Black Skimmers Fly

     Photo Study Of Some New Jersey Birds, September 16th, 2011

   The radar reports predicted a huge number of migrants coming into New Jersey yesterday. Therefore the birders flocked to Cape May and Ed
   Norman and I joined about fifty of them at Higbee Beach. We were not disappointed with either the numbers of birds or the variety but trying to
   photograph those tiny warblers and their allies, all of whom have attention deficit disorder, flitting through the leafy trees and never sitting still
   for more than five seconds resulted in my seeing 21 bird species and only being able to photograph two! Here's one of them:

Philadelphia Vireo

Species seen at Higbee Beach yesterday:

American Kestrel	Tennessee Warbler	Black And White Warbler
Eastern Wood Pewee	Northern Parula	American Redstart
White-eyed Vireo	Chestnut-sided Warbler	Connecticut Warbler
Philadelphia Vireo	Magnolia Warbler	Common Yellowthroat
Yellow-throated Vireo	Cape May Warbler	Hooded Warbler
Red-eyed Vireo	Blackburnian Warbler	Wilson's Warbler
Gray Catbird	Palm Warbler	Northern Cardinal

After leaving Higbee we headed north going towards Brig and the Tuckerton Marsh. We stopped at the Avalon Sea Wall and walked out on the
beach and were finally able to photograph some of the more sedentary shorebirds.

Semipalmated Plover Hangs Out With A Sanderling

A Semipalmated Sandpiper At Avalon Seawall Beach

Semipalmated Sandpiper Displays Its Prehensile Bill

Sanderling At Avalon Seawall Beach

Black Skimmers Coming In For A Landing

Two Of The Secretive Saltmarsh Sparrows At The Tuckerton Marsh

Species Seen At Avalon, Brig And Tuckerton Today:

Canada Goose	American Kestrel	Forster's Tern
American Black Duck	Clapper Rail	Black Skimmer
Mallard	Semipalmated Plover	Mourning Dove
Double-crested Cormorant	Killdeer	Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Great Blue Heron	American Oystercatcher	Eastern Wood Pewee
Great Egret	Greater Yellowlegs	Eastern Kingbird
Snowy Egret	Lesser Yellowlegs	American Crow
Black-crowned Night-Heron	Sanderling	Tree Swallow
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron	Semipalmated Sandpiper	Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Glossy Ibis	Western Sandpiper	Gray Catbird
Black Vulture	Laughing Gull	Northern Mockingbird
Turkey Vulture	Ring-billed Gull	European Starling
Osprey	Herring Gull	Saltmarsh Sparrow
Bald Eagle	Great Black-backed Gull	Boat-tailed Grackle
Northern Harrier	Caspian Tern	Red-winged Blackbird
Red-tailed Hawk	Royal Tern	Brown-headed Cowbird

To see a larger image of any of the photos below, please click on either the thumbnails or the captions...thanks!


Black Skimmers Fly	Juvenile Black Skimmer	Juvenile Black Skimmer Flies	BlackSkimmer Flies	Black Skimmer Flies2

Black Skimmer Flies3	Black Skimmer Flies4	Double-crested Cormorant Flies	Forster's Tern	Juvenile Forster's Tern

Juvenile Forster's Tern2	Juvenile Herring Gull	Juvenile Laughing Gull	Laughing Gull	Sanderling

Sanderling2	Semipalmated Plover	Semipalmated Sandpiper	Semipalmated Sandpiper2	Eastern Wood Pewee

Palm Warbler	Saltmarsh Sparrow

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