Photo
Study Of Birds At E.B. Forsythe NWR (Brigantine) April 30th, 2011
Ed
Norman and I were able to spend a good part of the day yesterday at Brig. While most
of the waterfowl have moved on, there were hundreds of newly arriving Willets
and
Terns who, by the way, put on quite a show. Also,
a juvenile Red-tailed Hawk, with very little fear of photographers and birders,
continues to hang out between the Nature Center
and
Gull Tower delighting the visitors. We watched it nail a mouse and
someone reported seeing it catch and eat a Clapper Rail near the Eco Boardwalk
later in the day
so obviously it is feeding and
fully capable of taking care of itself.
Portrait
Of A Juvenile
Red-tailed Hawk
Juvenile
Red-tail Near Gull Tower
Forster's
Terns
Willet
Clapper
Rails
Ruddy
Duck Drake In Breeding Plumage
Greater
Yellowlegs
Great
Egret In Breeding Plumage Takes A Fish
Snowy
Egret In Breeding Plumage Lands
Black-crowned
Night Heron
Osprey
Likes Sushi
Species Seen Today:
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Snow Goose |
American Kestrel |
Common Tern |
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Brant |
Merlin |
Caspian Tern |
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Canada Goose |
Black Skimmer |
Savannah Sparrow |
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Mute Swan |
Solitary Sandpiper |
Song Sparrow |
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Wood Duck |
Greater Yellowlegs |
Chipping Sparrow |
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American Black Duck |
Lesser Yellowlegs |
Red-winged Blackbird |
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Mallard |
Semipalmated Sandpiper |
Brown-headed Cowbird |
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Green-winged Teal |
Dunlin |
American Crow |
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Ruddy Duck |
Willet |
Purple Martin |
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Double-crested Cormorant |
Whimbrel |
Barn Swallow |
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Great Blue Heron |
American Oystercatcher |
Tree Swallow |
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Great Egret |
Clapper Rail |
Eastern Bluebird |
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Snowy Egret |
Great Black-backed Gull |
American Robin |
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Black-crowned Night Heron |
Ring-billed Gull |
Gray Catbird |
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Red-tailed Hawk |
Herring Gull |
Northern Cardinal |
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Osprey |
Forster's Tern |
Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
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Turkey Vulture |
Gull-billed Tern |
European Starling |
To see a larger image of any of the photos below, please click on either the thumbnail or the caption...thanks!
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Howard B. Eskin 2011 
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