A big thanks to all those who participated in Thursday night's Woodcock Walk at Laurel Hill County Park — sorry the weather turned so cool!

The good news is that we saw/heard our target birds. We saw the Common Ravens fly to their nest, and we heard multiple American Woodcocks peenting (and doing their courtship flights) — and we saw 15+ Black Crowned Night Herons leaving their roost at dusk, as well as several late-flying Great Egrets.

In all, we counted 31 species. Full list follows.

Laurel Hill Park, Hudson County, New Jersey, US
Thu Mar 15, 2012 05:30 PM             Traveling
Party size: 20
Duration: 2 hour(s), 10 minute(s)
Distance: 1.0 mile(s)
Comments: This was a woodcock walk sponsored by Bergen County Audubon Society and NJ Meadowlands Commission.
30 species total

Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Gadwal
Mallard
Green-winged Teal
Bufflehead
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Killdeer
Red-tailed Hawk
American Woodcock
Ring-billed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Mourning Dove
Downy Woodpecker
American Crow
Common Raven
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
American Tree Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow