The fog lifted just in time for our Third-Tuesday of the month walk with Bergen County Audubon, and the 30 participants

were treated to several great birds, including Red-breasted Mergansers (in the scope), an Orange-crowned Warbler in the Lyndhurst Nature Reserve, and a trio of Belted Kingfishers hot-rodding around the Shorebird Pool.

In all, we had 38 species, not exactly chopped liver.

Thank you to all who attended. It was a terrific morning!

Full list and a couple more pix follow.

Richard W. DeKorte Park, Bergen, US-NJ
Mar 20, 2012 10:00 AM – 11:50 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.6 mile(s)
Comments:     This is the Third Tuesday of the month walk, led by Bergen County Audubon Society and the N.J. Meadowlands Commission.
38 species

Canada Goose  X
Gadwall  X
American Black Duck  X
Mallard  X
Northern Shoveler  X
Northern Pintail  X
Green-winged Teal  X
Canvasback  X
Bufflehead  X
Common Merganser  X
Red-breasted Merg  X
Ruddy Duck  X
Double-crested Cormorant  X
Great Egret  X
Northern Harrier  X
Red-tailed Hawk  X
Killdeer  X
Greater Yellowlegs  X
Lesser Yellowlegs  X        

Ring-billed Gull  X
Herring Gull  X
Great Black-backed Gull  X
Mourning Dove  X
Belted Kingfisher  X
Downy Woodpecker  X
Blue Jay  X
Tree Swallow  X
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  X
American Robin  X
Northern Mockingbird  X
European Starling  X
Orange-crowned Warbler  1     In Lyndhurst Nature Resrve
Song Sparrow  X
Northern Cardinal  X
Red-winged Blackbird  X
Common Grackle  X
Brown-headed Cowbird  X
House Sparrow  X