I post this to honor the request of Tom Fiore;) As you all know, the forecast was worse than the actual weather on Sunday. More details when I tally all the individuals. As of right now, we have 98 species in the Jersey portion of the count circle. Count week birds were TURKEY VULTURE, SHORT-EARED OWL, and WOOD THRUSH (photographed on Saint Peter's University campus in Jersey City). Please keep in mind that some of the so-called highlights are relative.
Highlights were: WOOD DUCK (1), wild RING-NECKED PHEASANT (1), WILD TURKEY (2), GREAT EGRET, BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON (5), RED-SHOULDERED HAWK (1), AMERICAN WOODCOCK (2), GLAUCOUS GULL (1), BARN OWL (1), RED-HEADED WOODPECKER (1), YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER (4), AMERICAN KESTREL (5), MONK PARAKEET (5), COMMON RAVEN (7), HORNED LARK (2), RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH (1), BROWN CREEPER (2), WINTER WREN (2), MARSH WREN (3), HERMIT THRUSH (2), GRAY CATBIRD (1), AMERICAN PIPIT (1), LAPLAND LONGSPUR (1), SNOW BUNTING (74), YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT (1), SALTMARSH SPARROW (1), SEASIDE SPARROW (1), WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW (5), EASTERN TOWHEE (2), & PURPLE FINCH (1). Not too shabby! I have great participants:-) Mike Britt Bayonne Jersey compiler, Lower Hudson CBC -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
