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Nightfall at Jake’s Landing – March 9, 2025

Leaders: Ruth Bergstrom, BJ Pinnock, Bert Hixon, Steven Rodan, Barry Hershfeld

Temp: 54° F

Winds:  WSW 5 mph

Weather Conditions: clear

Highlights include bald eagles on nest, meadowlarks perched in the setting sunlight, many harriers scanning the marshes.

24 species

Species Count
Canada Goose 6
American Black Duck 10
Green-winged Teal 8
Lesser Scaup 2
Bufflehead 4
Hooded Merganser 3
Dunlin 15
Ring-billed Gull 5
American Herring Gull 24
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Great Blue Heron 12
Turkey Vulture 6
Northern Harrier 7
Bald Eagle 10
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Short-eared Owl 1
Blue Jay 1
European Starling 2
Seaside Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 1
Eastern Meadowlark 7
Red-winged Blackbird 45
Common Grackle 2
New Jersey Audubon