{"id":12371,"date":"2020-03-23T13:58:01","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T17:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/?p=12371"},"modified":"2021-02-27T01:44:49","modified_gmt":"2021-02-27T06:44:49","slug":"mannington-marsh-march-18-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/mannington-marsh-march-18-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Mannington Marsh, March 18, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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A group of ML Birders from the Lumberton campus decided to take proper precautions and go on the scheduled trip to Mannington Marsh in Salem County. To keep a safe \u201csocial distance\u201d we divided the group so we would have only two people per car (a larger minivan had three). We also stayed away from any possible crowed areas (we stopped at a sparsely populated WaWa for a rest room stop). As a general impression it seems that some form of \u201cshelter in place\u201d is operating because the usually congested I-295 was clear through all the usual bottlenecks.<\/p>

We started our trip on a good note, a flock of Wild Turkeys with displaying males on a field bordering Rt. 38. Taking that as a positive omen we hit our first stop at a Gloucester County Dog Park in the Pedricktown area where three Tundra Swans flew over and we saw a male Wood Duck on the Delaware River. At our second stop we were able to go onto a causeway that gave up expansive views of the marsh and to our delight saw seven Sandhill Cranes, as well as Black Ducks, Green-winged Teal, an American Wigeon and a few Pintails. An adult Bald Eagle and a pair of Red-tailed Hawks sitting in a snag were an additional treat. A Rusty Blackbird was heard in the wooded area near the causeway.<\/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\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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Leaving the marsh we headed further south into the open fields whose newest inhabitants seem to be huge warehouses. However, in a retention pond was a solitary duck that turned out to be a Redhead which is not a common sight these days. As we worked our way southward most of the fields were lacking birds and the usually productive Featherbed Lane area was disappointing but we did hear an Eastern Meadowlark. Fortunately the marsh areas were productive for waterfowl with Gadwall, Ruddy Ducks, Northern Shovelers and large numbers of Mute Swans. We also saw three more Sandhill Cranes as well as two more Bald Eagles, an Osprey and at our last stop an immature Red-shouldered Hawk soaring above. Also at our final stop a scan of the mudflats revealed a Killdeer and about 8-10 Wilson\u2019s Snipe. These latter shorebirds blend in very well with the vegetation on the flats so you have to scan very carefully to pick them up. On our way back home we got a quick glance at a Horned Lark that flew across the road in front of us. For the day we saw and\/or heard 45 species.<\/p>

Participants:<\/strong>
Peggy and Dino Fiabane, Holly Hoffman, Robert Koch, Laurie Larson, Miriam Swartz, Jean and Chris Tindall. Guest: Carol Bishop.<\/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>
45 Species<\/p>

Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
American Black Duck
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Redhead
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Mourning Dove
Sandhill Crane
Killdeer
Wilson’s Snipe
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Great Blue Heron
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Fish Crow
Horned Lark
Tree Swallow
Carolina Wren
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
House Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Eastern Meadowlark
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle
Northern Cardinal<\/p>

Text and photographs by Robert Koch<\/em><\/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\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the Pedricktown area three Tundra Swans flew over, and we saw a male Wood Duck on the Delaware River. At our second stop at the causeway, to our delight we got some great views of seven Sandhill Cranes!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":12373,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-field-trips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12371"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14149,"href":"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12371\/revisions\/14149"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}