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Harlequin Romance – December 9, 2023

Leaders: Adehl Schwaderer, Mary Watkins, Jackie Parker, Sally Lorbach

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Barnegat Lighthouse State Park – 10:04am

30 species

Species Count
Brant 350
Canada Goose 45
Mallard 28
American Black Duck 8
Common Eider 14
Harlequin Duck 12
Black Scoter 4
Long-tailed Duck 5
Bufflehead 12
Red-breasted Merganser 65
Black-bellied Plover 1
Ruddy Turnstone 2
Sanderling 125
Purple Sandpiper 17
Bonaparte’s Gull 200
Laughing Gull 1
Ring-billed Gull 1
Herring Gull 85
Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
Red-throated Loon 30
Common Loon 49
Northern Gannet 8
Double-crested Cormorant 42
American Crow 3
American Robin 1
Cedar Waxwing 27
American Goldfinch 4
Snow Bunting 48
Song Sparrow 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler 13

 

Barnegat Light: Bayview Ave Park – 2:25pm

14 species

Species Count
Brant 150
Canada Goose 9
Mute Swan 2
Mallard 1
American Black Duck 14
Greater Scaup 8
Bufflehead 175
Red-breasted Merganser 2
Horned Grebe 2
Mourning Dove 4
Herring Gull 2
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 1
Bald Eagle 1
Merlin 1

 

Harvey Cedars: Sunset Park – 3:07pm

15 species

Species Count
Mute Swan 5
Mallard 22
Greater/Lesser Scaup 1
Surf Scoter 1
Bufflehead 34
Red-breasted Merganser 6
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
Herring Gull 60
Great Black-backed Gull 4
Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
Common Loon 1
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Northern Harrier 1
American Crow 2
European Starling 3
House Sparrow 1