Birds at Mahlon Dickerson Reservation, 5/31/2011

Mahlon Dickerson Reservation, Jefferson Township, Morris County, 7:30-10:30 a.m.

The Pine Swamp has Acadian Flycatcher, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Blue-headed Vireo, Hooded, Black-and-white, and Black-throated Green Warblers and Ovenbirds, etc. Least Flycatcher is at the Ogden Mine Railroad Bed trail. Worm-eating and Black-throated Blue Warblers are near the Headley Overlook. American Redstarts are everywhere. A Bald Eagle (Y4?) was at the pond at Saffin Rock-Rill. Saffin’s Pond is drained for some presumed maintenance but the only shorebirds there were Spotted Sandpiper and Killdeer.

The list:
Canada Goose
Mallard
Great Blue Heron
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Acadian Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Worm-eating Warbler
Ovenbird
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Song Sparrow
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Baltimore Oriole
American Goldfinch

Submitted by Jonathan Klizas

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