Mike Britt posted the following bird report on Jersey Birds a short while ago — with highlights including 15,000 Semipalmated Sandpipers, a Blue Grosbeak (along Disposal Road).
Full list follows. (Thanks, Mike!)
DeKorte/Berry's Creek, Bergen, US-NJ
Aug 5, 2012 7:05 AM – 11:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling5.0 mile(s)
Comments: With Dave Blinder.
38 species
Canada Goose 12
American Black Duck 2
Mallard 50
Ruddy Duck 1
Double-crested Cormorant 50
Great Blue Heron 15
Great Egret 21
Snowy Egret 15
Black-crowned Night-Heron 3
Osprey 1
Northern Harrier 1
Red-tailed Hawk 2
American Kestrel 4
Semipalmated Plover 11
Killdeer 3
Spotted Sandpiper 6
Greater Yellowlegs 14
Lesser Yellowlegs 50
Semipalmated Sandpiper 15000 huge number probably a result of peak period for migration coupled with the fact that low tide nearly coincided with sunrise
Least Sandpiper 1
Short-billed Dowitcher 35
Laughing Gull 3
Herring Gull 100
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Forster's Tern 20
Mourning Dove 12
Northern Flicker 1
Barn Swallow 20
American Robin 1
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 1
Yellow Warbler 12
Song Sparrow 10
Blue Grosbeak 1 1st summer male on Kingsland landfill; perched in small tree and on several different weed stalks
Red-winged Blackbird 10
American Goldfinch 3
House Sparrow 2
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
Thank you for your kind words,this is a nice and useful information.
1st summer male on Kingsland landfill
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Thank you for your kind words