This is the Voice of NJ Audubon for Wed., Sept. 18 with reports of
a rehab SOOTY TERN, AM. GOLDEN PLOVER, WILSON'S PHALAROPE, BUFF-
BREASTED SANDPIPERS, STILT SANDPIPERS, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD, LINCOLN'S
and CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS, WARBLER FLIGHTS, OLIVE-SIDED and YELLOW-
BELLIED FLYCATCHERS, PHILADELPHIA VIREO, DICKCISSEL, and a note
about a source of exotics in the state.
A SOOTY TERN was found in Newton, Sussex County Sept. 8 in
exhausted condition and brought to a rehab. It is recovering and,
as of Sept. 15, was expected to be released shortly on the coast
when it is strong enough. Birds at Brig this week included a female
YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD on the north dike Sept. 11; and GOLDEN
PLOVER, RED KNOT, STILT SANDPIPER and WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER and WILSON'S
PHALAROPE on Sept. 14.
Sept. 14 was a good day all around. Cape May had thirty warblers
including MOURNING and CONNECTICUT, multiple OLIVE--SIDED and
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHERS and PHILADELPHIA VIREOS. Palmyra the
same day had 19 warblers including CONNECTICUT and PHILADELPHIA
VIREO; Sandy Hook on the 14th had a DICKCISSEL and WILSON'S WARBLER
at the north end, a MOURNING WARBLER in the garden, a PHILADELPHIA
VIREO in area E parking lot, CASPIAN and ROYAL TERN and GOLDEN
PLOVER on the spit at Spermaceti Cove. A PHILADELPHIA VIREO was
there on Sept. 16 on the path near the ranger station.
On Sept. 15, Palmyra reported 18 species of warbler, including
MOURNING and YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER. Dorbrook park on Sept. 15
had a LINCOLN'S SPARROW and on the 16th a CLAY-COLORED. The most
interesting story of the week came from a sod farm in Salem County.
On Sept. 12, the farm had 10 GOLDEN PLOVER, 18 BUFF-BREASTS and an
UPLAND SANDPIPER. The farm was since treated with pesticides; and
Sept. 15, there was not even a Killdeer.
A birder at Great Adventure Sept. 8 discovered a source of exotic
species showing up around the state, including 50+ EGYPTIAN
GEESE (unbanded and flying); 5 BLACK SWANS (one on a nest with eggs);
and 2 CAPE BARREN GEESE (also Australia).
The Voice of NJ Audubon is a weekly report on birding in New
Jersey. Sponsored by New Jersey Audubon Society, the tape/web
page changes Wednesdays. Web site is at
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Audubon; transcribed for National Birding Hotline Cooperative by
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