I just returned from three days birding in northern New Jersey. As an almost
exclusive western birder, the experience of seeing all these warblers was simply
overwhelming. I would recommend this trip to everybody, at least once. One
special spot in Bergen County, Garrett Mountain, was literally an ant-hill of
warblers and vireos. I got 20 lifers in 2.5 hours.

I don't know how Compuserve, the net, and the list server will treat the
following list, but I hope it comes out legible:

Jerry Blinn

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SPECIES SEEN as of 5/12/96 Page 1
From 5/5/96 to 5/7/96 All places

LOONS
Common Loon
GREBES
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
CORMORANTS
Double-crested Cormorant
BITTERNS and HERONS
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
IBISES and SPOONBILLS
Glossy Ibis
SWANS, GEESE, and DUCKS
Mute Swan
Brant
Canada Goose
American Black Duck
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Bufflehead
Ruddy Duck
AMERICAN VULTURES
Turkey Vulture
KITES, HAWKS, EAGLES, and ALLIES
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
CARACARAS and FALCONS
American Kestrel
RAILS, GALLINULES, and COOTS
Sora
Common Moorhen
American Coot
PLOVERS and LAPWINGS
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
OYSTERCATCHERS
American Oystercatcher
SANDPIPERS, PHALAROPES, and ALLIES
Greater Yellowlegs
Willet
Spotted Sandpiper
Ruddy Turnstone
Least Sandpiper
Dunlin
SKUAS, GULLS, TERNS, and SKIMMERS
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Common Tern
Least Tern
PIGEONS and DOVES
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
SWIFTS
Chimney Swift
WOODPECKERS and ALLIES
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
TYRANT FLYCATCHERS
Least Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
SWALLOWS
Tree Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
JAYS, MAGPIES, and CROWS
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
TITMICE
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
CREEPERS
Brown Creeper
WRENS
Winter Wren
OLD WORLD WARBLERS
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
THRUSHES
Veery
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
MOCKINGBIRDS, THRASHERS, and ALLIES
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
STARLINGS and ALLIES
European Starling
VIREOS
Solitary Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
WOOD-WARBLERS
Blue-winged Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Palm Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Worm-eating Warbler
Ovenbird
Louisiana Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
TANAGERS, GROSBEAKS, and CARDINALS
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
SPARROWS, TOWHEES, JUNCOS, ALLIES
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
BLACKBIRDS and ORIOLES
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
FINCHES and ALLIES
House Finch
American Goldfinch

(Forgot to record the House Sparrows <G>)

STATISTICS -- without Accidentals

Number of species in checklist: 905
Number of species seen: 113 12.5%


E-mail from: Jerry Blinn, 12-May-1996