| 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 |