Bergen County Audubon Society celebrated the reopening of Mill Creek Marsh with a free nature walk there this past Sunday.
Don Torino of BCAS reports: "Had 25 participants including two visitors from England. All enjoying the birds, plants and butterflies. Everyone is so happy the marsh is open again."
Full list of sightings follows.
Gadwall
Mallards
Canada Geese
Snowy Egrets
Tree Swallows
Barn Swallows
Yellow Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Song Sparrows
Common Grackles
Mockingbirds
Great Black-Backed Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Marsh Wrens
Red-Winged Blackbirds
Cedar Waxwings
Am. Robins
Willow Flycatcher
Dbl. Crested Cormorant
Balt. Oriole
Also: Eastern Tiger Swallowtails
and a Diamond-backed Terrapin