Thursday, June 12, 2014

Central New Jersey Weekend June 7th-9th

Leader Peter Dorosh

Members: Donna Evans, Jerry Layton, Alie Ratay, Sandy Paci

Sandy Paci's Photo gallery  https://www.facebook.com/sandra.paci.5/media_set?set=a.890383850978081.1073741870.100000194238064&type=1

date = June 7th-9th

sites =

 Day 1 : Negri-Nepote Grassland, Plainsboro Preserve, Pole Farm 

Day 2 : Assunpink WMA,Trenton /Hamilton Marsh, Brightview Farm

Day 3 : Brigatine NWR ( Edward Forsythe NWR), Brigatine at Barnegat


Bird list  101 species

Double-crested Cormorant 
Snowy Egret 
Little Blue Heron Brigatine NWR ( Barnegat)
Green Heron Negri Nepote Grasslands
Great Egret 
Great Blue Heron 
Tricolored Heron Brigatine NWR 
Glossy Ibis 
Turkey Vulture 
Black Vulture 
American Black Duck 
Canada Goose 
Wood Duck Brigatine NWR 
Mute Swan 
Mallard 
Red-tailed Hawk 
Osprey 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 
Peregrine Falcon Brigatine NWR 
American Kestrel 
Clapper Rail 3 Brigatine NWR 
Killdeer 
Black-bellied Plover Brigatine NWR 
Semipalmated Plover Brigatine NWR 
American Oystercatcher Brigatine NWR 
Semipalmated Sandpiper Brigatine NWR , several flocks
Dunlin Brigatine NWR 
White-rumped Sandpiper Brigatine NWR 
Willet Brigatine NWR 
Ruddy Turnstone Brigatine NWR 
Greater Yellowlegs Brigatine NWR 
Gull-billed Tern Brigatine NWR 6
Laughing Gull 
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull 
Caspian Tern Brigatine NWR 
Forster's Tern Brigatine NWR 
Common Tern Brigatine NWR 
Black Skimmer Brigatine NWR 
Rock Pigeon 
Mourning Dove 
Chimney Swift 
Downy Woodpecker 
Red-bellied Woodpecker  
Northern Flicker 
Willow Flycatcher Negri Nepote
Great Crested Flycatcher Pole Farm
Olive-sided Flycatcher Negri Nepote
Eastern Wood-Pewee 
Eastern Kingbird 
White-eyed Vireo 
Red-eyed Vireo 
American Crow 
Blue Jay 
Fish Crow 
Bank Swallow flyover Assunpink NWR
Tree Swallow 
Purple Martin Brigatine NWR , good numbers
Barn Swallow 
Northern Rough-winged Swallow Brigatine NWR 
Tufted Titmouse 
Carolina Chickadee
House Wren 
Carolina Wren 
Marsh Wren Brigatine NWR 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Assunpink NWR
American Robin 
Eastern Bluebird Pole Farm
Wood Thrush Assunpink NWR
Veery Assunpink NWR
Gray Catbird 
Brown Thrasher several sites
Northern Mockingbird 
European Starling 
Cedar Waxwing 
Prairie Warbler 
Yellow Warbler 
Ovenbird 
Common Yellowthroat 
Grasshopper Sparrow over 10  Negri Nepote
Chipping Sparrow 
Savannah Sparrow Brigatine NWR 
Song Sparrow 
Seaside Sparrow Brigatine NWR , at least 7 seen
Field Sparrow Negri Nepote
Eastern Towhee 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 
Northern Cardinal 
Indigo Bunting 
Blue Grosbeak pair Brightview Farm
Baltimore Oriole 
Boat-tailed Grackle Brigatine NWR 
Bobolink 6 males displaying Brightview Farm
Red-winged Blackbird 
Orchard Oriole 1st yr male Negri Nepote
Common Grackle 
Eastern Meadowlark 2 Pole Farm
Brown-headed Cowbird 
House Finch 
American Goldfinch 
House Sparrow 

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Butterflies,Skippers


Black Swallowtail

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Spicebush Swallowtail
Cabbage White
Clouded Suplur
Orange Sulphur
Red-banded Hairstreak
Summer ( spring) Azure
Red-spotted Purple
Little Wood Satyr
Silver spotted skipper
Least Skipper
Pecks's Skipper
Zabulon Skipper

14 species


Dragonflies, Damsels


Widow Simmer

Painted Skimmer
Common Whitetail 
Spangled Skimmer
Ebony Jewelwing
12 spotted ?
Variable Dancer
Blue Dasher
Ashy Clubtail 
Slaty Skimmer
darner species
Golden Skimmer

Other


Scorpionfly species ( Assunpink WMA )
Groundhog

Muskrat
Painted Turtle
Bog Turtle ?
White-tailed deer
Eastern Chipmunk
Black Bear (with antlers).   
Weird looking bear with antlers.Sandy saw it.

American Toad
Diamond Terraphin
Southern Leopard Frog
Raccoon (seen sauntering across salt marsh chased by Black Skimmers at Brigatine)
Eastern Cottontail Rabbit
Eastern Grey Squirrel