Ray Duffy reports a flock of Brants on the Hackensack River behind the Xchange in Secaucus this morning at 9:15. Also seen: Juncos, Ruby-crowned Kinglet and sparrows  — Songs, Swamps, and Savannahs.

   (Ray later reported seeing an Eastern Meadowlark and a Vesper Sparrow in that vicinity.) Thanks, Ray!

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Laurel Hill Park Secaucus, NJ – 10/15/09 – 28 Species

20 Atlantic Brant

19 Black-crowned Night-herons

5 Killdeer
1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1 Northern Flicker
1 Golden-crowned Kinglet
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
yellow-rumped warblers
palm warblers
1 common yellowthroat
1 eastern towhee
1 vesper sparrow
savannah sparrows
song sparrows
swamp sparrows
5 white-throated sparrows
1 adult white-crowned sparrow
4 dark-eyed junco
1 Eastern Meadowlark