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New Jersey
In all seasons, New Jersey is truly a birders state. The Jersey landscape includes wetlands, deciduous forests, meadows, coastal beaches, and the famous Pine Barrens. The state`s diversity of habitat attracts a wide variety of migrating and breeding birds, not to mention some elusive rarities. Spring is highlighted by the avian pallette of colors brought by prothonatary warblers, scarlet tanagers, and the other returning Neotropical migrants to areas like Belleplain State Forest, Princeton Institute Woods, and Garret Mountain. This wonderful time of year offers many other birding joys such as the Sandy Hook Hawkwatch and the shorebird spectacle of red knots and ruddy turnstones on the Delaware Bayshore. Summer is the time to find our many breeding birds in areas such as Great Swamp NWR, Glassboro Woods WMA, and Assunpink WMA. The season is not complete without a visit to Stone Harbor Point. At mudflats and sod farms around the state, the southbound shorebird search for upland sandpiper, buff breasted sandpiper, and others is already beginning. With its stellar hawkwatch and songbird migration, Cape May is deservedly the hub of East Coast birding in the fall. Yet, there are many other autumn treasures including Palmyra Cove and Liberty State Park. For some, the birding really gets hot in the winter. The wintering raptors at Jake`s Landing and Manahawkin WMA are a hawkwatcher`s delight. The influx of waterfowl species is worth a trip to the state`s many lakes, rivers, and coastal viewing areas. Even though it is one of the smallest US states, the birding opportunities are virtually endless. From Brigantine`s Edwin B. Forsythe NWR to Pedricktown Marsh to High Point State Park to countless other hot spots, there are always more than a few good places to bird on any given day in New Jersey. |
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Dave Magpiong
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A Guide to Bird-Finding in New Jersey
William J Boyle 492 pages, b/w illus, maps. Rutgers University Press 2002ISBN: 0813530857
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Birding the Delaware Valley Region
- A Comprehensive Guide to Birdwatching in Southeastern Pennsylvania, Central and Southern New Jersey and NorthcentralPaperback - 223 pages (May 1980) Temple University Press
ISBN: 0877221820
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National Geographic Field Guide to Birds: New Jersey
Mel Baughman Series: NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC STATE FIELD GUIDES TO BIRDS 272 pages, maps, photos, drawings. National Geographic Society 2005ISBN: 0792238753
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New Jersey Birds : An Introduction to Familiar Species
(Pocket Naturalist)Waterford PressPaperback (March 1999) Waterford PressISBN: 1889903825
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State Bird
Eastern Goldfinch Carduelis tristis
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Atlantic Audubon Society
http://www.freewebs.com/atlanticaudubonsociety/Our mission : Increase public knowledge and awareness of environmental issues; provide an avenue for participation in governmental policy; work toward the preservation and sustainability of natural ecosystems; promote an appreciation of the natural environment.
Audubon Society in New Jersey
http://www.audubon.org/chapter/nj/A list of all the chapters of the Audubon Society in New Jersey... some with websites which are linked below.
Bergen County Audubon Society
http://www.bergencountyaudubon.org/Serving the communities of Northern New Jersey
Fyke Nature Association
http://www.fykenature.orgFyke was founded in 1952 by a group of people strongly dedicated to saving undeveloped tracts of land in Bergen County, New Jersey as nature preserves. Since its founding, Fyke has not only been a force for preservation, but a forum where people can educate themselves and share their love of the natural world. Currently, the Association, along with the Borough of Allendale, co-manage the Celery Farm Natural Area in Allendale, NJ. Together, we have been instrumental in keeping the Celery Farm, a 107-acre freshwater wetland, in its natural state. As a result, fifty-three bird species breed here, and a total checklist of 225+ have been recorded...
Great Swamp Watershed Association
http://www.greatswamp.org/Great Swamp Watershed Association was created in 1981 to protect the Great Swamp watershed basin. The association acts as steward for this valuable and sensitive region in northern New Jersey...
Highlands Audubon Society
Serving the communities of Passiac and Sussex Counties and Northwest NJ
Monmouth County Audubon Society
http://www.monmouthaudubon.org/The Monmouth County Audubon Society, a chapter of the National Audubon Society, is dedicated to the enjoyment and study of nature, wildlife conservation, habitat protection, and education.
Nature Conservancy in New Jersey
http://nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/newjersey/Check out the Fall photo of William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest on the opening page. The Nature Conservancy has been working to protect New Jersey`s natural areas since 1955, when it helped save one of the mid-Atlantic`s last primeval forests. Hutcheson Memorial Forest`s old fields and 60-foot-tall stands of hardwoods now span 500 acres. The forest is the birthplace of the Conservancy in the Garden State...
New Jersey Audubon
http://www.njaudubon.orgThe New Jersey Audubon Society (NJAS) is a privately supported, not-for profit, state-wide membership organization. Founded in 1897, and one of the oldest independent Audubon societies, NJAS has no connection with the National Audubon Society. The New Jersey Audubon Society fosters environmental awareness and a conservation ethic among New Jersey`s citizens; protects New Jersey`s birds, mammals, other animals, and plants, especially endangered and threatened species; and promotes preservation of New Jersey`s valuable natural habitats.
New Jersey Bird Records Committee
http://www.princeton.edu/~llarson/njrc.htmlDuring a recent conversation with a fellow birder, I asked him to submit to the New Jersey Bird Records Committee (N.J.B.R.C.) a written report of a rarity he had just found. His blunt reply, What?! So you can tell me if I was correct in my identification?! caught me by surprise. Who were we, the N.J.B.R.C., to tell him whether or not he`d correctly identified this bird! Do you feel the same way as this birder? Many people do. We`d like to try to dispel the myth that our major purpose is to vet your rare bird reports. Looks like this is a universal problem...
Washington Crossing Audubon Society
http://www.washingtoncrossingaudubon.org/Better than the usual site which just lists officers and meeting dates it carries reports such as... A Biological Survey of the Pole Farm, presented by WCAS to members of the Mercer County Park Northwest steering committee at its public meeting held on October 22, 1998.
Wetlands Institute
http://www.wetlandsinstitute.org/Mission Statement - To promote appreciation and understanding of the vital role wetlands and coastal ecosystems play in the survival of life on this planet.
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Cape May Bird Observatory
http://www.BirdCapeMay.orgFounded in 1975 by the New Jersey Audubon Society, the Cape May Bird Observatory (CMBO) is a leader in research, environmental education, bird conservation, and recreational birding activities. Our mission: to understand and instill appreciation of the needs of resident and migrating birds so that human ambitions do not undermine them.
Chimney Rock Hawk Watch
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~magarell/chimney_rock/The Chimney Rock hawk watch is located in Washington Valley Park, on the First Watchung Ridge in Martinsville, New Jersey. The Somerset County Park Commission generously provides and maintains the platform and parking lot for the hawk watch...
Featherbed Lane Banding Station
http://www.princeton.edu/~goldberg/flbs/index.htmlThis is the home page of the Featherbed Lane Banding Station, one of the longest-running privately-run bird banding research and training projects in North America...
Sandy Hook Bird Observatory
http://www.njaudubon.org/Centers/SHBO/The Sandy Hook Bird Observatory was established in 2001 by the New Jersey Audubon Society at Gateway National Recreation Area, Sandy Hook Unit in the Historic Fort Hancock District. The Observatory replaces the Owl Haven Nature Center in Tennent established in 1978...
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Lorrimer Sanctuary
http://www.njaudubon.org/Centers/Lorrimer/790 Ewing Avenue, PO Box 125, Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417 (201) 891-2185
New Jersey Appalachian Trail Conservancy
http://www.appalachiantrail.org/site/c.jkLXJ8MQKtH/b.774739/k.AE4/New_Jersey.htmThe Appalachian Trail along the Kittatinny Range in New Jersey is rugged and more remote than one might expect considering its proximity to large population centers, with abundant wildlife, including an active bear population...
Plainsboro Preserve
http://www.njaudubon.org/Centers/Plainsboro/Plainsboro Preserve, 80 Scotts Corner Road, Cranbury, NJ 08512, Phone: (609) 897-9400
Sherman-Hoffman Sanctuaries
http://www.njaudubon.org/Centers/Scherman/Scherman-Hoffman Sanctuaries are New Jersey Audubon`s twin sanctuaries in Bernardsville, Basking Ridge, and Harding Township, NJ. In 1965 Mr. and Mrs. Harry Scherman donated a 125 acre tract of land with an endowment to the New Jersey Audubon Society. Later, in 1973 and 1975, Mr. G. Frederick Hoffman donated parcels of land. The Hoffman house, barn and caretaker`s house were added to the sanctuary in 1981 at the time of Mr. Hoffman`s death. This completed what is now Scherman-Hoffman Sanctuaries, 260 acres of woodland, field, and floodplain habitat supporting over 200 species of wildlife over the course of a year.
Warren E. Fox Nature Center
http://www.fieldtrip.com/nj/96455960.htmAtlantic County, New Jersey maintains a sprawling system of parks totalling thousands of acres of beautiful woodlands and wetlands throughout the county. Combined these areas offer a wide range of outdoor activities that everyone can enjoy.
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Travelling Birder
http://www.travellingbirder.com
The Travellingbirder.com birding trip report search engine guides you to 7,000+ birding trip reports on the Internet. You can search for trip reports from a specific country and time of year. Not all these reports are in English. So, if you can’t find the trip report you want on this Fatbirder page… give them a try!
1997 [September] - Rick Simpson
http://www.birdtours.co.uk/tripreports/usa/new-jersey/index.htm...Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. (New York) Coastal marsh with fresh water ponds, scrub and woodland. With Tony Buonocore a birding friend who lives in Hackensack NJ...
2000 [October] - Justin Jansen - Cape May
http://www.birdtours.co.uk/tripreports/usa/new-jersey2/nj-97-2000.htmI visited twice, once from 14 - 21 June 1997 and between 29 September – October 2000. I stayed mainly around Cape May with few excursions outside this spot. Cape May is situated on the most southern tip of New Jersey, 100 km from Philadelphia and 200 km from New York. I noted here what species I recorded and where. Three trips outside Cape May County, this was to Seeley for cranes, Forsythe for ducks and to Chedar Ville for the Loggerhead Shrike...
2000 [September] - Cape May
http://www.surfbirds.com/Trip%20Reports/capemay.html...most notable were an Osprey and three Red-tailed Hawks. Several warblers were heard calling in flight over CMP after dark promising much for tomorrow...
2002 [September] - John van der Woude
http://home.tiscali.nl/~jvanderw/capemay02/text.htmlCape May is a bird migration hotspot on the East coast of the USA, and is located on the South tip of the New Jersey peninsula, which is not far South of New York. Especially during and after the passage of a cold front from the Northwest, large numbers of songbirds are passing, and may hang around on this South tip for a while. Added to this is a good hawk migration watch, and some nice sites for coastal birds...
2004 [August] - Paul & Andrea Kelly - Cape May
http://www.irishbirdimages.com/pages/trip_reports/capemay_pages/capemay_1.htmlA two week trip in August 2004, based in the Cape May, New Jersey... in photographs...
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Birding Pal
http://birdingpal.org/nj.htmLocal birders willing to show visiting birders around their area...
NJ Audubon
http://www.njaudubon.org/Travel/Contact the local Audubon chapter for guides...
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Avondale By The Sea
http://www.avondalebythesea.com...in the heart of Cape May...
Northwood Inn B&B
http://www.bbonline.com/nj/northwood/activities.htmlLeamings Run Gardens & Colonial Farm - Open May through October. Rt. 9, Cape May Court House. Largest annual garden in the USA. Haven for humming birds in August.
Southern Mansion B&B
http://www.bnbchoices.com/usa/new-jersey/southern-mansion.bnbThe famous Cape May wildlife preserve is unparalleled for the huge quantity and variety of birds for the bird watchers to delight in.
The Woolverton Inn B&B
http://www.bbonline.com/nj/woolverton/Nestled on a ten-acre estate of century old maple trees, surrounded by 400 acres of rolling farmland and forest!
York Street House B&B
http://www.bnbchoices.com/usa/new-jersey/york-street.bnb...or when weather permits relax on our covered veranda in antique wicker rocking chairs. Watch the birds and squirrels at one our feeding stations...
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Forum
http://www.nj.com/forums/birding/To post to list:forumsnj@nj.com
Jersey birdwatchers, talk about your latest sightings and trade tips here.
NJ-Bird-Chat
http://www.princeton.edu/~llarson/njb/njchat.htmlList contact:NJ-Bird-Chat-Request@LIST.AUDUBON.ORG
To subscribe to list:LISTSERV@LIST.AUDUBON.ORG
SUBSCRIBE NJ-Bird-Chat "Yourfirstname Yourlastname"
For those of you in New Jersey or just interested in what`s going on in NJ, there is a new listserv available through the National Audubon Society.
NJBIRDS
http://www.princeton.edu/~llarson/njb/njbirdstxt.htmlList contact:llarson@princeton.edu.
NJBIRDS subscriptions are free and open to any interested birder. Subscribers cannot post to the list. The mailing list of subscribers addresses is not open for public examination and is not shared, sold or distributed by the list owners. This list is used for the limited purpose of distributing occasional breaking news of New Jersey Bird Records Committee REVIEW LIST Species, between updates of the New Jersey birding hotlines, and also distributes those hotlines: the weekly New Jersey statewide Voice of New Jersey Audubon, the Cape May Birding Hotline, and the Cape May Natural History and Events Hotline.
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Barnegat Lighthouse
http://www.scholtz.org/bill/nature/Locations/BarnegatLighthouse.htmlA series of photographs of birds taken, presumably, from the lighthouse...
Bird Songs of New Jersey
http://www.geocities.com/guapster2/index.htmlSound recordings...
Birding in New Jersey
http://www.danielmichaelmurray.com/New Jersey's Birds and our mission to see them all...
Birding New Jersey
http://www.birdingamerica.com/NewJersey/newjersey.htmPictures and stories of birds and birding in New Jersey, including Brigantine NWR, Nummy`s Island, Corson`s Inlet, Hereford Inlet, various sites in Cape May, and the seawatch at Avalon.
BLOG - Behind the Bins
http://behindthebins.wordpress.com/Just me behind the bins, out and about looking for birds...
BLOG - Beverly Robertson - Murmuring Trees
http://behindthebins.wordpress.com/Musings on life, birds, the natural world and any thing else happening on the mountain…
BLOG - Owl Box
http://www.owlbox.blogspot.comThe life and times of a fanatical bird watcher tracking all our feathered friends - I'm a bird enthusiast based in NW New Jersey who spends most of his time backyard watching. Having two little kids doesn't leave much time for bird watching trips…
BLOG - Patrick Belardo - The Hawk Owl's Nest
http://hawkowl.blogspot.comA blog dedicated to birding, botanizing, and butterflying in New Jersey…
BLOG - Woodcreeper
http://www.woodcreeper.com/A sort of birding BLOG with photos etc...
Cape May Birding and Birds
http://www.capemaytimes.com/birds/home.htmA series of articles etc. from the Cape May Times...
Checklist
http://www.nj.gov/dep/fgw/chkbirds.htmChecklist of all birds seen in the state...
Just Binoculars
http://www.just-binoculars.com/Binoculars, Spotting Scopes and Rangefinders from Name Brand Manufacturers at the Lowest Prices. We carry binoculars for hunting, boating, birding and traveling as well as binoculars for star gazing, equine sports, night vision and sporting events. Top Name Brands from Steiner, Zeiss, Nikon, Leupold, Bushnell and Tasco. From this New Jersey based company.
New Jersey Audubon Site Guides
http://www.njaudubon.org/Sites/Clickable list of the hot spots...
Some Internet resources for New Jersey Birders
http://www.princeton.edu/~llarson/birdlinks.htmlJust what it says… Laurie Larson has collated a list of links of use to NJ birders.
The Ultimate Birdpage
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/5749/index.htmlNot quite… but nice anyway… backyard bird pictures and some trip pictures with plenty more to come. Lots on caged birds though...
Tom`s Birding Homepage
http://www.geocities.com/cape_may_birder/Welcome to my birding site. I have been birding avidly for 3 years, almost exclusively in and around Cape May, NJ. This is the 2nd year that I am compiling a NJ Year List...last year I saw 287 species in the state...
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Photographer - Douglas Goodell
http://www.goodellphotoart.com/Welcome! This is Douglas Goodell`s photo site featuring birds and related scenes. The images are presented in galleries, arranged mostly by species type. What`s New highlights new works before they are integrated into the galleries; a few favorites are shown separately. Note that space is limited, so not all images are shown here. If you are looking for something in particular that is not in the galleries, or have comments, please contact me.
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