QAS Barnegat Lighthouse, New Jersey day trip
On Saturday, Feb 9th I lead a group of ten people from the Quittapahilla Audubon Society ti Barnegat lighthouse in our annual search for Harlequin Ducks, Purple Sandpipers, Scoters and Eiders. It was a rather mild winter day (compared to the near zero cold days we where having recently) and the waterfowl cooperated.
As we started out the jetty, we spotted Surf scoters, Long Tailed Ducks, Great Cormorants and Dunlin....the day was starting out nicely.
We didn't have to go much further to start seeing our target species: Harlequin Ducks and Purple Sandpipers.
We explored the jetty for about 2 hours and ended the morning with 21 species including all our target species.
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| Harlequin Ducks on jetty |
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| Purple Sandpiper |
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| Surf Scoter |
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| Long Tailed Duck |
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| Brant |
WEEK REPORT: High Count
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| Report Details |
| Date range: |
Feb 9, 2019 - Feb 15, 2019 |
Total # of Species: |
39 |
| Total # of Checklists: |
2 |
| Location(s):
Barnegat Inlet; Edwin B. Forsythe NWR--Wildlife Drive
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| Summary |
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| Number of Species |
39 |
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| Number of Individuals |
2,039 |
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| Number of Checklists |
2 |
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| Highest Count for a Species
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| Brant |
250
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| Canada Goose |
200
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| Mute Swan |
2
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| Northern Shoveler |
35
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| Gadwall |
25
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| American Wigeon |
55
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| Mallard |
38
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| American Black Duck |
300
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| Northern Pintail |
80
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| Green-winged Teal |
28
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| Common Eider |
5
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| Harlequin Duck |
11
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| Surf Scoter |
3
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| Black Scoter |
150
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| scoter sp. |
5
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| Long-tailed Duck |
55
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| Bufflehead |
18
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| Hooded Merganser |
22
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| Common Merganser |
18
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| Red-breasted Merganser |
8
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| Ruddy Duck |
21
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| Pied-billed Grebe |
1
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| Sanderling |
4
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| Dunlin |
150
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| Purple Sandpiper |
1
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| Ring-billed Gull |
200
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| Herring Gull |
75
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| Great Black-backed Gull |
11
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| Red-throated Loon |
3
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| Common Loon |
5
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| Great Cormorant |
2
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| Double-crested Cormorant |
2
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| Great Blue Heron |
9
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| Turkey Vulture |
1
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| Bald Eagle |
4
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| Peregrine Falcon |
1
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| American Crow |
5
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| European Starling |
11
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| Savannah Sparrow |
2
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Until next time - good birding.
