ 07059 or report AT njbrc.net Good Birding and thanks for reporting. - End Transcript How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Thayer's Gull continues, Monmouth Co. From: Sam Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:23:28 -0500 Tom Reed reports: Apparent adult Thayer's Gull continues at Wreck Pond. Fair amount of turnover of birds between pond and beachfront. More photos are requested. Good birding, Sam -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Bell's Vireo continues, Cape May From: Samuel Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:14:16 -0500 Mike Wolfe reports that the Bell's Vireo is currently being seen along the roadside across from the Beanery. Please use caution along the road and be aware that the property on that side is private. Good birding, Sam -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Ash-throated Flycatcher, Monmouth Co. From: Samuel Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:09:35 -0500 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Andrew Spears Date: Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 3:55 PM Subject: [JerseyBirds] Ash Throated Flycatcher, Howell To: JerseyBirds AT princeton.edu An Ash Throated Flycatcher, originally located by Patrick Becker on December 8, remains today at the Yellow Brook Tract, County Park property at 285 Merrick Road in Howell Township. Enter the property via a non-descript driveway (marked Special Access Parking) for an unoccupied yellow house. Continue behind the house to a grass, fenced pasture that serves as an undeveloped parking area. Go through the break in the fence at the north end of the lot, turn right behind the small barn, and follow the trail into the woods. You will pass a number of grassy clearings on the left and sections of snow fence along the property line on your right. After the last stand of pines on your left is a grown-in clearing, now populated with olives, oaks and a few spruce. The bird feeds in this area, especially the north end, often close to the ground. This area is open to deer hunting daily, except Sundays. Also, the grass parking lot may prove tricky during rain...if in doubt, park just off the front driveway. Andrew Spears Tinton Falls, NJ How to report NJ bird sightings: -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Bell's Vireo, Cape May From: Samuel Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:05:01 -0500 A report came in this morning of the Bell's Vireo at the Beanery's main gate and just now, Glen Davis confirmed that it's still there. No word if it's the same bird. Good birding, Sam -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Trumpeter Swan update, Atlantic County From: Samuel Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:25:49 -0500 I've just received more photographs of the bird from the 8th of December. It's strongly advised to look for bands and capturing an audio recording can go a long way. It's pretty amazing how a photograph can sway one's opinion, with more photographs it's now becoming apparent that this is looking good for Trumpeter Swan. These photos don't have a location other than Forsythe associated with them however it looks very similar to the Gull Pond in regards to vegetation and lighting. It could very well be at the same location. http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/6506841079 http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/6506840971 http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/6506840915 http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/6506840863 Good birding, Sam -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Tentative Trumpeter Swan, Atlantic County From: Samuel Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:30:38 -0500 These two birds were photographed by Mike Newlon yesterday at the Gull Pond Tower at Brigantine NWR/Forsythe: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/6506611549 Please read the comments carefully. More documentation and careful observation is needed. Mike said he'll have more photos tonight. Good birding, Sam -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Thayer's Gull update, Wreck Pond From: Samuel Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:12:28 -0500 Rick Wright just reported that the adult Thayer's Gull he found is currently on the ice at Wreck Pond. Good birding, Sam -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Thayer's Gull, Monmouth Co. From: Samuel Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:07:36 -0500 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Rick Wright Date: Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 11:45 AM Subject: [JerseyBirds] Seagirt Thayer's Gull To: JerseyBirds AT princeton.edu Rick just called and an adult Thayer's Gull is at the corner of Chicago and Ocean in Seagirt. Bird just took off and moved north, possibly towards Wreck Pond. No photos but excellent view. Alison Beringer (Rick's wife) -- Rick Wright Little Falls, NJ Senior Leader, WINGS http://birdingnewjersey.com How to report NJ bird sightings: -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: RBA: New Jersey, Dec. 8, 2011 From: Laurie Larson <llarson2 AT MAC.COM> Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 14:20:09 -0500 - RBA * New Jersey * Statewide * December 8, 2011 * NJNJ1112.08 - Birds mentioned + Barnacle Goose + Details requested by NJBRC American Bittern Black-legged Kittiwake Brant Cackling Goose Common Eider Eastern Phoebe Eurasian Wigeon Fox Sparrow Glaucous Gull Greater White-fronted Goose Harlequin Duck Horned Grebe Iceland Gull King Eider Lark Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Little Gull Northern Shrike Palm Warbler Parasitic Jaegers Red-headed Woodpecker Red-necked Grebe Sandhill Crane Short-eared Owl Snow Bunting Snowy Owl Yellow-breasted Chat - Transcript Hotline: Voice of NJ Audubon Number: (732) 872-2595 Phone reports: (732) 872-2500 E-mail reports: sightings (at) njaudubon.org Compilers: Pete Bacinski and Scott Barnes, Sandy Hook Bird Observatory Web: http://www.njaudubon.org/ This is Scott Barnes with the Voice of New Jersey Audubon for Thursday December 8, 2011 with reports of BARNACLE GOOSE, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, ROSS'S GOOSE, SNOWY OWL, NORTHERN SHRIKE, LARK SPARROW, seasonal and local reports of interest, and announcements. A BARNACLE GOOSE was reported in the Califon, Hunterdon County area Dec 4. The bird was seen along Rte 513 about 2 miles east of Califon where the road crosses the Raritan River near the Raritan Inn. Birders should keep in mind a presumed hybrid Barnacle Goose X Canada Goose has also been seen in the area. Five species of geese were found in Somerset County this week. A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE remained at Duke Island Park through Dec 4 and a ROSS'S GOOSE appeared there Dec 5 along Old York Rd. Another GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, a juvenile BRANT, and 2 CACKLING GEESE were found in a field bordered by Schoolhouse & Randolph Roads Dec 5. Also in Franklin Twp were 4 SANDHILL CRANES seen in a cornfield along Weston Canal Rd near Zarepath Dec 3. Three NORTHERN SHRIKES were detected in Sussex County this week. One bird was seen along Oil City Rd/Liberty Loop impoundment at Wallkill River NWR Dec 3, another was found in Augusta in a field off Rte 206 near mile marker 113 on Dec 3, and a third was found near Peter's Valley at the intersection of Kuhn & Thunder Mountain Roads Dec 5. The SNOWY OWL continues at Merrill Creek Reservoir through Dec 5; look for the bird in the rocks below the main dam. Also there were 2 RED-NECKED GREBES. The female EURASIAN WIGEON continues at Darlington Lake in Mahwah through Dec 5. Also in Bergen County at the DeKorte Environment Center in Lyndhurst were a HORNED GREBE, an immature ICELAND GULL, a first-cycle GLAUCOUS GULL, and late EASTERN PHOEBE and PALM WARBLER Dec 3-4. At Weequahic Park in Newark 7 CACKLING GEESE and a first-cycle ICELAND GULL were noted Dec 2. Sandy Hook sightings this week included an AMERICAN BITTERN at Plum Island, 2 RED-NECKED GREBES in Horseshoe Cove, a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT at Gunnison lot, and 90 SNOW BUNTINGS at the end of the fisherman's trail Dec 4. A LARK SPARROW was seen at Dorbrook Park near the parking lot Dec 3. Also there was a late LINCOLN'S SPARROW and 6 FOX SPARROWS. A juvenile RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was noted at the Pole Farm (Mercer County Park NW) Dec 2. Barnegat Inlet hosted 350 COMMON EIDERS, 2 female KING EIDERS, 20+ HARLEQUIN DUCKS, and 4 PARASITIC JAEGERS Dec 3. A BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE and LITTLE GULL were noted there Dec 7. Also in Ocean County were 3 SHORT-EARED OWLS hunting marshes between Dock Rd and Cedar Run Dock Rd and another Short-eared Owl at Taylor's Lane, all Dec 3. ANNOUNCEMENTS: An eight-hour nearshore pelagic trip is scheduled from Belmar on Jan 15, 2012 targeting Razorbill, Common Murre, other alcids, Black-legged Kittiwake, and other gulls. For more information or to register contact See Life Paulagics at 215-234-6805 or infopaulagics.com The Voice of New Jersey Audubon Society is a weekly report on birding in New Jersey. To report birds please call 732-872-2500 or email sightings AT njaudubon.org Please submit reports of Review List Species (photos, field sketches, and/or written documentation) to the New Jersey Bird Records Committee at 14 Crown Dr, Warren NJ 07059 or report AT njbrc.net Good Birding and thanks for reporting. - End Transcript How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Barnacle Goose, Hunterdon Co. From: Sam Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 11:54:05 -0500 -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ Begin forwarded message: > From: Vince Koczurik > Date: December 4, 2011 11:37:19 AM EST > To: JerseyBirds AT Princeton.EDU > Subject: [JerseyBirds] Barnacle goose returns > Reply-To: Vince Koczurik > > Jerseybirders, > > My friends in Califon report that a (the) barnacle goose has returned to the area. They saw it along route 513 about 2 miles east of Califon where the road crosses the river near the Raritan Inn on Saturday. > > Vincent Koczurik > Easton, PA > > How to report NJ bird sightings: How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Bell's Vireo photos, Cape May From: Samuel Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 14:38:42 -0500 I've placed a few photos of the Bell's Vireo on my Flickr. The bird continues along the same hedge. http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ The Painted Bunting continues this afternoon as well as the Ash-throated Flycatcher at Cape Island Creek Preserve. Good birding! Sam -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Bell's Vireo, Cape May From: Sam Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 11:08:20 -0500 There's a Bell's Vireo at the Beanery right now by the parking lot feeding in cedars along the hedge of the main gate. Good birding, Sam -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Painted Bunting continues, Cape May From: Sam Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 08:37:12 -0500 Still coming to the described feeders this morning. Good birding, Sam -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ Begin forwarded message: > From: Marleen Murgitroyde > Date: December 2, 2011 6:53:04 PM EST > To: JerseyBirds AT Princeton.EDU > Subject: [JerseyBirds] Painted Bunting - Cape May > Reply-To: Marleen Murgitroyde > > An adult male painted bunting is visting feeders at 4068 and 4070 Bayshore > Road (south of the canal). > > > To view the bird at 4070 Bayshore, please walk down the entrance road to > Hidden Valley Horse Ranch and not on the homeowners property. > > To view the bird at 4068 Bayshore, walk down the driveway and view from > there. > -- > Marleen Murgitroyde > > How to report NJ bird sightings: How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Painted Bunting, Cape May From: Sam Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 11:31:25 -0500 A male Painted Bunting has been coming to a feeder on Bayshore Road in West Cape May. The bird is viewable on the North side of the Hidden Valley Ranch driveway made with clam shells. Park well off to the side of the road on the grass and watch traffic. It's also viewable from the road. Good birding, Sam -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: RBA: New Jersey, Dec. 1, 2011 From: Laurie Larson <llarson2 AT MAC.COM> Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2011 13:53:11 -0500 - RBA * New Jersey * Statewide * NJNJ1112.01 * December 1, 2011 - Birds Mentioned + Ash-throated Flycatcher + Western Tanager + (Details requested by NJBRC) American Bittern Baltimore Oriole Black-headed Gull Blue Grosbeak Bonaparte's Gull Cackling Goose Common Eider Eurasian Green-winged Teal Eurasian Wigeon Fox Sparrow Glaucous Gull Golden Eagle Greater White-fronted Goose Green Heron Harlequin Duck King Eider Little Gull Nashville Warbler Orange-crowned Warbler Parasitic Jaeger Pine Siskin Purple Finch Redhead Red-headed Woodpecker Red-necked Grebe Red-shouldered Hawk Rose-breasted Grosbeak Ross's Goose Rusty Blackbird Snowy Owl Tundra Swan White-winged Scoter Winter Wren Yellow-breasted Chat - Transcript Hotline: Voice of NJ Audubon Number: (732) 872-2595 Phone reports: (732) 872-2500 E-mail reports: sightings (at) njaudubon.org Compilers: Pete Bacinski and Scott Barnes, Sandy Hook Bird Observatory Web: http://www.njaudubon.org/ This is Scott Barnes with the Voice of New Jersey Audubon for Thursday December 1, 2011 with reports of ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, WESTERN TANAGER, GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, PARASITIC JAEGER, SNOWY OWL, seasonal & local reports of interest. An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER and a WESTERN TANAGER were discovered at Barnegat Light State Park Nov 26. The WESTERN TANAGER remained through Nov 28 and was found along the path between the parking lot and the visitor center. Birds noted around Barnegat Inlet Nov 26-28 included 200 COMMON EIDERS and a female KING EIDER at the old 8th street jetty, 20+ HARLEQUIN DUCKS, 5-7 PARASITIC JAEGERS, 700 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, LITTLE GULL, and BLACK-HEADED GULL. A second-year GLAUCOUS GULL was in the inlet Nov 30. At nearby 3rd Street just outside the park, a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT and a late ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK were detected Nov 27. An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER was found in Ramapo Mountain State Forest Nov 26. The bird was at an overlook near the intersection of the red and yellow trails. The Merrill Creek SNOWY OWL continued through at least Nov 26; viewed on the rocky slope below the main dam. Sandy Hook sightings this week included 2 COMMON EIDERS, a female KING EIDER, and 70 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS off the Visitor Center, 2 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS near the fisherman's trail, a YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT at G-lot, PURPLE FINCH and PINE SISKIN, all Nov 26. A PARASITIC JAEGER was harassing gulls off the false hook Nov 27 and an AMERICAN BITTERN was noted at Plum Island Nov 29. A ROSS'S GOOSE was noted at Forsythe (Brigantine) NWR Nov 27-30 and 55 TUNDRA SWANS were in the northwest pool Nov 28. Sightings from Palmyra Cove this week included 2 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS Nov 25, a late GREEN HERON Nov 26, NASHVILLE WARBLER and 3 BALTIMORE ORIOLES Nov 27; also there were RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, WINTER WREN, FOX SPARROW, and 2 PURPLE FINCHES. A GOLDEN EAGLE was over Seabrook Rd at Mannington Marsh, Salem Co. Nov 30. A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was found at Duke Island Park in Bridgewater Nov 27-30. Three CACKLING GEESE were seen on Lake Etra near Hightstown Nov 26. Another trio of CACKLING GEESE were noted on the Delaware River from Riverton Nov 30. Sightings from the Great Swamp NWR this week included an AMERICAN BITTERN at the garden club blind boardwalk and 200 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS near the bridge on Pleasant Plains Rd. A RED-NECKED GREBE was found at Round Valley Reservoir Nov 26. Willowood Arboretum near Chester had a late BLUE GROSBEAK Nov 26. A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was noted at Glenhurst Meadows Nov 28. Two REDHEADS continue at Mount Hope Lake in Rockaway Twp through Nov 25. A EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL was seen at Mill Creek Marsh in Secaucus Nov 24. A CACKLING GOOSE was found on Darlington Lake in Mahwah, where a female EURASIAN WIGEON continued through Nov 25. A CACKLING GOOSE was found at Waterwheel Farm in Fredon Twp Nov 25. The Voice of New Jersey Audubon Society is a weekly report on birding in New Jersey. To report birds please call 732-872-2500 or email sightings AT njaudubon.org Please submit reports of Review List Species (photos, field sketches, and/or written documentation) to the New Jersey Bird Records Committee at 14 Crown Dr, Warren NJ 07059 or report AT njbrc.net Good Birding and thanks for reporting. - End Transcript How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Western Tanager photos, Ocean County From: Samuel Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2011 19:34:11 -0500 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mike DeBonis Date: Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 7:30 PM Subject: [JerseyBirds] Western Tanager and others birds new link To: JerseyBirds AT princeton.edu Sorry I had to change the link to my Picasa web site because it was to long... See correct link below https://picasaweb.google.com/mdebonis1661/WesternTanager# How to report NJ bird sightings: -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Western Tanager continues, Ocean County From: Sam Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2011 08:59:13 -0500 The Western Tanager has been found again at Barnegat Light State Park at the entrance of the lighthouse path starting at the parking lot. Good birding, Sam -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Western Tanager, Ocean County From: Sam Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2011 11:35:16 -0500 -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ Begin forwarded message: > From: DAVID KOCH > Date: November 26, 2011 11:18:10 AM EST > To: JerseyBirds AT Princeton.EDU > Subject: [JerseyBirds] Western tanager, Barnegat > Reply-To: DAVID KOCH > > Posting for a group from the Lehigh Valley area of PA who are currently at Barnegat: > Matt Sabatine called requesting that I post that Mark Boyd, who's leading the group there, found a western tanager eating juniper berries near where the bathrooms are at Barnegat. Jake Mohlmann got photos. > > Arlene Koch > Easton, PA > Northampton County > davilene AT verizon.net > > How to report NJ bird sightings: How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Fwd: Le Conte's Sparrow in Cape May - photos and directions From: Sam Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 15:49:39 -0500 -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ Begin forwarded message: > From: Tom Johnson > Date: November 24, 2011 3:46:25 PM EST > To: JerseyBirds AT Princeton.EDU > Subject: [JerseyBirds] Le Conte's Sparrow in Cape May - photos and directions > Reply-To: Tom Johnson > > Jerseybirders, > As of about 2:40 pm today, the Le Conte's Sparrow was in the very same > spot where Chris Vogel found it this morning at Higbee Beach. The > spot is in the southwestern corner of the northeastern-most field at > Higbee - if you walk south out of the parking lot past the portajohns, > bear left (instead of going down the path between the hedges) into a > large field. Walk down the path along the west side of that field > until you reach a small treeline that juts out into the field, > separating it from the next field to the south. The sparrow was in > the low, dense grasses immediately beside the path here, and flushed > into the adjacent hedgerow (but always returned promptly to the dense > grass along the path). The precise GPS location is here: > 38.959793,-74.959519 (you can copy/ paste these coordinates into > Google Maps for a good idea of where to go). Since this is a very > secretive species, patience is definitely required - please avoid > flushing this bird excessively. > A photo of the bird is online here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bonxie88/ > Happy Thanksgiving, > Tom > > -- > Tom Johnson > Cape May, NJ > tbj4 AT cornell.edu > > How to report NJ bird sightings: How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Fwd: Le Conte's Sparrow - Cape May From: Sam Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:37:43 -0500 -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ Begin forwarded message: > From: Tom Johnson > Date: November 24, 2011 9:56:36 AM EST > To: JerseyBirds AT Princeton.EDU > Subject: [JerseyBirds] Le Conte's Sparrow - Cape May > Reply-To: Tom Johnson > > Chris Vogel just found a Le Conte's Sparrow at Higbee Beach SWA in Cape > may. Field 4 or 5, east of the main hedge. > > -- > Tom Johnson > Cape May, NJ > tbj4 AT cornell.edu > > How to report NJ bird sightings: How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: RBA: New Jersey, Nov. 23, 2011 From: Laurie Larson <llarson2 AT MAC.COM> Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:58:51 -0500 - RBA * New Jersey * Statewide * NJNJ1111.23 * November 23, 2011 - Birds Mentioned Black Scoter Bonaparte's Gull Cackling Goose Clay-colored Sparrow Eurasian Wigeon Golden Eagle Iceland Gull Lapland Longspur Northern Gannet Northern Rough-winged Swallow Parasitic Jaeger Purple Finch Redhead Red-headed Woodpecker Red-necked Grebe Red-throated Loon Snow Bunting Snowy Owl Tundra Swan Western Sandpiper White-rumped Sandpiper White-winged Scoter Yellow Warbler Yellow-breasted Chat - Transcript Hotline: Voice of NJ Audubon Number: (732) 872-2595 Phone reports: (732) 872-2500 E-mail reports: sightings (at) njaudubon.org Compilers: Pete Bacinski and Scott Barnes, Sandy Hook Bird Observatory Web: http://www.njaudubon.org/ This is Scott Barnes with the Voice of New Jersey Audubon for Wednesday November 23, 2011 with reports of EURASIAN WIGEON, PARASITIC JAEGER, SNOWY OWL, CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, seasonal and local reports of interest. A SNOWY OWL continues through Nov 21 at Merrill Creek Reservoir. The bird is generally found on the south side of the main dam, accessed from the path heading east from Fox Farm Rd. Also at Merrill Creek Reservoir were BLACK SCOTER Nov 21 and a RED-NECKED GREBE Nov 20. Three GOLDEN EAGLES were tallied at Sunrise Mountain Nov 18 and 2 RED-NECKED GREBES were found on nearby Culver's Lake the same day. A female EURASIAN WIGEON remained on Darlington Lake in Mahwah through Nov 21. Also in Bergen County at the Allendale Celery Farm was a very late YELLOW WARBLER Nov 20. A CLAY-COLORED SPARROW was found on the Newark Rutgers Campus Nov 21. Five TUNDRA SWANS were on Lake Hopatcong Nov 19. Two REDHEADS were on Mount Hope Lake in Rockaway Twp this week. An ICELAND GULL was found on Spruce Run Reservoir Nov 22. North Branch Park in Bridgewater Twp hosted 9 CACKLING GEESE Nov 18 and an immature RED-HEADED WOODPECKER was by the river in the far left corner of the south field Nov 21. Sandy Hook Nov 20 had 60 WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS off the Visitor Center, NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW, YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT at G-lot, 80 SNOW BUNTINGS, and 6 PURPLE FINCHES. A free, detailed birding map of Sandy Hook is available at SHBO; check the sightings log there for daily reports. Island Beach State Park had a good seabird flight Nov 19 with 500 RED-THROATED LOONS, RED-NECKED GREBE, 1500 NORTHERN GANNETS, 11 PARASITIC JAEGERS, 280 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, and large alcid sp. Forsythe (Brigantine) NWR Nov 19 hosted 40+ TUNDRA SWANS, 20 WESTERN SANDPIPERS, 2 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPERS, and a LAPLAND LONGSPUR. The Voice of New Jersey Audubon Society is a weekly report on birding in New Jersey. To report birds please call 732-872-2500 or email sightings AT njaudubon.org Please submit reports of Review List Species (photos, field sketches, and/or written documentation) to the New Jersey Bird Records Committee at 14 Crown Dr, Warren NJ 07059 or report AT njbrc.net Good Birding and thanks for reporting. - End Transcript How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Ash-throated Flycatcher continues, Cape May From: Sam Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:00:05 -0500 Chris Vogel reported that the Ash-throated Flycatcher continues at Cape Island Creek Preserve in the NE corner of the South field. Very vocal and cooperative. Good birding, Sam -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Ash-throated Flycatcher, Cape May From: Sam Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:12:31 -0500 Jimmy Dowdell reports an Ash-throated Flycatcher at Cape Island Creek 200 yards South of the entrance at the end of Wlison's Ave along the railroad tracks. Other goodies include King Eider, Razorbill, and Red-necked Grebe flying past the Seawatch this morning, a Golden Eagle and a couple of Cave Swallows flying past the Hawkwatch. Should be a good weekend! Good birding, Sam -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: RBA: New Jersey, Nov. 17, 2011 From: Laurie Larson <llarson2 AT MAC.COM> Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:09:24 -0500 - RBA * New Jersey * Statewide * NJNJ1111.17 * November 17, 2011 - Birds Mentioned + Ash-throated Flycatcher + South Polar Skua + (Details requested by NJBRC) American Bittern American Pipit American Tree Sparrow Atlantic Puffin Black-legged Kittiwake Cackling Goose Canada Goose Cattle Egret Clay-colored Sparrow Cory's Shearwater Eurasian Green-winged Teal Eurasian Wigeon Fox Sparrow Golden Eagle Great Shearwater Horned Lark Hudsonian Godwit Lapland Longspur Manx Shearwater Northern Goshawk Northern Shrike Parasitic Jaeger Pomarine Jaeger Purple Finch Razorbill Red Phalarope Red-necked Grebe Rusty Blackbird Short-eared Owl Snow Bunting Snowy Owl Tundra Swan Vesper Sparrow Yellow-headed Blackbird - Transcript Hotline: Voice of NJ Audubon Number: (732) 872-2595 Phone reports: (732) 872-2500 E-mail reports: sightings (at) njaudubon.org Compilers: Pete Bacinski and Scott Barnes, Sandy Hook Bird Observatory Web: http://www.njaudubon.org/ This is Scott Barnes with the Voice of New Jersey Audubon for Thursday November 17, 2011 with reports of ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER, SNOWY OWL, NORTHERN SHRIKE, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, seasonal and local reports of interest. An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER was photographed at Sandy Hook Nov 13. The bird was found in thickets near the salt pond to the left of the end of the fisherman's trail. Other birds noted at the hook this week included a RED-NECKED GREBE in Horseshoe Cove Nov 13, a late CLAY-COLORED SPARROW at K-lot Nov 14, all three scoters off the Visitor's Center, and 25 HORNED LARKS and 50 SNOW BUNTINGS off north beach Nov 14. A free detailed birding map of Sandy Hook is available at SHBO; check the sightings log there for daily reports. A female SNOWY OWL was found at Merrill Creek Reservoir Nov 10-16. The bird moves around, but has often been seen along the downstream (southern) side of the main dam; park in the overlook lot and walk to the main dam. The second spot is to the east in dead timber along the water's edge; when here the owl may be visible from the hawk watch. Other Warren County reports were 150 HORNED LARKS, 20 AMERICAN PIPITS, 2 VESPER SPARROWS, and 3 SNOW BUNTINGS at Oberly Rd, Alpha Grasslands Nov 9 and a Lapland Longspur there Nov 16. Raccoon Ridge had a NORTHERN GOSHAWK Nov 11 and 2 GOLDEN EAGLES Nov 12. A CATTLE EGRET was seen on South Main Street in Stewartsville Nov 15-16. A RED-NECKED GREBE was present at Spruce Run Reservoir Nov 10-16. A female EURASIAN WIGEON was discovered at Darlington Lake in Mahwah, Bergen County Nov 12-14. A EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL was found at Mill Creek Marsh in Secaucus Nov 15. Wallkill River NWR's Liberty Loop/Oil City Rd area hosted a NORTHERN SHRIKE and 24 SNOW BUNTINGS Nov 13. A SHORT-EARED OWL was detected at the Bayonne Golf Club Nov 12. Sightings from Great Swamp NWR this week were of a flock of 400 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS along Pleasant Plains Rd Nov 13 and 2 FOX SPARROWS. Troy Meadows hosted 55 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, AMERICAN TREE SPARROW, 3 FOX SPARROWS, and PURPLE FINCH Nov 13. A CACKLING GOOSE was gleaned from the CANADA GOOSE flock on Lake Etra near Hightstown Nov 13. Forsythe (Brigantine) NWR had 20 TUNDRA SWANS and HUDSONIAN GODWIT Nov 12-13. A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen along the south dike Nov 17. An AMERICAN BITTERN was noted at Taylor's Refuge in Cinnaminson Nov 12. Three YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS were found in a huge flock of blackbirds going to roost at Mannington Marsh Nov 15. Birders aboard a research vessel Nov 9-10 in the Hudson Canyon and waters off south jersey found 200 GREAT SHEARWATERS, CORY'S SHEARWATER, 19 MANX SHEARWATERS, SOUTH POLAR SKUA, 150 RED PHALAROPES, PARASITIC JAEGER, 2-4 POMARINE JAEGERS, numbers of BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE, ATLANTIC PUFFIN and RAZORBILL. The Voice of New Jersey Audubon Society is a weekly report on birding in New Jersey. To report birds please call 732-872-2500 or email sightings AT njaudubon.org Please submit reports of Review List Species (photos, field sketches, and/or written documentation) to the New Jersey Bird Records Committee at 14 Crown Dr, Warren NJ 07059 or report AT njbrc.net Good Birding and thanks for reporting. - End Transcript How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Ash-throated Flycatcher photo, Monmouth Co. From: Samuel Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:58:17 -0500 With Joe Reynolds's permission I've place a photo he took of the Ash-throated Flycatcher from Sandy Hook on my Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/6347862641 No positive or negative reports of this bird since. Good birding, Sam -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Ash-throated Flycatcher (13 Nov) at Sandy Hook From: Scott Barnes <myiarchus16 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:09:58 -0800 NJ Birds,   Checking work email this evening I received photographs of an Ash-throated Flycatcher taken by Joe Reynolds yesterday (13 Nov) at Sandy Hook.  The bird was seen "near north pond."  More details if the bird is relocated.   Good luck,   Scott Barnes Senior Naturalist Sandy Hook Bird Observatory New Jersey Audubon www.njaudubon.org/Centers/SHBO   How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Snowy Owl update, Warren County From: Samuel Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:32:47 -0500 Today's strong WNW winds has the Snowy Owl ducking for cover on the South end of South Dam at Merrill Creek Reservoir. This gives excellent scope views of the bird without any disturbance from the top of the dam looking down. Since this bird doesn't seem to move during the day- here's a Bing map of where it's perched currently: http://binged.it/rASs5O Good birding, Sam -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: California Gull, Cape May From: Samuel Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:10:36 -0500 Tom Reed reports a 2nd cycle California Gull passing the Avalon Seawatch just a minute ago with seven Ring-billed Gulls. Keep an eye out for this bird. Good Birding, Sam -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Photo of the Snowy Owl, Warren County updated directions From: Samuel Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:19:32 -0500 A photo taken by finder and fisherman Ray Richkus of Flemington was just sent to me and can be viewed here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/6332628654 This darkly marked bird is most likely a male. For more detailed directions please click the following map: http://g.co/maps/s5qdh It's a long walk- a little over a mile one way. Once you get to the second set of woods past the dam there's a recently fallen green-leafed oak limb next to the trail on the left side. Just after that there's a couple of rocks placed on a log with a stick pointing to the lake shore. Can't be more than .2 miles into the woods. Follow the stick down to the lake shore and look right- you should see the bird resting along the shore with surrounding driftwood. He was seen this morning in short flight seemingly hunting but no word of any success. It has a little wash of blood on the right side of it's face but the same wash is evident from yesterday's photo. While I was there this morning he was aware of passing eagles but never moved an inch after over an hour of observation. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE give the bird some space- there have already been complaints about photographers getting too close that the bird seems weary while looking at observers. With an excellent view from the edge of the lake shore there shouldn't be a need for people to get, 'just a little closer'. Please be aware of other people in the area observing the bird- it's best to join up with them then risk accidentally flushing the bird on your own, not knowing where the owl is along the bank. If you want to avoid that situation all together you can get diagnostic looks from the opposite shore in the North parking lot where I believe the hawk count is conducted. Good birding, Sam -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html Subject: Snowy Owl continues, Warren Co. From: Sam Galick <sam.galick AT GMAIL.COM> Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:25:47 -0500 Frank Sencher and others report that the Snowy Owl continues at Merrill Creek Reservoir in the same spot found yesterday making short flights looking for food along the shoreline. Good birding, Sam -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ sam.galick AT gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ How to report NJ bird sightings: http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html