2008 NJ Not!

(stuff i'm still missing on my year list — compiled 6/1/08 and obsessively updated)

common
6/7
X wilson's storm petrel
sooty shearwater
X stilt sandpiper
X western sandpiper
X broad-winged hawk
X pectoral sandpiper
X royal tern
fairly common
11/15
X whip-poor-will
X bank swallow
X white-rumped sandpiper
X common nighthawk
X cattle egret
cape may warbler
X greater shearwater
X saltmarsh sharp-tailed sparrow
nelson's sharp-tailed sparrow
X great cormorant
X american woodcock
white-winged scoter
X tundra swan
X snow bunting
eastern screech-owl
uncommon to fairly common
1/2
X cory's shearwater
brown pelican
uncommon
6/22
X grasshopper sparrow
sora
upland sandpiper
olive-sided flycatcher
X black tern
mourning warbler
yellow-bellied flycatcher
wilson's warbler
philadelphia vireo
X common moorhen
X american golden-plover
connecticut warbler
gray-cheeked thrush
long-billed dowitcher
X pomarine jaeger
northern saw-whet owl
long-eared owl
parasitic jaeger
rough-legged hawk
X northern bobwhite
ruffed grouse
barn owl
scarce to uncommon
3/5
wilson's phalarope
X hudsonian godwit
X buff-breasted sandpiper
X manx shearwater
northern goshawk
scarce
1/11
king rail
black rail
marbled godwit
kentucky warbler
baird's sandpiper
american bittern
vesper sparrow
dickcissel
golden eagle
common eider
X lesser black-backed gull
rare to scarce
1/11
leach's storm-petrel
roseate tern
X red-necked phalarope
clay-colored sparrow
western kingbird
red-necked grebe
king eider
razorbill
iceland gull
little gull
american pipit
rare
3/11
X sandwich tern
ruff
X american avocet
yellow-headed blackbird
lark sparrow
red phalarope
sedge wren
common raven
sandhill crane
X glaucous gull
dovekie
very rare
2/7
black-necked stilt
audubon's shearwater
mississippi kite
X long-tailed jaeger
X american white pelican
greater white-fronted goose
barrow's goldeneye
irregular (generally rare)
0/8
R-C evening grosbeak
R-C pine siskin
R red crossbill
VR white-winged crossbill
C (pel.) black-legged kittiwake
R northern shrike
R-U common redpoll
VR pine grosbeak

5 black-necked stilt VR fall, southern coast
5-6E leach's storm-petrel R-S
5-9 wilson's storm-petrel C
5M-7M, 8-9M roseate tern R-S 5M-7M, VR 8-9M. hereford inlet or cape may.
5L-6E sooty shearwater C, diminishing thru summer.
5L-10L cory's shearwater U-F
5-10 brown pelican U-F esp. barnegat bay, hereford inlet; BL, CM, stone harbor.
summer-10 X grasshopper sparrow U summer (grasslands), R fall.
summer king rail S summer, walkill probably the best.
sum/fall black rail S summer, walkill; R fall, cumberland co. bayshore.
sum/fall sora S summer, walkill; U fall. (Boyle: U 9, CM/SH)
sum/fall X whip-poor-will F summer, inland pine barrens; U fall.
6L-9E sandwich tern R hereford inlet, cape may (with royals)
6L-9M ruff R, ocean coast. (Boyle: Brig/CM/M/Thompson)
7-9 audubon's shearwater VR
7E-(7M-8M)-9L X bank swallow F riverbanks, gravel/sand pits. harmony NJ fall.
7E-(7L-9E)-9L stilt sandpiper C coastal, e.g. brig (Boyle: Brig/CM/M, other coastal mudflats)
(7L-8)-12E marbled godwit S fall, R winter. (Boyle: U fall, R winter; 8-11 Brig/Stone/Wildwood)
8-9 american avocet R coastal. (Boyle: U-R 8-9 Brig)
8-9 yellow-headed blackbird R, mainly coastal. in winter, salem co. blackbird flocks. (Boyle: 8-3, Brig/CM/Salem)
8-9 mississippi kite VR
6M-(8-9L) wilson's phalarope (juv. peak) S-U, brig or SCMM. (Boyle says also M)
7M-(8E-8M)-8L upland sandpiper U short-grass. (Boyle: 7-9E, JSF, Great Meadows)
8E-9M olive-sided flycatcher U. prefers dead trees near water. (Boyle: Allamuchy, CM, GS, HP, P, GM, SSF, T, Whittingham)
8M kentucky warbler S higbee?
7M-(8M-9E)-12 western sandpiper C usu. coastal, tho some inland.
7M-(8M-9E)-10E black tern U
8M-9M baird's sandpiper S brig or short-grass (Boyle: more coastal; Brig/CM/JSF; M/SR/Great Meadows)
8M-9M hudsonian godwit S-U brig, most often after storms with E winds. (Boyle: U 8-10, Brig/CM/M/Stone)
8M-10L lark sparrow R, far more likely coastal. (Brig/CM/IB/SH)
7L-(8L-9E)-10E red-necked phalarope R-S fall (onshore).
8E-(8L-9E)-11 white-rumped sandpiper F coastal, better after storms with E winds. (Boyle: 8-10M Brig/CM/Thompson)
8E-(8L-9E)-9M mourning warbler U, CM/SH/coastal
8M-(8L-9E)-10M X common nighthawk U summer, pine barrens; F fall, semi-open pine-woods, seen sunrise or sunset.
8M-(8L-9E)-9L yellow-bellied flycatcher U, wooded areas or thickets, esp. near water. (Boyle: Allamuchy, CM, GM, Palmyra, P, SH)
(8L-9E)-10M cattle egret F salem county, esp pea patch island.
(8L-9L)-10M cape may warbler F coastal (higbee/SH).
8M-(9E)-9M buff-breasted sandpiper S-U sod farms. (Boyle: Brig/CM/JSF/GreatMeadows/SR.)
8L-(9E-9M) wilson's warbler U higbee or SH. (Boyle: 8M-10E, CM esp., SH/Palmyra.
8L-10M long-tailed jaeger VR
8L-(9)-10E philadelphia vireo U coastal. (CM/IB/SH esp.)
9 common moorhen U fresh/brackish marshes -- mannington, kearny, wallkill.
9-11L red phalarope R (onshore -- Brig/CM/ASW).
8M-(9M-10E)-11M american golden-plover U short-grass, mudflats. (Boyle: Brig/CM/JSF/Great Meadows)
8L-(9M)-10E broad-winged hawk C watchung ridges. (Boyle: C 9M, MC, Montclair, RR, Sunrise, Wildcat; CM)
9E-(9M-10L) connecticut warbler U. CM/SH/P/Palmyra
9M-10E gray-cheeked thrush U. try higbees beach. (GM/CM/P/SH/Palmyra)
9M-11E greater shearwater F pelagic
9M-11E clay-colored sparrow R-S, mainly coastal. (CM/SH/IB)
9M-12E western kingbird R-S, mainly coast. (Boyle: 8L-12E, CM esp.)
7L-(9L-10E)-10M long-billed dowitcher U. considered unsafe to separate from SBD w/o vocals.
9L-10M pectoral sandpiper (juv.) C wet fields/meadows, inland or coastal.
9L-11M pomarine jaeger U
fall american white pelican VR coastal
fall/winter northern saw-whet owl U. nocturnal in moist, mixed woods. (Boyle: Palmyra**, Allamuchy*, Stony Brook*)
fall/winter long-eared owl U. nocturnal in river/swamp bottomlands (conspecific with barred). (Boyle: 11+, Allendale, Palmyra, RV, Whittingham)
10E american bittern S try cape may; sometimes seen at dusk leaving marshes in fall. Boyle says 9-11, Brig/CM/IB/SH.
6L-(10E-10M) X royal tern C (incr. during summer)
sum/10M-11E vesper sparrow R summer (walkill or huntderon grasslands), S fall (CM/IB/SH)
8L-(10M)-11E dickcissel S fall, coastal. usu. heard calling overhead rather than on ground. (Boyle: CM/SH esp.)
9M-(10M-11E) evening grosbeak Irr/R-C fall (hawk watches CM/RR/SM) and winter (northwest NJ or pine barrens).
(10) sedge wren R. slight peak in Oct., esp. upper edge of salt marsh. (Boyle says 10-1, Brig/CM/Manahawkin, bayshore)
10 common raven R. breeding at lower DWG and high point. fall, hawk watches in Oct. (Boyle: 10-11)
sum-(10-11E)-11L X saltmarsh sharp-tailed sparrow U summer, F fall. tuckerton or SH.
10-11E nelson's sharp-tailed sparrow F? fall. RBA says SH, esp. plum island or K-lot. (Boyle: Brig/CM/SH/Tuck/Bass River)
10-11 red-necked grebe R-S fresh/salt, a few at ASW
10-11 greater white-fronted goose VR (Boyle: R Brig, other goose areas.)
(10-11)-12 king eider R-S. fall, ASW; winter, barnegat. (Boyle: 11+, jetties, BL/CM/IB/NS)
10-12E manx shearwater S-U
10-12 lapland longspur R-U fall/winter. mainly coastal; in winter, w/horned lark or snow bunting. (Boyle: 11+, includes LSP)
10-12 sandhill crane R fall, far more likely on coast (CM,Salem).
10L-11E great cormorant F winter SH, (NS, IB, BL).
10L-11E northern goshawk S-U fall, skyline ridge (RR,SM); breeds north NJ mixed mature woods.
8M-(10L-11E)-12E parasitic jaeger U pelagic (peak try ASW, also BL/IB/NS).
9-(10L-11)-... pine siskin Irr/R-C fall/winter, appearing anywhere. (Boyle: coastal fall, northern conifers/swamp winter.
10L-11 rough-legged hawk S fall inland, U winter coastal marsh (manahawkin, dekorte). (Boyle: U 11+)
10L-1 razorbill R-S from shore (MI/inlets/jetties). ASW possibly.
10-(11)-... red crossbill R/Irr., conifers. north some years, coastal others.
10L-(11)-... white-winged crossbill VR/Irr., spruce/hemlock, usu. northern/inland.
11E-11M american woodcock F nocturnal. try cape may co. (Boyle says 10L-11M Higbee)
(11E-11M) golden eagle S fall inland (10M-11M hawk watch, esp RR), winter marshes (Brig, DivCr, JL).
11E+ black-legged kittiwake Irr; C winter pelagics; sometimes ASW 11E+, or BL/IB/MI/Wildwood (SE winds).
11-12 iceland gull R-S landfills, also R coastal.
11-12 glaucous gull R landfills
11-3 northern shrike Irr/R. (GS, Flatbrook)
11-3 common redpoll Irr/R-U. more north. overgrown fields, birches; LSP, Flatbrook/HP/SSF
10M-(11M-11L)-12M white-winged scoter F fall (ASW), U winter. (Boyle, F 10-11, Avalon/BL/IB)
10L-(11M-11L)-12 tundra swan F coastal, esp. brig. (Boyle: 11-12M, Brig, Mannington, Tuckahoe, Whitesbog)
10L-(11M-12E)-winter snow bunting F fall/winter. coastal or inland.
11M-12L little gull R-S. with flocks of bonaparte's.
11M-3L dovekie R from shore; irr F-U pelagic.
11M-winter pine grosbeak Irr/VR. fall, hawk watches; winter north NJ, conifers or freshly salted roads
11L-12 common eider S 11L-12E avalon, 12 barnegat
12 barrow's goldeneye VR SH (Boyle: SH,MC)
8M-(12) X lesser black-backed gull S fall, S-U winter (esp. Florence)
winter american pipit R-S coastal (Boyle says U-F 10-11, CM/M/beaches/farms/wet-meadows/sod-farms)
YR X northern bobwhite U brushy fields, marsh/wood edges, south NJ (cumb., CM co.)
YR eastern screech-owl F, woods near open ground, more in north NJ; responds to call 8+; watch for sunning in treeholes or wood-duck boxes. Mainly nocturnal.
YR ruffed grouse U heavy forest -- high point and clinton/wawayanda (Boyle: also point mtn., stokes).
YR barn owl U, but really difficult to detect -- abandoned farm buildings in open country

6/10/08 -- early-mid june

ruffed grouse, common raven, broad-winged hawk; walkill/hyper-humus for rails; pine-barrens at night for nightjars + bobwhite.

7/12/08 -- early-mid july

hereford inlet (ros. tern, s.tern, b. pelican); brig (early sandpipers, black tern); bank swallows??

8/24/08 -- late august pelagic

9/6/08 and 9/13/08 -- early-mid sept. migrants

higbees for passerines; short-grass marsh beach/hawk-watch

10/11/08 -- early-mid oct.

cape may (higbees, hawk-watch/beaches, evening marshes) possibly another mid-late Oct. trip (SH?) just for sparrows.

11/8/08 -- early-mid nov., hawk-watch, ASW

hawk watch: brig/ASW: nocturnals:

12/6/08 -- early dec.

north: florence: coast:

others not previously included

* = review list