RBA: New Jersey, July 9, 2009

- RBA

* New Jersey
* Statewide
* NJNJ0907.09
* July 9, 2009

- Birds Mentioned
+ Gray Kingbird
+ White-faced Ibis
+ (Details requested by NJBRC)

Black Skimmer
Black Tern
Blue Grosbeak
Blue-headed Vireo
Bonaparte's Gull
Brown Pelican
Caspian Tern
Common Loon
Common Moorhen
Common Raven
Greater Shearwater
Gull-billed Tern
Hooded Warbler
Least Bittern
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Parula
Monk Parakeet
Sandwich Tern
Surf Scoter
Virginia Rail
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron



- Transcript

hotline: Voice of NJ Audubon
number: (732) 872-2595
to report: (732) 872-2500
compilers: Pete Bacinski and Scott Barnes, Sandy Hook Bird Observatory
URL: http://www.njaudubon.org/


This is Pete Bacinski for the Voice of the NJ Audubon Society for  
Thursday, July 9, 2009 with reports of SURF SCOTER, COMMON LOON,  
GREATER SHEARWATER, BROWN PELICAN, LEAST BITTERN, YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-
HERON, WHITE-FACED IBIS, VIRGINIA RAIL, COMMON MOORHEN, GULL-BILLED  
TERN, CASPIAN TERN, BLACK TERN, MONK PARAKEET, GRAY KINGBIRD, COMMON  
RAVEN, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH, HOODED WARBLER, BLUE  
GROSBEAK and seasonal and local reports of interest.

Reports of Review List Species (photos, field sketches, and/or written  
Documentation) go to the New Jersey Bird Records Committee at 14 Crown  
Drive, Warren, NJ 07059 or report AT njbrc.net.

The Kearny Marsh in the NJ Meadowlands hosted a LEAST BITTERN, a  
VIRGINIA RAIL and four COMMON MOORHENS, July 3, while Liberty SP July  
4 featured a summering SURF SCOTER.

A male BLUE GROSBEAK was observed near the headquarters building of  
Kittatinny SP, July 3, and a LEAST BITTERN was noted from the Gazebo  
parking area on Pleasant Plains Road in the Great Swamp NWR on July 2  
and 3.  Two vociferous COMMON RAVENS were discovered at Point Mountain  
in Hunterdon County July 6.

Old Mine Road north of the Delaware Watergap produced two NORTHERN  
PARULAS, two LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH and three HOODED WARBLERS July 4,  
while Clinton Road in West Milford July 5 was home to four BLUE-HEADED  
VIREOS and a LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH.

As many as 14 MONK PARAKEETS were tallied on Washington Avenue in  
Carteret between High Street and Cooke Avenue, July 8.  South Amboy  
July 8 was home to a pair of BLACK SKIMMERS and six BONAPARTE'S GULLS.

A belated report is of a photographed SANDWICH TERN from Fisherman's  
Beach at Sandy Hook June 30.  From the same location the National Park  
Service picked up a GREATER SHEARWATER not in good health sitting on  
the beach July 2.

Three summering COMMON LOONS are hanging out near the Cracker Barrel  
by Shark River Estuary in Shark River Hills and last seen July 8.  A  
pair of YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS have been observed nearby upstream  
from the East Avenue Bridge.  Another YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON has  
been present at Beach Haven Gardens on Long Beach Island for over two  
weeks.

Forsythe (Brigantine) NWR on July 3 hosted GULL-BILLED TERNS, a  
CASPIAN TERN and a BLACK TERN as well as a BLUE GROSBEAK.  The WHITE-
FACED IBIS was also reported there July 3.

A GRAY KINGBIRD was discovered at the Meadows in Cape May Point July 4  
and not reported since.  Also in the area July 6 were 11 BROWN  
PELICANS and a BLACK TERN.  For more information regarding Cape May  
birding visit www.birdcapemay.org.

The Voice of NJ Audubon is a weekly report on birding in NJ.  To  
report birds, please call 732-872-2500.  This is Pete Bacinski wishing  
you the best birding and thanks for calling, surfing, and reporting.

- End Transcript

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