I took the pre-dawn drive of two hours with my friend Bill and we were both rewarded with a fantastic day.
Highlights included the vagrant, but long-staying Roseate Spoonbill. Some of you may remember that this species made a visit to Brigantine back in 2007.
http://jerseybirder.blogspot.com/2007/07/july-15-brigantine-brooklyn.html
Other exciting birds seen were the Hudsonian Godwit, Baird's Sandpiper and Buff-Breasted Sandpiper.
credit: Tim StudebakerHere is the full list:
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Gadwall
American Wigeon
American Black Duck
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Northern Bobwhite
Pied-billed Grebe
Brown Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Glossy Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Peregrine Falcon
Clapper Rail
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
American Avocet
Spotted Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Lesser Yellowlegs
Whimbrel
Hudsonian Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Dunlin
Stilt Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Phalarope
Laughing Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Black Skimmer
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Belted Kingfisher
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Kingbird
American Crow
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Common Yellowthroat
Chipping Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Northern Cardinal
Blue Grosbeak
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird
Boat-tailed Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
American Goldfinch
