Julie McCall was nice enough to provide a list of birds from yesterday's walk. I added a few that my sub-group saw as well.
Highlights included non-stop American Kestrels, a Coop, and a Golden-crowned Kinglet.
Full list follows. Email us here if we missed any.
Harrier Meadow
Sept. 21, 10:30- noon
40+ observers, mile-long walk
32 Species
Canada Goose
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Great Blue Heron
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Cooper's Hawk
American Kestrel
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Mourning Dove
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Phoebe
Golden-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Northern Cardinal
Blackpoll Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Savannah Sparrow
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow
European Starling
This sounds like a cool walk. Are the walks free? How do I find out about them? I was at DeKorte myself on Tuesday and sure didn’t see any 32 species, LOL. Guess I better rummage around this site and see if I can find info about the walks.
There’s a couple of unusual birds on this list that I don’t recall seeing on previous lists. Nice job, guys!
Debbie, you can find a list of meadowlands events here:
http://www.njmeadowlands.gov/events/intro.html
Mr. Jim Wright also generally posts a reminder here on the blog a few days before each event, so check back here often.
I agree with Debbie post the walks sound like fun and the view and sitings must be interesting, I have a good pair of 10 x 50 Binoculars. I wish there main web site to let me know of all the events scheduled for even if natuure walkI can go for short walk and with the Bincualars I have I can probley do good from center view room, since legs can be a problem. any way anyone know about listings of events can be found for the William McDonald observatory? my e mail T5761@aol. thank you