RBA: New Jersey, Oxt. 29, 2009

[Laurie Larson]

- RBA

* New Jersey
* Statewide
* NJNJ0910.29
* October 29, 2009

- Birds Mentioned
+ Ash-throated Flycatcher
+ Barnacle Goose
+ Cave Swallow
+ Le Conte's Sparrow
+ Pacific Loon
+ Roseate Spoonbill
+ (Details requested by NJBRC)

American Avocet
American Bittern
American Tree Sparrow
Black Scoter
Black-throated Green Warbler
Brant
Canada Goose
Caspian Tern
Common Eider
Common Moorhen
Dickcissel
Fox Sparrow
Golden Eagle
Great Cormorant
Laughing Gull
Long-billed Dowitcher
Nelson's Sparrow
Northern Goshawk
Orange-crowned Warbler
Red Crossbill
Red-headed Woodpecker
Rusty Blackbird
Short-eared Owl
Spotted Sandpiper
Vesper Sparrow
Western Sandpiper
White-crowned Sparrow
White-rumped Sandpiper

- Transcript

hotline: Voice of NJ Audubon
number: [phone]
to report: [phone]
compilers: Pete Bacinski and Scott Barnes, Sandy Hook Bird Observatory
URL: http://www.njaudubon.org/


This is Scott Barnes with the Voice of New Jersey Audubon for Thursday  
October 29, 2009 with reports of PACIFIC LOON, ROSEATE SPOONBILL, ASH-
THROATED FLYCATCHER, CAVE SWALLOW, LE CONTE'S SPARROW, RED CROSSBILL,  
seasonal and local reports of interest.

A PACIFIC LOON was reported on Merrill Creek Reservoir Oct 23, viewed  
near Quarry Point and the tower I/O tower.

An ASH-THROATED FLYCATCHER was found at Thompson Park in Lincroft,  
Monmouth County Oct 26. The bird was in the wooded area behind the  
parking lot and to the right of Marlu Lake.

A CAVE SWALLOW was found at Sandy Hook Oct 24 feeding over the salt  
pond. A subadult male COMMON EIDER was noted at the end of fisherman's  
trail the same day. A SHORT-EARED OWL was detected near the salt pond  
Oct 25. A VESPER SPARROW was at K-lot and a late BLACK-THROATED GREEN  
WARBLER was at the garden Oct 26. A juvenile NORTHERN GOSHAWK was  
viewed Oct 23 & 25. A free, detailed birding map of Sandy Hook is  
available at SHBO; check the sightings log there for daily reports.

A LE CONTE'S SPARROW was found at Overpeck Creek Park in Leonia Oct  
26-28. From the intersection of Fort Lee Rd and Grand Ave in Leonia,  
go south on Grand until you come to Roosevelt Ave on your right. Take  
Roosevelt to its end at Overpeck Park ballfields parking lot. There is  
a gated gravel service road on the northeast corner of this lot, take  
it approximately 100 yards until it "T's" with another path, with a  
post with blue and white trail markers. Bear left and continue over a  
garbage filled canal (20 yards) and you will see a field on your left,  
up a small rise and through a few trees: this is where the bird is.  
Other sparrows at Overpeck Creek Oct 25 included NELSON'S SPARROW and  
2 VESPER SPARROWS. Additional directions can be found on jerseybirds.  
Also in Bergen County were 3 BLACK SCOTERS found on Oradell Reservoir  
Oct 25.

Brigantine NWR reports this week included the ROSEATE SPOONBILL  
through Oct 25 in the east pool; AMERICAN BITTERN, AMERICAN AVOCET, a  
lingering COMMON MOORHEN through Oct 25, 20+ WESTERN SANDPIPERS, WHITE-
RUMPED SANDPIPER, 50 LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS, and 6 CASPIAN TERNS.

The Califon BARNACLE GOOSE was among a CANADA GOOSE flock near the  
intersection of Sliker and Rte 513 Oct 27. Other Hunterdon County  
reports this week were a late LAUGHING GULL at Spruce Run Reservoir, a  
BRANT and 2 immature GREAT CORMORANTS at Round Valley, and a  
DICKCISSEL at Cold Brook Preserve this week.

A female RED CROSSBILL was studied at Hatfield Swamp in West Caldwell  
Oct 23. The bird was feeding in the weeds with a flock of sparrows  
directly under the powerlines between the Cranes Mill access Rd (off  
Passaic Ave) and the first stream crossing to its south.

Birds noted at the National Park Dredge Spoils in Gloucester County  
included a late SPOTTED SANDPIPER, VESPER SPARROW, and 6 RUSTY  
BLACKBIRDS Oct 27.

Raccoon Ridge Hawk Watch tallied a NORTHERN GOSHAWK and 3 GOLDEN  
EAGLES Oct 25.

Two RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS were found at the wetland restoration site  
off Omar Ave in Woodbridge this week. Another RED-HEADED WOODPECKER  
was noted at Lenape Park in Cranford Oct 29.

Kittatinny Valley State Park had ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, FOX SPARROW,  
2 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS, and AMERICAN TREE SPARROW Oct 29.

The Voice of New Jersey Audubon Society is a weekly report on birding  
in New Jersey. To report birds please call 732-872-2500 or e-mail  
sightings AT njaudubon.org Please submit reports of Review List  
Species (photos, field sketches, and/or written documentation) to the  
New Jersey Bird Records Committee at 14 Crown Dr, Warren NJ 07059 or  
report AT njbrc.net  Good Birding and thanks for reporting.

- End Transcript

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