{"id":14432,"date":"2021-05-07T15:01:06","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T19:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mlra.org\/Prototype\/Birders\/?p=14432"},"modified":"2021-05-07T20:34:52","modified_gmt":"2021-05-08T00:34:52","slug":"edwin-b-forsythe-brigantine-nwr-may-6-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mlra.org\/MLBirders\/edwin-b-forsythe-brigantine-nwr-may-6-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Edwin B. Forsythe (Brigantine) NWR, May 6, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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It was a lovely May day, with a breeze, blue sky and moderate temperature, and plenty of birds. A walk around the woods edge featured Ruby-throated Hummingbird, White-eyed Vireo, Orchard Oriole, and Blue Grosbeak. Raptors were represented by Osprey, Broad-winged Hawk, and Cooper\u2019s Hawk, plus a dramatic show when a pair of Red-tailed Hawks ganged up on an Eagle. But the feature of the day was the shorebirds, with excellent numbers of Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, Willets, and Whimbrels, plus a few others, such as Black-bellied Plover, Spotted Sandpiper, and \u201cpeep.\u201d Extras included Oystercatchers; Forster\u2019s, Gull-billed, and Caspian Terns; and plenty of Tree and Barn Swallows, Purple Martins, and many Herons and Egrets.<\/p>

Part of the group toured Tuckerton after a picnic lunch, adding Yellow Warbler and many noisy Boat-tailed Grackles, while the rest of the party adjourned to lunch at Allen\u2019s.<\/p>

Participants:<\/strong> Ethel Cebra, Dino Fiabane, Holly Hoffman, Robert Koch, Laurie Larson, Miriam Swartz, Chris and Jean Tindall, Louise Tompkins.
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Bird List:<\/strong>
75 species
Snow Goose
Brant
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Mallard
American Black Duck
Green-winged Teal
Bufflehead
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Chimney Swift
Whimbrel
Dunlin
Least Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Spotted Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Forster\u2019s Tern
Black Skimmer
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Black-crowned Night- Heron
Glossy Ibis
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Cooper\u2019s Hawk
Bald Eagle
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Eastern Kingbird
White-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Tree Swallow
Purple Martin
Barn Swallow
Tufted Titmouse
Marsh Wren
Carolina Wren
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
House Sparrow
House Finch
Chipping Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Orchard Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
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