Tuesday, June 22, 2010

June 19th: The Glassboro region (southwestern New Jersey)

GLASSBORO WOODS/HAWKIN ROAD/BRIGHTVIEW FARM

Brooklyn Bird Club trip - 6/19/2010
List submitted by: Sandra Paci (leader)

1 Canada Goose Branta canadensis
2 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
3 Double Crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
4 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
5 Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
6 Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
7 Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo (from road)
8 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
9 Rock Pigeon Columba livia
10 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
11 Yellow Billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus (Glassboro WMA)
12 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
13 Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
14 Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
15 Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
16 Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
17 Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens (Glassboro WMA)
18 Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
19 White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus (Glassboro WMA)
20 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
21 Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
22 American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
23 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
24 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
25 Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
26 Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
27 Brown Creeper Certhia americana (Hawkin Rd)
28 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
29 Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
30 House Wren Troglodytes aedon
31 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea (Glassboro WMA)
32 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
33 American Robin Turdus migratorius
34 Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
35 European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
36 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
37 Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia
38 Worm Eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorus (Glassboro WMA; Hawkin Rd)
39 Prairie Warbler Dendroica discolor
40 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
41 Hooded Warbler Wilsonia citrina (Glassboro WMA)
42 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea (Glassboro WMA; Hawkin Rd)
43 Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
44 Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
45 Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla (Glassboro WMA; Brightview Farm)
46 Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum (Brightview Farm)
47 Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
48 Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
49 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea (Glassboro WMA)
50 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
51 Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
52 Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
53 American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis
54 House Sparrow Passer domesticus


Odonates and Butterflies list
Prepared by Suzanne Ortiz, trip participant

DAMSELFLIES

Ebony Jewelwing (Hawkin Rd) Calopteryx maculata
Violet Dancer (Hawkin Rd) Argia fumipennis violacea


DRAGONFLIES
Eastern Pondhawk (Glassboro WMA) Erythemis simplicicollis
Slaty Skimmer (Glassboro WMA) Libellula incesta
Blue Dasher (Glassboro WMA) Pachydiplax longipennis
Common Whitetail (Glassboro WMA) Plathemis lydia
Black Saddlebags (Glassboro WMA) Tramea lacerata


BUTTERFLIES

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Papilio glaucus

Spicebush Swallowtail (Glassboro WMA) Papilio toilus

Cabbage White (Brightview Farm) Pieris rapae

Clouded Sulphur (Brightview Farm) Colias philodice

Orange Sulphur (Brightview Farm) Colias eurytheme

Pearl Crescent (Glassboro WMA) Phyciodes tharos

Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa

Red Admiral (Glassboro WMA) Vanessa atalanta

Little Wood Satyr (Hawkin Road) Megisto cymela

Photo gallery by Rusty Harold

http://picasaweb.google.com/erharold/BearSwamp?feat=email#

http://picasaweb.google.com/erharold/BrightwaterFarm?feat=email#

Monday, June 14, 2010

June 12th Doodletown ( Harriman State Park)

Leader : Tom Preston (submitting list)

Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
Wild Turkey
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Red-tailed Hawk
Killdeer
Chimney Swift

Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Willow Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Veery
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Cedar Waxwing
Blue-winged Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Worm-eating Warbler
Ovenbird
Louisiana Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

- 58 species

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

June 4th-7th, Delmarva Weekend, Delaware coast , interior Maryland
















(Clapper Rail photo by Sandy Paci @ Chincoteague NWR)

[ click on photo for zoom in]

Sandy's photo gallery --> http://tinyurl.com/2at2q6p


Leader : Peter Dorosh

date = 6/4/10-6/7/10
site = Delmarva Weekend: Delaware coast and Maryland ( and briefly Virginia)
observers = Brooklyn Bird Club

130 species


Loon species
Northern Gannet Ferry ride
Double-crested Cormorant
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Green Heron
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
Cattle Egret Chincoteague NWR
Tricolored Heron Chincoteague NWR
Glossy Ibis
Turkey Vulture
Black Vulture
Gadwall
American Black Duck
Canada Goose
Wood Duck Bombay Hook NWR
Ruddy Duck Bombay Hook NWR
Mute Swan
Mallard
Bald Eagle various locations, notably Blackwater NWR
Red-tailed Hawk
Osprey common
Northern Harrier
Clapper Rail Chincoteague NWR, calling and very cooperatively seen
Piping Plover Cape Henlopen's Gordon's Pond beach
Killdeer
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
American Oystercatcher
Black-necked Stilt Bombay Hook NWR- 12
American Avocet Bombay Hook NWR- 45
Semipalmated Sandpiper abundant
Red Knot Point Mispillion --12
Short-billed Dowitcher
Dunlin
Lesser Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper Blackwater NWR
Willet
Ruddy Turnstone
Greater Yellowlegs
Red-necked Phalarope -breeding female, Gordon's Pond @ Cape Henlopen SP
Wilson's Phalarope Chincoteague NWR, male
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern Chincoteague NWR
Royal Tern
Forster's Tern
Common Tern
Least Tern
Black Skimmer
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Laughing Gull
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Bald Cypress trail @ Pocomoke SP Mill Landing area
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Red-headed Woodpecker Blackwater NWR
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker Pocomoke River SP; Great Cypress Swamp
Northern Flicker
Least Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher Bombay Hook NWR
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Eastern Kingbird
White-eyed Vireo Nassawango creek crossing
Red-eyed Vireo
American Crow
Blue Jay
Fish Crow
Tree Swallow
Purple Martin Blackwater NWR and other locations
Barn Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow Ferry dock
Tufted Titmouse
Carolina Chickadee
Brown-headed Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
House Wren
Carolina Wren
Marsh Wren Bombay Hook NWR
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
American Robin
Eastern Bluebird
Wood Thrush
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Prairie Warbler
Kentucky Warbler calling, Nassawango Creek crossing
Worm-eating Warbler Pocomoke River Bald Cypress Trail;Great Cypress Swamp
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler Great Cypress Swamp aka "Pocomoke Swamp"
Black-and-white Warbler
Ovenbird common, calling
Common Yellowthroat
Prothonotary Warbler Nassawango Creek crossing , several spots
Louisiana Waterthrush Great Cypress Swamp
Yellow-breasted Chat EA Vaughan WMA; calling and seen well male
Northern Parula
Summer Tanager several locations, Nassawango Creek first.
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow Point Mispillion
Seaside Sparrow Point Mispillion
Field Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting common
Blue Grosbeak several locations, Gordon's Pond first
Boat-tailed Grackle
Red-winged Blackbird
Orchard Oriole common
Common Grackle
Eastern Meadowlark Blackwater NWR
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
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Locations ( in order of visit): Cape May -Lewes Ferry ride, Cape Henlopen Gordon's Pond,Delaware Seashore State Park ( Burton's Island Sanctuary), Nanticoke River WMA, Blackwater NWR, Pocomoke River's Mill Landing Area, EA Vaughan WMA, Chincoteague NWR, Great Cypress Swamp aka "Pocomoke Swamp", Point Mispillion/Slaughter Beach, Bombay Hook NWR