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Birds & Words: Great Bay Blvd WMA 5/5--Gull-billed Tern, Seaside Sparrow
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And any happy combinations that may result, plus various maunderings that occasionally pop to mind. Tuesday, May 5, 2015. Great Bay Blvd WMA 5/5- Gull-billed Tern, Seaside Sparrow. I'd had enough of woodland trails which seemed to be all that I had walked the last week, so after the Blue Grosbeak excitement, I drove down to Great Bay Blvd to scout out the what was in and on the marshes. And most were, but standing on a point were two Gull-billed Terns. My explorations yield 5 more county birds. My on...
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Birds & Words: Colliers Mills WMA 5/1--Great Crested Flycatcher
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And any happy combinations that may result, plus various maunderings that occasionally pop to mind. Friday, May 1, 2015. Colliers Mills WMA 5/1- Great Crested Flycatcher. Were the predominant warblers- they were everywhere I walked and I walked well over 3 miles. In the back of the lake, then I don't have to walk past the power line cut. If there are no Wood Ducks, proceed to first bog on the left after the cut. If there are no Wood Ducks there, continue to 2nd bog. If there are no Wood Ducks...And small...
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Birds & Words: WSB 5/9--Common Tern, Eastern Screech-Owl, Veery, Grasshopper Sparrow
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And any happy combinations that may result, plus various maunderings that occasionally pop to mind. Sunday, May 10, 2015. WSB 5/9- Common Tern, Eastern Screech-Owl, Veery, Grasshopper Sparrow. Pete, John, Mike, and Larry at the Barnegat Impoundments. After the requisite stop at Wawa, we drove down to Beach Avenue in Manahawkin. As soon as we got out of the car Chuck-will's-widow. Was calling, and after a little encouragement from Pete we heard the first of a couple of Eastern Screech-Owls. I won't attemp...
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Skip to main content. Southern Ocean Birding Group. Friendly, fun, and informative bird watching. Southern Ocean County Birding Map. NJ Birding and Wildlife Trails. Audubon binocular buying guide. Information on binoculars and scopes. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Ocean County Sierra Club. Audubon Birds and Climate report. 2016 Birds and Climate. Woodford Cedar Run Refuge. Wildlife around the world. Ocean County Dept. of Tourism.
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Birds & Words: Colliers Mills WMA 5/11--Indigo Bunting
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And any happy combinations that may result, plus various maunderings that occasionally pop to mind. Monday, May 11, 2015. Colliers Mills WMA 5/11- Indigo Bunting. I saw one Pine Warbler. I heard a whopping two Black-and-white Warblers. And so one. Granted, I got a late start, but a friend who got an earlier start this morning heard/saw exactly zero warblers at Pine Park. That's almost impossible. Meanwhile, back at the WMA, I did manage to see a few nice birds, starting with a Warbling Vireo. Leaving asi...
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Birds & Words: Jackson Twp 5/2--Yellow-throated Vireo, Warbling Vireo, Northern Parula, Baltimore Oriole
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And any happy combinations that may result, plus various maunderings that occasionally pop to mind. Saturday, May 2, 2015. Jackson Twp 5/2- Yellow-throated Vireo, Warbling Vireo, Northern Parula, Baltimore Oriole. We spent the day roaming the 100 square miles of Jackson Township with Mike and a few other local birders. We met at Jackson Memorial High School where we got our first year bird of the day- the famous "three-eight" bird, Yellow-throated Vireo. On a nearby mud flat, along with Great Egret.
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Birds & Words: Wells Mill Park 5/4--Eastern Wood-Pewee
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And any happy combinations that may result, plus various maunderings that occasionally pop to mind. Tuesday, May 5, 2015. Wells Mill Park 5/4- Eastern Wood-Pewee. The new bird I added for the year was Eastern Wood-Pewee, near the Nature Center. A very easy bird to pick out by ear. I walked my usual route there, which is about two miles of hilly terrain and it was more about the exercise than the birding by the time I got on the flat part of the trail, returning to the parking lot. Bird A Day History.
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Birds & Words: May 2015
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And any happy combinations that may result, plus various maunderings that occasionally pop to mind. Sunday, May 31, 2015. Sloop Creek Rd 5/31- KING RAIL. When a life bird is a 23 minute drive away from your house you can only ignore it for so long. A few days ago a couple of Ocean County birders stumbled upon a KING RAIL. Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Great Bay Blvd WMA 5/26- Least Tern. At the start of the road, loafing on a mud flat, yipping like little dogs, a sight and sound that always amuses me. Know that...
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Birds & Words: April 2015
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And any happy combinations that may result, plus various maunderings that occasionally pop to mind. Thursday, April 30, 2015. 4/30, Double Trouble SP. It was an eventful month. A lot of unusual and/or rare birds along with the seasonal arrivals. In all I added 44 species to my year list. I was all over the state this month, even venturing as far north as Hunterdon County, where I've never birded, in order to finally add Neotropic Cormorant. To my state list (thanks Mike! The American White Pelican. In fa...
