Some of the noteworthy birds seen here today included the Royal Tern with it's breeding colony, numerous Common Terns, a lone Brown Pelican, nearly a dozen Red Knots, breeding plumaged Sanderling, Ruddy Turnstone, Piping Plover, Black-Bellied Plover, a Northern Gannet, and Whimbrel.
A quick stop at the Wetlands Institute produced a beautiful and quite active Tri-Colored Heron.
We missed some of the more sought after species of Sandwich Tern, Gull-Billed Tern, and the vagrant Curlew Sandpiper that had recently been reported.
Afterwards we stopped at Brigantine, as one in the party needed the Gull-Billed Tern as a lifer. Almost immediately we were able to find this bird for John. Other species seen here again were Caspian Tern, Least Bittern, Blue-winged Teal, Purple Martin, and Clapper Rail, this time being the chicks that were seen.
Later some other birding friends from Sandy Hook Bird Observatory pointed out the brilliantly-colored Western Sandpipers to us.
Our group was able to reciprocate by locating a pair of Cattle Egret and a single Pectoral Sandpiper.
Overall, another fine day of birding was had by all.
