7/17/11 - Wallkill River NWR, Sussex, NJ Time: 7:15am to 3pm Observers: Andrew Block
25+ Great Blue Herons 3 Great Egrets 1 Green Heron 1 WHITE IBIS (juv. seen well after scared up by idiot in very low flying Cessna) 2 Turkey Vultures several Canada Geese several Wood Ducks several Mallards 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Wild Turkey 1 SANDHILL CRANE (adult, covered in rust stains) several Killdeer 4+ Greater Yellowlegs several Least Sandpipers 3 Mourning Doves 1 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Willow Flycatcher 3+ Eastern Phoebes 2 Great Crested Flycatchers several Eastern Kingbirds 1 Red-eyed Vireo 2 Blue Jays 5+ American Crows many Tree, Barn, and Bank Swallows 2 Tufted Titmice 1 House Wren 1 SEDGE WREN (adult singing) 2 Eastern Bluebirds 4+ Wood Thrushes several American Robins many Gray Catbirds several Northern Mockingbirds several Cedar Waxwings 4 Yellow Warblers 1 Northern Waterthrush 3+ Common Yellowthroats 2 Scarlet Tanager 1 Eastern Towhee several Chipping Sparrows 2 Field Sparrows 3+ Savannah Sparrows several Song Sparrows 6+ Swamp Sparrows 3 Northern Cardinals many Indigo Buntings 7+ Bobolinks several Red-winged Blackbirds 3 Baltimore Orioles many American Goldfinches For anyone who didn't get where the goodies were seen the crane and ibis were in the first impoundment on the right in the NW corner on the north side of Oil City Rd. The crane was very vocal at first, probably stressed from the recording some people were playing and then flew up and NW over to the field in the back and on the left with the sod and squash growing in it. It also came onto the road for awhile. The ibis was elusive but flew up with everything else when some moron flew about 20ft above the road in a Cessna and scared everything. The wren was along the NW part of the Liberty Loop Trail about 50 feet or so from the trail out in the cattails. He was easy to see even without binos and was singing well. To get there walk along the trail til you get to a short telephone poll covered completely in vines that is on the north side of OCR and look out into the southern marsh from there. He moved around a bit but usually came back to the area. He became less vocal as the the morning got hotter. Thanks again to John Haas for helping me once again. Andrew Andrew v. F. Block Consulting Naturalist/Wildlife Biologist 37 Tanglewylde Avenue Bronxville, Westchester Co., New York 10708-3131 Phone: 914-337-1229; Fax: 914-771-8036 -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
