
Salem County, March 18, 2026
Salem County in spring can offer very interesting birding; it has early migrants and arrivals, but also can hold on to winter birds.

Salem County in spring can offer very interesting birding; it has early migrants and arrivals, but also can hold on to winter birds.

Arriving at the hawkwatch about 10:15, we found a moderate flight of accipiters underway, with constant Cooper’s and Sharpshinned Hawks in the air…. On our way home we found and identified a couple of interesting caterpillars.

Two trips in one – a scouting run and a fall field trip, in shorebird season.

A great day of bird photography at the rookery.

The ML Birders headed out to Belleplain State Forest on a gray and blustery day hoping to see some early arriving warblers. The birding gods were conspiring against them!

Mannington Marsh, the tidal estuary of the Salem River, is a beautiful place to look for waterfowl and early spring migrants.


A beautiful day, with thousands of Myrtle (Yellow-rumped) Warblers and plenty of hawks to watch.

Salem County in spring can offer very interesting birding; it has early migrants and arrivals, but also can hold on to winter birds.

Arriving at the hawkwatch about 10:15, we found a moderate flight of accipiters underway, with constant Cooper’s and Sharpshinned Hawks in the air…. On our way home we found and identified a couple of interesting caterpillars.

Two trips in one – a scouting run and a fall field trip, in shorebird season.

A great day of bird photography at the rookery.

The ML Birders headed out to Belleplain State Forest on a gray and blustery day hoping to see some early arriving warblers. The birding gods were conspiring against them!

Mannington Marsh, the tidal estuary of the Salem River, is a beautiful place to look for waterfowl and early spring migrants.


A beautiful day, with thousands of Myrtle (Yellow-rumped) Warblers and plenty of hawks to watch.

Salem County in spring can offer very interesting birding; it has early migrants and arrivals, but also can hold on to winter birds.

Arriving at the hawkwatch about 10:15, we found a moderate flight of accipiters underway, with constant Cooper’s and Sharpshinned Hawks in the air…. On our way home we found and identified a couple of interesting caterpillars.

Two trips in one – a scouting run and a fall field trip, in shorebird season.

A great day of bird photography at the rookery.

The ML Birders headed out to Belleplain State Forest on a gray and blustery day hoping to see some early arriving warblers. The birding gods were conspiring against them!

Mannington Marsh, the tidal estuary of the Salem River, is a beautiful place to look for waterfowl and early spring migrants.


A beautiful day, with thousands of Myrtle (Yellow-rumped) Warblers and plenty of hawks to watch.