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Birds Before Beach – July 7, 2026

Leaders: Brian Moscatello, Shaun Bamford, Ruth Bergstrom, Bernie Hodgdon, John McElroy

Temp: 72° F

Winds: N 6 mph

Weather Conditions: cloudy

Nice light for viewing birds off the hawk watch platform. Great views of multiple flocks of White and Glossy Ibis.

43 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 20
Mute Swan 12
Wood Duck 4
Mallard 25
American Black Duck 2
Black Scoter 2
Mourning Dove 4
Chimney Swift 2
American Oystercatcher 5
Killdeer 1
Short-billed Dowitcher 3
Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs 4
Least Sandpiper 6
Semipalmated Sandpiper 3
Laughing Gull 36
American Herring Gull 4
Great Black-backed Gull 3
Least Tern 6
Gull-billed Tern 1
Forster’s Tern 40
Royal Tern 2
White Ibis 60
Glossy Ibis 12
Snowy Egret 8
Great Egret 2
Great Blue Heron 2
Brown Pelican 3
Osprey 2
Osprey - Ruth Bergstrom

Osprey photo by Ruth Bergstrom

 
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 12
Purple Martin 100
Barn Swallow 2
Carolina Wren 2
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 4
House Finch 2
Field Sparrow 2
Field Sparrow - Ruth Bergstrom

Field Sparrow photo by Ruth Bergstrom

 
Eastern Towhee 1
Red-winged Blackbird 9
Brown-headed Cowbird 10
Common Grackle 20
Common Yellowthroat 5
Northern Cardinal 5
Blue Grosbeak 1
New Jersey Audubon
New Jersey Audubon
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