As promised, here's the list of the 37 bird species seen on Sunday's walk — holler if we missed any.
Some of us also had nice looks at a Question Mark, Peck's Skipper and Cicada Killer.
Full bird list and a couple of photos (Great Egret, Peck's Skipper) follow.
Richard W. DeKorte Park
Aug 7, 2011 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Comments: This is the First-Sunday-of-the-Month walk sponsored by the N.J. Meadowlands Commission and Bergen County Audubon. Highlights included 5 Least Terns.
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
American Black Duck
Mallard
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Osprey
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Least Tern
Forster's Tern
Mourning Dove
Blue Jay
crow sp.
Barn Swallow
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Yellow Warbler
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow