Comments on: Huge migration over Jersey

By: wendy malmid

wendy malmid — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:36:25 +0000

Had a few migrant birds in the wet woods behind our house today.

Palm Warbler- 2
Brown Creeper- 1
Hermit Thrush- 1
Ruby-Crowned Kinglet- 1
Golden-Crowned Kinglet- 1
Easter Phoebe- 2
still have a steady number of juncos and white throated sparrows as well as 2 RB Nuthatches coming to our feeders.

By: Sandra Keller

Sandra Keller — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:15:56 +0000

I had RED-BREASTED NUTHATCHES at Winslow
WMA. I don’t know whether they wintered there.
Plus one SAPSUCKER. That was my first in awhile. There were so many PINE WARBLERS
around that someone suggested maybe they came through last night. I don’t know. This isn’t a coastal migrant area, so I didn’t have common species like Yellow-rumped Warbler or Palm for this time of year.

By: David La Puma

David La Puma — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:23:44 +0000

Thanks for the posts, everyone.

There were many birds around Somerset, but diversity was similar to previous days. The highlight was my FOS EASTERN TOWHEE (2) at HMF (hmf.rutgers.edu).

Here’s the list from my 1-hour morning “dog walk”

American Goldfinch
American Robin
Blue Jay
Brown-headed Cowbird Many
Carolina Chickadee * singing CACH song- but we’re clearly in the hybrid zone
Carolina Wren
Eastern Bluebird – Increased in numbers today
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Towhee – 2 males – FOS
Field Sparrow – Many
Golden-crowned Kinglet - Many
Greater Shearwater
Mourning Dove
Northern Flicker
Northern Mockingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Song Sparrow – less than the last two days
Tufted Titmouse
White-throated Sparrow
Yellow-rumped Warbler Many, singing

Number of Species: 20

By: John

John — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:17:43 +0000

New birds at my local patch in Highland Park this morning:

- 3 Northern Rough-winged Swallows
- 1 Tree Swallow
- 3 Savannah Sparrows

There were also a lot of Northern Flickers compared to the past few weeks.

By: Brian Clough

Brian Clough — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:38:58 +0000

Duke Farms was moderately birdy. Look at S. Jersey reports it definitely seems like the Delaware Bayshore was where the action was.

-dozen + Pine Warblers
-~10 Palms
-4 sapsuckers
-quite a few herms
-white throats, rumps, etc.

By: Rob Fanning

Rob Fanning — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:29:45 +0000

Low quantity but nice quality thi morning at the Celery Farm;
-Record early (by 15 days!) Bank Swallow
-4 Rough-winged Swallows; 1 Barn
-1st Palm Warbler and Savannah Sparrow
-YB Sapsucker–my first ever at CF in spring
-Snipe; Killdeer, etc
49+ species reported today