Had a great New Year’s Day guided walk at Mill Creek Marsh.
As promised, here’s the full list – plus a gallery of photos by Joe Koscielny. (Thanks, Joe!)
Full list follows.
Meadowlands IBA–Mill Creek Marsh, Hudson, US-NJ
Jan 1, 2014 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.4 mile(s)
Comments: New Year’s Day walk, Bergen County Audibon Sociey and NJ Meadowlands Commission
26 species
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) X
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) X
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) X
Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) X
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) X
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) X
Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) X
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) X
Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) X
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) X
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) X
Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) X
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) X
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) X
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) X
Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) X
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) X
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) X
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) X
Orange-crowned Warbler (Oreothlypis celata) 1
American Tree Sparrow (Spizella arborea) X
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) X
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) X
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) X
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) X
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) X