Wednesday, October 28, 2015

New Jersey Highlands Weekend Oct 23rd-25th

juvenile White-crowned Sparrow at Glenhurst Meadows, photo'd by Marc Brawer

Leader : Peter Dorosh
Participants : Marc Brawer, Karen O'Hearn, Kathy Toomey, Donna Evans, Paul Chung
Locations in order of visit: day 1 -Glenhurst Meadows, Kittatinny Valley State Park, Andover farm field; day 2- Hyper Hummus Marshes (Paulinskill Trail), Sunrise Mountain hawkwatch /Stokes State Forest , Culver Lake; day 3- Cold Brook Preserve, Robert Stahl Natural Area, Great Swamp NWR

Bald Eagle at Sunrise Mountain, photo'd by Paul Chung

79 species total

Canada Goose

Mute Swan

Wood Duck

American Black Duck

Mallard

Green-winged Teal

Ring-necked Duck  
Eastern Bluebird, photo'd by Paul Chung

Ruddy Duck

Wild Turkey  

Common Loon

Pied-billed Grebe

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Blue Heron

Black Vulture

Turkey Vulture

Golden Eagle

Northern Harrier    
Wilson's Snipe at Culver Lake, photo'd by Paul Chung

Sharp-shinned Hawk   

Cooper's Hawk

Northern Goshawk

Bald Eagle

Red-shouldered Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk  
Eastern Bluebirds, photo'd Karen O'Hearn

Killdeer

Long-billed Dowitcher

Wilson's Snipe

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)

Mourning Dove  
Long billed Dowitcher, Culver Lake, photo'd by Paul Chung

Belted Kingfisher

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Downy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

American Kestrel

Merlin

Eastern Phoebe

Blue Jay

American Crow

Fish Crow   
White-crowned Sparrow,photo'd by Paul Chung

Horned Lark

Black capped Chickadee

Tufted Titmouse

White-breasted Nuthatch

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Eastern Bluebird

Hermit Thrush

American Robin 
American Kestrel at Great Swamp NWR, photo'd by Marc Brawer

Gray Catbird

Northern Mockingbird

European Starling

Cedar Waxwing

Common Yellowthroat

Palm Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Chipping Sparrow

Field Sparrow

Fox Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

White-crowned Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Lincoln's Sparrow

Swamp Sparrow

Northern Cardinal

   
Eastern Bluebirds,  Robert Stahl Natural Area, photo'd by Marc Brawer
Red-winged Blackbird

Rusty Blackbird

Common Grackle

Brown-headed Cowbird

House Finch

Purple Finch

Pine Siskin

American Goldfinch

House Sparrow
Common Raven
Pileated Woodpecker
Rail species ( calling)


Leader hawkwatching on his "pet rock" at Sunrise Mountain Stokes State ForesthForest,
photo'd Karen O'Hearn


Other sightings adult BLACK BEAR  running across Highway 15 (7 am)