Hugh Carola of the Hackensack Riverkeeper was nice enough to pass along the list of species seen at all the sites at the Meadowlands Festival of Birding this past weekend. (Thanks, Hugh!)
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6th Annual NJ Meadowlands Festival of Birding
September 12-13, 2009
Comprehensive species list from all Festival locations: Richard W. DeKorte Park and environs, Mill Creek Marsh, Celery Farm Natural Area, Stateline Lookout, Liberty State Park and all Birding by Boat trips.
105 Species
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
Gadwall
American Black Duck
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Clapper Rail
Sora
Common Moorhen
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Spotted Sandpiper
Hudsonian Godwit
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Red-necked Phalarope
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Black Skimmer
Mourning Dove
Rock Pigeon
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Willow Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Common Raven
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
House Wren
Marsh Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow