{"id":11983,"date":"2017-12-14T14:13:27","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T19:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/?p=11983"},"modified":"2021-01-29T15:51:29","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T20:51:29","slug":"barnegat-light-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/barnegat-light-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Barnegat Light, December 13, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Barnegat Light, December 13, 2017<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Two ML Birders decided to test the old adage \u201cthere is no such thing as bad weather only bad clothing.\u201d It was a cold and very windy but sunny day at Barnegat Light and we can report that long johns, parkas, warm gloves and heavy winter clothing say the adage is correct. Our biggest problem was being able to hold the binoculars steady in heavy wind. The birds took the sane route and hunkered down to stay out of the wind. The only birds that were very ubiquitous were the gulls with huge flocks aloft and lining the shorelines. The sea ducks were quite scattered and not very abundant. Off shore we picked up Northern Gannets that we missed last year. Yellow-rumped Warblers and Boat-tailed Grackles were the most common land birds. We did manage to see twenty-five species and enjoy a nice lunch at Kubel\u2019s.<\/p>

Participants: Miriam Swartz and Robert Koch<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Bird List:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Northern Gannet
Canada Goose
Brant Goose
Great Blue Heron
Mallard Duck
Black Duck
Long-tailed Duck
Scaup (sp.)
Bufflehead
Red-breasted Merganser
Sanderling
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Turkey Vulture
Black Vulture
Rock Dove
Boat-tailed Grackle
Crow (sp.)
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Song Sparrow
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