SIGHTINGS Data of: Sandra Keller Date: 1-1-09 Limitations: New Jersey; Gloucester; One Sighting per Species; From 1-1-08 to 12-31-08 Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata Common Loon Gavia immer Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Great Egret Ardea alba Snowy Egret Egretta thula Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Green Heron Butorides virescens Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus Snow Goose Chen caerulescens Canada Goose Branta canadensis Wood Duck Aix sponsa American Wigeon Anas americana Gadwall Anas strepera Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis Mallard Anas platyrhynchos American Black Duck Anas rubripes Northern Pintail Anas acuta Blue-winged Teal Anas discors Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata Canvasback Aythya valisineria Redhead Aythya americana Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris Greater Scaup Aythya marila Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis Black Scoter Melanitta nigra Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator Common Merganser Mergus merganser Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis Black Vulture Coragyps atratus Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura Osprey Pandion haliaetus Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis American Kestrel Falco sparverius Merlin Falco columbarius Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus Virginia Rail Rallus limicola Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus American Coot Fulica americana Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus Killdeer Charadrius vociferus American Woodcock Scolopax minor Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Dunlin Calidris alpina Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia Laughing Gull Larus atricilla Caspian Tern Sterna caspia Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Least Tern Sterna antillarum Black Tern Chlidonias niger Rock Pigeon Columba livia Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Eastern Screech-Owl Megascops asio Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus Barred Owl Strix varia Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Whip-poor-will Caprimulgus vociferus Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris Purple Martin Progne subis Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis Bank Swallow Riparia riparia Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica American Pipit Anthus rubescens Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes House Wren Troglodytes aedon Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis Veery Catharus fuscescens Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina American Robin Turdus migratorius Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis Brown Creeper Certhia americana Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus European Starling Sturnus vulgaris House Sparrow Passer domesticus White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureus House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora pinus Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera Tennessee Warbler Vermivora peregrina Orange-crowned Warbler Vermivora celata Nashville Warbler Vermivora ruficapilla Northern Parula Parula americana Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia Chestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanica Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia Cape May Warbler Dendroica tigrina Black-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescens Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens Blackburnian Warbler Dendroica fusca Yellow-throated Warbler Dendroica dominica Pine Warbler Dendroica pinus Prairie Warbler Dendroica discolor Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum Bay-breasted Warbler Dendroica castanea Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Northern Waterthrush Seiurus noveboracensis Louisiana Waterthrush Seiurus motacilla Kentucky Warbler Oporornis formosus Mourning Warbler Oporornis philadelphia Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Hooded Warbler Wilsonia citrina Canada Warbler Wilsonia canadensis Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus American Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius 216 SPECIES