Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Sept 8th, Sandy Hook , Gateway NRA, NJ

Leader : Bob Machover


Note: Rain shorten trip, heavy deluge, tornadic activity; later tornado report at Breezy Point



Sandy Hook, Monmouth, US-NJ

Sep 8, 2012 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Protocol: Traveling

1.0 mile(s)

Comments: BBC Trip

28 species (+1 other taxa)



Canada Goose X

Great Blue Heron X

Osprey X

Black-bellied Plover X

Semipalmated Plover X

Piping Plover X

American Oystercatcher X

Ruddy Turnstone X

Sanderling X

Laughing Gull X

Herring Gull X

Great Black-backed Gull X

Black Tern 1 bird not in full breeding plumage much smaller and darker than common terns

Common Tern X

Forster's Tern X

Sandwich Tern 1 much larger than common terns, yellow tipped black bill clearly visible not in full breeding plumage

Black Skimmer X

Mourning Dove X

Chimney Swift X

American Kestrel X

crow sp. X

Tree Swallow X

Barn Swallow X

Carolina Wren X

Gray Catbird X

Northern Mockingbird X

Common Yellowthroat X

Eastern Towhee X

Field Sparrow X

Mute Swan (2) -flyover

Double-crested Cormorant

Dunlin

Song Sparrow

Snowy Egret

Royal Terns ; Spermaceti Cove

House Finch