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Photo Study Of Some Birds At Barnegat Jetty and E.B. Forsythe NWR (Brigantine), December 9th, 2010

Ed Norman and I were able to get to both Barnegat Jetty and Brig yesterday. Despite the wind chill, etc. we enjoyed bright sunshine and some very cooperative birds.

American Coot Near Gull Tower At Brig

First Winter Surf Scoter At Barnegat Jetty

Common Loon With A Delicious Crab At Barnegat Jetty

A Gaggle Of Harlequin Ducks Swims Next To Barnegat Jetty

A Beautiful Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk Greets Us Near Gull Tower At Brig

Northern Pintail Drake...The Pintails Were Everywhere At Brig

First Year Northern Harrier Coursing Over The Marsh Near The South Dike At Brig

Species Seen At Barnegat:

Brant	Purple Sandpiper	Great Black-backed Gull
Common Loon	Ruddy Turnstone	Ipswich Savannah Sparrow
Merlin	Bonaparte's Gull	Dark-eyed Junco
Black-bellied Plover	Ring-billed Gull	Northern Cardinal
Dunlin	Herring Gull	House Sparrow
Harlequin Duck	Surf Scoter	Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck	Common Eider	Sanderling

Species Seen At Brig:

Snow Goose	Ruddy Duck	Dunlin
Canada Goose	Double-crested Cormorant	Common Snipe
Tundra Swan	Great Blue Heron	Ring-billed Gull
American Black Duck	American Coot	Herring Gull
Mallard	Bald Eagle	Great Black-backed Gull
Northern Shoveler	Northern Harrier	American Crow
Northern Pintail	Sharp-shinned Hawk	Carolina Chickadee
Green-winged Teal	Red-tailed Hawk	European Starling
Bufflehead	Peregrine Falcon	Dark-eyed Junco
Hooded Merganser	Black Vulture	Turkey Vulture

Please click on either the thumbnails or captions below to see a larger image of some of the birds at Barnegat Jetty yesterday...thanks!


Brant	HarlequinDrake	HarlequinDrake2	HarlequinDrake3	HarlequinHen

HarlequinsDrakes	HarlequinsScoot	1stWinterSurfScoter	CommonLoon	CommonLoon2

1stCycleHerringGull	Bonaparte'sGull	GreatBlack-backedGull	HerringGull	Ring-billedGull

Black-belliedPlover	Dunlin	PurpleSandpiper	PurpleSandpipers	RuddyTurnstone

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Please click on either the thumbnails or captions below to see a larger image of some of the birds at Brig yesterday...thanks!


MallardDrake	AmericanCoot	BuffleheadHen	Green-wingedTeal	HoodedMerganserDrake

HoodedMerganserDrakes	HoodedMerganserHen	NorthernPintailDrake	NorthernPintailHen	NorthernShovelerDrake

NorthernShovelerHen	TundraSwansAtSunset	AmericanCrow	GBH	GBH2

JuvenileRed-tailedHawk	JuvenileRed-tailedHawk2	JuvenileRed-tailedHawk3	FirstYearNorthernHarrier	FirstYearNorthernHarrier2

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