Ron Shields writes:

The needle in a haystack. Flushed around 4:45PM at the Kearny Marsh, the teal flew toward the NJ Turnpike and Laurel Hill.

Photo above for documentary purposes.

(Thanks, Ron!)

Several folks checked several locales inside the park and nearby, with no luck.

If you see it (or photograph it), holler!

Dennis Cheeseman supplied the photo and question, from Mill Creek Marsh this week.

(Thanks, Dennis!)

The very rare (for the East Coast) Cinnamon Teal first seen last Friday morning by the NJMC’s Naturalist Emeritus Don Smith on DeKorte Park’s Saw Mill Creek mudflats was found again by us  Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. on another ebbing tide.

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Nick Vos Wein reports:

Saw it this morning in the trees near the back parking lot, near Transco/LNR intersection.

(Thanks, Nick. Pic of  DeKorte YB Cuckoo is here.)

Ron Shields took this shot at the Kearny Marsh. He thinks it’s a female Red-breasted Merganser.

What do you think?  (Thanks, Ron!)