Exploring Rare Bird Sightings in New Jersey, A Birding Adventure en route to A Big Year!

New Jersey, often celebrated for its bustling cities and beautiful coastline, also offers a haven for bird enthusiasts seeking rare sightings and natural wonders. This week, birders across the state have been treated to extraordinary sightings, making it an exciting time for birding in New Jersey.

Rare Bird Sightings throughout the past week, New Jersey’s birding community has been abuzz with sightings of several rare species. Among the most notable was the appearance of a Northern Wheatear in Cape May, drawing enthusiasts eager to catch a glimpse of this migratory songbird known for its striking plumage and transcontinental travels. Birdwatchers also reported sightings of a Varied Thrush in High Point State Park, a true rarity in the region known for its vibrant colors and distinctive call.

In addition to these highlights, sightings of the elusive Golden-winged Warbler in the Pine Barrens and a Western Tanager spotted near the Delaware River added to the excitement, showcasing the diversity of avian life that can be found across New Jersey’s varied landscapes.

Birding in General Throughout New Jersey. Beyond these rare sightings, New Jersey offers a wealth of opportunities for birding enthusiasts of all levels throughout the year. The state’s geographic diversity, from coastal marshes to dense forests and expansive wetlands, provides habitats for a wide range of bird species.

Best Spots for Birding

1. Cape May: Known as one of the East Coast’s premier birding destinations, Cape May attracts migratory birds in impressive numbers during spring and fall. Cape May Point State Park and Higbee Beach Wildlife Management Area are popular spots for observing songbird migrations and raptors.
2. The Meadowlands: Despite its proximity to urban areas, the Meadowlands offer critical habitat for hundreds of bird species. Richard W. DeKorte Park is a prime location for spotting waterfowl, shorebirds, and migratory songbirds against the backdrop of the Manhattan skyline.
3. Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge: Located in Morris County, this expansive refuge provides sanctuary to a diverse array of bird species, including nesting Bald Eagles and a variety of waterfowl. Trails throughout the refuge offer excellent opportunities for both novice and experienced birders.
4. High Point State Park: Situated in the Kittatinny Mountains, this park is known for its elevation and diverse habitats. Birders can explore trails that wind through mixed hardwood forests, providing opportunities to spot both resident and migratory species, such as the Varied Thrush recently sighted.
5. Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area: Along the Delaware River, this area offers scenic beauty and rich birding opportunities. Look for Bald Eagles soaring overhead, as well as a variety of warblers and other songbirds along the park’s trails.

As birding enthusiasts flock to New Jersey’s diverse habitats this week, the rare bird sightings serve as a reminder of the state’s rich biodiversity and the thrill of spotting elusive species. Whether exploring well-known birding hotspots or discovering new locations off the beaten path, New Jersey offers endless opportunities for birdwatchers to connect with nature and witness the beauty of avian life.

A Big Year, released in 2011, “A Big Year” is a comedy film directed by David Frankel, starring Steve Martin, Jack Black, and Owen Wilson. The movie revolves around the competitive world of birdwatching, known as a “big year,” where enthusiasts compete to spot the greatest number of bird species in North America within a calendar year.

The story follows three main characters: Brad Harris (Jack Black), a young computer programmer who dreams of achieving a big year; Stu Preissler (Steve Martin), a successful businessman facing retirement who decides to pursue his passion for birding; and Kenny Bostick (Owen Wilson), the current record-holder for the big year and determined to maintain his title.

As the three men embark on their quest across the continent, they encounter numerous challenges and adventures in their pursuit of rare bird species. Along the way, they form unlikely friendships, learn valuable life lessons, and confront personal and professional dilemmas.

Steve Martin, Jack Black, and Owen Wilson deliver strong performances, each bringing their unique comedic style and depth to their respective roles. Martin portrays the contemplative and introspective birder with a touch of humor and vulnerability, while Black injects energy and enthusiasm into his character’s passion for birding. Wilson shines as the competitive and somewhat arrogant Kenny Bostick, adding a layer of complexity to the rivalry among the trio.

David Frankel’s direction captures the essence of birdwatching with beautiful cinematography that showcases the diverse landscapes and wildlife habitats across North America. The film effectively balances humor with heartfelt moments, offering a lighthearted yet insightful exploration of personal ambition and the pursuit of one’s dreams.

At its core, “A Big Year” explores themes of passion, dedication, and the pursuit of happiness. The characters’ obsession with birdwatching reflects broader themes of commitment and sacrifice in the pursuit of personal goals. The film also touches on the importance of nature conservation and the impact of human activities on wildlife habitats, subtly highlighting environmental issues amidst the comedic narrative.

“A Big Year” received mixed reviews from critics and audiences. While praised for its engaging performances and picturesque cinematography, some critics felt that the film’s plot lacked depth and struggled to fully capitalize on its comedic potential. However, birding enthusiasts and nature lovers appreciated the film’s portrayal of the birdwatching subculture and its celebration of the natural world.

Overall, “A Big Year” is an entertaining and visually appealing film that offers an enjoyable glimpse into the competitive world of birdwatching. With its stellar cast, charming humor, and exploration of personal growth and friendship, the movie succeeds in capturing the spirit of adventure and discovery that defines the big year phenomenon. Whether you’re a birding enthusiast or simply looking for a light-hearted comedy with heart, “A Big Year” promises a delightful cinematic experience.

You can watch ‘A Big Year’ on Sunset and for those planning their next birding adventure, New Jersey’s combination of accessible locations and surprising sightings make it a top destination for birding enthusiasts of all ages and experience levels.

Here the rare bird sightings for the week from Saturday until today, Friday at Explor
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Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) (1)
- Reported Jul 04, 2024 06:30 by Christopher Takacs
- Richard W. DeKorte Park, Bergen, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.7833,-74.1025167&ll=40.7833,-74.1025167
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185232870
- Comments: "Continuing drake by turnpike"

Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) (2)
- Reported Jul 04, 2024 06:22 by Milton Collins
- Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (formerly Brig), Atlantic, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.465,-74.4477778&ll=39.465,-74.4477778
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185308812
- Comments: "Two males at the dogleg"

Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) (2)
- Reported Jul 04, 2024 08:35 by Chris Thomas
- Barnegat Lighthouse SP, Ocean, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.7633333,-74.1058333&ll=39.7633333,-74.1058333
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185280607
- Comments: "Summering"

Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 04, 2024 10:13 by Daniel Morton
- Manasquan Reservoir IBA, Monmouth, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.1789389,-74.2084408&ll=40.1789389,-74.2084408
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185288691
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Male and female. Pics."

Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 04, 2024 10:14 by Evelyn Morton
- Manasquan Reservoir--Environmental Center, Monmouth, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.1776888,-74.2187297&ll=40.1776888,-74.2187297
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185308599
- Comments: "Pair together on log in water. Crests down but white visible on male."

Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) (2)
- Reported Jul 04, 2024 15:38 by Steven Weiss
- 08752 Seaside Park, Ocean, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.922142,-74.07908&ll=39.922142,-74.07908
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185326546
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Female type, elongated brownish body, long thin bill"

Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) (1)
- Reported Jul 04, 2024 11:05 by Mia Bobowski
- Fisherman's Cove Conservation Area, Monmouth, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.1089316,-74.0406418&ll=40.1089316,-74.0406418
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185304675
- Comments: "Light cheeks, dark top of head. Floating in the Stillwater near doggy beach"

Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) (Exotic: Naturalized) (1)
- Reported Jul 04, 2024 11:05 by Mia Bobowski
- Fisherman's Cove Conservation Area, Monmouth, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.1089316,-74.0406418&ll=40.1089316,-74.0406418
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185304675
- Comments: "Looked collared"

Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) (1)
- Reported Jul 04, 2024 06:23 by Shane Murphy
- Edwin B. Forsythe NWR--Wildlife Drive (8-mile auto tour loop only), Atlantic, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.464298,-74.417612&ll=39.464298,-74.417612
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185262655
- Comments: "Black and white shorebird with iconic long pink legs. Foraging towards end of drive amongst the swans and cattails"

Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) (1)
- Reported Jul 04, 2024 06:00 by Aiden Dartley
- Edwin B. Forsythe NWR--Wildlife Drive (8-mile auto tour loop only), Atlantic, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.464298,-74.417612&ll=39.464298,-74.417612
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185312591
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Seen between GM 15 and 16"

American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 04, 2024 12:37 by Al Rabbat
- Belford / Harbor Way, Belford US-NJ 40.43319, -74.07890, Monmouth, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.433189,-74.078897&ll=40.433189,-74.078897
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185331078
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Heat affected ID photos.  Thanks, Sam, for the alert and the scope views!"

American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 04, 2024 12:37 by Eileen Gibney
- Belford / Harbor Way, Belford US-NJ 40.43319, -74.07890, Monmouth, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.433189,-74.078897&ll=40.433189,-74.078897
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185304733
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Heat affected ID photos.  Thanks, Sam, for the alert and the scope views!"

American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 04, 2024 11:18 by Sam Skinner
- Belford Ferry - Belford, New Jersey, US (40.432, -74.077), Monmouth, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.4320943,-74.076988&ll=40.4320943,-74.076988
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185323129
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Large Shore bird with slightly upturned bill, long legs, black and white wings, Buffy necks. Distant Photos taken."

American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) (2)
- Reported Jul 04, 2024 13:00 by robert dodelson
- Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.39431,-74.11709&ll=40.39431,-74.11709
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185331477
- Comments: "thanks to Sam for posting. 2 birds sleeping when I saw them with large numbers of a variety of gulls and terns. Eventually woke up long enough for me to see their long upturned bills"

Ruff (Calidris pugnax) (1)
- Reported Jul 04, 2024 06:55 by Carl Adams
- Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (formerly Brig), Atlantic, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.465,-74.4477778&ll=39.465,-74.4477778
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185294664
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing @ GM 14. Summer molting female. Buffy overall w black scaling on back, white underneath w black splotches on throat. Distant poor ID photos. Many thanks to Bill E. for putting me on the bird!"

Ruff (Calidris pugnax) (1)
- Reported Jul 04, 2024 06:22 by Milton Collins
- Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (formerly Brig), Atlantic, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.465,-74.4477778&ll=39.465,-74.4477778
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185308812
- Comments: "Continuing female at the dogleg; photos."

Ruff (Calidris pugnax) (1)
- Reported Jul 04, 2024 07:01 by Bill Elrick
- Edwin B. Forsythe NWR--Wildlife Drive (8-mile auto tour loop only), Atlantic, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.464298,-74.417612&ll=39.464298,-74.417612
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185286635
- Media: 6 Photos
- Comments: "Reeve still here from yesterday."

Ruff (Calidris pugnax) (1)
- Reported Jul 04, 2024 06:23 by Shane Murphy
- Edwin B. Forsythe NWR--Wildlife Drive (8-mile auto tour loop only), Atlantic, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.464298,-74.417612&ll=39.464298,-74.417612
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185262655
- Comments: "Continued; poor pic"

Ruff (Calidris pugnax) (1)
- Reported Jul 04, 2024 06:00 by Aiden Dartley
- Edwin B. Forsythe NWR--Wildlife Drive (8-mile auto tour loop only), Atlantic, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.464298,-74.417612&ll=39.464298,-74.417612
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185312591
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Gm 14"

Ruff (Calidris pugnax) (1)
- Reported Jul 03, 2024 10:46 by Eric Stone
- Edwin B. Forsythe NWR--Wildlife Drive (8-mile auto tour loop only), Atlantic, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.464298,-74.417612&ll=39.464298,-74.417612
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185179041
- Media: 4 Photos
- Comments: "Reece photos tba"

Ruff (Calidris pugnax) (1)
- Reported Jul 02, 2024 16:15 by Eric Stone
- Edwin B. Forsythe NWR--Wildlife Drive (8-mile auto tour loop only), Atlantic, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.464298,-74.417612&ll=39.464298,-74.417612
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185312282
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Found 2 July but did not realize it was a reeve until B Elrick posted on 3 July.  Have pictures from that day and will post for historical data.  Thanks Bill for helping me out."

Ruff (Calidris pugnax) (1)
- Reported Jul 03, 2024 07:20 by Steve Smith
- Forsythe NWR 8-mile Loop, Atlantic, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.4691435,-74.4523283&ll=39.4691435,-74.4523283
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185176621
- Comments: "Summer molting female (reeve) slightly larger than LEYL with duller yellow legs, larger body with smaller head proportion, bill short for the size of the bird with definite slight curviture at the end, and breast showed definite black markings."

Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) (3)
- Reported Jul 04, 2024 06:55 by Carl Adams
- Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (formerly Brig), Atlantic, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.465,-74.4477778&ll=39.465,-74.4477778
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185294664
- Comments: "Continuing. 1 @ GM3. 2 @ GM14."

Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) (3)
- Reported Jul 04, 2024 06:22 by Milton Collins
- Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (formerly Brig), Atlantic, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.465,-74.4477778&ll=39.465,-74.4477778
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185308812
- Comments: "Two in breeding plumage and one grayer bird together at the dogleg"

Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) (2)
- Reported Jul 03, 2024 17:09 by Michael Delesantro
- Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (formerly Brig), Atlantic, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.465,-74.4477778&ll=39.465,-74.4477778
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185172919
- Comments: "Two feeding with a group of dowitchers. Similar feeding motion but size and bill shape differences readily apparent."

Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) (3)
- Reported Jul 04, 2024 07:01 by Bill Elrick
- Edwin B. Forsythe NWR--Wildlife Drive (8-mile auto tour loop only), Atlantic, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.464298,-74.417612&ll=39.464298,-74.417612
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185286635
- Comments: "1x1"

Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) (1)
- Reported Jul 04, 2024 06:23 by Shane Murphy
- Edwin B. Forsythe NWR--Wildlife Drive (8-mile auto tour loop only), Atlantic, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.464298,-74.417612&ll=39.464298,-74.417612
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185262655
- Comments: "Pointed out to us by Bill E at the dogleg pool. Shorter beak and taller than adjacent SBDO"

Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) (1)
- Reported Jul 04, 2024 06:00 by Aiden Dartley
- Edwin B. Forsythe NWR--Wildlife Drive (8-mile auto tour loop only), Atlantic, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.464298,-74.417612&ll=39.464298,-74.417612
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185312591
- Comments: "Seen by gm 14"

Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) (3)
- Reported Jul 03, 2024 10:46 by Eric Stone
- Edwin B. Forsythe NWR--Wildlife Drive (8-mile auto tour loop only), Atlantic, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.464298,-74.417612&ll=39.464298,-74.417612
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185179041
- Comments: "Continuing:  1x1"

Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) (2)
- Reported Jul 03, 2024 07:20 by Steve Smith
- Forsythe NWR 8-mile Loop, Atlantic, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.4691435,-74.4523283&ll=39.4691435,-74.4523283
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185176621
- Comments: "Mixed in with massive flock of SBDO and Yellowlegs. Slender and slightly smaller than LEYE with longer gray bill with distinct droop toward the end. Legs greenish yellow instead of bright yellow."

Franklin's Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) (1)
- Reported Jun 30, 2024 19:08 by Andrew Marden
- Round Valley Recreation Area, Hunterdon, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6203699,-74.8522139&ll=40.6203699,-74.8522139
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185271089
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Great find by Jeff.  Small dark-headed gull with limited black on the ends of the wings cut off by white with windows on the tips.  Seen multiple times in flight while also resting on the water.  Poor distant photos"

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) (1)
- Reported Jun 30, 2024 19:08 by Andrew Marden
- Round Valley Recreation Area, Hunterdon, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6203699,-74.8522139&ll=40.6203699,-74.8522139
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185271089
- Comments: "Slightly larger than nearby RBGUs with a darker mantle.  Younger bird, but couldn't get too many details with distance and near constant scope fog"

Least Tern (Sternula antillarum) (5)
- Reported Jul 04, 2024 08:30 by Russell Rogers
- Bramell Point, Gloucester, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.8442465,-75.2750808&ll=39.8442465,-75.2750808
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185293897
- Comments: "Seen from the PA side of the Delaware then clearly pass over to NJ waters. Seen by many other observers."

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) (1)
- Reported Jul 04, 2024 09:15 by Max Carroll
- Stone Harbor Point, Cape May, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.0317999,-74.7723111&ll=39.0317999,-74.7723111
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185340780
- Comments: "1st summer bird with COTE at the point. A long time nemesis of mine!"

Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) (1)
- Reported Jul 03, 2024 17:10 by Steven Weiss
- Auto selected 39.73167, -73.94494, Ocean, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.731673,-73.944938&ll=39.731673,-73.944938
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185269056
- Media: 7 Photos
- Comments: "Large brown shearwater with grayish head, yellowish bill, clean under wings."

Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 04, 2024 06:00 by Frank Sencher Jr
- Spruce Run Recreation Area, Hunterdon, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6601903,-74.9383805&ll=40.6601903,-74.9383805
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185257894
- Comments: "adult; same area as 6/29"

Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 04, 2024 07:11 by Peter Kwiatek
- Spruce Run Recreation Area, Hunterdon, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6601903,-74.9383805&ll=40.6601903,-74.9383805
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185274284
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Immature bird"

Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 04, 2024 07:00 by Alan Mart
- Spruce Run Recreation Area, Hunterdon, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6601903,-74.9383805&ll=40.6601903,-74.9383805
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185254704
- Comments: "Found by F. Sencher, juvenile, small white heron with blue bill"

Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 04, 2024 06:48 by Beth Meriwether
- Spruce Run Recreation Area, Hunterdon, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6601903,-74.9383805&ll=40.6601903,-74.9383805
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185286203
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Spotted by Frank Sencher"

Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 04, 2024 06:00 by Frank Sencher Jr
- Spruce Run Recreation Area, Hunterdon, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6601903,-74.9383805&ll=40.6601903,-74.9383805
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185257894
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "flew in and landed in the parking lot with the RBGU flock, eventually flushed by a truck and landed on the shoreline where it successfully caught several fish"

Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 04, 2024 07:15 by Erica Heusser
- 164 Burrs Mill Rd, Burlington, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.9147424,-74.6744634&ll=39.9147424,-74.6744634
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185307166
- Comments: "Heard calling, I believe Patty and Steve had it in the same location recently."

Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 04, 2024 07:15 by Matthew Masterson
- 164 Burrs Mill Rd, Burlington, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.9147424,-74.6744634&ll=39.9147424,-74.6744634
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185307329
- Comments: "Heard calling, I believe Patty and Steve had it in the same location recently."

Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) (1)
- Reported Jul 04, 2024 07:39 by Molly Richard
- 346 Goshen Swainton Rd, Cape May Court House US-NJ 39.13274, -74.83037, Cape May, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.132741,-74.830374&ll=39.132741,-74.830374
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185260186
- Comments: "Continuing bird"

Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) (2)
- Reported Jul 04, 2024 06:58 by gretchen buxton
- Charles H. Rogers Wildlife Refuge, Mercer, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.3275056,-74.6589661&ll=40.3275056,-74.6589661
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185274237
- Comments: "Heard calling,  briefly seen pair"

Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) (2)
- Reported Jul 04, 2024 07:27 by Susan Harrison
- Princeton Institute Woods & Charles Rogers Wildlife Refuge, Mercer, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.3275414,-74.6628358&ll=40.3275414,-74.6628358
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185336914
- Comments: "Known location"

Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) (2)
- Reported Jul 04, 2024 07:27 by armit harrison
- Princeton Institute Woods & Charles Rogers Wildlife Refuge, Mercer, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.3275414,-74.6628358&ll=40.3275414,-74.6628358
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185336977
- Comments: "Known location"

Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) (2)
- Reported Jul 04, 2024 07:27 by brian harrison
- Princeton Institute Woods & Charles Rogers Wildlife Refuge, Mercer, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.3275414,-74.6628358&ll=40.3275414,-74.6628358
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185350785
- Comments: "Known location"

Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) (2)
- Reported Jul 04, 2024 07:22 by Jack Hagan
- Princeton Institute Woods & Charles Rogers Wildlife Refuge, Mercer, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.3275414,-74.6628358&ll=40.3275414,-74.6628358
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185274559
- Comments: "Two calling and then seen flying."

Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) (2)
- Reported Jul 04, 2024 07:16 by Tim Brown
- Princeton Institute Woods & Charles Rogers Wildlife Refuge, Mercer, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.3275414,-74.6628358&ll=40.3275414,-74.6628358
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185276100
- Comments: "Known location"

Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 04, 2024 05:36 by Steve Sobocinski
- Taylor's Wildlife Preserve, Burlington, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.0293736,-74.9932313&ll=40.0293736,-74.9932313
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185276894
- Comments: "*generally scarce in Burlco but expected at this location, calling/observed"

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (2)
- Reported Jul 04, 2024 09:20 by mike hiotis
- Union Road , Kingwood township, Hunterdon, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.5093854,-75.0040648&ll=40.5093854,-75.0040648
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185298404
- Comments: "adults,1 behind the maintenance yard pond flying from tree to tree along the field hedgerow, the other heard in the WMA."

Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 04, 2024 07:39 by Gary Thompson
- Sandy Hook, Monmouth, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.4392518,-73.9869263&ll=40.4392518,-73.9869263
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185272728
- Comments: "Sandy Hook"

Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus) (2)
- Reported Jul 04, 2024 08:07 by Frank Gargione
- Negri-Nepote Grasslands, Somerset, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.47087,-74.5229955&ll=40.47087,-74.5229955
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185312089
- Comments: "Distinctive from song sparrows nearby with whiter under parts/tail in flight and different streaking/speckling on check"

Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major) (1)
- Reported Jul 04, 2024 09:22 by Mauro Magarelli
- Richard W. DeKorte Park, Bergen, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.7833,-74.1025167&ll=40.7833,-74.1025167
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185267687
- Comments: "Large slender grackle on transco trial -ID by call, much different than c. Grackle"

Kentucky Warbler (Geothlypis formosa) (1)
- Reported Jul 04, 2024 06:02 by Andres Choussy
- Weatherby Rd--Tarkiln Pond & vicinity, Cape May, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.3056457,-74.8334599&ll=39.3056457,-74.8334599
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185264797
- Comments: "Continuing as per report from yesterday. Woods road close to Tuckahoe River. Did not hear a song (only “chuk”) and observed well. Greenish olive above and yellow below. Dark mask with yellow spectacles."

Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) (1)
- Reported Jul 04, 2024 07:28 by David Larsen
- Tabernacle—South Park Rd, Burlington, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.8583998,-74.6383608&ll=39.8583998,-74.6383608
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185254244
- Comments: "Unexpected , heard singing"
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) (6)
- Reported Jul 01, 2024 15:30 by Robert Horton
- Batsto Lake, Burlington, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.6604031,-74.6515725&ll=39.6604031,-74.6515725
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185038783
- Comments: "5 ducklings observed, then the adult flew. Dark body, olive-yellow bill, purple speculum lacks white."

Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) (1)
- Reported Jul 03, 2024 08:51 by Joshua Gant
- Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (formerly Brig), Atlantic, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.465,-74.4477778&ll=39.465,-74.4477778
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185129745
- Comments: "Young bird in Jen's Pool"

Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 02, 2024 09:19 by Brian Sullivan
- Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (formerly Brig), Atlantic, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.465,-74.4477778&ll=39.465,-74.4477778
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185097823
- Comments: "Photos"

Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) (1)
- Reported Jul 01, 2024 15:18 by Marian Jordan
- Edwin B. Forsythe NWR--Northwest Pool, Atlantic, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.4695951,-74.4337463&ll=39.4695951,-74.4337463
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185131601
- Media: 5 Photos
- Comments: "Chestnut neck, small bill."

Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola) (4)
- Reported Jul 02, 2024 15:23 by Ruger Peavey
- Princeton Institute Woods & Charles Rogers Wildlife Refuge, Mercer, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.3275414,-74.6628358&ll=40.3275414,-74.6628358
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185004785
- Comments: "Exact count. In marsh. At least three birds were giving a series of grunt calls to each other. One bird was grunting right under the viewing platform. I got a decent view of it and there was a chick behind it! The adult had a gray cheek, red bill, and a rusty-orange breast. The chick was small and entirely black."

Black-necked Stilt (Black-necked) (Himantopus mexicanus mexicanus) (1)
- Reported Jul 03, 2024 07:02 by Bill Elrick
- Edwin B. Forsythe NWR--Wildlife Drive (8-mile auto tour loop only), Atlantic, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.464298,-74.417612&ll=39.464298,-74.417612
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185133141
- Comments: "1"

Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) (2)
- Reported Jul 03, 2024 06:20 by Christopher Takacs
- Richard W. DeKorte Park, Bergen, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.7833,-74.1025167&ll=40.7833,-74.1025167
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185111577
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Long billed shorebirds smaller than greater yellowlegs.  Feeding in sewing machine fashion"

Ruff (Calidris pugnax) (1)
- Reported Jul 03, 2024 08:51 by Joshua Gant
- Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (formerly Brig), Atlantic, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.465,-74.4477778&ll=39.465,-74.4477778
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185129745
- Comments: "Reeve in pool at Goose Marker 14"

Ruff (Calidris pugnax) (1)
- Reported Jul 03, 2024 07:02 by Bill Elrick
- Edwin B. Forsythe NWR--Wildlife Drive (8-mile auto tour loop only), Atlantic, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.464298,-74.417612&ll=39.464298,-74.417612
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185133141
- Media: 15 Photos
- Comments: "Reeve photos attached"

Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) (2)
- Reported Jul 03, 2024 08:51 by Joshua Gant
- Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (formerly Brig), Atlantic, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.465,-74.4477778&ll=39.465,-74.4477778
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185129745
- Comments: "Exact count"

Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) (2)
- Reported Jul 03, 2024 08:00 by Johan Antus
- Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (formerly Brig), Atlantic, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.465,-74.4477778&ll=39.465,-74.4477778
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185101654
- Comments: "Continuing"

Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 02, 2024 09:19 by Brian Sullivan
- Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (formerly Brig), Atlantic, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.465,-74.4477778&ll=39.465,-74.4477778
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185097823
- Comments: "Photos"

Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) (3)
- Reported Jul 03, 2024 07:02 by Bill Elrick
- Edwin B. Forsythe NWR--Wildlife Drive (8-mile auto tour loop only), Atlantic, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.464298,-74.417612&ll=39.464298,-74.417612
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185133141
- Comments: "1x1"

Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) (4)
- Reported Jul 03, 2024 05:53 by Larry Zirlin
- Whitesbog (Burlington County), Burlington, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.9621481,-74.5025611&ll=39.9621481,-74.5025611
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185092655
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Lower Bog. Small brown peeps."

Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) (1)
- Reported Jul 03, 2024 06:25 by Narasimhan Sundaram
- Round Valley Reservoir--Main Boat Launch, Hunterdon, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6309702,-74.8488538&ll=40.6309702,-74.8488538
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185072787
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "pls see photograph....laughing gull characteristics appear with hooded head/neck as well as underwing..There were other gulls in vicinity but I was focused on this one.."

Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) (4)
- Reported Jul 03, 2024 15:55 by Timm Vogel
- Boonton Reservoir, Morris, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.8822416,-74.4076538&ll=40.8822416,-74.4076538
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185160214
- Comments: "Unusual time of year, very early or storm related, individuals not together 
Birds were adult with gray mantle, white head and bill yellow"

Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica) (1)
- Reported Jul 03, 2024 12:41 by Brandon Horner
- Sandy Hook, Monmouth, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.4392518,-73.9869263&ll=40.4392518,-73.9869263
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185134561
- Comments: "Sandy Hook - on sandbar visible from Spermaceti Cove. Bulky with thick black bill."

Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) (2)
- Reported Jul 02, 2024 18:42 by Eric Stone
- Bass River--Amasa Landing Rd., Burlington, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.577148,-74.4514275&ll=39.577148,-74.4514275
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185033167
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Medium size tern, grayish body, black cap and dark red/orange bill with black tip. Pic tba."

Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) (4)
- Reported Jul 03, 2024 17:56 by Joseph Troy
- East Point Lighthouse, Cumberland, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.1963928,-75.0278878&ll=39.1963928,-75.0278878
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185164581
- Comments: "Will add pics"

Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) (1)
- Reported Jul 03, 2024 11:20 by Brian Kenney
- Veteran'S Field, Edgewater US-NJ 40.83432, -73.97026, Bergen, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.834315,-73.970262&ll=40.834315,-73.970262
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185109839
- Comments: "Continues. Distinctive orange-red bill."

Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 02, 2024 10:31 by Al Rabbat
- 509 Edmunds Ave, Union Beach US-NJ 40.44815, -74.18151, Monmouth, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.448154,-74.181514&ll=40.448154,-74.181514
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184992596
- Comments: "In with COTE. Rounded head, thin black bill, tail projecting longer than wingtip"

Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 02, 2024 10:33 by Neal Fitzsimmons
- Conaskonk Point, Monmouth, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.454367,-74.17673&ll=40.454367,-74.17673
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185012538
- Comments: "Black cap, black bill, bright white, long tail. Too far for photos but seen clearly with scope, on the sandbar at low tide.  Thanks to Al R."

Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii) (1)
- Reported Jul 03, 2024 14:14 by Alex Tongas
- Island Beach SP--Northern Natural Area (Two-bit to Gillikins), Ocean, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.888148,-74.081235&ll=39.888148,-74.081235
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185157917
- Comments: "Adult, all pale white tern  black bill full black cap long tailed heading south with Common Terns."

Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii) (1)
- Reported Jul 03, 2024 11:03 by Tim Power
- Surf City--Water Tower, Ocean, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.6599169,-74.166896&ll=39.6599169,-74.166896
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185105829
- Comments: "Spotted skimming break line"

Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata) (1)
- Reported Jul 03, 2024 08:14 by Evan Knudsen
- Manasquan Inlet (Monmouth Co.), Monmouth, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.1036019,-74.0349317&ll=40.1036019,-74.0349317
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185170921
- Comments: "Small loon with delicate features and a slightly upturned bill; nonbreeding plumage. Diving in the mouth of the inlet when I first noticed it, but it soon drifted just north of the inlet and sat preening for the rest of the checklist period. Doc photos to be added."

Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) (1)
- Reported Jul 03, 2024 04:36 by Steve Sobocinski
- Budd's Bogs (restricted access), Burlington, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.9037448,-74.6995425&ll=39.9037448,-74.6995425
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185089612
- Comments: "*continuing in the same marsh, perched at the edge of the phrags"

White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 02, 2024 14:45 by robert dodelson
- Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (formerly Brig), Atlantic, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.465,-74.4477778&ll=39.465,-74.4477778
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185021137
- Comments: "ibis with red legs and red face feeding a few yards from a group of 27 Glossy Ibis. Just beyond the Osprey platform on the road that connects the south with the north dike"

Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) (1)
- Reported Jul 01, 2024 09:30 by Robert Horton
- Batsto River - Quaker Bridge start, Burlington, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.707851,-74.66527&ll=39.707851,-74.66527
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185038786
- Comments: "Expected breeders here. Seen and heard - high pitch whistle led us to find the hawk perched up in a dead pine. It was also observed circling overhead - banded tail one white band, dark wingtips and wingtips"

Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) (1)
- Reported Jul 03, 2024 07:07 by Andre Golumbeski
- Mahlon Dickerson Reservation, Morris, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=41.0068481,-74.5876408&ll=41.0068481,-74.5876408
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185125654
- Comments: "Rare breeder. Known location. Pick-ICK song heard. (41.0125057, -74.5836215)"

Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 02, 2024 15:00 by John Coyle
- Ramapo Valley County Reservation, Bergen, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=41.0792389,-74.1883011&ll=41.0792389,-74.1883011
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185035476
- Media: 4 Photos, 1 Audio
- Comments: "Olive-green flycatcher with thin eyering. Saw and heard the bird from the footbridge on the blue trail just north of Bear Swamp Lake. Bird was singing fairly frequently. I got an audio recording. You can hear its "Peet-sah!" call at the 35 second mark of my audio recording."

Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) (1)
- Reported Jul 03, 2024 07:07 by Andre Golumbeski
- Mahlon Dickerson Reservation, Morris, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=41.0068481,-74.5876408&ll=41.0068481,-74.5876408
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185125654
- Comments: "Rare breeder in county. Known location. Che-bek song heard. (41.0107691, -74.5858454)"

Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 02, 2024 10:30 by Eddie Politz
- Sandy Hook, Monmouth, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.4392518,-73.9869263&ll=40.4392518,-73.9869263
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184986837
- Comments: "North end"

White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) (1)
- Reported Jul 03, 2024 16:38 by Tom Hardcastle
- 314 Portsmouth Rd, Cape May US-NJ 38.96273, -74.91844, Cape May, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=38.962734,-74.918441&ll=38.962734,-74.918441
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185154101
- Comments: "Sparrow with white throat and yellow lores."

White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) (1)
- Reported Jul 03, 2024 16:38 by Lise Hardcastle
- 314 Portsmouth Rd, Cape May US-NJ 38.96273, -74.91844, Cape May, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=38.962734,-74.918441&ll=38.962734,-74.918441
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185161031
- Comments: "Sparrow with white throat and yellow lores."

White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) (1)
- Reported Jul 03, 2024 09:30 by Deb Poillon
- 6 Amber Jack, Cape May, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.0811815,-74.8357836&ll=39.0811815,-74.8357836
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185128243
- Comments: "White throat, white head striped, yellow lore."

White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) (1)
- Reported Jul 03, 2024 12:30 by Jesse Amesbury
- E Woodland Ave Yard, Cape May, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.096409,-74.8694412&ll=39.096409,-74.8694412
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185170397
- Comments: "Surprised to see. Came into water feature and bathe. Adult with bright white stripes/throat and yellow lores"

White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) (1)
- Reported Jul 02, 2024 14:38 by Breanna Hawkins
- Parkview Hall, Atlantic, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.351283,-74.452548&ll=39.351283,-74.452548
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185085024
- Comments: "Foraging in brush. Large/chunky sparrow with distinct white throat."

Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica) (Melospiza melodia melodia/atlantica) (7)
- Reported Jul 03, 2024 08:51 by Joshua Gant
- Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (formerly Brig), Atlantic, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.465,-74.4477778&ll=39.465,-74.4477778
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185129745
- Comments: "Expected subspecies group"

Kentucky Warbler (Geothlypis formosa) (1)
- Reported Jul 03, 2024 17:23 by Jack McDonough
- Weatherby Rd--Tarkiln Pond & vicinity, Cape May, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.3056457,-74.8334599&ll=39.3056457,-74.8334599
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S185164508
- Media: 1 Audio
- Comments: "*very scarce breeder, surprised to hear one call sporadically this late in the year. Along the Tuckahoe River. Audio"

American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) (6)
- Reported Jul 01, 2024 15:30 by Cindy & Scott Ahern
- Batsto Lake, Burlington, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.6604031,-74.6515725&ll=39.6604031,-74.6515725
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184893502
- Comments: "5 ducklings observed, then the adult flew. Dark body, olive-yellow bill, purple speculum lacks white."

Green-winged Teal (American) (Anas crecca carolinensis) (2)
- Reported Jul 02, 2024 07:55 by Bill Elrick
- Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (formerly Brig), Atlantic, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.465,-74.4477778&ll=39.465,-74.4477778
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184941686
- Comments: "Pair"

Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) (1)
- Reported Jul 02, 2024 10:30 by Eddie Politz
- Sandy Hook, Monmouth, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.4392518,-73.9869263&ll=40.4392518,-73.9869263
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184986837
- Media: 4 Photos

Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) (1)
- Reported Jul 02, 2024 10:30 by Eddie Politz
- Sandy Hook, Monmouth, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.4392518,-73.9869263&ll=40.4392518,-73.9869263
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184986837
- Media: 2 Photos

Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) (1)
- Reported Jul 02, 2024 09:19 by Paul Fenwick
- Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (formerly Brig), Atlantic, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.465,-74.4477778&ll=39.465,-74.4477778
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184936612
- Comments: "Photos"

Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) (1)
- Reported Jul 01, 2024 08:54 by Joseph Mittura
- Edwin B. Forsythe NWR--Southwest Pool, Atlantic, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.4621738,-74.4368362&ll=39.4621738,-74.4368362
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184758735
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Photos attached. Found is shallow marsh near the end of the loop."

Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) (1)
- Reported Jul 02, 2024 09:26 by Jason Nargiz
- Edwin B. Forsythe NWR--Wildlife Drive (8-mile auto tour loop only), Atlantic, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.464298,-74.417612&ll=39.464298,-74.417612
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184981036
- Comments: "Rare for July. Photographed. Brown grebe with black puffy head with wide yellow stripe on side of head. Small dark bill and red eyes."

Virginia Rail (Virginia) (Rallus limicola limicola/friedmanni) (1)
- Reported Jul 01, 2024 07:30 by Joe Melton
- Princeton Institute Woods & Charles Rogers Wildlife Refuge, Mercer, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.3275414,-74.6628358&ll=40.3275414,-74.6628358
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184823070
- Comments: "Virginia Rail grunting and giving Kid-dik song in the main marsh close to the viewing platform"

Black-necked Stilt (Black-necked) (Himantopus mexicanus mexicanus) (1)
- Reported Jul 02, 2024 07:55 by Bill Elrick
- Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (formerly Brig), Atlantic, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.465,-74.4477778&ll=39.465,-74.4477778
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184941686
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Tall sandpiper blk and white long pink legs. Photos."

Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) (1)
- Reported Jul 02, 2024 07:00 by Douglas Morel
- The Celery Farm, Bergen, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=41.0364972,-74.1271909&ll=41.0364972,-74.1271909
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184998484
- Comments: "smaller plover among killdeer, single breast band"

American Woodcock (Scolopax minor) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 01, 2024 20:36 by Michael Britt
- AMC Mohican Outdoor Center, Warren, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=41.0349951,-75.001586&ll=41.0349951,-75.001586
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184912495
- Comments: "Seen well against the sky. Flew over the lot (just above tree height), towards the swamp."

Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) (1)
- Reported Jul 01, 2024 20:19 by Paul Fenwick
- LBI causeway bridge west end, Ocean, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.665557,-74.210493&ll=39.665557,-74.210493
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184853042
- Comments: "Vocalizing."

Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) (1)
- Reported Jul 01, 2024 by Tom Bailey
- Whitesbog (Burlington County), Burlington, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.9621481,-74.5025611&ll=39.9621481,-74.5025611
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184834692

Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) (2)
- Reported Jul 02, 2024 09:19 by Paul Fenwick
- Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (formerly Brig), Atlantic, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.465,-74.4477778&ll=39.465,-74.4477778
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184936612
- Comments: "Photos"

Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) (2)
- Reported Jul 02, 2024 07:55 by Bill Elrick
- Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (formerly Brig), Atlantic, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.465,-74.4477778&ll=39.465,-74.4477778
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184941686
- Comments: "1x1"

Franklin's Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 30, 2024 18:49 by Subodh Ghonge
- Round Valley Recreation Area, Hunterdon, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6203699,-74.8522139&ll=40.6203699,-74.8522139
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184838538
- Comments: "Found by Jeff Ellerbusch"

Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 30, 2024 18:49 by Subodh Ghonge
- Round Valley Recreation Area, Hunterdon, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6203699,-74.8522139&ll=40.6203699,-74.8522139
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184838538
- Comments: "Seen with the ring-billed gulls and Franklin's gull"

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) (1)
- Reported Jul 02, 2024 06:40 by Narasimhan Sundaram
- Round Valley Reservoir--Main Boat Launch, Hunterdon, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6309702,-74.8488538&ll=40.6309702,-74.8488538
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184906209
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "previously reported bird at this location..photos indicate dark overwing as well as tail band and long slender wings distinct from the herring gull"

Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) (1)
- Reported Jul 02, 2024 09:18 by Christopher Takacs
- Edgewater, 90 The Promenade, Bergen, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.80626,-73.98744&ll=40.80626,-73.98744
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184919296
- Comments: "Grayer winged than FOTE, reddish bill, dark tip, diving near old pier"

Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) (2)
- Reported Jul 02, 2024 09:38 by Christopher Takacs
- Hudson River Walk - Edgewater, Bergen, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.81349,-73.98209&ll=40.81349,-73.98209
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184987758
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Adult birds, thin red bill, darker belly, dark wing tips"

Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) (1)
- Reported Jul 01, 2024 12:05 by Jack McDonough
- Franklin Parker Preserve--Goodwater, Burlington, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.8192825,-74.5170665&ll=39.8192825,-74.5170665
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184862215
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Documentation shots."

Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) (1)
- Reported Jul 01, 2024 12:05 by Tom Baxter
- Franklin Parker Preserve--Goodwater, Burlington, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.8192825,-74.5170665&ll=39.8192825,-74.5170665
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184861386
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Documentation shots."

Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) (1)
- Reported Jul 02, 2024 08:28 by Molly Richard
- 346 Goshen Swainton Rd, Cape May Court House US-NJ 39.13274, -74.83037, Cape May, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.132741,-74.830374&ll=39.132741,-74.830374
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184907541
- Comments: "Continuing bird, swooping across pond"

Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) (1)
- Reported Jul 01, 2024 07:30 by Joe Melton
- Princeton Institute Woods & Charles Rogers Wildlife Refuge, Mercer, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.3275414,-74.6628358&ll=40.3275414,-74.6628358
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184823070
- Comments: "Red-shouldered Hawk vocalizing and flying over marsh; these hawks have been seen regularly year-round in the Rogers Refuge since 2020. They are clearly nesting, have been seen copulating."

Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) (1)
- Reported Jul 01, 2024 09:30 by Cindy & Scott Ahern
- Batsto River - Quaker Bridge start, Burlington, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.707851,-74.66527&ll=39.707851,-74.66527
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184892748
- Comments: "Expected breeders here. Seen and heard - high pitch whistle led us to find the hawk perched up in a dead pine. It was also observed circling overhead - banded tail one white band, dark wingtips and wingtips"

Barred Owl (Strix varia) (1)
- Reported Jul 02, 2024 02:10 by Old Sam Peabody
- Home, Mercer, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.4067238,-74.7851077&ll=40.4067238,-74.7851077
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184877087
- Media: 1 Audio
- Comments: "Extremely distant. "Who cooks for you, who cooks for you all" call coming from the back woods in the direction of the #51 houses. Recorded."

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (1)
- Reported Jul 01, 2024 06:55 by Robin M
- West Essex Wetlands, Livingston, New Jersey, US (40.808, -74.344), Essex, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.8078968,-74.3444694&ll=40.8078968,-74.3444694
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184824989
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing. Will add photos.  Adult"

Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) (1)
- Reported Jul 01, 2024 12:11 by James McCormick
- Mahlon Dickerson Reservation, Morris, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=41.0068481,-74.5876408&ll=41.0068481,-74.5876408
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184835744
- Comments: "Continuing.  Singing."

Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) (1)
- Reported Jul 02, 2024 13:27 by Bob Dever Jr
- Sandy Hook--Platform & North Pond, Monmouth, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.4716,-74.0059876&ll=40.4716,-74.0059876
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184967907
- Comments: "Expected here"

Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 02, 2024 06:05 by Chris Payne
- Pascoe Rd Power Lines (Restricted Access), Sussex, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=41.009515,-74.594923&ll=41.009515,-74.594923
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184919288
- Comments: "Unexpected flyover, calling, headed N. Seen in silhouette; size, shape, and flight style all consistent for HOLA, but ID was primarily by voice. Presumably post-breeding dispersal movement from somewhere with more suitable habitat."

Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) (1)
- Reported Jul 01, 2024 18:04 by Cody Elizabeth O’Dowd
- Long Valley--Columbia Trail, Morris, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.785169,-74.7859576&ll=40.785169,-74.7859576
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184907983
- Comments: "Heard multiple times"

Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) (1)
- Reported Jul 01, 2024 18:04 by Cody Elizabeth O’Dowd
- Long Valley--Columbia Trail, Morris, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.785169,-74.7859576&ll=40.785169,-74.7859576
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184907983
- Comments: "Heard very clearly one time, including recording"

Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) (1)
- Reported Jun 30, 2024 07:00 by Daniel Ruz
- New Jersey pelagic to Hudson Canyon (New Jersey waters), Ocean, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.4018464,-72.8089143&ll=39.4018464,-72.8089143
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184992937
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "A juvenile individual. Whitish throat, streaky chest, all brown, conical bill."

Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) (1)
- Reported Jul 02, 2024 08:33 by Steve Smith
- Michael Huber Prairie Warbler Preserve, Burlington, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.8674559,-74.6084976&ll=39.8674559,-74.6084976
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184953439
- Comments: "Saw and heard. Completely red with yellow bill in known location."

Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 02, 2024 09:46 by Chris Zevallos
- 177 Oberly Road, Phillipsburg, New Jersey, US (40.648, -75.175), Warren, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6480137,-75.1747019&ll=40.6480137,-75.1747019
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184922881
- Comments: "Heard it sing in the trees near the road"

Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) (1)
- Reported Jul 02, 2024 09:40 by John Smallwood
- Alpha Grasslands Preserve, Warren, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6494706,-75.1796844&ll=40.6494706,-75.1796844
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184997745
- Media: 1 Audio
- Comments: "Audio detection only.  Bird singing from edge of woodlot approximately 200 m SW of Oberly Road.  Six song bouts consistently confirmed by Merlin app.  Best audio recording attached.  Grosbeak song is sandwiched between songs from a Common Yellowthroat and a Song Sparrow."

Dickcissel (Spiza americana) (1)
- Reported Jul 02, 2024 05:58 by Eric Zawatski
- Gloucester County Solid Waste Complex, Gloucester, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.705485,-75.285001&ll=39.705485,-75.285001
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184968577
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Continuing bird on territory, still singing in the same general area at (39.701417, -75.287389) but wandering much more widely today. Early on, we watched it fly off to the east (while singing in flight!) into the next field over at (39.701389, -75.284083), then we had it singing in the same area in the middle of its already established territory an hour later around 8:30, and while watching it sing this time around it took off and flew far to the south around (39.697806, -75.288028) before flying out of sight."

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 27, 2024 17:10 by Chelsea Hockenbury
- Lake of the Lilies, Ocean, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.0830235,-74.0431967&ll=40.0830235,-74.0431967
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184647932
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Pink legs and bill, black belly, long neck and legs."

Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors) (1)
- Reported Jun 30, 2024 11:45 by Milton Collins
- Richard W. DeKorte Park, Bergen, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.7833,-74.1025167&ll=40.7833,-74.1025167
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184632655
- Comments: "Female type teal with fairly cold toned head/body, prominent white eye arcs, dark eye line nearly reaching dark nape; on Disposal Flats with the large Gadwall/Mallard flock; photos."

Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata) (1)
- Reported Jul 01, 2024 10:58 by Michael Yellin
- Richard W. DeKorte Park, Bergen, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.7833,-74.1025167&ll=40.7833,-74.1025167
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184796322
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Large billed duck among the mallards"

Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata) (1)
- Reported Jul 01, 2024 09:52 by Ray Duffy
- Richard W. DeKorte Park, Bergen, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.7833,-74.1025167&ll=40.7833,-74.1025167
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184786993
- Comments: "Drake teal pool"

Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata) (1)
- Reported Jun 30, 2024 11:45 by Milton Collins
- Richard W. DeKorte Park, Bergen, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.7833,-74.1025167&ll=40.7833,-74.1025167
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184632655
- Comments: "Continuing male in the Teal Pool"

Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 30, 2024 16:38 by B F
- Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (formerly Brig), Atlantic, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.465,-74.4477778&ll=39.465,-74.4477778
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184677619
- Comments: "Flagged for date.  Appeared to be a juvenile or possibly molting adult female based on modest state of crest.  Small brown merganser with straight yellow/black bill, reared up at one point to show white belly.  It was on the Jen’s Trail pond with a group of CAGO and MALL."

Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) (1)
- Reported Jun 30, 2024 07:15 by Milton Collins
- Liberty SP, Hudson, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.7025698,-74.0493536&ll=40.7025698,-74.0493536
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184632952
- Comments: "Female type on the bay"

Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) (1)
- Reported Jun 30, 2024 11:45 by Milton Collins
- Richard W. DeKorte Park, Bergen, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.7833,-74.1025167&ll=40.7833,-74.1025167
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184632655
- Comments: "Continuing female on Saw Mill Flats"

Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) (2)
- Reported Jul 01, 2024 14:44 by Jack Hagan
- Lake of the Lilies, Ocean, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.0830235,-74.0431967&ll=40.0830235,-74.0431967
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184805976
- Comments: "Two males in breeding plumage. Brown backs, blue bills & stiff tails. See photos."

Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 30, 2024 15:38 by Bob Leifeste
- Lake of the Lilies, Ocean, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.0830235,-74.0431967&ll=40.0830235,-74.0431967
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184631642
- Comments: "Northeast corner of lake."

Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 27, 2024 17:10 by Chelsea Hockenbury
- Lake of the Lilies, Ocean, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.0830235,-74.0431967&ll=40.0830235,-74.0431967
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184647932
- Comments: "Late male."

Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) (1)
- Reported Jul 01, 2024 09:14 by Jerry Zaninelli
- Edwin B. Forsythe NWR--Wildlife Drive (8-mile auto tour loop only), Atlantic, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.464298,-74.417612&ll=39.464298,-74.417612
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184783353
- Comments: "Seen between markers 15&16  - have some android photos"

Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) (1)
- Reported Jun 30, 2024 18:36 by Kathleen Horn
- Edwin B. Forsythe NWR--Wildlife Drive (8-mile auto tour loop only), Atlantic, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.464298,-74.417612&ll=39.464298,-74.417612
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184739516
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Pink Long legs, slender black and white. Photo"

American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 30, 2024 07:32 by David Bernstein
- Marciante-Jackson-Millet Park, Union, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.649689,-74.1742238&ll=40.649689,-74.1742238
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184630841
- Comments: "These birds are here everyday. Talk that they are the same as birds being seen far upstream in Essex is speculative and should be dispensed with."

American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 30, 2024 07:30 by Donald DesJardins
- North Newark Reach, Essex, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6915072,-74.1276741&ll=40.6915072,-74.1276741
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184637860
- Comments: "Large bulky shorebird clearly showing thick red / orange bill.Previously reported / Continuing birds.( Birds arrived at 9:00am )"

Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) (2)
- Reported Jul 01, 2024 07:31 by Johan Antus
- Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (formerly Brig), Atlantic, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.465,-74.4477778&ll=39.465,-74.4477778
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184750948
- Comments: "Continuing"

Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) (3)
- Reported Jul 01, 2024 11:47 by Tejas Subbu Lember
- Edwin B. Forsythe NWR--Southwest Pool, Atlantic, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.4621738,-74.4368362&ll=39.4621738,-74.4368362
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184793377

Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus) (2)
- Reported Jul 01, 2024 07:55 by Bill Elrick
- Edwin B. Forsythe NWR--Wildlife Drive (8-mile auto tour loop only), Atlantic, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.464298,-74.417612&ll=39.464298,-74.417612
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184766747
- Comments: "Tall sandpipers with chestnut on side of face,1x1"

Franklin's Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 30, 2024 18:34 by Peter Kwiatek
- Round Valley Recreation Area, Hunterdon, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6203699,-74.8522139&ll=40.6203699,-74.8522139
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184708274
- Comments: "Adult. Great find by Jeff Ellerbusch."

Franklin's Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 30, 2024 18:25 by Steve & Josette Bonamo
- Round Valley Recreation Area, Hunterdon, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6203699,-74.8522139&ll=40.6203699,-74.8522139
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184687446
- Comments: "Great find by Jeff, distant views, white primary tips seen in flight"

Franklin's Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 30, 2024 18:23 by Ken Endersen
- Round Valley Recreation Area, Hunterdon, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6203699,-74.8522139&ll=40.6203699,-74.8522139
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184751101
- Comments: "Excellent find by Jeff Ellerbush.  Distant but good looks in great light.  White Primary tips and white trailing edge to wing seen in flight."

Franklin's Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 30, 2024 18:15 by John Carbine
- Round Valley Recreation Area, Hunterdon, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6203699,-74.8522139&ll=40.6203699,-74.8522139
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184713720
- Comments: "Small gull partial dark hood with white face out to the bill. The bill looked black on tip but also thought I saw some red at base in some angles. Wings grayish with white trailing edge when flying. Wing tips black, extending past tail. Bird was discovered by Jeff Ellerbush."

Franklin's Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 30, 2024 18:11 by Alan Mart
- Round Valley Recreation Area, Hunterdon, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6203699,-74.8522139&ll=40.6203699,-74.8522139
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184677179
- Comments: "Found by J. Ellerbusch, black- headed gull similar in size to also present RBGU. Distinguished from LAGU by broad white tertial wing tips"

Franklin's Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 30, 2024 17:24 by Jeff Ellerbusch
- Round Valley Recreation Area, Hunterdon, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6203699,-74.8522139&ll=40.6203699,-74.8522139
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184677813
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Details/photos later"

Franklin's Gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 30, 2024 19:00 by Beth Meriwether
- Round Valley Reservoir--South Lot, Hunterdon, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6191114,-74.8484005&ll=40.6191114,-74.8484005
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184679150
- Comments: "Fantastic find by Jeff Ellerbusch .  Small black headed gull."

Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 30, 2024 18:34 by Peter Kwiatek
- Round Valley Recreation Area, Hunterdon, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6203699,-74.8522139&ll=40.6203699,-74.8522139
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184708274
- Comments: "Adult"

Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 30, 2024 18:25 by Steve & Josette Bonamo
- Round Valley Recreation Area, Hunterdon, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6203699,-74.8522139&ll=40.6203699,-74.8522139
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184687446
- Comments: "Larger and bulkier than nearby ring- billed gulls"

Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 30, 2024 17:24 by Jeff Ellerbusch
- Round Valley Recreation Area, Hunterdon, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6203699,-74.8522139&ll=40.6203699,-74.8522139
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184677813
- Comments: "Details later"

Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 30, 2024 19:00 by Beth Meriwether
- Round Valley Reservoir--South Lot, Hunterdon, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6191114,-74.8484005&ll=40.6191114,-74.8484005
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184679150
- Comments: "Found by Jeff Ellerbusch.  Larger than surrounding gulls."

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 30, 2024 18:34 by Peter Kwiatek
- Round Valley Recreation Area, Hunterdon, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6203699,-74.8522139&ll=40.6203699,-74.8522139
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184708274
- Comments: "Adult"

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 30, 2024 18:25 by Steve & Josette Bonamo
- Round Valley Recreation Area, Hunterdon, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6203699,-74.8522139&ll=40.6203699,-74.8522139
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184687446
- Comments: "Loafing next to Franklin's Gull"

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 30, 2024 18:23 by Ken Endersen
- Round Valley Recreation Area, Hunterdon, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6203699,-74.8522139&ll=40.6203699,-74.8522139
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184751101
- Comments: "Adult with Franklins"

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 30, 2024 18:15 by John Carbine
- Round Valley Recreation Area, Hunterdon, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6203699,-74.8522139&ll=40.6203699,-74.8522139
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184713720
- Comments: "Similar in size to ring-billed gull it was grouped with (along with Franklin's gull) but with longer, darker wings."

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 30, 2024 18:11 by Alan Mart
- Round Valley Recreation Area, Hunterdon, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6203699,-74.8522139&ll=40.6203699,-74.8522139
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184677179
- Comments: "Slightly larger than RBGU also present and with darker gray wings"

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 30, 2024 17:24 by Jeff Ellerbusch
- Round Valley Recreation Area, Hunterdon, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6203699,-74.8522139&ll=40.6203699,-74.8522139
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184677813
- Comments: "Details later"

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 30, 2024 19:00 by Beth Meriwether
- Round Valley Reservoir--South Lot, Hunterdon, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6191114,-74.8484005&ll=40.6191114,-74.8484005
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184679150
- Comments: "Found by Jeff Ellerbusch"

Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) (2)
- Reported Jul 01, 2024 07:00 by Steve Smith
- Bass River--Amasa Landing Rd., Burlington, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.577148,-74.4514275&ll=39.577148,-74.4514275
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184767880
- Comments: "Birds with redder bill and legs than the FOTE nearby, along with wings and mantle all gray with no white/light visible at all.  Watched for ten minutes as they fished the impoundment."

Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii) (1)
- Reported Jul 01, 2024 09:45 by Brian Sullivan
- Barnegat Lighthouse SP, Ocean, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.7633333,-74.1058333&ll=39.7633333,-74.1058333
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184768297
- Comments: "Sterna tern with very white wings, black cap, all-black bill, and long tail streamers. Giving loud 'ka-dick' calls while flying low over the freshwater impoundment area--flight was dramatic and appeared suspiciously like a courtship flight, but I only saw one individual present. The bird appeared to settle in an area of the freshwater impoundment that I couldn't see into, closer to the lighthouse."

Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii) (1)
- Reported Jul 01, 2024 09:45 by Paul Fenwick
- Barnegat Lighthouse SP, Ocean, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.7633333,-74.1058333&ll=39.7633333,-74.1058333
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184768298
- Comments: "Notes"

Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) (3) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 30, 2024 07:30 by Donald DesJardins
- North Newark Reach, Essex, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6915072,-74.1276741&ll=40.6915072,-74.1276741
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184637860
- Comments: "Continuing Night Herons / Known location this year"

Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 01, 2024 11:41 by Peter Kwiatek
- Spruce Run Recreation Area, Hunterdon, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6601903,-74.9383805&ll=40.6601903,-74.9383805
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184780295
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Nice find by Frank Durso . Photo"

Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) (1)
- Reported Jul 01, 2024 13:59 by Gary Jones
- Spruce Run Reservoir--Fishing Area, Hunterdon, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6729433,-74.9172461&ll=40.6729433,-74.9172461
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184807784
- Comments: "Wading bird with red-brown head, shoulders and upper back, greenish sheen on wings, long downward curved bill. Found earlier by F. Durso."

Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) (1)
- Reported Jul 01, 2024 12:11 by Andrea Holladay
- Spruce Run Reservoir--Fishing Area, Hunterdon, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6729433,-74.9172461&ll=40.6729433,-74.9172461
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184804607
- Comments: "Found & reported by Frank Durso. Poor phone pics available. Eating, bathing then flew further away. Fantastic view."

Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 01, 2024 11:35 by Julie & Rick Hoffman
- Spruce Run Reservoir--Fishing Area, Hunterdon, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6729433,-74.9172461&ll=40.6729433,-74.9172461
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184772320
- Comments: "Breeding plumage. Nice find by Frank."

Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) (1)
- Reported Jul 01, 2024 11:25 by mike hiotis
- Spruce Run Reservoir--Fishing Area, Hunterdon, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6729433,-74.9172461&ll=40.6729433,-74.9172461
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184811055
- Comments: "Found by Frank Durso earlier in the morning. Follow up tip from ebird reviewer. 'Tanks' Franks. A rather colorful individual with a dark eye and face with very faint facial border."

Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 01, 2024 11:09 by Frank Sencher Jr
- Spruce Run Reservoir--Fishing Area, Hunterdon, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6729433,-74.9172461&ll=40.6729433,-74.9172461
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184786859
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "adult found by Frank Durso"

Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) (1)
- Reported Jul 01, 2024 11:06 by Beth Meriwether
- Spruce Run Reservoir--Fishing Area, Hunterdon, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6729433,-74.9172461&ll=40.6729433,-74.9172461
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184792681
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Nice find by Frank Durso"

Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 01, 2024 10:40 by Narasimhan Sundaram
- Spruce Run Reservoir--Fishing Area, Hunterdon, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6729433,-74.9172461&ll=40.6729433,-74.9172461
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184760551
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Pls see photographs. Long curved bill, glossy red tint feeding at shore line visible from fishing area off Van syckels at Spruce Run North end."

Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 01, 2024 12:25 by Alan Mart
- Spruce Run/Rt. 31, Hunterdon, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.67293,-74.91666&ll=40.67293,-74.91666
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184779198
- Comments: "Found earlier by F. Durso. Large shore bird with long recurved bill, iridescent  green and reddish coloring"

Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius) (2)
- Reported Jul 01, 2024 10:04 by Camille Schiraldi
- Brigantine Island--North Brigantine Natural Area, Atlantic, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.4218976,-74.34919&ll=39.4218976,-74.34919
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184751376
- Comments: "Distinctive white rump. Roundish face markings"

Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) (2)
- Reported Jul 01, 2024 06:40 by Sharyn Magee
- Hillside Farm Preserve, Mercer, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.3972534,-74.7803324&ll=40.3972534,-74.7803324
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184793188
- Comments: "Heard. Small breeding population in the Sourlands. Nearby nesting site previously reported to eBird."

Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) (2)
- Reported Jul 01, 2024 06:40 by Stephanie Sawhney
- Hillside Farm Preserve, Mercer, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.3972534,-74.7803324&ll=40.3972534,-74.7803324
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184789615
- Comments: "Heard. Small breeding population in the Sourlands. Nearby nesting site previously reported to eBird."

Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus) (1)
- Reported Jun 30, 2024 07:24 by Jim Buxton
- The Hun School of Princeton, Princeton US-NJ 40.33652, -74.68443, Mercer, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.336518,-74.684429&ll=40.336518,-74.684429
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184645589
- Comments: "Heard from fields at the Hun School across from battlefield. Recorded on Merlin, will post."

Barred Owl (Strix varia) (2)
- Reported Jul 01, 2024 03:59 by Old Sam Peabody
- Home, Mercer, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.4067238,-74.7851077&ll=40.4067238,-74.7851077
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184703008
- Media: 1 Audio
- Comments: "Medium to distant. Countercalling from back and side woods. Recorded."

Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) (1)
- Reported Jul 01, 2024 04:50 by Bobby Sroka
- Allamuchy Mt SP--Tilcon Lake, Morris, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.9076969,-74.769237&ll=40.9076969,-74.769237
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184740487
- Comments: "Heard only.  Local here."

Least Flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) (1)
- Reported Jul 01, 2024 04:50 by Bobby Sroka
- Allamuchy Mt SP--Tilcon Lake, Morris, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.9076969,-74.769237&ll=40.9076969,-74.769237
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184740487
- Comments: "Nice July bird.  Heard by flooded pond near field."

Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia) (1)
- Reported Jul 01, 2024 07:58 by Fred Losi
- Duke Island Park, Somerset, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.5527165,-74.6641022&ll=40.5527165,-74.6641022
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184739706
- Comments: "Clearly seen necklace"

Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus) (1)
- Reported Jun 28, 2024 07:00 by Karen VanDyk
- Ridge Road HIgh Point State Park , NJ, Sussex, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=41.311348,-74.6979011&ll=41.311348,-74.6979011
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184698509
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Photo attached. Confirmed with Merlin and two people."

Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jul 01, 2024 09:16 by Michael Britt
- Rand Blvd Grasslands, Warren, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6932456,-75.1603144&ll=40.6932456,-75.1603144
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184753135
- Comments: "Continuing pair. Both seen perched in scope, the male for a while on landfill fence."

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) (2)
- Reported Jun 27, 2024 09:15 by Peggy Cadigan
- Lake of the Lilies, Ocean, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.0830235,-74.0431967&ll=40.0830235,-74.0431967
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184431219
- Media: 3 Photos
- Comments: "Gangly duck with long legs, chestnut and black body, pink legs and bill. Unmistakable whistling call."

Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 28, 2024 10:30 by Steven Bruenjes
- Sandy Hook--North End, Monmouth, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.4769212,-74.0107298&ll=40.4769212,-74.0107298
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184428447
- Media: 1 Photo
- Comments: "Photo attached"

Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) (2)
- Reported Jun 29, 2024 07:30 by Simon Streatfeild
- Mary Patrick Park, Bergen, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=41.090823,-74.176156&ll=41.090823,-74.176156
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184528812
- Comments: "This is the third time that I have found Hooded Mergansers on the river in the summer in 20 years. It was a female and a juvenile."

Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) (1)
- Reported Jun 29, 2024 09:14 by Eric Teed
- Island Beach SP--Spizzle Creek Blind Trail, Ocean, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.7941774,-74.0972793&ll=39.7941774,-74.0972793
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184474498
- Comments: "Juvenile preening edge of marsh"

Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) (1)
- Reported Jun 27, 2024 09:15 by Peggy Cadigan
- Lake of the Lilies, Ocean, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.0830235,-74.0431967&ll=40.0830235,-74.0431967
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184431219
- Comments: "Small, compact duck with stout, scoop-shaped bill and long, stiff tail. Continuing."

Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis) 
- Reported Jun 30, 2024 11:36 by Anastasia Cardona
- Silver Lake and Ferruggiaro Park, Monmouth, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.1816275,-74.0167165&ll=40.1816275,-74.0167165
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184589941
- Comments: "Not sure what crane it was."

American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) (1)
- Reported Jun 30, 2024 06:33 by James Lukenda
- Manasquan Inlet (Monmouth Co.), Monmouth, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.1036019,-74.0349317&ll=40.1036019,-74.0349317
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184556377
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Unmistakable bird with very long legs and long up curved bill. Red head and neck. Photos"

American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) (2)
- Reported Jun 30, 2024 11:24 by Ray Duffy
- North Reach Newark Bay (Essex County), Essex, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6967812,-74.1260017&ll=40.6967812,-74.1260017
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184596338
- Comments: "Continuing in area.  Carrot billed black, brown and white bellied shorebirds in marsh south of casciano bridge"

Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa) (6)
- Reported Jun 30, 2024 05:50 by Jonathan Irons
- Cape Island--CMP--Coral Ave. dune crossing, Cape May, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=38.9327948,-74.9651502&ll=38.9327948,-74.9651502
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184512632
- Comments: "*Scarce. Flock moving NW up the bay pretty high. Large rufus shore birds with long slightly upturned bills."

Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 30, 2024 by Tom Bailey
- Bass River--Amasa Landing Rd., Burlington, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.577148,-74.4514275&ll=39.577148,-74.4514275
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184544494

Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica) (3) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 30, 2024 by Tom Bailey
- Bass River--Amasa Landing Rd., Burlington, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.577148,-74.4514275&ll=39.577148,-74.4514275
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184544494

Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) (1)
- Reported Jun 30, 2024 06:02 by Steve & Josette Bonamo
- Spruce Run Recreation Area, Hunterdon, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6601903,-74.9383805&ll=40.6601903,-74.9383805
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184545082
- Comments: "Initially spotted by Frank, Tern with contrasting Gray underparts"

Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii) (1)
- Reported Jun 30, 2024 06:33 by James Lukenda
- Manasquan Inlet (Monmouth Co.), Monmouth, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.1036019,-74.0349317&ll=40.1036019,-74.0349317
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184556377
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "All white tern with full black bill. Much longer tails than other Sternas seen today. Photos"

Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii) (1)
- Reported Jun 29, 2024 14:45 by Cliff Miller
- Manasquan Inlet (Ocean Co.), Ocean, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.1019338,-74.0346071&ll=40.1019338,-74.0346071
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184423460
- Comments: "Southbound flyby with Commons. Pale, black bill, long tail."

Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis) (2) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 29, 2024 08:13 by Evan Knudsen
- Manasquan Inlet (Monmouth Co.), Monmouth, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.1036019,-74.0349317&ll=40.1036019,-74.0349317
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184466119
- Media: 2 Photos
- Comments: "Pale, fairly short-tailed terns with thicker dark bills ending in yellow tips. One nonbreeding bird feeding at the end of the jetty briefly with COTEs when I arrived, but it quickly vanished when I looked away. Almost an hour later a breeding adult zipped past, heading south with purpose. Poor pictures of both birds."

Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata) (1)
- Reported Jun 29, 2024 06:32 by Alex Tongas
- Island Beach SP--Northern Natural Area (Two-bit to Gillikins), Ocean, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.888148,-74.081235&ll=39.888148,-74.081235
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184408058
- Comments: "Non breeding plumage. Small loon head held in upward angled position finer bill gray from upper bill to rear of neck, white face and throat dark speckled back."

Sooty Shearwater (Ardenna grisea) (1)
- Reported Jun 29, 2024 17:29 by Anonymous eBirder
- Belmar Beachfront, Monmouth, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.1768142,-74.0134642&ll=40.1768142,-74.0134642
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184437055
- Comments: "Dark colored shearwater flying low to ocean then landed and sat not far off beach"

Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) (1)
- Reported Jun 29, 2024 09:30 by Eddie Politz
- Spruce Run Recreation Area, Hunterdon, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.6601903,-74.9383805&ll=40.6601903,-74.9383805
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184452125
- Comments: "Found by Frank Sencher."

White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) (1)
- Reported Jun 30, 2024 09:54 by Mia Bobowski
- Fisherman's Cove Conservation Area, Monmouth, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.1089316,-74.0406418&ll=40.1089316,-74.0406418
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184574114
- Comments: "In the marsh, immature"

Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) (6) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 30, 2024 by Tom Bailey
- Bass River--Amasa Landing Rd., Burlington, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.577148,-74.4514275&ll=39.577148,-74.4514275
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184544494

Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 29, 2024 13:58 by Alex Bernzweig
- Whitesbog (Burlington County), Burlington, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.9621481,-74.5025611&ll=39.9621481,-74.5025611
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184449217
- Comments: "Seen for about 10 seconds in flight low over treetops near one of the central pools, being chased by a kingbird. Appeared to be an adult bird going through noticeable wing molt. Small buteo with compact build, wings slender with broad black border (where not interrupted by molted feathers) and straight trailing edge, lacking the subtle bulge in secondaries that's typical of red-shoulders. Medium-short black tail clearly showing one broad white band. My first time observing this species in many years of visiting Whitesbog."

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) (1)
- Reported Jun 30, 2024 04:30 by Bobby Sroka
- Morris Green Acres, Mt. Olive Twp, Morris, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.8957464,-74.7417011&ll=40.8957464,-74.7417011
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184590204
- Comments: "Local breeder here."

Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) (2)
- Reported Jun 30, 2024 10:45 by mike hiotis
- Union Road , Kingwood township, Hunterdon, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.5093854,-75.0040648&ll=40.5093854,-75.0040648
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184608578
- Comments: "A bird flycatching next to maintenance bldgs., another in the tree line along the path behind the pond."

Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) (1)
- Reported Jun 30, 2024 04:30 by Bobby Sroka
- Morris Green Acres, Mt. Olive Twp, Morris, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.8957464,-74.7417011&ll=40.8957464,-74.7417011
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184590204
- Comments: "Heard only."

House Sparrow (Gray-cheeked) (Passer domesticus [domesticus Group]) (Exotic: Naturalized) (6)
- Reported Jun 29, 2024 16:15 by Joshua Gant
- Barnegat Inlet, Ocean, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.7594493,-74.0930919&ll=39.7594493,-74.0930919
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184455349
- Comments: "Expected subspecies group"

Boat-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus major) (1)
- Reported Jun 30, 2024 10:16 by Sarah Regan
- Meadowlands IBA--Valley Brook Ave., Bergen, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.793165,-74.0943718&ll=40.793165,-74.0943718
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184604692
- Comments: "Bird was alone"

Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 27, 2024 05:30 by Aleshanee  Mooney
- 5 Valley Drive, Belvidere, New Jersey, US (40.86, -74.98), Warren, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=40.860184,-74.9797067&ll=40.860184,-74.9797067
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184000467
- Media: 1 Audio
- Comments: "Woke up to it singing outside my window. Recording included. Sweet descending song with sharp quick notes at the end."

Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica) (1) CONFIRMED
- Reported Jun 30, 2024 by Tom Bailey
- Wharton SF, Burlington, New Jersey
- Map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=p&z=13&q=39.7258842,-74.6840115&ll=39.7258842,-74.6840115
- Checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S184546962


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