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Harlequin Romance – December 11, 2021

Leaders: Melissa Roach, Mary Watkins, Jackie Parker, and Jesse Amesbury

Temp: 52°- 57° F

Winds:  SW 22-25 mph

Weather Conditions: overcast, dense fog, some rain

Barnegat Lighthouse State Park – 9:41am

26 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 45
Mallard 16
American Black Duck 4
Harlequin Duck 8
Long-tailed Duck 5
Red-breasted Merganser 5
Black-bellied Plover 5
Ruddy Turnstone 10
Sanderling 12
Purple Sandpiper 18
Laughing Gull 1
Herring Gull 25
Lesser Black-backed Gull 3
Great Black-backed Gull 60
Red-throated Loon 1
Common Loon 4
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Northern Harrier 1
Belted Kingfisher 1
American Crow 2
Tree Swallow 7
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
Savannah Sparrow (Ipswich) 1
Song Sparrow 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 7
Northern Cardinal 2

 

Barnegat Light: Bay Ave Park – 1:00pm

5 species

Species Count
Brant 175
Greater Scaup 14
Bufflehead 20
Red-breasted Merganser 1
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 1

 

Harvey Cedars: Sunset Park – 1:33pm

8 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 115
Mute Swan 5
Long-tailed Duck 3
Bufflehead 12
Common Goldeneye 1
Red-breasted Merganser 1
American Oystercatcher 1
Herring Gull 6