An epic four days of birding and rarity chasing though eastern PA, NJ, DE, and MD. Target birds that were successfully seen are marked in green, missed targets are red - some locations had multiple targets.
| 0: GTTO at Blue Marsh Lake Ver detalle |
| 1: WHIB at Kaercher Creek Park Ver detalle |
| 2: HASP Ver detalle |
| 3: Dorney Pond Ver detalle |
| 4: COCH Ver detalle |
| 5: SNOW at Merrill Creek Ver detalle |
| 6: SAPH at Crooke's Dairy Farm Ver detalle |
| 7: CACG at Assicong Marsh Ver detalle |
| 8: ICGU, GLGU at Falls Township Community Park Ver detalle |
| 9: Pennypack Park Ver detalle |
| 10: Barnegat Lighthouse State Park Ver detalle |
| 11: Missed the DICK Ver detalle |
| 12: No BHGU Ver detalle |
| 13: Bell's Vireo at The Beanery Ver detalle |
| 14: Rufous Hummingbird at the CMBO Ver detalle |
| 15: Short-eared Owl at Jake's Landing Ver detalle |
| 16: Barnacle Goose! Ver detalle |
| 17: Painted Bunting Ver detalle |
| 18: Snowy Owl AND a Prairie Falcon?! Ver detalle |
| 19: Selasphorus Hummingbird Ver detalle |
Quickly observed what was surely a very cold juvenile White Ibis at 9:55am on 1/13.
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The Harris's Sparrow made a full appearance at the recently started seed pile along the road. Observed at 9:30am on 1/13.
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Our first miss of the trip, the previously reported Greater White-fronted Goose, Lesser Black-backed Gull, and Cackling Goose were no where to be seen when we stopped by at 10:35am on 1/13. These species would not allude us forever though...
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The Common Chaffinch gave us great looks over two appearances in less than an hour.
Observed at 12:05pm on 1/13.
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Our first targeted Snowy Owl of the trip was easily observed at its usual resting place at 1:15pm on 1/13.
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An early morning at the farm afforded only the briefest look at the Say's Phoebe. Observed at 8:30am on 1/14.
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An unexpected evening stop at Assiscong Marsh gave a great look at a species missed earlier in the day - Cackling Goose. Observed at 3:30pm on 1/13.
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Great looks at 1st winter Iceland Gull and Glaucous Gull, as well as several adult Lesser Black-backed Gulls. Observed at 10:30am on 1/14.
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A noon trip on 1/14 didn't result in the previously reported Clay-colored Sparrow, but Orange-crowned Warbler, Vesper Sparrow, and a PA Great Cormorant were nice consolations.
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Despite nearly daily reports, we were not able to observe the Dickcissel that has been associating with some HOSP for several weeks. We made multiple stop at this location through out the day on 1/15.
We were unable to find the Black-headed Gull that had been hanging out along the beach of North Cape May.
We were able to observe the Bell's Vireo as well as a Yellow-breasted Chat at the Beanery at 12:30pm on 1/15.
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We were able to observe the Rufous Hummingbird at the Cape May Bird Observatory - Goshen Center at 4:15pm on 1/15.
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At 5:30pm on 1/15, we observed a Short-eared Owl at Jake's Landing. We were were also treated to a Clapper Rail and a couple of Marsh Wrens.
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Following reports that had been pouring in all morning, we arrived at 10:20am on 1/16 to a large flock of CANG. We immediately were given great looks at a Barnacle Goose AND a Great White-fronted Goose, as well as multiple Cackling Geese!
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We arrived at 1:45pm on 1/16 to the area that the young male Painted Bunting had been reported since late last year. After some searching, we were rewarded with some great looks at the PABU.
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We arrived on Mud Level Rd at 4pm on 1/16, and were able to almost immediately pick out the Snowy Owl, we got distant, but great, looks at this particularly large and all white individual. We then scoured the area till dusk in search of the Prairie Falcon. It was spotted in the fading light perched on a snag along Duncan Rd, and before allowing much time for observation flew off towards the quarry to roost for the night.
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