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8 May RBA: Cape May, NJ, May 8, 2008 [Laurie Larson ] 8 May RBA: New Jersey, May 8, 2008 [Laurie Larson ] 8 May White-winged dove, Sandy Hook [Laurie Larson ] 6 May Sandy Hook - Loggerhead Shrike yes, FTFL no [Laurie Larson ] 6 May possible Fork-tailed Flycatcher, Sandy Hook [Laurie Larson ] 2 May RBA: Cape May, NJ, May 1 2008 [Laurie Larson ] 2 May Swalllow-tailed Kite at Sandy Hook [Bill Boyle ] 1 May RBA: New Jersey, May 1, 2008 [Laurie Larson ] 24 Apr RBA: Cape May, NJ, April 24, 2008 [Jean Bickal ] 24 Apr RBA: New Jersey, April 24, 2008 [Laurie Larson ] 23 Apr White-faced Ibis update [Laurie Larson ] 23 Apr Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Brigantine [Laurie Larson ] 17 Apr RBA, New Jersey, April 17, 2008 [Laurie Larson ] 17 Apr RBA: Cape May, NJ, April 17, 2008 [Jean Bickal ] 16 Apr Fork-tailed Flycatcher (belated report) ["Donald P. Freiday" ] 10 Apr RBA: New Jersey, April 10, 2008 [Laurie Larson ] 10 Apr RBA: Cape May, NJ, April 10, 2008 [Jean Bickal ] 6 Apr RBA: Cape May, NJ, April 3, 2008 [Jean Bickal ] 3 Apr RBA: New Jersey, April 3, 2008 [Laurie Larson ] 27 Mar RBA: New Jersey, March 27, 2008 [Laurie Larson ] 21 Mar RBA: Cape May, NJ, March 20, 2008 [Jean Bickal ] 20 Mar RBA: New Jersey, March 20, 2008 [Laurie Larson ] 17 Mar Barnacle Goose ["Donald P. Freiday" ] 17 Mar Barnacle Goose and New Jersey Bird Records Committee [Bill Boyle ] 17 Mar Franklin's Gull, Spruce Run Reservoir [Scott Barnes ] 14 Mar RBA: Cape May, NJ, February 13, 2008 [Jean Bickal ] 13 Mar RBA, New Jersey, March 13, 2008 [Laurie Larson ] 11 Mar Western Grebe at Sandy Hook [Scott Barnes ] 6 Mar RBA: New Jersey, March 6 2008 [Laurie Larson ] 6 Mar RBA: Cape May, NJ, March 6, 2008 [Jean Bickal ] 2 Mar Snowy Owl, Liberty State Park [Laurie Larson ] 29 Feb Western Grebe [Scott Barnes ] 29 Feb RBA: New Jersey, February 29, 2008 [Laurie Larson ] 28 Feb RBA: Cape May, New Jersey, Feb. 28, 2008 [Laurie Larson ] 21 Feb RBA: Cape May, NJ, February 21, 2008 [Laurie Larson ] 21 Feb RBA: New Jersey, February 21, 2008 [Laurie Larson ] 15 Feb RBA: Cape May, NJ, February 15, 2008 [Jean Bickal ] 14 Feb RBA: New Jersey, Feb. 14, 2008 [Laurie Larson ] 8 Feb RBA: Cape May, NJ, February 7, 2008 [Jean Bickal ] 7 Feb RBA: New Jersey, February 7, 2008 [Laurie Larson ] 31 Jan RBA: New Jersey, January 31, 2008 [Laurie Larson ] 24 Jan RBA: New Jersey, Jan. 24 2008 [Laurie Larson ] 24 Jan Extralimital: Apparent SCOTT'S ORIOLE in Mid-town Manhattan, NY [Laurie Larson ] 18 Jan RBA: New Jersey, January 17 2008 [Laurie Larson ] 18 Jan RBA: Cape May, NJ, January 18, 2008 [Jean Bickal ] 12 Jan Bohemian Waxwing update [Scott Barnes ] 11 Jan Bohemian Waxwings at Sandy Hook [Laurie Larson ] 9 Jan RBA: New Jersey, Jan. 9, 2008 [Laurie Larson ] 7 Jan Eared Grebes, Sandy Hook [Scott Barnes ] 3 Jan RBA: Cape May, NJ, January 3, 2008 [Jean Bickal ] 3 Jan RBA: New Jersey, Jan. 3 2008 [Laurie Larson ] 30 Dec White-winged Dove, Villas and updates [Laurie Larson ] Subject: RBA: Cape May, NJ, May 8, 2008 From: Laurie Larson <llarson AT Princeton.EDU> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 22:05:05 -0400 - RBA * New Jersey * Cape May, Cumberland, Atlantic Counties * NJCM0805.08 * May 8, 2008 - Birds Mentioned + Curlew Sandpiper + Eurasian Collared-Dove + (Details requested by NJBRC) *Documentation of review list species goes to report AT njbrc.net - or US Mail to NJ Bird Records Committee Secretary, 14 Crown Dr., Warren, NJ 07059 American Golden-Plover American Pipit Black Rail Black Tern Cerulean Warbler Common Eider Common Merganser Dickcissel Glaucous Gull Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Long-billed Dowitcher Marbled Godwit Mississippi Kite Parasitic Jaeger Pine Siskin Pomarine Jaeger Roseate Tern Ruff Sandhill Crane Western Sandpiper Whimbrel White-winged Scoter - Transcript Hotline: Cape May Birding Hotline To Report: (609) 884-2736, sightings AT birdcapemay.org Coverage: Cape May, Cumberland and Atlantic Counties, NJ Compiler: Tom Reed, Cape May Bird Observatory URL: http://www.njaudubon.org ; http://www.birdcapemay.org This is the Cape May Birding Hotline, a service of New Jersey Audubon Society's Cape May Bird Observatory. This week's message was prepared on Thursday, May 8, 2008. Highlights this week include sightings of "EURASIAN" WHIMBREL, CURLEW SANDPIPER, EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE, WHITE- WINGED SCOTER, COMMON EIDER, COMMON MERGANSER, MISSISSIPPI KITE, BLACK RAIL, SANDHILL CRANE, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER, MARBLED GODWIT, WESTERN SANDPIPER, RUFF, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER, ICELAND GULL, LESSER BLACK- BACKED GULL, GLAUCOUS GULL, BLACK TERN, ROSEATE TERN, POMARINE JAEGER, AMERICAN PIPIT, CERULEAN WARBLER, DICKCISSEL, and PINE SISKIN. -- For more up to the minute Cape May sightings information check the "View from the Cape" section of www.BirdCapeMay.org -- A CURLEW SANDPIPER was discovered at Heislerville WMA in Cumberland County on 5/8. A "EURASIAN" WHIMBREL was found at Brig/Forsythe NWR on 5/8. A EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE was stumbled upon along Valatia Ave. in Millville, Cumberland County on 5/4. A RUFF was seen for a brief time along the east path at the South Cape May Meadows/CMMBR on 5/7. A REEVE also put in a brief appearance at the same location on 5/5. An apparently wild SANDHILL CRANE was found in the Savannah portion of the Cape May County Zoo on 5/7, and was seen again on 5/8. It was a good week for gulls. A GLAUCOUS GULL was found at Brig/ Forsythe NWR on 5/3 and continued through 5/7. An ICELAND GULL was found along the east path of the South Cape May Meadows/CMMBR on 5/8. 1-2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS have also frequented The Meadows this week. A POMARINE JAEGER was reported in "the rips" off Cape May Point on 5/6. As many as 5 PARASITIC JAEGERS have been reported from "the rips" this week as well. A ROSEATE TERN appeared at St. Peter's in Cape May Point 5/4-5/5, and a BLACK TERN was seen at the Cape May Canal jetties on 5/7. A WHITE- WINGED SCOTER was near the "free bridge" at the north end of Nummy Island 5/3-5/4, and up to 3 COMMON EIDERS have been seen at Cape May Point this week, with additional sightings at Nummy Island on 5/7. Reports from Brig/Forsythe NWR this week included a lingering COMMON MERGANSER through 5/2, AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER and MARBLED GODWIT on 5/3, and rare-in-spring WESTERN SANDPIPER and LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER on 5/7. The season's first MISSISSIPPI KITE was seen over the Villas on 4/29; additional sightings came from the Beanery/Rea Farm area on 5/1 and 5/2. BLACK RAILS were heard this week at Jake's Landing and Stipson's Island. A CERULEAN WARBLER was singing in the parking lot at Higbee Beach WMA on 5/8. 3 AMERICAN PIPITS were seen along Stevens Street in West Cape May on 5/8. A DICKCISSEL was noted at Higbee Beach WMA on 5/4. A PINE SISKIN flew over Higbee Beach WMA on 5/3, and another was seen at Villas WMA/Ponderlodge on 5/5. **NJAS and CMBO wish the best of luck and safest of travels to all participants in this Saturday's 25th Annual World Series of Birding. Notes from the Thursday night Swap Meet at CMBO's Center for Research & Education in Goshen will most likely be posted on http://www.birdcapemay.org/wsob.shtml at some point Friday morning. See you at the Finish Line!** ANNOUNCEMENTS: CMBO is offering a special to new and upgraded membership renewals. Join CMBO for the first time or upgrade from Individual or Family to The Hundred and receive Charley Harper's Migration Mainline- Cape May lithograph poster, valued at $50. Call either CMBO center to ask an associate about joining today! ******CMBO Bookstore SPRING HOURS are as follows: Northwood Center on East Lake Drive in Cape May Point will be open 7 days a week, APRIL 1 - MAY 31, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Center for Research and Education on Rt. 47 in Goshen is open Tuesday - Sunday, 9:30- 4:30.****** The Cape May Birding Hotline is a service of the New Jersey Audubon Society's Cape May Bird Observatory and details sightings from Cape May, Cumberland, and Atlantic Counties. Updates are made weekly. Please report sightings of rare or unusual birds to CMBO at 609-884-2736. Sponsorship for this hotline comes from the support of CMBO members and business members, and should you not be a member, we cordially invite you to join. Individual membership is $39 per year; $49 for families. You can call either center to become a member or visit. Become a member in person and you'll receive a FREE gift (in addition to member discount in the stores). Good Luck and Good Birding! - End Transcript How to report NJ bird sightings: Subject: RBA: New Jersey, May 8, 2008 From: Laurie Larson <llarson AT Princeton.EDU> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 16:48:07 -0400 - RBA * New Jersey * Statewide * NJNJ0805.08 * May 8, 2008 - Birds Mentioned + Fork-tailed Flycatcher + Loggerhead Shrike + Swallow-tailed Kite + White-winged Dove + (Details requested by NJBRC) American Bittern Bald Eagle Bay-breasted Warbler Black Tern Black-billed Cuckoo Blackburnian Warbler Blue Grosbeak Canada Warbler Cape May Warbler Cattle Egret Cerulean Warbler Common Raven Dickcissel Evening Grosbeak Glaucous Gull Grasshopper Sparrow Great Egret Greater Yellowlegs Hooded Warbler Kentucky Warbler Lawrence's Warbler Least Bittern Lesser Yellowlegs Lincoln's Sparrow Little Blue Heron Louisiana Waterthrush Merlin Mississippi Kite Nashville Warbler Olive-sided Flycatcher Pine Siskin Prothonotary Warbler Purple Finch Red-breasted Nuthatch Red-headed Woodpecker Roseate Tern Sandhill Crane Semipalmated Sandpiper Snowy Egret Solitary Sandpiper Sora Summer Tanager Swainson's Thrush Tennessee Warbler Vesper Sparrow Virginia Rail Whimbrel White-crowned Sparrow Wilson's Phalarope Worm-eating Warbler Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Yellow-breasted Chat Yellow-throated Warbler - Transcript hotline: Voice of NJ Audubon number: (732) 872-2595 to report: (732) 872-2500 compilers: Pete Bacinski and Scott Barnes, Sandy Hook Bird Observatory URL: http://www.njaudubon.org/ This is Scott Barnes with the Voice of New Jersey Audubon Society for Thursday May 8, 2008 with reports of "Eurasian" WHIMBREL, SWALLOW- TAILED KITE, WHITE-WINGED DOVE, LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE, SANDHILL CRANE, MISSISSIPPI KITE, WILSON'S PHALAROPE, ROSEATE TERN, EVENING GROSBEAK, seasonal and local reports of interest. Most locations mentioned in this report can be found in Bill Boyle's "A Bird Finding Guide to New Jersey," available at most New Jersey Audubon Society Bookstores At Sandy Hook a WHITE-WINGED DOVE was found May 8, seen as a fly-by three times during the morning from the migration watch platform. Two SWALLOW-TAILED KITES were seen from the Sandy Hook Migration Watch, the first on May 2 and another on May 8. Two to three MISSISSIPPI KITES appeared there also on May 8. A possible FORK-TAILED FLYCATCHER was briefly observed from the Sandy Hook Migration Watch platform May 6: no reports since. Also a LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE was a "one-day-wonder" at the hook the same day along the fisherman's trail north of K-lot. A female WILSON'S PHALAROPE was found in the salt pond at the end of the fisherman's trail (left pond) May 5-7. A first-year GLAUCOUS GULL was observed near the park entrance May 4 and relocated at C-lot May 6. Two ROSEATE TERNS and a BLACK TERN were noted at both Plum Island and around the false hook May 3-7. An early OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER was seen near the locust grove May 8. Twenty-five species of warbler were noted at the hook this week including TENNESSEE WARBLER, 7 CAPE MAY WARBLERS on May 7, BAY- BREASTED WARBLER, a YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER May 4, and YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT. A DICKCISSEL was noted May 7. Other birds reported at Sandy Hook this week included AMERICAN BITTERNS at North Pond and a fly-over at Raccoon Alley, calling LEAST BITTERN at North Pond, SORA at Plum Island, 58 MERLINS at the migration watch May 4, 30+ RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES, 3 LINCOLN'S SPARROWS, a DICKCISSEL near North Pond May 7, and multiple PINE SISKINS and PURPLE FINCHES May 8. A free, detailed birding map of Sandy Hook is available at SHBO; check the sightings log there for daily reports. Garret Mountain reports this week included 25+ species of warbler including TENNESSEE WARBLER, 2 CERULEAN WARBLERS, BAY-BREASTED WARBLER, 5+ CAPE MAY WARBLERS, 2 HOODED WARBLERS, and CANADA WARBLER. Also noted there this week were 2 COMMON RAVENS, 4 SWAINSON'S THRUSHES, 2 LINCOLN'S SPARROWS, 12 PURPLE FINCHES, and 3 PINE SISKINS. Brigantine NWR hosted a first-year GLAUCOUS GULL May 3-4. The bird was viewed in the northwest pool just before the upland portion of the wildlife drive and Jen's trail. A Eurasian WHIMBREL was detected there May 8. A pair of EVENING GROSBEAKS visited a feeder in Barnegat Light May 7. Glassboro Woods WMA had PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, 6 WORM-EATING WARBLERS, 3 HOODED WARBLERS, and KENTUCKY WARBLER May 7. A MISSISSIPPI KITE was observed over the Allendale Celery Farm May 4. Also there this week was SNOWY EGRET, VIRGINIA RAIL, a PROTHONOTARY WARBLER May 8, a KENTUCKY WARBLER May 3, and BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER. A SUMMER TANAGER was an unexpected find at the Spruce Run Reservoir campground May 2. Also at Spruce Run this week were GREAT EGRET, CATTLE EGRET, and a BALD EAGLE daily at the fishing pier. Other Hunterdon County reports included BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO at Tower Hill; 19 species of warbler at Voorhees State Park May 5 including 9 NASHVILLE WARBLERS and 2 HOODED WARBLERS; and a SUMMER TANAGER in Cokesbury May 3. A LITTLE BLUE HERON and RED-HEADED WOODPECKER were found at Glenhurst Meadows, aka Warren Green Acres May 4. Sightings at NJAS's Scherman-Hoffman Wildlife Sanctuary in Bernardsville included SWAINSON'S THRUSH, CAPE MAY WARBLER, WORM- EATING WARBLER, and LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH May 3. For information about free bird walks at the sanctuary, see www.njaudubon.org/Centers/Scherman/sightings.html At nearby Great Swamp NWR, VIRGINIA RAIL and SORA were detected from the overlook at the end of Pleasant Plains Rd this week. A PROTHONOTARY WARBLER was noted at adjacent Lord Stirling Park at the entrance to the bluebird trail off the red trail May 3. Also there was a TENNESSEE WARBLER. Black River WMA hosted a singing AMERICAN BITTERN and Sora all week, heard off Pleasant Hill Rd. At the nearby Elizabeth Kay Environmental Center in Chester, several HOODED WARBLERS are back on territory and a LAWRENCE'S WARBLER has returned. The Lawrence's Warbler is being seen in the field on the left 100 yards before the main office. Reports from the Negri-Nepote Grasslands in Franklin Twp May 5 included 3 VESPER SPARROWS along the telephone line that runs to the isolated house, 6+ GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS, and 2 BLUE GROSBEAKS. For more information about NJAS's conservation work at the site and public programs there see www.njaudubon.org/Conservation/Franklin.html An immature SANDHILL CRANE was seen at Oberly Rd near Alpha May 7. Birds noted along Old Mine Rd/Worthington State Forest May 4 included BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, 4 COMMON RAVENS, 20 species of warbler including NASHVILLE WARBLER and CANADA WARBLER, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, and PURPLE FINCH. The High Point/Stokes State Forest area hosted YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS along Park Ridge Rd, CERULEAN WARBLER along Sawmill Road, a returning YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER at the Blewett tract, and PURPLE FINCHES. Also in Sussex County at Creek Rd in Green Twp. was a noteworthy concentration of shorebirds that included 62 SOLITARY SANDPIPERS, 33 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 25 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, and 20+ SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS. 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 sightings AT njaudubon.org 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. Thanks for reading and reporting. - End Transcript How to report NJ bird sightings: Subject: White-winged dove, Sandy Hook From: Laurie Larson <llarson AT Princeton.EDU> Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 10:36:51 -0400 NJBIRDS, Scott Barnes called to report that a White-winged Dove was found at Sandy Hook about 9:30. It was at the north end, and seen in flight, not yet relocated. There are lots of migrant land birds around the Hook today; Scott will post an update later. Laurie How to report NJ bird sightings: Subject: Sandy Hook - Loggerhead Shrike yes, FTFL no From: Laurie Larson <llarson2 AT MAC.COM> Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 10:58:26 -0400 NJBIRDS, Just received a phone call from Wendy Malmid who is among those searching for the possible FORK-TAILED FLYCATCHER at Sandy Hook. It was seen briefly at 7:30 AM from the hawk watch platform but has not been relocated despite searching since then. Searchers located a LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE, part-way out the Fishermen's Trail to the Salt Pond, at 10:30 this morning; it is still present and cooperative after a half-hour of observation. They also relocated a WILSON'S PHALAROPE reported previously at the Salt Pond. More if I have anything to report. Laurie How to report NJ bird sightings: Subject: possible Fork-tailed Flycatcher, Sandy Hook From: Laurie Larson <llarson2 AT MAC.COM> Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 10:41:48 -0400 Forwarded from JerseyBirds list: A possible Fork-tailed Flycatcher has been reported this morning about 9:15am near the Coast Guard base. Both Scott Barnes (leading a morning field trip) and our hawk watcher are searching for the bird. Best areas would be the north end: the Salt Pond and along the fence leading out adjacent to the Fisherman's Trail. Any additional information and/or sightings will be forthcoming. Linda Mack NJAS-SHBO Associate-Naturalist How to report NJ bird sightings: Subject: RBA: Cape May, NJ, May 1 2008 From: Laurie Larson <llarson AT Princeton.EDU> Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 19:50:34 -0400 - RBA * New Jersey * Cape May, Cumberland, Atlantic Counties * NJCM0805.01 * May 1, 2008 - Birds Mentioned + Swallow-tailed Kite + White-faced Ibis + Yellow Rail + (Details requested by NJBRC) American Redstart Baltimore Oriole Caspian Tern Chestnut-sided Warbler Common Eider Common Merganser Common Tern Great Cormorant Gull-billed Tern Marbled Godwit Northern Bobwhite Orange-crowned Warbler Orchard Oriole Purple Sandpiper Red Knot Red-headed Woodpecker Royal Tern Scarlet Tanager Summer Tanager White-rumped Sandpiper --Transcript Hotline: Cape May Birding Hotline To Report: (609) 884-2736, sightings AT birdcapemay.org Coverage: Cape May, Cumberland and Atlantic Counties, NJ Compiler: Tom Reed, Cape May Bird Observatory URL: http://www.njaudubon.org ; http://www.birdcapemay.org This is the Cape May Birding Hotline, a service of New Jersey Audubon Society's Cape May Bird Observatory. This week's message was prepared on Thursday, May 1, 2008. Highlights this week include sightings of WHITE-FACED IBIS, SWALLOW-TAILED KITE, YELLOW RAIL, COMMON MERGANSER, COMMON EIDER, NORTHERN BOBWHITE, MARBLED GODWIT, RED KNOT, WHITE- RUMPED SANDPIPER, PURPLE SANDPIPER, GULL-BILLED TERN, CASPIAN TERN, COMMON TERN, ROYAL TERN, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART, SUMMER TANAGER, SCARLET TANAGER, ORCHARD ORIOLE, and BALTIMORE ORIOLE. -- For more up to the minute Cape May sightings information check the "View from the Cape" section of www.BirdCapeMay.org -- Multiple YELLOW RAILS continued to be heard at Turkey Point in Cumberland County throughout the week. A YELLOW RAIL was heard again at Jake's Landing on 5/1. A SWALLOW-TAILED KITE was reported over Cape May Point State Park on 4/30. The WHITE-FACED IBIS at Heislerville WMA in Cumberland County continued as of 4/27. ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS, very rare in spring, were noted at Nummy Island and Cape May Point on 4/30. New arrivals at Higbee Beach WMA on 4/25 included CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART, SCARLET TANAGER and BALTIMORE ORIOLE. The season's first ORCHARD ORIOLE was found in Erma on 4/24. Sightings from Brig/Forsythe NWR this week included CASPIAN TERN, COMMON MERGANSER and NORTHERN BOBWHITE. SUMMER TANAGER arrived in Dividing Creek, Cumberland County on 5/1. A WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER was seen at nearby Bivalve the same day. COMMON TERN arrived at Cape May Point and GULL-BILLED TERN arrived at Beaver Swamp WMA on 4/30. GREAT CORMORANT, PURPLE SANDPIPER, RED KNOT and ROYAL TERN were noted at Two Mile Beach on 4/29. A MARBLED GODWIT has been seen in the area of Two Mile Landing this week. 1 or 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continued to be seen at Villas WMA/ Ponderlodge throughout the week. An immature male COMMON EIDER was found near the 8th Street jetty in Avalon on 5/1. ANNOUNCEMENTS: CMBO is offering a special to new and upgraded membership renewals. Join CMBO for the first time or upgrade from Individual or Family to The Hundred and receive Charley Harper's Migration Mainline- Cape May lithograph poster, valued at $50. Call either CMBO center to ask an associate about joining today! ******CMBO Bookstore SPRING HOURS are as follows: Northwood Center on East Lake Drive in Cape May Point will be open 7 days a week, APRIL 1 - MAY 31, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Center for Research and Education on Rt. 47 in Goshen is open Tuesday - Sunday, 9:30- 4:30.****** The Cape May Birding Hotline is a service of the New Jersey Audubon Society's Cape May Bird Observatory and details sightings from Cape May, Cumberland, and Atlantic Counties. Updates are made weekly. Please report sightings of rare or unusual birds to CMBO at 609-884-2736. Sponsorship for this hotline comes from the support of CMBO members and business members, and should you not be a member, we cordially invite you to join. Individual membership is $39 per year; $49 for families. You can call either center to become a member or visit. Become a member in person and you'll receive a FREE gift (in addition to member discount in the stores). Good Luck and Good Birding! - End Transcript *Documentation of review list species goes to report AT njbrc.net - or US Mail to NJ Bird Records Committee Secretary, 14 Crown Dr., Warren, NJ 07059 How to report NJ bird sightings: Subject: Swalllow-tailed Kite at Sandy Hook From: Bill Boyle <sawwhet AT OPTONLINE.NET> Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 15:02:09 -0400 Scott Barnes just called and said that the hawk watcher at Sandy Hook has seen a Swallow-tailed Kite within the past few minutes, i.e., about 2:45. No other info. Bill Boyle Warren, NJ How to report NJ bird sightings: Subject: RBA: New Jersey, May 1, 2008 From: Laurie Larson <llarson AT Princeton.EDU> Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 14:25:35 -0400 - RBA * New Jersey * Statewide * NJNJ0805.01 * May 1, 2008 - Birds Mentioned + White-faced Ibis + Yellow Rail + (Details requested by NJBRC) American Pipit Bald Eagle Barred Owl Blackburnian Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Blue Grosbeak Blue-headed Vireo Blue-winged Warbler Broad-winged Hawk Caspian Tern Cerulean Warbler Cliff Swallow Common Moorhen Common Raven Cooper's Hawk Eastern Screech-Owl Eurasian Wigeon Grasshopper Sparrow Hooded Warbler Iceland Gull Least Bittern Lesser Black-backed Gull Louisiana Waterthrush Merlin Nashville Warbler Northern Goshawk Northern Harrier Orange-crowned Warbler Orchard Oriole Osprey Pectoral Sandpiper Piping Plover Prairie Warbler Prothonotary Warbler Purple Finch Red-shouldered Hawk Ring-necked Pheasant Rusty Blackbird Sharp-shinned Hawk Solitary Sandpiper Sora Virginia Rail Warbling Vireo Whimbrel White-crowned Sparrow Worm-eating Warbler Yellow-throated Vireo Yellow-throated Warbler - Transcript hotline: Voice of NJ Audubon number: (732) 872-2595 to report: (732) 872-2500 compilers: Pete Bacinski and Scott Barnes, Sandy Hook Bird Observatory URL: http://www.njaudubon.org/ This is the Voice of New Jersey Audubon Society for Thursday May 1, 2008 with reports of WHITE-FACED IBIS, YELLOW RAIL, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, seasonal and local reports of interest. Most locations mentioned in this report can be found in Bill Boyle's "A Bird Finding Guide to New Jersey," available at most New Jersey Audubon Society Bookstores WHITE-FACED IBIS and YELLOW RAIL continued in the Cape May region this week; see the CMBO hotline for details. Reports from Brigantine NWR this week included VIRGINIA RAIL, 2 CASPIAN TERNS, and 75+ WHIMBRELS Apr 27. Hawkin Road in Burlington County hosted RED-SHOULDERED HAWK, WORM- EATING WARBLER, 4 PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS, LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH, and 3 HOODED WARBLERS Apr 27 & May 1. Also in Burlington County were a LEAST BITTERN and SORA at Taylor's Refuge Apr 24. Sandy Hook sightings this week included the BARRED OWL calling along raccoon alley, a COMMON RAVEN near the hawk watch Apr 25, an ICELAND GULL at Horseshoe Cove, an adult LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL and 5 PIPING PLOVERS at the end of the fisherman's trail Apr 27, AMERICAN PIPIT, and CLIFF SWALLOW. A good flight at the Sandy Hook Migration Watch Apr 30 included BALD EAGLE, 10 OSPREYS, 20 NORTHERN HARRIERS, 261 SHARP-SHINNED HAWKS, 19 COOPER'S HAWKS, NORTHERN GOSHAWK, 6 BROAD- WINGED HAWKS, and 18 MERLINS. A free detailed birding map is available at SHBO; check the sightings log there for daily reports. The drake EURASIAN WIGEON continued at the small pond in Rumson at the corner of Hartshorne and Navesink Rd Apr 25-26. Also in Monmouth County was a pair of BLUE GROSBEAK at Thompson Park along the road to Marlu Lake near the patch of phragmites on the right May 1. Garret Mountain hosted about 15 species of warbler this week including NASHVILLE WARBLER, 2 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLERS, BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER, and HOODED WARBLER. Also there this week were a continuing COMMON RAVEN, 12+ BLUE-HEADED VIREOS, 3 WARBLING VIREOS, and ORCHARD ORIOLE. Mill Creek Marsh in the Hackensack Meadowlands complex had RING-NECKED PHEASANT, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, and GRASSHOPPER SPARROW Apr 27. The Negri-Nepote Grasslands in Franklin Twp continued to host several singing GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS this week. For more information on birding this site and field trips there see www.njaudubon.org/Conservation/Franklin.html Also in Somerset County, a male PROTHONOTARY WARBLER has returned to the Demott Lane bridge in D&R Canal State Park Apr 28-May 1. New Jersey Audubon Society's Scherman-Hoffman Wildlife Sanctuary had WORM-EATING WARBLER, LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH along the Passaic River, HOODED WARBLER, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, and PURPLE FINCH at the feeders this week. See www.njaudubon.org/Centers/Scherman/Sightings.html for more information. At nearby Great Swamp NWR Solitary Sandpiper, a red- morph EASTERN SCREECH-OWL, and YELLOW-THROATED VIREOS were noted this week. Sightings at the Allendale Celery Farm this week included RED- SHOULDERED HAWK, VIRGINIA RAIL, 2 WARBLING VIREOS, ORCHARD ORIOLE, and 4 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS. Hyper-Humus Marsh in Sussex County Apr 27 had VIRGINIA RAIL, SORA, COMMON MOORHEN, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, 2 BARRED OWLS, CLIFF SWALLOW, BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, WORM-EATING WARBLER, and 50+ PURPLE FINCHES. Also in Sussex County at Deer Lake were 13 species of warbler including PRAIRIE WARBLER, 3 LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSHES, and 5 HOODED WARBLERS. Old Mine Rd in Worthington State Forest hosted 15 species of warbler Apr 26-27 including BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, CERULEAN WARBLER, LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH, and HOODED WARBLER. A RED-SHOULDERED HAWK was viewed at Lenape Park in Cranford Apr 29. ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Sandy Hook Migration Watch welcomes visitors and is open to the public daily. The annual count of migratory birds is conducted at the North Pond Observation Deck adjacent to parking area K. For more information see www.njaudubon.org/Centers/SHBO 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 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. Thanks for calling and reporting. - End Transcript How to report NJ bird sightings: Subject: RBA: Cape May, NJ, April 24, 2008 From: Jean Bickal <jbickal AT EARTHLINK.NET> Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:50:47 -0400 - RBA * New Jersey * Cape May, Cumberland, Atlantic Counties * NJCM0804.24 * April 24, 2008 - Birds Mentioned + Eurasian Collared-Dove + Scissor-tailed Flycatcher + White-faced Ibis + Yellow Rail + (Details requested by NJBRC) Black Skimmer Blue Grosbeak Caspian Tern Chuck-will's-widow Common Merganser Double-crested Cormorant Eastern Kingbird Least Tern Parasitic Jaeger Red-headed Woodpecker Royal Tern Whimbrel Worm-eating Warbler Yellow-throated Vireo This is the Cape May Birding Hotline, a service of New Jersey Audubon Society's Cape May Bird Observatory. This week's message was prepared on Thursday, April 24, 2008. Highlights this week include sightings of WHITE-FACED IBIS, YELLOW RAIL, "EURASIAN" WHIMBREL, EURASIAN COLLARED- DOVE, SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER, COMMON MERGANSER, DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, LEAST TERN, CASPIAN TERN, ROYAL TERN, BLACK SKIMMER, PARASITIC JAEGER, CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW, EASTERN KINGBIRD, YELLOW- THROATED VIREO, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, WORM-EATING WARBLER, and BLUE GROSBEAK -- For more up to the minute Cape May sightings information check the "View from the Cape" section ofwww.BirdCapeMay.org -- A SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER was seen at Brig/Forsythe NWR on 4/23, toward the end of the driving loop in the first field after leaving the impoundments. Multiple YELLOW RAILS have been heard this week along Turkey Point Road in Cumberland County. Another YELLOW RAIL was heard at Jake's Landing around midnight on 4/24. A EURASIAN-COLLARED DOVE was found in Cape May Point, in the vicinity of Lincoln and Lehigh Avenues, on 4/23. An adult WHITE-FACED IBIS was found at Heislerville WMA in Cumberland County on 4/22 and continued through 4/24. A "EURASIAN" WHIMBREL was reported near the Wetlands Institute along Stone Harbor Boulevard on 4/21. 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continued at Villas WMA/Ponderlodge through 4/20. A large flight of DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS occurred over the area from 4/18-4/19, likely including 10,000+ birds. A lingering COMMON MERGANSER and 2 CASPIAN TERNS were seen at Brig/ Forsythe NWR on 4/21. New arrivals this week included: YELLOW-THROATED VIREO at Higbee Beach WMA and CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW in Green Creek on 4/18; ROYAL TERN, BLACK SKIMMER and PARASITIC JAEGER off Cape May Pt. State Park and WORM- EATING WARBLER in Belleplain SF on 4/19; LEAST TERN off The Meadows/ CMMBR on 4/23. EASTERN KINGBIRD and BLUE GROSBEAK were reported from multiple locations this week. ANNOUNCEMENTS: CMBO is offering a special to new and upgraded membership renewals. Join CMBO for the first time or upgrade from Individual or Family to The Hundred and receive Charley Harper's Migration Mainline- Cape May lithograph poster, valued at $50. Call either CMBO center to ask an associate about joining today! ******CMBO Bookstore SPRING HOURS are as follows: Northwood Center on East Lake Drive in Cape May Point will be open 7 days a week, APRIL 1 - MAY 31, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Center for Research and Education on Rt. 47 in Goshen is open Tuesday - Sunday, 9:30- 4:30.****** The Cape May Birding Hotline is a service of the New Jersey Audubon Society's Cape May Bird Observatory and details sightings from Cape May, Cumberland, and Atlantic Counties. Updates are made weekly. Please report sightings of rare or unusual birds to CMBO at 609-884-2736. Sponsorship for this hotline comes from the support of CMBO members and business members, and should you not be a member, we cordially invite you to join. Individual membership is $39 per year; $49 for families. You can call either center to become a member or visit. Become a member in person and you'll receive a FREE gift (in addition to member discount in the stores). Good Luck and Good Birding! - End Transcript ============ *Documentation of review list species goes to report AT njbrc.net - or US Mail to NJ Bird Records Committee Secretary, 14 Crown Dr., Warren, NJ 07059 *** Please report your sightings! *** Join or search archives: "NJBIRDS," New Jersey rare bird alert list: Join or search archives: "JerseyBirds," NJ birding discussion list: How to report NJ bird sightings: Subject: RBA: New Jersey, April 24, 2008 From: Laurie Larson <llarson2 AT MAC.COM> Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:23:23 -0400 - RBA * New Jersey * Statewide * NJNJ0804.24 * April 24, 2008 - Birds Mentioned + Eurasian Collared-Dove + Scissor-tailed Flycatcher + White-faced Ibis + Yellow Rail + (Details requested by NJBRC) American Bittern American Woodcock Baltimore Oriole Barred Owl Black-throated Green Warbler Blue-headed Vireo Blue-winged Warbler Broad-winged Hawk Caspian Tern Glaucous Gull Grasshopper Sparrow Hermit Thrush Hooded Warbler Least Bittern Lesser Black-backed Gull Louisiana Waterthrush Mississippi Kite Nashville Warbler Northern Parula Prothonotary Warbler Purple Finch Red-headed Woodpecker Sedge Wren Short-billed Dowitcher Spotted Sandpiper Trumpeter Swan Virginia Rail Whimbrel Winter Wren Worm-eating Warbler Yellow-throated Warbler - Transcript hotline: Voice of NJ Audubon number: (732) 872-2595 to report: (732) 872-2500 compilers: Pete Bacinski and Scott Barnes, Sandy Hook Bird Observatory URL: http://www.njaudubon.org/ This is Scott Barnes with the Voice of New Jersey Audubon Society for Thursday April 24, 2008 with reports of MISSISSIPPI KITE, SCISSOR- TAILED FLYCATCHER, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, seasonal and local reports of interest, and announcements. Most locations mentioned in this report can be found in Bill Boyle's "A Bird Finding Guide to New Jersey," available at most New Jersey Audubon Society Bookstores WHITE-FACED IBIS, YELLOW RAIL, and EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE were all found in the Cape May region this week; see the CMBO Birding Hotline for more information. A SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER was found at Brigantine NWR Apr 23 in the large field to the left of the wildlife drive after you leave the north dike. Three VIRGINIA RAILS and 2 singing SEDGE WRENS were in the large cattail marsh along the last stretch of the north dike the same day; 125 WHIMBRELS, 10 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, and 2 CASPIAN TERNS were noted Apr 20 and a first-year GLAUCOUS GULL was there Apr 19. Hawkins Rd in Burlington County hosted BLUE-WINGED WARBLER, 3 PROTHONOTARY WARBLERS, HOODED WARBLER, WORM-EATING WARBLER, and LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH Apr 24. Sandy Hook sightings this week included 1-2 AMERICAN BITTERNS and a singing LEAST BITTERN at north pond, an AMERICAN WOODCOCK with 7 chicks near the visitor center Apr 21, 12+ Merlins at the hawk watch Apr 24, the calling BARRED OWL along raccoon alley, 2 LESSER BLACK- BACKED GULLS at the end of the fisherman's trail Apr 19, BLACK- THROATED GREEN WARBLER and NASHVILLE WARBLER around the hawk watch Apr 21, and a BALTIMORE ORIOLE at SHBO Apr 19. A free, detailed birding map of Sandy Hook is available at SHBO; check the sightings log there for daily reports. Other Monmouth County reports this week were of 3 CASPIAN TERNS at Wreck Pond Apr 22 and a HOODED WARBLER and LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH at the Eatontown Arboretum Apr 18. A YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER was found in Elizabeth River Park southwest of Conant Ave at the border of Union/Hillside Apr 20. A RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues in the flooded woods on the north side of Omar Ave in Avenel this week. GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS were back on territory at Six Mile Run State Park and at the Negri-Nepote Grasslands in Franklin Twp Apr 24. For more information on birding and bird walks at Negri-Nepote, see www.njaudubon.org/Conservation/Franklin.html Two immature MISSISSIPPI KITES were reported over the intersection of Rte 57 and Brass Castle Rd in Washington Twp, Warren County Apr 19. Also in the county this week along Old Mine Rd/Worthington State Forest were BROAD-WINGED HAWK, 3+ BLUE-HEADED VIREOS, 12 NORTHERN PARULAS, several LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSHES, and PURPLE FINCH. Birds noted at Garret Mountain Apr 24 included 10+ HERMIT THRUSH, 2 WINTER WRENS, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, 3 BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS, and a WORM-EATING WARBLER. A TRUMPETER SWAN was found at Wallkill River NWR's Liberty Loop impoundments Apr 19; a SPOTTED SANDPIPER was noted there that day as well. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Your help is needed! The New Jersey Audubon Society is currently recruiting volunteers for bird surveys in grassland and Piedmont areas of the state through our Citizen Science Program. Participants must have prior experience in bird identification and be willing to commit one weekend day in April for training and 2 to 4 days for surveys. For more information about grassland surveys contact Kristin Mylecraine at 908-766-5787 x 15 or kristin.mylecraine AT njaudubon.org For more information about Piedmont Surveys please contact Nellie Tsipoura at 908-766-5787 x 20 or nellie.tsipoura AT njaudubon.org The Sandy Hook Migration Watch welcomes visitors and is open to the public daily. The annual count of migratory birds is conducted at the North Pond Observation Deck adjacent to parking area K. For more information see www.njaudubon.org/Centers/SHBO 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 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. Thanks for calling and reporting. - End Transcript How to report NJ bird sightings: Subject: White-faced Ibis update From: Laurie Larson <llarson AT Princeton.EDU> Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:59:56 -0400 From Chris Vogel: "Bill's White-faced Ibis was at Heislerville as of 1:15. It is now in the rear impoundment however, where the first one there last year turned up May. It's not the brightest specimen Ive ever seen, but is clearly marked. The main impoundment was socked in with DENSE fog, and after half an hr. of frustrating, and near impossible scanning & vain scrutinization of the 100 or so Ibis there, I gave up, and went down to the next one, as luck would have it, there he was, with about 100 others. Belleplain spectacular this morning" How to report NJ bird sightings: Subject: Scissor-tailed Flycatcher, Brigantine From: Laurie Larson <llarson2 AT MAC.COM> Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:16:21 -0400 From Michael Britt at about 2 PM: "Ed Borowik, Howard Eskin, and myself have been watching a Scissor- tailed Flycatcher at Brig for the last 30+ minutes...Howard has several photos for documentation purposes. The bird is working the grassy field that used to have the Barn Owl box...the field after the marsh dikes and before the woodlands. As an aside, Heislerville still had the White-faced Ibis as well. Lots more goodies today...full post later. Mike Britt" How to report NJ bird sightings: Subject: RBA, New Jersey, April 17, 2008 From: Laurie Larson <llarson AT Princeton.EDU> Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:00:02 -0400 - RBA * New Jersey * Statewide * NJNJ0804.17 * April 17, 2008 - Birds Mentioned + Fork-tailed Flycatcher + (Details requested by NJBRC) American Bittern American Pipit American Tree Sparrow Black-and-white Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Blue Grosbeak Blue-headed Vireo Brown Thrasher Caspian Tern Cliff Swallow Common Raven Common Yellowthroat Eastern Meadowlark Eurasian Wigeon Evening Grosbeak Fox Sparrow Glaucous Gull Glossy Ibis Golden-crowned Kinglet Green Heron Hermit Thrush Horned Grebe Horned Lark House Wren Lesser Black-backed Gull Louisiana Waterthrush Northern Waterthrush Palm Warbler Pectoral Sandpiper Pine Siskin Pine Warbler Prairie Warbler Red-breasted Nuthatch Red-headed Woodpecker Ruby-crowned Kinglet Rusty Blackbird Solitary Sandpiper Sora Summer Tanager Vesper Sparrow Virginia Rail Whimbrel White-breasted Nuthatch White-eyed Vireo Willow Flycatcher Wilson's Snipe Winter Wren Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Yellow-throated Warbler - Transcript hotline: Voice of NJ Audubon number: (732) 872-2595 to report: (732) 872-2500 compilers: Pete Bacinski and Scott Barnes, Sandy Hook Bird Observatory URL: http://www.njaudubon.org/ This is Pete Bacinski with the Voice of New Jersey Audubon Society for Thursday, April 17, 2008 with reports of EURASIAN WIGEON, AMERICAN BITTERN, YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON, VIRGINIA RAIL, SORA, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, WHIMBREL, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, WILSON'S SNIPE, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, CASPIAN TERN, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, YELLOW- BELLIED SAPSUCKER, WILLOW FLYCATCHER, FORK-TAILED FLYCATCHER, COMMON RAVEN, HORNED LARK, CLIFF SWALLOW, AMERICAN PIPIT, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, SUMMER TANAGER, AMERICAN TREE SPARROW, VESPER SPARROW, FOX SPARROW, BLUE GROSBEAK, RUSTY BLACKBIRD, PINE SISKIN, EVENING GROSBEAK and seasonal and local reports of interest, and announcements. Most locations mentioned in this report can be found in Bill Boyle's "A Bird Finding Guide to New Jersey," available at most New Jersey Audubon Society Bookstores. Sandy Hook had a nice flight on Saturday April 12 that was highlighted by a female SUMMER TANAGER, a BLUE GROSBEAK, 30 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, and four YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS. April 13 featured two RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, one YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER and seven WINTER WRENS. The BLUE GROSBEAK was still present near the B lot on April 14. A YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was discovered along the Fisherman's Trail at Sandy Hook April 11. A free, detailed birding map of Sandy Hook is available at SHBO; check the sightings log there for daily reports. A second winter GLAUCOUS GULL was noted at South Amboy April 15, while an EURASIAN WIGEON remains in a small pond in Rumson just north of the intersection of Navesink Avenue and Hartshorne Road as of April 12. Three EVENING GROSBEAKS were present April 17 at 6 Mile Run in Somerset behind the headquarters building on Canal Road. A VESPER SPARROW was found at Huber Woods April 14. The Allendale Celery Farm has been a birding hotspot this week with the following notable sightings: a GLOSSY IBIS present through April 16, a VIRGINIA RAIL heard from April 11-14, WILLOW FLYCATCHER April 11, LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH (rare for this location) April 12, AMERICAN TREE SPARROW late on April 13, and two RUSTY BLACKBIRDS April 12 and four April 17. The Great Swamp NWR was home to an AMERICAN BITTERN April 11 and 12 and three on April 16, a SORA, 46 WILSON'S SNIPE and two COMMON RAVENS, April 16. GREEN HERONS appeared this week at Sandy Hook, East Hanover and Garret Mountain. Two VESPER SPARROWS appeared at Lincoln Park in Jersey City April 11. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was recorded at the airport on Creek Road in Green Township April 12, while two PINE SISKINS visited a feeder in Flanders. Garret Mountain Reservation in West Paterson April 13 had 3 YELLOW- BELLIED SAPSUCKERS, four WINTER WRENS, and four late FOX SPARROWS, while on April 16 the season's first COMMON YELLOWTHROAT arrived there. A FORK-TAILED FLYCATCHER was seen briefly at Cape May Point SP on April 12. Forsythe (Brigantine) NWR was home to a CASPIAN TERN April 14 and eleven WHIMBREL April 17. Palmyra Cove April 12 featured nine HORNED GREBES (with many in breeding plumage) and a YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, while Bull's Island hosted three YELLOW-THROATED WARBLERS April 16. A CLIFF SWALLOW and a HORNED LARK were discovered along Featherbed Lane in Salem, while 30 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS were tallied at Pedricktown Marsh all April 13. Pedricktown was home to 13 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS and a SOLITARY SANDPIPER April 15 Birds arriving this past week include: WHITE-EYED VIREO, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH, HOUSE WREN, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, HERMIT THRUSH, BROWN THRASHER, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, PINE WARBLER, PRAIRIE WARBLER, PALM WARBLER, and BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT and EASTERN MEADOWLARK. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Your help is needed! The New Jersey Audubon Society is currently recruiting volunteers for bird surveys in grassland and Piedmont areas of the state through our Citizen Science Program. Participants must have prior experience in bird identification and be willing to commit one weekend day in April for training and 2 to 4 days for surveys. For more information about grassland surveys contact Kristin Mylecraine at 908-766-5787 x 15 or Kristin.mylecraine AT njaudubon.org For more information about Piedmont Surveys please contact Nellie Tsipoura at 908-766-5787 x 20 or nellie.tsipoura AT njaudubon.org The Sandy Hook Migration Watch welcomes visitors and is open to the public daily. The annual count of migratory birds is conducted at the North Pond Observation Deck adjacent to parking area K. For more information see www.njaudubon.org/Centers/SHBO 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 njaudbubon.org 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. Thanks for calling and reporting. - End Transcript How to report NJ bird sightings: Subject: RBA: Cape May, NJ, April 17, 2008 From: Jean Bickal <jbickal AT EARTHLINK.NET> Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:28:15 -0400 - RBA * New Jersey * Cape May, Cumberland, Atlantic Counties * NJCM0804.17 * April 17, 2008 - Birds Mentioned + Fork-tailed Flycatcher + (Details requested by NJBRC) Bank Swallow Black-and-white Warbler Caspian Tern Cattle Egret Chimney Swift Common Eider Hooded Warbler Lesser Black-backed Gull Northern Parula Ovenbird Pectoral Sandpiper Prairie Warbler Prothonotary Warbler Ruby-throated Hummingbird Ruff Rusty Blackbird Solitary Sandpiper Sooty Shearwater Western Sandpiper Whimbrel Whip-poor-will White-eyed Vireo Willet Wood Thrush Yellow-crowned Night-Heron This is the Cape May Birding Hotline, a service of New Jersey Audubon Society's Cape May Bird Observatory. This week's message was prepared on Thursday, April 17, 2008. Highlights this week include sightings of FORK-TAILED FLYCATCHER, COMMON EIDER, SOOTY SHEARWATER, CATTLE EGRET, YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, SOLITARY SANDPIPER, WILLET, WHIMBREL, WESTERN SANDPIPER, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, RUFF, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, CASPIAN TERN, WHIP-POOR-WILL, CHIMNEY SWIFT, RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, WHITE-EYED VIREO, BANK SWALLOW, WOOD THRUSH, NORTHERN PARULA, PRAIRIE WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER, OVENBIRD, HOODED WARBLER, and RUSTY BLACKBIRD. -- For more up to the minute Cape May sightings information check the "View from the Cape" section of www.BirdCapeMay.org -- A fly-over FORK-TAILED FLYCATCHER was reported by multiple observers at Cape May Pt. State Park on 4/12. There have been no reports since. The 2 RUFFS at Heislerville WMA in Cumberland County were last seen on 4/11. Also at Heislerville this week were YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, returning 'EASTERN' WILLETS, and 3 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS. A pelagic trip out of Cape May on 4/13 recorded about 15 LESSER BLACK- BACKED GULLS and a SOOTY SHEARWATER. As many as 4 CATTLE EGRETS were seen this week along Bayshore Road, in and around the Beanery/Rea Farm. 50 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were seen at the Beanery/Rea Farm on 4/12. 2 COMMON EIDERS were seen from Sunset Beach on 4/16. 3 WESTERN SANDPIPERS were observed along Stone Harbor Boulevard on 4/13. 2 CASPIAN TERNS were seen at Brig/Forsythe NWR throughout the week. New arrivals at Higbee Beach WMA this week included CHIMNEY SWIFT, NORTHERN PARULA and PRAIRIE WARBLER on 4/11; WOOD THRUSH on 4/13. Breeding birds returning to Belleplain SF and Peaslee WMA this week included WHITE-EYED VIREO, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER, PROTHONOTARY WARBLER and OVENBIRD. Other new arrivals included SOLITARY SANDPIPER at The Meadows/CMMBR on 4/14, WHIMBREL at Nummy Island on 4/14, WHIP-POOR-WILL at Jake's Landing on 4/11, RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD in Cape May Beach on 4/13, BANK SWALLOW at Cape May Pt. State Park on 4/12, and HOODED WARBLER at CMBO's Northwood Center on 4/14. ANNOUNCEMENTS: The deadline for registering a team in the 25th annual World Series of Birding is this SUNDAY, APRIL 20. For more information about the WSB, go to http://www.worldseriesofbirding.org. This year's WSB will be held on SATURDAY, MAY 10. CMBO is offering a special to new and upgraded membership renewals. Join CMBO for the first time or upgrade from Individual or Family to The Hundred and receive Charley Harper's Migration Mainline- Cape May lithograph poster, valued at $50. Call either CMBO center to ask an associate about joining today! ******CMBO Bookstore SPRING HOURS are as follows: Northwood Center on East Lake Drive in Cape May Point will be open 7 days a week, APRIL 1 - MAY 31, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Center for Research and Education on Rt. 47 in Goshen is open Tuesday - Sunday, 9:30- 4:30.****** The Cape May Birding Hotline is a service of the New Jersey Audubon Society's Cape May Bird Observatory and details sightings from Cape May, Cumberland, and Atlantic Counties. Updates are made weekly. Please report sightings of rare or unusual birds to CMBO at 609-884-2736. Sponsorship for this hotline comes from the support of CMBO members and business members, and should you not be a member, we cordially invite you to join. Individual membership is $39 per year; $49 for families. You can call either center to become a member or visit. Become a member in person and you'll receive a FREE gift (in addition to member discount in the stores). Good Luck and Good Birding! - End Transcript ============ *Documentation of review list species goes to report AT njbrc.net - or US Mail to NJ Bird Records Committee Secretary, 14 Crown Dr., Warren, NJ 07059 *** Please report your sightings! *** Join or search archives: "NJBIRDS," New Jersey rare bird alert list: Join or search archives: "JerseyBirds," NJ birding discussion list: How to report NJ bird sightings: Subject: Fork-tailed Flycatcher (belated report) From: "Donald P. Freiday" <don.freiday AT NJAUDUBON.ORG> Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:47:31 -0400 I just received a report of a Fork-tailed Flycatcher seen briefly but well, and well-described, by Tom and Kristen Virzi on Saturday 4/12/08 as it flew over the hawk watch platform at Cape May Point State Park around 5:00 p.m. Apparently a ~ six year old girl independently saw and identified the bird because she had “memorized all the birds in her book” (!) Interestingly, I also learned second hand that another couple (names not known) reported seeing a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (not Fork-tailed) the same day and place. No reports since. -------------------------------------------------- Donald P. Freiday Director of Birding Programs New Jersey Audubon Society's Cape May Bird Observatory 600 Route 47 North Cape May Court House, NJ 08210 (609) 861-0700 voice (609) 861-1651 fax HYPERLINK "mailto:don.freiday AT njaudubon.org"don.freiday AT njaudubon.org HYPERLINK "http://www.birdcapemay.org"www.birdcapemay.org HYPERLINK "http://www.njaudubon.org"www.njaudubon.org No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.13 - Release Date: 4/12/2008 12:00 AM How to report NJ bird sightings: Subject: RBA: New Jersey, April 10, 2008 From: Laurie Larson <llarson AT Princeton.EDU> Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:20:57 -0400 - RBA * New Jersey * Statewide * NJNJ0804.10 * April 10, 2008 - Birds Mentioned + Black Brant + (Details requested by NJBRC) American Bittern American Pipit Barred Owl Black-headed Gull Blue-winged Teal Brown Pelican Caspian Tern Eurasian Green-winged Teal Eurasian Wigeon Glossy Ibis Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Little Gull Louisiana Waterthrush Palm Warbler Pectoral Sandpiper Pine Warbler Redhead Red-shouldered Hawk Red-throated Loon Ring-necked Duck Ruff Ruffed Grouse Rusty Blackbird Virginia Rail White-eyed Vireo Wilson's Snipe Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Yellow-rumped Warbler - Transcript hotline: Voice of NJ Audubon number: (732) 872-2595 to report: (732) 872-2500 compilers: Pete Bacinski and Scott Barnes, Sandy Hook Bird Observatory URL: http://www.njaudubon.org/ This is Scott Barnes with the Voice of New Jersey Audubon Society for Thursday Apr 10, 2008 with reports of BLACK BRANT,COMMON TEAL, "AUDUBON'S" YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, REEVE, BLACK-HEADED GULL, seasonal and local reports ofinterest, and announcements. A COMMON TEAL (Eurasian Green-winged Teal) was found at the friends blind at Great Swamp NWR Apr 6-9. Also there thisweek was a vocalizing AMERICAN BITTERN and 10 BLUE-WINGED TEAL. Two BLACK BRANT were at the mouth of Flat Creek in Union Beach Apr 4. At South Amboy adult 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKEDGULLS were noted Apr 5 and a second-cycle LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was there Apr 8. For more information on birdingthis area see --www.njaudubon.org/Centers/ SHBO/raritanbirding A REEVE was found at Mannington Marsh in Salem County Apr 6. The bird was with a flock of yellowlegs viewed near hightide at Sunset Rd. A LITTLE GULL was found at the Sea Bright municipal beach Apr 4. An early BROWN PELICAN was viewed in Shrewsbury Riverin nearby Monmouth Beach Apr 10. Sandy Hook reports this week included a YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON at Horseshoe Cove Apr 9, 2 LESSERBLACK-BACKED GULLS and an ICELAND GULL in the north beach area Apr 5-6, the BARRED OWL at Raccoon Alley, and thecontinuing WHITE-EYED VIREO around the hawk watch. A free, detailed birding map of Sandy Hook is available at SHBO;check the sightings log there for daily reports. A EURASIAN WIGEON was found in Rumson Apr 9 in the small pond just north of the intersection of Navesink and HartshorneRoads (DeLorme P. 45, C-19). A CASPIAN TERN was observed at Dallenbach Lake in East Brunswick Apr 10. Garret Mountain sightings this week included 8 YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS, 9 PINE WARBLERS, and 3 PALM WARBLERS Apr 6. Hudson County Park in Bayonne hosted 19 YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS and an ICELAND GULL Apr 5. At nearby LibertyState Park a BLACK-HEADED GULL was seen Apr 6-7 on the flats to the right of the first long green bridge. Also in HudsonCounty was an AMERICAN BITTERN at Lincoln Park west in Jersey City. A RED-THROATED LOON was seen at Newark's Weequahic Park Apr 10. Mount Hope Pond in Rockaway had 40+ REDHEADS Apr 6. Sussex County sightings this week included 100+ WILSON'S SNIPE, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, and 20 AMERICAN PIPITS Apr 4 &6 along Creek Road in Green Twp. (DeLorme P 23, J-26). Along Kinny Rd near Waterloo 75+ RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were notedApr 7. Wawayanda State Park hosted 150+ RING-NECKED DUCKS, drumming RUFFED GROUSE, and RED-SHOULDERED HAWK Apr 6.At nearby Pequannock Watershed a LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH was singing near P4 Apr 9. A belated sighting was received of a male "Audubon's" YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER at Mulhockaway Creek, Spruce RunReservoir Apr 2. Allendale Celery Farm reports this week included an AMERICAN BITTERN and VIRGINIA RAIL Apr 4 and a GLOSSY IBIS Apr 8. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Your help is needed! The New Jersey Audubon Society is currently recruiting volunteers for bird surveys in grassland andPiedmont areas of the state through our Citizen Science Program. Participants must have prior experience in birdidentification and be willing to commit one weekend day in April for training and 2 to 4 days for surveys. For moreinformation about grassland surveys contact Kristin Mylecraine at 908-766-5787 x 15 or kristin.mylecraine ATnjaudubon.org For more information about Piedmont Surveys please contact Nellie Tsipoura at 908-766-5787 x 20 ornellie.tsipoura AT njaudubon.org The Sandy Hook Migration Watch welcomes visitors and is open to the public daily. The annual count of migratory birds isconducted at the North Pond Observation Deck adjacent to parking area K. For more information seewww.njaudubon.org/Centers/SHBO See Life Paulagics has a pelagic trip from Cape May Sunday, Apr 13. The boat is scheduled to leave at 6:00 AM and returnaround 6:00 PM. For more information, contact them at 215-234-6805 or go to their web site at www.paulagics.com. The Voice of New Jersey Audubon Society is a weekly report on birding in New Jersey. To report birds please call732-872-2500 or email sightings AT njaudubon.org Reports of Review List Species (photos, field sketches, and/or writtendocumentation) go to the New Jersey Bird Records Committee at 14 Crown Drive, Warren NJ 07059. Thanks for calling and reporting. - End Transcript How to report NJ bird sightings: Subject: RBA: Cape May, NJ, April 10, 2008 From: Jean Bickal <jbickal AT EARTHLINK.NET> Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:58:52 -0400 - RBA * New Jersey * Cape May, Cumberland, Atlantic Counties * NJCM0804.10 * April 10, 2008 - Birds Mentioned Black-headed Gull Blue-headed Vireo Canvasback Cattle Egret Common Merganser Common Yellowthroat Indigo Bunting Least Sandpiper Little Blue Heron Northern Rough-winged Swallow Red-headed Woodpecker Ruff Short-billed Dowitcher Yellow-crowned Night-Heron This is the Cape May Birding Hotline, a service of New Jersey Audubon Society's Cape May Bird Observatory. This week's message was prepared on Thursday, April 10, 2008. Highlights this week include sightings of CANVASBACK, COMMON MERGANSER, LITTLE BLUE HERON, CATTLE EGRET, YELLOW- CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, 'WESTERN' WILLET, LEAST SANDPIPER, RUFF, SHORT- BILLED DOWITCHER, BLACK-HEADED GULL, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, NORTHERN ROUGH- WINGED SWALLOW, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, and INDIGO BUNTING. -- For more up to the minute Cape May sightings information check the "View from the Cape" section ofwww.BirdCapeMay.org -- 2 RUFFS were observed at Heislerville WMA in Cumberland County through at least 4/8. Also here this week were CANVASBACK, LITTLE BLUE HERON and 'WESTERN' WILLET. A BLACK-HEADED GULL was seen from Sunset Beach on 4/7. A CATTLE EGRET was seen along Bayshore Road near the Beanery/Rea Farm on 4/8. At least 1 RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continues at Ponderlodge/Villas WMA this week. 8 COMMON MERGANSERS lingered at Brig/Forsythe NWR through 4/3. A YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was at Lily Lake in Cape May Point on 4/7. New arrivals this week included LEAST SANDPIPER at Cape May Pt. State Park on 4/5, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER at Heislerville WMA on 4/7, BLUE- HEADED VIREO at Higbee Beach WMA on 4/9, NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW in Pomona, Atlantic County on 4/8, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT at the Beanery/ Rea Farm and Cape May Pt. State Park on 4/5, and INDIGO BUNTING at Higbee Beach WMA on 4/7. ANNOUNCEMENTS: See Life Paulagics still has space available on its rescheduled pelagic trip out of Cape May on this SUNDAY, APRIL 13. The boat is scheduled to leave at 6:00 AM and return around 6:00 PM. For more information, contact them at 215-234-6805 or go to their web site at www.paulagics.com . CMBO is offering a special to new and upgraded membership renewals. Join CMBO for the first time or upgrade from Individual or Family to The Hundred and receive Charley Harper's Migration Mainline- Cape May lithograph poster, valued at $50. Call either CMBO center to ask an associate about joining today! ******CMBO Bookstore SPRING HOURS are as follows: Northwood Center on East Lake Drive in Cape May Point will be open 7 days a week, APRIL 1 - MAY 31, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Center for Research and Education on Rt. 47 in Goshen is open Tuesday - Sunday, 9:30- 4:30.****** The Cape May Birding Hotline is a service of the New Jersey Audubon Society's Cape May Bird Observatory and details sightings from Cape May, Cumberland, and Atlantic Counties. Updates are made weekly. Please report sightings of rare or unusual birds to CMBO at 609-884-2736. Sponsorship for this hotline comes from the support of CMBO members and business members, and should you not be a member, we cordially invite you to join. Individual membership is $39 per year; $49 for families. You can call either center to become a member or visit. Become a member in person and you'll receive a FREE gift (in addition to member discount in the stores). Good Luck and Good Birding! - End Transcript ============ *Documentation of review list species goes to report AT njbrc.net - or US Mail to NJ Bird Records Committee Secretary, 14 Crown Dr., Warren, NJ 07059 *** Please report your sightings! *** Join or search archives: "NJBIRDS," New Jersey rare bird alert list: Join or search archives: "JerseyBirds," NJ birding discussion list: How to report NJ bird sightings: Subject: RBA: Cape May, NJ, April 3, 2008 From: Jean Bickal <jbickal AT EARTHLINK.NET> Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2008 17:27:24 -0400 - RBA * New Jersey * Cape May, Cumberland, Atlantic Counties * NJCM0804.03 * April 3, 2008 - Birds Mentioned Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Blue-winged Teal Canvasback Caspian Tern Glossy Ibis Little Blue Heron Louisiana Waterthrush Nashville Warbler Northern Gannet Northern Goshawk Red-headed Woodpecker Short-eared Owl Tricolored Heron Wild Turkey Yellow-throated Warbler This is the Cape May Birding Hotline, a service of New Jersey Audubon Society's Cape May Bird Observatory. This week's message was prepared on Thursday, April 3, 2008. Highlights this week include sightings of BLUE-WINGED TEAL, CANVASBACK, WILD TURKEY, NORTHERN GANNET, LITTLE BLUE HERON, TRICOLORED HERON, GLOSSY IBIS, NORTHERN GOSHAWK, CASPIAN TERN, SHORT-EARED OWL, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, NASHVILLE WARBLER, YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER, and LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH. -- For more up to the minute Cape May sightings information check the "View from the Cape" section of www.BirdCapeMay.org -- An overwintering NASHVILLE WARBLER was last seen along the yellow trail at Cape May Point State Park on 3/27. A NORTHERN GOSHAWK was seen at the South Cape May Meadows/CMMBR on 4/1. A WILD TURKEY, rare on Cape Island, was seen along Sea Grove Avenue in Cape May Point on 3/31. 4 WILD TURKEYS and a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER were seen at mile marker 0.2 of the Garden State Parkway on 3/30. At least 1 RED-HEADED WOODPECKER continued at Villas WMA/Ponderlodge this week. YELLOW-THROATED WARBLER and LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH arrived in Belleplain State Forest on 3/28. BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHERS were seen on Cape Island throughout the week, and in Dividing Creek on 4/3. 4 CASPIAN TERNS were seen at Brig/Forsythe NWR on 4/3, and at least 1 SHORT-EARED OWL continued here through 4/3. 2 LITTLE BLUE HERONS and 1 TRICOLORED HERON were observed at Two Mile Landing along Ocean Drive on 4/1. 2 BLUE-WINGED TEAL and a CANVASBACK were noted at Tuckahoe WMA on 3/30. An impressive 2000+ NORTHERN GANNETS were estimated from Sunset Beach on 3/28. GLOSSY IBIS reports came from Cape May Point and Brig/Forsythe NWR this week. ANNOUNCEMENTS: See Life Paulagics has rescheduled its pelagic trip out of Cape May to SUNDAY, APRIL 13. The boat is scheduled to leave at 6:00 AM and return around 6:00 PM. For more information, contact them at 215-234-6805 or go to their web site at www.paulagics.com. CMBO is offering a special to new and upgraded membership renewals. Join CMBO for the first time or upgrade from Individual or Family to The Hundred and receive Charley Harper's Migration Mainline- Cape May lithograph poster, valued at $50. Call either CMBO center to ask an associate about joining today! ******CMBO Bookstore SPRING HOURS are as follows: Northwood Center on East Lake Drive in Cape May Point will be open 7 days a week, APRIL 1 - MAY 31, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Center for Research and Education on Rt. 47 in Goshen is open Tuesday - Sunday, 9:30- 4:30.****** The Cape May Birding Hotline is a service of the New Jersey Audubon Society's Cape May Bird Observatory and details sightings from Cape May, Cumberland, and Atlantic Counties. Updates are made weekly. Please report sightings of rare or unusual birds to CMBO at 609-884-2736. Sponsorship for this hotline comes from the support of CMBO members and business members, and should you not be a member, we cordially invite you to join. Individual membership is $39 per year; $49 for families. You can call either center to become a member or visit. Become a member in person and you'll receive a FREE gift (in addition to member discount in the stores). Good Luck and Good Birding! - End Transcript ============ *Documentation of review list species goes to report AT njbrc.net - or US Mail to NJ Bird Records Committee Secretary, 14 Crown Dr., Warren, NJ 07059 *** Please report your sightings! *** Join or search archives: "NJBIRDS," New Jersey rare bird alert list: Join or search archives: "JerseyBirds," NJ birding discussion list: How to report NJ bird sightings: Subject: RBA: New Jersey, April 3, 2008 From: Laurie Larson <llarson AT Princeton.EDU> Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 15:26:32 -0400 - RBA * New Jersey * Statewide * NJNJ0804.03 * April 3, 2008 - Birds Mentioned American Bittern Barred Owl Blue-winged Teal Bonaparte's Gull Canvasback Caspian Tern Common Raven Evening Grosbeak Greater White-fronted Goose Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Little Gull Louisiana Waterthrush Northern Goshawk Pectoral Sandpiper Red-breasted Merganser Redhead Red-necked Grebe Ross's Goose Rough-legged Hawk Rusty Blackbird Short-eared Owl Snow Goose Tundra Swan Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Transcript hotline: Voice of NJ Audubon number: (732) 872-2595 to report: (732) 872-2500 compilers: Pete Bacinski and Scott Barnes, Sandy Hook Bird Observatory URL: http://www.njaudubon.org/ This is Scott Barnes with the Voice of New Jersey Audubon Society for Thursday April 3, 2008 with reports of EVENING GROSBEAK, LITTLE GULL, seasonal and local reports of interest, and announcements. Three LITTLE GULLS were found at Spruce Run Reservoir Apr 1 along with 50 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS. The four EVENING GROSBEAKS continued at Assunpink WMA through at least Mar 30. From the intersection of Herbert Rd and Cox's Corner/ Imlaystown Rd go north, pass the bait & tackle shop, and make the first left before the main boat launch at the lake. The birds have been viewed in the pines and second-growth woods just short of the famed "mulberry tree" which overlooks Assunpink Lake. Four SHORT-EARED OWLS were hunting at the "Pole Farm" aka Mercer County Park Northwest Mar 30. Salem County reports this week included a ROSS'S GOOSE among the SNOW GOOSE flock around Featherbed Lane near Sharptown Mar 30. At the Raccoon Creek marshes in Gloucester County 35 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS were tallied Mar 29. An AMERICAN BITTERN, 4 CASPIAN TERNS, and up to 5 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were noted at Brigantine NWR Apr 3. Sightings from the North Shore this week were a RED-NECKED GREBE at Lake Como Mar 30 and an ICELAND GULL off Long Branch Mar 31. Sandy Hook reports this week included an adult NORTHERN GOSHAWK that appeared briefly Mar 29-30 near north pond, TUNDRA SWAN, 2 AMERICAN BITTERNS in north pond Mar 30, 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS Mar 31, and a first-cycle ICELAND GULL off north beach Apr 1. The resident BARRED OWL was heard several times this week near the rusty barn north of the scout camp. A free, detailed birding map of Sandy Hook is available at SHBO; check the sightings log there for daily reports. Two ICELAND GULLS were detected at South Amboy Apr 1. For information on birding this site see www.njaudubon.org/Centers/SHBO and click on Raritan Bay Birding. Birds noted at Wallkill River NWR Apr 2 were 8 COMMON RAVENS and 25 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS at Bassett's Bridge, 100's of BLUE-WINGED TEAL and other dabbling ducks plus AMERICAN BITTERN and ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK at the Liberty Loop Trail. A SHORT-EARED OWL was noted along Wallkill Rd in Vernon Twp the same day. Other Sussex County sightings this week included 13 CANVASBACKS and 3 BONAPARTE'S GULLS at Culver's Lake; 10 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS and the continuing REDHEAD flock on Swartswood Lake both Mar 29. A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE was found along Beech Rd at Long Pond Ironworks State Park Apr 1. Garret Mountain reports this week included 7 YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKERS and 15 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS Apr 2. A LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH was there Apr 1. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Your help is needed! The New Jersey Audubon Society is currently recruiting volunteers for bird surveys in grassland and Piedmont areas of the state through our Citizen Science Program. Participants must have prior experience in bird identification and be willing to commit one weekend day in April for training and 2 to 4 days for surveys. For more information about grassland surveys contact Kristin Mylecraine at 908-766-5787 x 15 or kristin.mylecraine AT njaudubon.org For more information about Piedmont Surveys please contact Nellie Tsipoura at 908-766-5787 x 20 or nellie.tsipoura AT njaudubon.org The Sandy Hook Migration Watch welcomes visitors and is open to the public daily. The annual count of migratory birds is conducted at the North Pond Observation Deck adjacent to parking area K. For more information see www.njaudubon.org/Centers/SHBO See Life Paulagics has rescheduled its pelagic trip out of Cape May to SUNDAY, APRIL 13. The boat is scheduled to leave at 6:00 AM and return around 6:00 PM. For more information, contact them at 215-234-6805 or go to their web site at www.paulagics.com The Voice of New Jersey Audubon Society is a weekly report on birding in New Jersey. To report birds please call 732-872-2500 or email sightings AT njaudubon.org 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. Thanks for calling and reporting. - End Transcript How to report NJ bird sightings: Subject: RBA: New Jersey, March 27, 2008 From: Laurie Larson <llarson AT Princeton.EDU> Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:04:26 -0400 - RBA * New Jersey * Statewide * NJNJ0803.27 * March 27, 2008 - Birds Mentioned + Brewer's Blackbird + (Details requested by NJBRC) Common Raven Eurasian Wigeon Evening Grosbeak Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Northern Gannet Northern Shrike Redhead Ross's Goose Rough-legged Hawk Rusty Blackbird Spotted Sandpiper Tundra Swan White-eyed Vireo Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Yellow-headed Blackbird - Transcript hotline: Voice of NJ Audubon number: (732) 872-2595 to report: (732) 872-2500 compilers: Pete Bacinski and Scott Barnes, Sandy Hook Bird Observatory URL: http://www.njaudubon.org/ This is Scott Barnes with the Voice of New Jersey Audubon Society for Thursday March 27, 2008 with reports of BREWER'S BLACKBIRD, EVENING GROSBEAK, seasonal and local reports of interest and announcements. Assunpink WMA hosted 3 female and one male EVENING GROSBEAK Mar 22-27. From the intersection of Herbert Rd and Cox's Corner/ Imlaystown Rd go north, pass the bait & tackle shop, and make the first left before the main boat launch at the lake. The birds have been viewed in the pines and second-growth woods just short of the famed "mulberry tree" which overlooks Assunpink Lake. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was found in the first field east of the boat launch area Mar 23. An early SPOTTED SANDPIPER was found along the shore of Assunpink Lake Mar 26. Sandy Hook sightings this week included the continuing 3 TUNDRA SWANS at North Pond and the Salt Ponds through Mar 24, with the juvenile remaining through Mar 26. Also there this week were an estimated 10,000 NORTHERN GANNETS and a very early WHITE-EYED VIREO around the hawk watch Mar 22-24. A ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK was reported Mar 27. A free, detailed birding map of Sandy Hook is available at SHBO; check the sightings log there for daily bird reports. Along the Raritan Bay shore a TUNDRA SWAN was found at Natco Lake Mar 22. Two ICELAND GULLS were noted at South Amboy's waterfront park Mar 25. For more information on birding these areas see www.njaudubon.org/Centers/SHBO On the North Shore the drake EURASIAN WIGEON continues at Silver Lake in Belmar through Mar 24. An early YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON was detected at Fisherman's Cove Park in Manasquan Mar 22. Single ICELAND GULLS were found at Point Pleasant Beach and near Shark River Inlet Mar 22. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was on Wreck Pond Mar 23. Two COMMON RAVENS were noted at the Pole Farm (Mercer County Park NW) Mar 21. A ROSS'S GOOSE was detected among the Snow Goose flock off Featherbed Lane in Salem County Mar 22. Four BREWER'S BLACKBIRDS were still present at the farm near the intersection of West Supawna Rd and Freas Rd in Pennsville, Salem County Mar 20. A YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD was seen along Compromise Road this week. Two drake REDHEADS were present on Merrill Creek Reservoir Mar 23-24. At Swartswood Lake 17 REDHEADS were noted Mar 24. An impressive 62 REDHEADS were tallied on Mount Hope Lake in Rockaway Mar 26. A flock of 100 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS was noted along the Appalachian trail near Pochuck Creek in Vernon Twp near Rte 517 Mar 23. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Your help is needed! The New Jersey Audubon Society is currently recruiting volunteers for bird surveys in grassland and Piedmont areas of the state through our Citizen Science Program. Participants must have prior experience in bird identification and be willing to commit one weekend day in April for training and 2 to 4 days for surveys. For more information about grassland surveys contact Kristin Mylecraine at 908-766-5787 x 15 or kristin.mylecraine AT njaudubon.org For more information about Piedmont Surveys please contact Nellie Tsipoura at 908-766-5787 x 20 or nellie.tsipoura AT njaudubon.org The Sandy Hook Migration Watch welcomes visitors and is open to the public daily. The annual count of migratory birds is conducted at the North Pond Observation Deck adjacent to parking area K. For more information see www.njaudubon.org/Centers/SHBO See Life Paulagics has rescheduled its pelagic trip out of Cape May to SUNDAY, APRIL 13. The boat is scheduled to leave at 6:00 AM and return around 6:00 PM. For more information, contact them at 215-234-6805 or go to their web site at www.paulagics.com. The Voice of New Jersey Audubon Society is a weekly report on birding in New Jersey. To report birds please call 732-872-2500 or email sightings AT njaudubon.org 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. Thanks for calling and reporting. - End Transcript How to report NJ bird sightings: Subject: RBA: Cape May, NJ, March 20, 2008 From: Jean Bickal <jbickal AT EARTHLINK.NET> Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:45:14 -0400 - RBA * New Jersey * Cape May, Cumberland, Atlantic Counties * NJCM0803.20 * March 20, 2008 - Birds Mentioned + Barnacle Goose + (Details requested by NJBRC) Barn Swallow Blue-winged Teal Canvasback Common Eider Eurasian Green-winged Teal Eurasian Wigeon Lesser Black-backed Gull Nashville Warbler Northern Gannet Purple Martin Red-headed Woodpecker Red-necked Grebe Short-eared Owl Snowy Egret Yellow-breasted Chat - Transcript Hotline: Cape May Birding Hotline Number: (609) 898-BIRD To Report: (609) 884-2736 Coverage: Cape May, Cumberland and Atlantic Counties, NJ Compiler: Tom Reed, Cape May Bird Observatory URL: http://www.njaudubon.org and www.BirdCapeMay.org This is the Cape May Birding Hotline, a service of New Jersey Audubon Society's Cape May Bird Observatory. This week's message was prepared on Thursday, March 20, 2008. Highlights this week include sightings of BARNACLE GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 'EURASIAN' GREEN-WINGED TEAL, CANVASBACK, COMMON EIDER, RED-NECKED GREBE, NORTHERN GANNET, SNOWY EGRET, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, SHORT-EARED OWL, PURPLE MARTIN, BARN SWALLOW, NASHVILLE WARBLER, and YELLOW- BREASTED CHAT. -- For more up to the minute Cape May sightings information check the "View from the Cape" section of www.BirdCapeMay.org -- The long-staying BARNACLE GOOSE on Cape Island was last seen in the field across from Hidden Valley, along New England Road, on 3/18. A NASHVILLE WARBLER was seen along the yellow trail at Cape May Point State Park on 3/14. A YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT was seen along 6th Avenue in West Cape May on 3/19. A EURASIAN WIGEON and a 'EURASIAN' GREEN-WINGED TEAL were observed at Brig/Forsythe NWR on 3/15. A LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL was seen at the end of Miami Avenue in the Villas on 3/16. 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS continue at Ponderlodge/ Villas WMA this week. New arrivals this week included BLUE-WINGED TEAL at The Beanery/Rea Farm on 3/14, 6 PURPLE MARTINS in Cape May Point on 3/15, and BARN SWALLOWS at Turkey Point and Brig/Forsythe NWR on 3/16. Cape May's first SNOWY EGRET was seen at Lily Lake on 3/20. RED-NECKED GREBES were seen from Cape May Point State Park and the Cape May-Lewes Ferry on 3/15. A COMMON EIDER was seen from Stone Harbor Point on 3/15. CANVASBACKS were noted this week in Cape May Point and Heislerville. 2 SHORT-EARED OWLS continued at Jake's Landing through 3/17; 1 was seen at Brig/Forsythe NWR through 3/18. Large numbers of NORTHERN GANNETS continue to be seen in the mouth of Delaware Bay this week. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Both CMBO Centers will be CLOSED on SUNDAY, MARCH 23 for the Easter holiday. CMBO's Northwood Center in Cape May Point will be open 7 days a week beginning APRIL 1. See Life Paulagics has rescheduled its pelagic trip out of Cape May to SUNDAY, APRIL 13. The boat is scheduled to leave at 6:00 AM and return around 6:00 PM. For more information, contact them at 215-234-6805 or go to their web site at www.paulagics.com. CMBO is offering a special to new and upgraded membership renewals. Join CMBO for the first time or upgrade from Individual or Family to The Hundred and receive Charley Harper's Migration Mainline- Cape May lithograph poster, valued at $50. Call either CMBO center to ask an associate about joining today! ******CMBO Bookstore hours are as follows: Northwood Center on East Lake Drive in Cape May Point will be closed on Tuesdays until APRIL 1. The center will be open Wednesday-Monday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Center for Research and Education on Rt. 47 in Goshen is open Tuesday-Sunday, 9:30- 4:30.****** The Cape May Birding Hotline is a service of the New Jersey Audubon Society's Cape May Bird Observatory and details sightings from Cape May, Cumberland, and Atlantic Counties. Updates are made weekly. Please report sightings of rare or unusual birds to CMBO at 609-884-2736. Sponsorship for this hotline comes from the support of CMBO members and business members, and should you not be a member, we cordially invite you to join. Individual membership is $39 per year; $49 for families. You can call either center to become a member or visit. Become a member in person and you'll receive a FREE gift (in addition to member discount in the stores). Good Luck and Good Birding! - End Transcript ============ *Documentation of review list species goes to report AT njbrc.net or US Mail to NJ Bird Records Committee Secretary, 14 Crown Dr., Warren, NJ 07059 How to report NJ bird sightings: Subject: RBA: New Jersey, March 20, 2008 From: Laurie Larson <llarson AT Princeton.EDU> Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:09:22 -0400 - RBA * New Jersey * Statewide * NJNJ0803.20 * March 20, 2008 - Birds Mentioned + Franklin's Gull + Townsend's Solitaire + (Details requested by NJBRC) American Bittern American Woodcock Black-crowned Night-Heron Blue-winged Teal Common Raven Eurasian Green-winged Teal Eurasian Wigeon Fox Sparrow Harlequin Duck Horned Grebe King Eider Lesser Black-backed Gull Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow Northern Gannet Northern Shrike Purple Finch Redhead Red-necked Grebe Ross's Goose Rough-legged Hawk Rusty Blackbird Short-eared Owl Snow Goose Tundra Swan Wilson's Snipe - Transcript hotline: Voice of NJ Audubon number: (732) 872-2595 to report: (732) 872-2500 compilers: Pete Bacinski and Scott Barnes, Sandy Hook Bird Observatory URL: http://www.njaudubon.org/ This is Scott Barnes with the Voice of New Jersey Audubon Society for Thursday March 20, 2008 with reports of EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL, FRANKLIN'S GULL, TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE, seasonal and local reports of interest, and announcements. An adult FRANKLIN'S GULL was found among the large Ring-billed Gull flock at Spruce Run Reservoir's boat launch area Mar 17. No reports since. Also there this week were 6 TUNDRA SWANS Mar 17, a RED-NECKED GREBE Mar 20, and up to 24 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS. At nearby DeMott's Pond in Clinton several pairs of REDHEAD continue. Also in Hunterdon County a NORTHERN SHRIKE was found along Lightfield Road near Solberg Airport Mar 14. At Sandy Hook the long-staying TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE continues through at Mar 16; viewed around the east end of Randolph Dr north of the Boy Scout camp parking lot. Other birds noted at the hook this week included 3 TUNDRA SWANS at the salt pond/north pond area Mar 14-17; approximately 10,000 NORTHERN GANNETS in a feeding frenzy off the toll booths Mar 17, AMERICAN BITTERN at North Pond, a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK from the hawk watch Mar 18, 20+ AMERICAN WOODCOCKS at dawn, and 13 FOX SPARROWS Mar 14. A free, detailed birding map of Sandy Hook is available at SHBO; check the sightings log there for daily bird reports. The EURASIAN WIGEON was still present at Silver Lake in Belmar Mar 16. The Whitesbog NORTHERN SHRIKE was still present Mar 15. Although no specific location was given, the bird was viewed a week ago in the second abandoned bog from the village. At Barnegat Light State Park Mar 15 there were 34 HARLEQUIN DUCKS and a female KING EIDER. Brigantine NWR hosted a EURASIAN WIGEON and a EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL Mar 15. Also there this week were AMERICAN BITTERN and SHORT- EARED OWL. A ROSS'S GOOSE was gleaned from a SNOW GOOSE flock along Featherbed Lane in Salem County Mar 15. At Laurel Hill Park in Secaucus 32 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS and a COMMON RAVEN were observed Mar 14. Reports from the Great Swamp NWR this week included 2 TUNDRA SWANS, 2 BLUE-WINGED TEAL, and 43 WILSON'S SNIPE, all viewed from the friends blind. In Sussex County 12 REDHEADS and a HORNED GREBE were noted at Hendershot's Cove at Swartswood Lake Mar 17. More REDHEADS and a dozen RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were at Paulinskill Lake and at the Sussex County landfill 2 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS, a "NELSON'S" GULL, and COMMON RAVEN were noted, all Mar 15. The Allendale Celery Farm hosted 3 PURPLE FINCHES and 2 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS Mar 20. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Your help is needed! The New Jersey Audubon Society is currently recruiting volunteers for bird surveys in grassland and Piedmont areas of the state through our Citizen Science Program. Participants must have prior experience in bird identification and be willing to commit one weekend day in April for training and 2 to 4 days for surveys. For more information about grassland surveys contact Kristin Mylecraine at 908-766-5787 x 15 or kristin.mylecraine AT njaudubon.org For more information about Piedmont Surveys please contact Nellie Tsipoura at 908-766-5787 x 20 or nellie.tsipoura AT njaudubon.org The Sandy Hook Migration Watch welcomes visitors and is open to the public daily. The annual count of migratory birds is conducted at the North Pond Observation Deck adjacent to parking area K. For more information see www.njaudubon.org/Centers/SHBO See Life Paulagics has rescheduled its pelagic trip out of Cape May to SUNDAY, APRIL 13. The boat is scheduled to leave at 6:00 AM and return around 6:00 PM. For more information, contact them at 215-234-6805 or go to their web site at www.paulagics.com. The Voice of New Jersey Audubon Society is a weekly report on birding in New Jersey. To report birds please call 732-872-2500 or email sightings AT njaudbubon.org 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. hanks for calling and reporting. - End Transcript How to report NJ bird sightings: Subject: Barnacle Goose From: "Donald P. Freiday" <don.freiday AT NJAUDUBON.ORG> Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:21:32 -0400 With respect to the NJBRC’s recent acceptance of Barnacle Goose to the official state list, observers may be interested in knowing the Barnacle Goose is still present in Cape May, reported most recently in the field across from Hidden Valley along New England Road Sunday morning. -------------------------------------------------- Donald P. Freiday Director of Birding Programs New Jersey Audubon Society's Cape May Bird Observatory 600 Route 47 North Cape May Court House, NJ 08210 (609) 861-0700 voice (609) 861-1651 fax HYPERLINK "mailto:don.freiday AT njaudubon.org"don.freiday AT njaudubon.org HYPERLINK "http://www.birdcapemay.org"www.birdcapemay.org HYPERLINK "http://www.njaudubon.org"www.njaudubon.org No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.21.7/1332 - Release Date: 3/17/2008 10:48 AM How/where to report NJ bird sightings: For info, to join, or search archives: "NJBIRDS," rare bird alert list: For info, to join, or search archives: "JerseyBirds," NJ bird discussion list: Subject: Barnacle Goose and New Jersey Bird Records Committee From: Bill Boyle <sawwhet AT OPTONLINE.NET> Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:01:45 -0400 New Jersey Birders, At the Spring 2008 meeting of the New Jersey Bird Records Committee, March 15, 2008, the committee voted to change the status of Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis) on the New Jersey State List. Effective with records dating from 2002 to the present, the qualification "origin uncertain" is removed from accepted records of this species and the birds are presumed to be of wild origin. While the committee recognizes that some of the records may pertain to escaped individuals, the dramatic increase in the number of sightings in New Jersey and other northeastern states during the past decade cannot be reasonably attributed to escapes alone. The fact that the increase in sightings of Barnacle Goose coincides with a corresponding large increase in the breeding population in Greenland, as well as examples of proven vagrancy to North America, provides support for this decision. Barnacle Goose remains on the Review List of species to be considered by the committee. The NJBRC has elected Bill Boyle as Secretary, succeeding Laurie Larson, who is retiring after more than a decade of diligent and tireless dedication to the position. Vince Elia continues as the committee Chair. The committee is also establishing a new web site, njbrc.net, which will be available soon. The site will have information about NJBRC, the New Jersey State List of birds, the New Jersey Review List of birds for which the committee wishes to receive documentation of sightings, a form that can be used to submit reports, and other useful information about New Jersey's birds. A link to that information is also available at www.njaudubon.org/Research. Reports and photographs can be sent to the New Jersey Bird Records Committee, preferable via email to report AT njbrc.net, or regular mail to: Bill Boyle Secretary, NJBRC 14 Crown Drive Warren, NJ 07059 How/where to report NJ bird sightings: For info, to join, or search archives: "NJBIRDS," rare bird alert list: For info, to join, or search archives: "JerseyBirds," NJ bird discussion list: Subject: Franklin's Gull, Spruce Run Reservoir From: Scott Barnes <myiarchus16 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:38:49 -0700 NJ Birds, Frank Sencher called to report an adult Franklin's Gull at the boat launch area of Spruce Run Reservoir this morning (3/17) around 7:30 am. The bird flew off with a small flock of Ring-billed Gulls. Many gulls return to the reservoir to roost, so checking later today might be the best shot. Good Birding, Scott Barnes --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. How/where to report NJ bird sightings: For info, to join, or search archives: "NJBIRDS," rare bird alert list: For info, to join, or search archives: "JerseyBirds," NJ bird discussion list: Subject: RBA: Cape May, NJ, February 13, 2008 From: Jean Bickal <jbickal AT EARTHLINK.NET> Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:21:19 -0400 - RBA * New Jersey * Cape May, Cumberland, Atlantic Counties * NJCM0803.13 * March 13, 2008 - Birds Mentioned + Barnacle Goose + (Details requested by NJBRC) Canvasback Eurasian Green-winged Teal Eurasian Wigeon Golden Eagle Least Sandpiper Northern Gannet Orange-crowned Warbler Osprey Piping Plover Redhead Red-headed Woodpecker Rough-legged Hawk Rusty Blackbird Sedge Wren Snowy Egret Yellow-crowned Night-Heron - Transcript Hotline: Cape May Birding Hotline Number: (609) 898-BIRD To Report: (609) 884-2736, CapeMayReports AT njaudubon.org Coverage: Cape May, Cumberland and Atlantic Counties, NJ Compiler: Jason Guerard, Cape May Bird Observatory URL: This is the Cape May Birding Hotline, a service of New Jersey Audubon Society's Cape May Bird Observatory. This week's message was prepared on Thursday, March 13, 2008. Highlights this week include sightings of BARNACLE GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, 'EURASIAN' GREEN-WINGED TEAL, CANVASBACK, NORTHERN GANNET, SNOWY EGRET, YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON, OSPREY, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, GOLDEN EAGLE, PIPING PLOVER, LEAST SANDPIPER, SEDGE WREN, ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, and RUSTY BLACKBIRD. -- For more up to the minute Cape May sightings information check the "View from the Cape" section of www.BirdCapeMay.org -- The BARNACLE GOOSE on Cape Island was last reported on 3/7 from New England Road, across from Hidden Valley. A SEDGE WREN was found at Hidden Valley on 3/6. EURASIAN WIGEON, 'EURASIAN' GREEN-WINGED TEAL and a ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK were found at Tuckahoe WMA on 3/7. 2 GOLDEN EAGLES were seen from Jake's Landing on 3/8. A LEAST SANDPIPER was here on 3/9. OSPREY arrived this week at Cape May Point, Jake's Landing and along the Maurice River. The wintering OSPREY at Brig/Forsythe NWR was last noted on 3/12. Other arrivals this week included SNOWY EGRET at Brig/ Forsythe NWR on 3/9, and YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON at Mott's Creek on 3/9. A PIPING PLOVER was seen at the Two Mile Beach Unit of Cape May NWR on 3/7. 11 CANVASBACKS were seen at Heislerville WMA on 3/7, and 3 CANVASBACKS were on Lily Lake the same day. An ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was noted at the South Cape May Meadows/ CMMBR on 3/10. 180 RUSTY BLACKBIRDS, 3 REDHEADS and a RED-HEADED WOODPECKER were observed at Villas WMA on 3/6. Over 1,000 NORTHERN GANNETS have been seen from the Cape May-Lewes Ferry this week. ANNOUNCEMENTS: See Life Paulagics still has space available on its pelagic trip out of Cape May on SUNDAY, MARCH 16 (weather permitting) for winter seabirds. If postponed due to weather, the trip could be rescheduled for APRIL 13. The boat is scheduled to leave at 6:00 AM and return around 6:00 PM. For more information, contact them at 215-234-6805 or go to their web site at www.paulagics.com. CMBO will be hosting its 13TH ANNUAL OPTICS SALE this weekend, MARCH 15 and MARCH 16 at the Center for Research & Education in Goshen. The sale runs from 9:00am to 5:00pm both days. You must be a member of CMBO or NJAS to purchase at the sale. Both CMBO Centers will be CLOSED on SUNDAY, MARCH 23 for the Easter holiday. CMBO is offering a special to new and upgraded membership renewals. Join CMBO for the first time or upgrade from Individual or Family to The Hundred and receive Charley Harper's Migration Mainline- Cape May lithograph poster, valued at $50. Call either CMBO center to ask an associate about joining today! ******CMBO Bookstore hours are as follows: Northwood Center on East Lake Drive in Cape May Point will be closed on Tuesdays until April 1. The center will be open Wednesday-Monday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Center for Research and Education on Rt. 47 in Goshen is open Tuesday - Sunday, 9:30- 4:30.****** The Cape May Birding Hotline is a service of the New Jersey Audubon Society's Cape May Bird Observatory and details sightings from Cape May, Cumberland, and Atlantic Counties. Updates are made weekly. Please report sightings of rare or unusual birds to CMBO at 609-884-2736. Sponsorship for this hotline comes from the support of CMBO members and business members, and should you not be a member, we cordially invite you to join. Individual membership is $39 per year; $49 for families. You can call either center to become a member or visit. Become a member in person and you'll receive a FREE gift (in addition to member discount in the stores). Good Luck and Good Birding! - End Transcript ============ **Documentation of review list species goes to the NJ Bird Records Committee at 91 Sycamore Lane, Skillman, NJ 08558. How/where to report NJ bird sightings: For info, to join, or search archives: "NJBIRDS," rare bird alert list: For info, to join, or search archives: "JerseyBirds," NJ bird discussion list: Subject: RBA, New Jersey, March 13, 2008 From: Laurie Larson <llarson AT Princeton.EDU> Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:50:16 -0400 - RBA * New Jersey * Statewide * NJNJ0803.13 * March 13, 2008 - Birds Mentioned + Barnacle Goose + Bohemian Waxwing + Townsend's Solitaire + Western Grebe + (Details requested by NJBRC) Black-headed Gull Common Raven Common Redpoll Eurasian Wigeon Glaucous Gull Iceland Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Northern Saw-whet Owl Northern Shrike Redhead Red-necked Grebe Tundra Swan - Transcript hotline: Voice of NJ Audubon number: (732) 872-2595 to report: (732) 872-2500 compilers: Pete Bacinski and Scott Barnes, Sandy Hook Bird Observatory URL: http://www.njaudubon.org/ This is Scott Barnes with the Voice of New Jersey Audubon Society for Thursday March 13, 2008 with reports of BARNACLE GOOSE, WESTERN GREBE, TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE, BOHEMIAN WAXWING, seasonal and local reports of interest, and announcements. Most locations mentioned in this report can be found in Bill Boyle's "A Bird Finding Guide to New Jersey," available at most New Jersey Audubon Society Bookstores. The BARNACLE GOOSE was seen again Mar 7 northwest of Califon near in a field near the intersection of Rte 513 and Trimmer Rd (DeLorme P. 29, I-24 & 25). At Sandy Hook a WESTERN GREBE was in the ocean off C-lot Mar 11 (probably the same individual that was found nearby on Feb 29). The long-staying TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE continues through Mar 9 at the east end of Randolph Dr, accessed off the bike path from the Boy Scout camp parking area. One BOHEMIAN WAXWING was viewed just north of the Spermaceti Cove boardwalk Mar 7. Other birds noted at the hook this week included 3 TUNDRA SWANS (very rare here) at the salt pond Mar 12-13, 2 RED-NECKED GREBES in the ocean off the toll booths and another in Horseshoe Cove Mar 7, 2 calling NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWLS near the scout camp pre-dawn the same day, and a COMMON REDPOLL near north pond Mar 9. A free, detailed birding map of Sandy Hook is available at SHBO; check the sightings log there for daily reports. North Shore reports Mar 8-9 were of the drake EURASIAN WIGEON and a REDHEAD at Silver Lake in Belmar; a RED-NECKED GREBE at Lake Como; an adult BLACK-HEADED GULL at Manasquan Inlet, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS at Pullman Ave in Elberon, Deal, Shark River, 2 at Wreck Pond, and Manasquan Inlet; a GLAUCOUS GULL in Monmouth Beach, single ICELAND GULLS at Seven President's Park in Long Branch, Roosevelt Ave in Deal, and 2 at Manasquan Inlet. The Whitesbog NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen again Mar 8. The bird was at the southeast corner of the second abandoned bog. Also there were 22 Tundra Swans. A few COMMON REDPOLLS continue to visit feeders at NJ Audubon's Plainsboro Preserve through Mar 11. Six REDHEADS were noted this week in DeMott's Pond in Clinton. A COMMON RAVEN was seen near Laurel Hill Park in Secaucus, where a pair has nested in the last few years. Also in Hudson County was a EURASIAN WIGEON at Liberty State Park Mar 11. ANNOUNCEMENTS: See Life Paulagics will run a pelagic trip out of Cape May on Sunday Mar 16 for winter seabirds. Trip runs from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm. For more information, contact them at 215-234-6805 or www.paulagics.com Your help is needed! The New Jersey Audubon Society is currently recruiting volunteers for bird surveys in grassland and Piedmont areas of the state through our Citizen Science Program. Participants must have prior experience in bird identification and be willing to commit one weekend day in April for training and 2 to 4 days for surveys. For more information about grassland surveys contact Kristin Mylecraine at 908-766-5787 x 15 or kristin.mylecraine AT njaudubon.org For more information about Piedmont Surveys please contact Nellie Tsipoura at 908-766-5787 x 20 or nellie.tsipoura AT njaudubon.org The Sandy Hook Migration Watch welcomes visitors and is open to the public daily. The annual count of migratory birds is conducted at the North Pond Observation Deck adjacent to parking area K. For more information see www.njaudubon.org/Centers/SHBO 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 njaudbubon.org Reports of Review List Species (photos, field sketches, and/or written documentation) go to the New Jersey Bird Records Committee at 91 Sycamore Lane, Skillman NJ 08558. Thanks for calling and reporting. - End Transcript How/where to report NJ bird sightings: For info, to join, or search archives: "NJBIRDS," rare bird alert list: For info, to join, or search archives: "JerseyBirds," NJ bird discussion list: Subject: Western Grebe at Sandy Hook From: Scott Barnes <myiarchus16 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:35:39 -0700 NJ Birds, Tom Boyle refound the Western Grebe at Sandy Hook this morning (10:30 am). The bird was in the ocean off of Lot C (Chokecherry Beach lot) and was near a small flock of Long-tailed Ducks. The Townsend's Solitaire is still present as of March 9 in its usual spot on Randolph Drive and the Bohemian Waxwing was seen just north of Spermaceti Cove March 7. Good Birding, Scott Barnes Senior Naturalist Sandy Hook Bird Observatory New Jersey Audubon Society www.njaudubon.org/Centers/SHBO --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. How/where to report NJ bird sightings: For info, to join, or search archives: "NJBIRDS," rare bird alert list: For info, to join, or search archives: "JerseyBirds," NJ bird discussion list: Subject: RBA: New Jersey, March 6 2008 From: Laurie Larson <llarson AT Princeton.EDU> Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 16:25:24 -0500 - RBA * New Jersey * Statewide * NJNJ0803.06 * March 6, 2008 - Birds Mentioned + Barnacle Goose + Bohemian Waxwing + Brewer's Blackbird + Townsend's Solitaire + Western Grebe + (Details requested by NJBRC) American Woodcock Barred Owl Cackling Goose Common Redpoll Eurasian Wigeon Evening Grosbeak Glaucous Gull Golden Eagle Greater White-fronted Goose Iceland Gull Lapland Longspur Lesser Black-backed Gull Northern Shrike Redhead Red-necked Grebe Red-shouldered Hawk Ross's Goose Rough-legged Hawk Short-eared Owl Snow Goose Snowy Owl White-winged Scoter - Transcript hotline: Voice of NJ Audubon number: (732) 872-2595 to report: (732) 872-2500 compilers: Pete Bacinski and Scott Barnes, Sandy Hook Bird Observatory URL: http://www.njaudubon.org/ This is Scott Barnes with the Voice of New Jersey Audubon Society for Thursday March 6, 2008 with reports of BARNACLE GOOSE, WESTERN GREBE, BOHEMIAN WAXWING, TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE, BREWER'S BLACKBIRD, SNOWY OWL, EVENING GROSBEAK, seasonal and local reports of interest, and announcements. Most locations mentioned in the VONJAS can be found in Bill Boyle's "A Bird Finding Guide to New Jersey" available at NJ Audubon center bookstores. A WESTERN GREBE was a one-afternoon wonder at Sandy Hook Feb 29, viewed in the ocean off the fee plaza. Up to 3 BOHEMIAN WAXWINGS continue at the hook through March 4, most often found around the Boy Scout Camp parking lot or just north of there along the bike path, or around the perimeter of the Gunnison Parking lot. The TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE is still present through Mar 6 and found at the east end of Randolph Dr north of the scout camp. Other reports from the hook this week included 20+ displaying AMERICAN WOODCOCKS, 5 RED-SHOULDERED HAWKS, a BARRED OWL calling near the scout camp, and a large alcid species off c-lot. A free, detailed birding map of Sandy Hook is available at SHBO; check the sightings log there for daily reports. Five BREWER'S BLACKBIRDS (3 males/2 females) were found again along West Supawna Rd/Freas Rd in Pennsville, Salem County Mar 1-2 (DeLorme P. 60, H-13). Other Salem County sightings this week were of a ROSS'S GOOSE among a huge SNOW GOOSE flock along Pointer's-Auburn Rd near Sharptown Mar 2. The Califon BARNACLE GOOSE was still present Mar 1, seen in a field off Trimmer Rd and Rte 513. Other Hunterdon County reports this week included a GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE along River Road near Assicong Marsh Mar 2; 11 REDHEADS and a RED-NECKED GREBE at Round Valley Reservoir; WHITE-WINGED SCOTER and GLAUCOUS GULL at Spruce Run Reservoir. Further west along the Rte 78 corridor, a LAPLAND LONGSPUR was detected along Oberly Road near Alpha, Warren County Mar 3. A SNOWY OWL was discovered Mar 2-3 roosting on the beach at Caven Cove in Hudson County and later seen on the nearby jetty. Wallkill River NWR's Oil City Rd area hosted 6+ ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS and 6+ SHORT-EARED OWLS Mar 1. Also in Sussex County this week was a NORTHERN SHRIKE at Paulinskill WMA near the bridge along Parsons Rd and 11 REDHEADS at Swartswood Lake, both Mar 1. The NORTHERN SHRIKE was seen again Feb 29 south of Layton in Flatbrook-Roy WMA. Look for the bird near the junction of Rtes 615 and 640 (DeLorme P. 18, J-9). 40 REDHEADS made for an excellent count at Mount Hope Lake in Morris County, viewed off Evermont Ave Mar 2. North Shore reports this week were of the EURASIAN WIGEON at Silver Lake in Belmar, a CACKLING GOOSE, REDHEAD, and RED-NECKED GREBE at Lake Como, single LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULLS on Wreck Pond and Deal Lake, and a first-cycle ICELAND GULL off Roosevelt Ave in Deal, all Mar 1-4. A drake EURASIAN WIGEON remains at Brigantine NWR through Mar 2, seen off the north dike in Perch Cove; also there Feb 29 were ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK and GOLDEN EAGLE off the north dike. Two COMMON REDPOLLS were still visiting the feeders at NJAS's Plainsboro Preserve through Mar 1. Other Common Redpoll reports this week were of 6-10 at Mercer County Park, viewed along the southwest shore of the lake near the shelter Feb 29, 2 at NJAS's Weis Ecology Center Mar 4, and 4 along the Henry Hudson bike path at Natco Lake Mar 5. For more information on birding the latter site see www.njaudubon.org/Centers/SHBO/RaritanBirding.html Three EVENING GROSBEAKS were found at Six Mile Run Preserve in Franklin Twp Mar 3. The birds were seen on the Blackwell's Mill Trail south of the park headquarters. At Trenton Marsh 8-12 REDHEADS were seen Mar 28. Also in Mercer County was a SHORT-EARED OWL at the Pole Farm (Mercer County Park Northwest) Mar 2. ANNOUNCEMENTS: See Life Paulagics will run a pelagic trip out of Cape May on Sunday Mar 16 in for winter seabirds. Trip runs from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm. For more information, contact them at 215-234-6805 or www.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. Documentation of Review List Species(photos, field sketches, and/or written documentation) go to the New Jersey Bird Records Committee at 91 Sycamore Lane, Skillman NJ 08558. Thanks for calling and reporting. - End Transcript How/where to report NJ bird sightings: For info, to join, or search archives: "NJBIRDS," rare bird alert list: For info, to join, or search archives: "JerseyBirds," NJ bird discussion list: Subject: RBA: Cape May, NJ, March 6, 2008 From: Jean Bickal <jbickal AT EARTHLINK.NET> Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 12:59:41 -0500 - RBA * New Jersey * Cape May, Cumberland, Atlantic Counties * NJCM0803.06 * March 6, 2008 - Birds Mentioned + Barnacle Goose + (Details requested by NJBRC) Common Redpoll Eastern Phoebe Eurasian Wigeon Golden Eagle Laughing Gull Little Gull Pine Warbler Piping Plover Red Knot Redhead Red-headed Woodpecker Red-necked Grebe Rough-legged Hawk Short-eared Owl Tree Swallow This is the Cape May Birding Hotline, a service of New Jersey Audubon Society's Cape May Bird Observatory. This week's message was prepared on Thursday, March 6, 2008. Highlights this week include sightings of BARNACLE GOOSE, EURASIAN WIGEON, REDHEAD, RED-NECKED GREBE, ROUGH- LEGGED HAWK, GOLDEN EAGLE, PIPING PLOVER, RED KNOT, LAUGHING GULL, LITTLE GULL, SHORT-EARED OWL, RED-HEADED WOODPECKER, EASTERN PHOEBE, TREE SWALLOW, PINE WARBLER, and COMMON REDPOLL. -- For more up to the minute Cape May sightings information check the "View from the Cape" section ofwww.BirdCapeMay.org -- The long-staying BARNACLE GOOSE on Cape Island was last reported from Lily Lake on 3/2. A COMMON REDPOLL has been seen at a feeder in Del Haven through 3/5. An adult LITTLE GULL was found at Norbury's Landing on 3/5. Sightings from Brig/Forsythe NWR this week included at least 1 EURASIAN WIGEON in Perch Cove along the north dike through 3/2, as well as GOLDEN EAGLE and ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK on 2/29. New arrivals this week include a PIPING PLOVER at Two Mile Beach on 3/5, a LAUGHING GULL at the Ferry Terminal in North Cape May on 3/3, a PINE WARBLER at Ponderlodge/Villas WMA on 3/2, and a TREE SWALLOW at East Point on 3/4. 3 REDHEADS, 2 RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS and an EASTERN PHOEBE were seen at Ponderlodge/Villas WMA on 3/1. RED KNOTS were reported from Two Mile Beach and North Wildwood on 3/2. SHORT-EARED OWLS continue to be found at their usual haunts in coastal marshes, including 6 at Jake's Landing this week. A RED-NECKED GREBE was found here on 2/29. ANNOUNCEMENTS: See Life Paulagics still has space available on its pelagic trip out of Cape May on SUNDAY, MARCH 16 for winter seabirds. The boat is scheduled to leave at 6:00 AM and return around 6:00 PM. For more information, contact them at 215-234-6805 or go to their web site at www.paulagics.com . CMBO will be hosting its 13TH ANNUAL OPTICS SALE on Saturday, MARCH 15 and Sunday, MARCH 16 at the Center for Research & Education in Goshen. The sale runs from 9:00am to 5:00pm both days. You must be a member of CMBO or NJAS to purchase at the sale. Both CMBO Centers will be CLOSED on SUNDAY, MARCH 23 for the Easter holiday. CMBO is offering a special to new and upgraded membership renewals. Join CMBO for the first time or upgrade from Individual or Family to The Hundred and receive Charley Harper's Migration Mainline- Cape May lithograph poster, valued at $50. Call either CMBO center to ask an associate about joining today! ******CMBO Bookstore hours are as follows: Northwood Center on East Lake Drive in Cape May Point will be closed on Tuesdays until April 1. The center will be open Wednesday-Monday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Center for Research and Education on Rt. 47 in Goshen is open Tuesday - Sunday, 9:30- 4:30.****** The Cape May Birding Hotline is a service of the New Jersey Audubon Society's Cape May Bird Observatory and details sightings from Cape May, Cumberland, and Atlantic Counties. Updates are made weekly. Please report sightings of rare or unusual birds to CMBO at 609-884-2736. Sponsorship for this hotline comes from the support of CMBO members and business members, and should you not be a member, we cordially invite you to join. Individual membership is $39 per year; $49 for families. You can call either center to become a member or visit. Become a member in person and you'll receive a FREE gift (in addition to member discount in the stores). Good Luck and Good Birding! - End Transcript ============ *** Please report your sightings! *** Join or search archives: "NJBIRDS," New Jersey rare bird alert list: Join or search archives: "JerseyBirds," NJ birding discussion list: How/where to report NJ bird sightings: For info, to join, or search archives: "NJBIRDS," rare bird alert list: For info, to join, or search archives: "JerseyBirds," NJ bird discussion list: Subject: Snowy Owl, Liberty State Park From: Laurie Larson <llarson AT Princeton.EDU> Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 09:35:46 -0500 NJBIRDS, While it's not a "committee bird" like most of the species we alert on this list, I'd be remiss not to pass this along. Bill Boyle writes: "Hank Burk called from the Urner Field Trip at Liberty State Park to say that they have a Snowy Owl on the sand just south of the first parking lot at 9:15 am." Laurie Larson How/where to report NJ bird sightings: For info, to join, or search archives: "NJBIRDS," rare bird alert list: For info, to join, or search archives: "JerseyBirds," NJ bird discussion list: Subject: Western Grebe From: Scott Barnes <myiarchus16 AT YAHOO.COM> Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:23:56 -0800 NJ Birds, Tom Boyle discovered a Western Grebe around 11:30 this morning at Sandy Hook. The bird is present on the ocean between the toll plaza and B-lot. Park at the shrink-wrapped toll plaza and walk out to the beach. The bird was viewed in this area and seemed to be loosely associating with a male Greater Scaup. Bohemian Waxwing and Townsend's Solitaire were both reported from their usual spots north of the scout camp today as well. Good Birding, Scott Barnes Senior Naturalist Sandy Hook Bird Observatory New Jersey Audubon Society www.njaudubon/Centers/SHBO --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. How/where to report NJ bird sightings: For info, to join, or search archives: "NJBIRDS," rare bird alert list: For info, to join, or search archives: "JerseyBirds," NJ bird discussion list: Subject: RBA: New Jersey, February 29, 2008 From: Laurie Larson <llarson AT Princeton.EDU> Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:45:20 -0500 - RBA * New Jersey * Statewide * NJNJ0802.29 * February 29, 2008 - Birds Mentioned + Barnacle Goose + Bohemian Waxwing + Townsend's Solitaire + (Details requested by NJBRC) American Oystercatcher American Pipit Canada Goose Common Eider Common Raven Common Redpoll Eurasian Wigeon Golden Eagle Harlequin Duck Horned Lark Iceland Gull Lapland Longspur Lesser Black-backed Gull Marbled Godwit Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow Northern Goshawk Northern Shrike Pine Grosbeak Purple Sandpiper Razorbill Redhead Red-necked Grebe Rough-legged Hawk Rusty Blackbird Short-eared Owl Snow Bunting Trumpeter Swan Tundra Swan Willet - Transcript hotline: Voice of NJ Audubon number: (732) 872-2595 to report: (732) 872-2500 compilers: Pete Bacinski and Scott Barnes, Sandy Hook Bird Observatory URL: http://www.njaudubon.org/ This is Pete Bacinski for the Voice of the NJ Audubon Society for Thursday, January 24, 2008 with reports of BARNACLE GOOSE, TRUMPETER SWAN, TUNDRA SWAN, EURASIAN WIGEON, REDHEAD, COMMON EIDER, HARLEQUIN DUCK, RED-NECKED GREBE, NORTHERN GOSHAWK, ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK, GOLDEN EAGLE, AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER, "WESTERN" WILLET, MARBLED GODWIT, PURPLE SANDPIPER, ICELAND GULL, LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, RAZORBILL, SHORT-EARED OWL, NORTHERN SHRIKE, COMMON RAVEN, HORNED LARK, TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE, AMERICAN PIPIT, BOHEMIAN WAXWING, LAPLAND LONGSPUR, SNOW BUNTING, RUSTY BLACKBIRD, PINE GROSBEAK, COMMON REDPOLL and seasonal and local reports of interest. The BOHEMIAN WAXWING and the TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE continue to thrive at Sandy Hook with both birds still present Feb. 28. The Bohemian Waxwing has been regular in the Boy Scout Camp near the parking lot or the flag poll and the Townsend's Solitaire at its usual haunt around the water treatment building at the end of Randolph Drive north of the Boy Scout Camp. Other Hook sightings include a RUSTY BLACKBIRD, a HORNED LARK and 45 SNOW BUNTINGS on Feb. 24. The EURASIAN WIGEON continues at Silver Lake in Belmar as of Feb. 28, while a RED-NECKED GREBE was discovered at Lake Como in Spring Lake on Feb. 23 and still present on Feb. 24. An AMERICAN PIPIT was also noted walking the beach at Allenhurst off Corlies Avenue Feb. 23. Manasquan Inlet hosted three RAZORBILLS and a flock of 30+ PURPLE SANDPIPERS Feb. 23, while a pair of hybrid Sandhill/Common Cranes was present at Inman Road in New Egypt Feb. 23. Collier's Mills Road was home to a flock of about 200 HORNED LARKS also Feb. 23. Brigantine (Forsythe) NWR featured a EURASIAN WIGEON Feb. 23-24 and again Feb. 28, seven TUNDRA SWANS, Feb. 24, and four SHORT-EARED OWLS Feb. 23. Three to four SHORT-EARED OWLS were also tallied just north of Smithville off Mott's Creek Road. A PINE GROSBEAK was reported at a feeder in Port Republic and only appearing for five minutes on Feb. 22. Two MARBLED GODWITS, 110 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS, and 18 "WESTERN" WILLETS were present on Brigantine Island Feb. 24. Barnegat Light SP hosted an immature RAZORBILL, a second cycle LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL, 20+ HARLEQUIN DUCKS, 35 PURPLE SANDPIPERS, 30 SNOW BUNTINGS and three sub-adult COMMON EIDERS Feb. 24, while Cedar Run Dock Road had one to two SHORT-EARED OWLS present appearing at almost dark the same day. A lone HORNED LARK visited the Harvey Cedars Municipal Park on Feb. 23. Seven RUSTY BLACKBIRDS were present at the Pedricktown Marsh Feb. 25. The BARNACLE GOOSE was once again present in the Califon Pond off River Road in front of the Methodist-Episcopal Church among a large flock of CANADA GEESE Feb. 24. The Alpha Grasslands, Oberly Road Feb. 23-24 hosted 2 to 4 LAPLAND LONGSPURS in a flock of 100+ HORNED LARKS as well as a dark form ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK. Two REDHEAD were present at the swimming area of Round Valley Reservoir Feb. 24 and 26, while a RED-NECKED GREBE was discovered on the Reservoir Feb. 27. An ICELAND GULL was again noted at the boat launch area of Spruce Run Reservoir Feb. 23. A NORTHERN SHRIKE was discovered at the Tilcon quarry ponds in Waterloo Feb. 27, while a NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW was discovered Feb. 25 on the Liberty Loop Trail at the Wallkill River NWR. This bird is for your NY state list. An immature and an adult GOLDEN EAGLE were present along with an immature NORTHERN GOSHAWK at Van Campen's Inn along the Old Mine Road in Sandyston on Feb 24. The road is treacherous so proceed at your own risk. Two TRUMPETER SWANS were discovered on Farrington Lake in Bicentennial Park in East Brunswick Feb. 23. By checking leg band numbers, one of the birds is the same bird that was present on Upper Greenwood Lake in February 2007. These are birds that originated in Ontario where a re- introduction project is in progress. Five REDHEADS were present on Dallenbach Lake in East Brunswick Feb. 23, while 150 HORNED LARK were tallied at the East Brunswick dog park. Five REDHEADS were also noted off Hudson County Park in Bayonne Feb. 23. Six COMMON REDPOLLS continue at the Plainsboro Preserve feeder as of Feb. 28 while others were reported on private feeders in Morris Plains Feb. 23 to 28 and in Springfield Feb. 23. The Voice of NJ Audubon is a weekly report on birding in NJ. To report birds, please call 732-872-2500. Documentation of review list species goes to the NJ Bird Records Committee at 91 Sycamore Lane, Skillman, NJ 08558. This is Pete Bacinski wishing you the best birding and thanks for calling, surfing, and reporting. - End Transcript How/where to report NJ bird sightings: For info, to join, or search archives: "NJBIRDS," rare bird alert list: For info, to join, or search archives: "JerseyBirds," NJ bird discussion list: Subject: RBA: Cape May, New Jersey, Feb. 28, 2008 From: Laurie Larson <llarson AT Princeton.EDU>