Some more sightings from a couple of CMBO walks

I just received an email from Karl and Judy Lukens covering the Friday evening walk at TNC's CMMBR (the first list.) Also a list from this mornings walk at the Beanery (second list)

Karl's reports;

1-Evening Meadow Walk- 09/07/07

A windy, SW 15-20 mph, warm ,evening with some interesting birds including a "white" Little Blue Heron, Am. Wigeon, both Teal, usual shore birds plus a Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 2 Black Terns, 75 royal Terns and 1 Sandwich Tern.

SPECIES SEEN ~ CMBO TRIP

9/7/2007 ~ in Meadow ~ New Jersey Checklist ~ 55 seen

Great Blue Heron 1
Great Egret 1
Little Blue Heron 1
Snowy Egret 1
Green Heron 3
Mute Swan 4
Canada Goose 15
American Wigeon 1
Gadwall 6
Green-winged Teal 2
Mallard 25
Blue-winged Teal 5
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 2
Merlin 1
American Oystercatcher 2
Semipalmated Plover 15
Killdeer 1
Short-billed Dowitcher 12
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Lesser Yellowlegs 6
Sanderling 60
Semipalmated Sandpiper 10
Least Sandpiper 8
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 1
Ring-billed Gull 3
Great Black-backed Gull 50
American Herring Gull 10
Laughing Gull 100
Least Tern 1
Black Tern 2
Common Tern 30
Forster's Tern 20
Sandwich Tern 1
Black Skimmer 2
Rock Pigeon 8
Mourning Dove 10
Chimney Swift 1
Northern Flicker 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Tree Swallow 50
Barn Swallow 5
Carolina Wren 2
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
American Robin 3
American Crow 5
European Starling 15
House Sparrow 15
American Goldfinch 2
Northern Waterthrush 1
Northern Cardinal 1
Red-winged Blackbird 10
Common Grackle 4
Brown-headed Cowbird 6

2-Morning Beanery Walk - 09/08/07

Slow morning in the field. Only warblers were a couple of Redstarts, and 2 N. Waterthrush. Three Kestrels were in the back grape field and 1 Merlin dashed by. One Yellow-bellied Flycatcher generated some interesting discussion.

SPECIES SEEN ~ CMBO TRIP

9/8/2007 ~ in Beanery ~ New Jersey Checklist ~ 40 seen

Green Heron 4
Canada Goose 20
Wood Duck 5
Mallard 4
Black Vulture 6
Turkey Vulture 6
American Kestrel 3
Merlin 1
Great Black-backed Gull 1
American Herring Gull 1
Laughing Gull 10
Common Tern 1
Rock Pigeon 10
Mourning Dove 25
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 3
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Tree Swallow 15
Barn Swallow 2
Carolina Wren 6
Gray Catbird 2
American Robin 15
Carolina Chickadee 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 12
European Starling 30
House Sparrow 10
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 1
American Redstart 2
Northern Waterthrush 2
Northern Cardinal 4
Bobolink 1
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Common Grackle 6
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
Baltimore Oriole 4