Nature Done Wright

    Click "Continue reading" for the birds that Rob saw at the Celery Farm this morning.
   At the bottom of his report is a weekend highlight list from Garret Mountain and Sandy Hook.

Location:     The Celery Farm
Observation date:     5/19/08
Number of species:     30

Canada Goose     X
Wood Duck     X
Mallard     X
Double-crested Cormorant     9 (flyover flock)
Great Blue Heron     2
Great Egret     2
Mourning Dove     X
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     X
Willow Flycatcher     X (H)
Eastern Kingbird     X
Warbling Vireo     X (H)
Red-eyed Vireo     X (H)
Blue Jay     X
American Crow     X
Tree Swallow     X
American Robin     X
Gray Catbird     X
Yellow Warbler     X
American Redstart     2 (ad. males)
Northern Waterthrush     5+ (1 seen well)
Common Yellowthroat     10+
Wilson’s Warbler*     3 (2 males seen + another heard)
Canada Warbler*     2 (2 singing males)
Song Sparrow     X
Swamp Sparrow     3
Northern Cardinal     X
Red-winged Blackbird     X
Common Grackle     X
Baltimore Oriole     X
American Goldfinch     X

Weekend highlights:
    -Sat: Garret Mtn. 13 species of warbler seen including a singing MOURNING WARBLER; 2 Gray-cheeked Thrush
    -Sun: Sandy Hook: 19 species of warbler incl. Bay-breasted, 5
Blackburnian, 3 Chestnut-sided, 7+ Wilson’s, and 4+ Canada; 12+  RB
Grosbeaks, ~5 male Scarlet Tanagers, Indigo Bunting, flyover Bobolinks,
Bald Eagle (Im), probable Acadian Flycatcher, & MISSISSIPPI KITE!