Congratulations to the Meadowlands Marsh Hawks! The team captured the World Series of Birding Limited Geographic Area category for counting 145 species in Bergen County during the 24-hour event that began at midnight on May 14.
The four-man team consists of Mike Newhouse, Mike Wolfe, Chris Takacs and Zach Batren. In the process the Marsh Hawks raised nearly $2,000 for NJ Audubon/NYC Audubon’s Harbor Herons survey project to help them purchase solar powered GPS/GSM transmitters to track Egret migration and to allow elementary school classrooms to follow and learn about their migration. Job well done gents!
Thirty-eight of the team’s 145 species were spotted only in the Meadowlands District. Below is the complete list of species.
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Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Gadwall
American Black Duck
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Ruddy Duck
Ring-necked Pheasant
Double-crested Cormorant
American Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
Clapper Rail
Virginia Rail
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Dunlin
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Wilson’s Snipe
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Forster’s Tern
Black Skimmer
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
Mourning Dove
Barn Owl
Common Nighthawk
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Monk Parakeet
Willow Flycatcher
Warbling Vireo
Fish Crow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Tree Swallow
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
House Wren
Marsh Wren
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
represent the second most birds we have identified in 1 day in Bergen County.
