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Spring Birding at the Garrett Family Preserve – June 28, 2025

Leaders: Alan Crawford, Bernie Hodgdon

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11 enthusiastic guests had great looks at Yellow-breasted Chat, Blue Grosbeak, Orchard Oriole, Indigo Bunting, and much more. Hot, humid, overcast, and buggy, but we all had a great time.

40 species

Species Count
Mourning Dove 4
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Chimney Swift 5
Laughing Gull 30
American Herring Gull 4
Forster’s Tern 5
White Ibis 1
Glossy Ibis 4
Black-crowned Night Heron 1
Snowy Egret 2
Green Heron 3
Great Egret 1
Osprey 6
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
American Crow 5
Fish Crow 1
Carolina Chickadee 4
Purple Martin 4
Barn Swallow 6
Carolina Wren 5
European Starling 6
Gray Catbird 2
American Robin 25
Cedar Waxwing 2
House Sparrow 5
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 2
Field Sparrow 5
Yellow-breasted Chat 4
Orchard Oriole 4
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
Common Grackle (Florida/Purple) 2
Common Yellowthroat 2
Prairie Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 6
Blue Grosbeak 4
Indigo Bunting 4
New Jersey Audubon