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The ML Birders gathered on an overcast, calm day for a trip to Brigantine to see what we could see. In between summer and winter, the refuge can seem quiet, but we managed to identify a good number of ducks, newly arrived at their winter home, and numbers of terns, gulls, egrets and herons that have not yet departed. Some unusal sightings: scores of Song Sparrows in the roadside grasses, two Clapper Rails out in the open, and hundreds of Double-crested Cormorants fishing. We also enjoyed beautiful displays of Goldenrods and Groundsel, and quite a few lingering butterflies. The calm water provided beautiful mirror-like views, including Atlantic City.
Bird list
53 species
Snow Goose
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Wood Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
American Black Duck
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Clapper Rail
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Greater Yellowlegs
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Caspian Tern
Forster’s Tern
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Black-crowned Night- Heron
Glossy or White-faced Ibis
Turkey Vulture
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Marsh Wren
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin
Gray Catbird
European Starling
House Finch
Chipping Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Northern Cardinal
