Tuesday’s Harrier and DeKorte Walks: The Full Lists

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Lots of great birds on Tuesday's combined guided walk at Harrier Meadow and DeKorte Park's Marsh Discovery Trail.

1-IMG_0087We saw the Tricolored Heron (yawn) and several Least Bitterns (ho hum) as well as the Little Blue (left) and a Pied-billed Grebe (seen by some at harrier on Tuesday but photographed today).

Full lists follow.

Thanks to the dozens of genial folks who joined us!


Meadowlands IBA–Harrier Meadow  (restricted access), Bergen, US-NJAug 21, 2012 10:00 AM – 11:00 AMProtocol: Traveling1.0 mile(s)Comments:     Third Tuesday Walk, Bergen County Audubon Society & Meadowlands Commission
40 species

Canada Goose  X
American Black Duck  X
Mallard  X
Pied-billed Grebe  X     Seen by a few
Double-crested Cormorant  X
Great Blue Heron  X
Great Egret  X
Snowy Egret  X
Little Blue Heron  X
Black-crowned Night-Heron  X
Belted Kingfisher X
Osprey  X
Red-tailed Hawk  X
Greater Yellowlegs  X
Lesser Yellowlegs  X
Semipalmated Sandpiper  X
Least Sandpiper, Killdeer X
Laughing Gull  X
Ring-billed Gull  X
Herring Gull  X
Great Black-backed Gull  X
Forster's Tern  X
Rock Pigeon  X
Mourning Dove  X
American Kestrel  X
Flycatcher Sp.  X
American Crow  X
Barn Swallow  X
Black-capped Chickadee  X
Marsh Wren  X
American Robin  X
Gray Catbird  X
Northern Mockingbird  X
Northern Cardinal X
European Starling  X
Song Sparrow  X
Common Grackle  X
American Goldfinch  X
House Sparrow  X

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Richard W. DeKorte Park, Bergen, US-NJ
Aug 21, 2012 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.0 mile(s)
Comments:     Second half of Bergen County Audubon Society/Meadowlands Commission Walk
27 species

Canada Goose  X
American Black Duck  X
Mallard  X
Double-crested Cormorant  X
Least Bittern  3     (Seen at start of MDT; Six total have been seen recently, photos on meadowblog.net)
Great Blue Heron  X
Great Egret  X
Snowy Egret  X
Osprey  X
Killdeer  X
Greater Yellowlegs  X
Lesser Yellowlegs  X
Semipalmated Sandpiper  X
Stilt Sandpiper  1     Seen by some… Have been seen a few times since water levels lowered
Short-billed Dowitcher  X
Herring Gull  X
Forster's Tern  X
Mourning Dove  X
Downy Woodpecker  X
American Robin  X
Gray Catbird  X
Northern Mockingbird  X
European Starling  X
Red-winged Blackbird  X
Common Grackle  X
Baltimore Oriole  X
American Goldfinch  X

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