Coastal Hotspots of New Jersey

   On Friday November 28th, 2014, my mom, little brother, and I went to a few hotspots along the coast of New Jersey.  We started out with Stone Harbor.  There we saw a large flock of Snow Buntings, a massive flock of Brant, a few Surf Scoters, and Herring and Great Black-backed Gulls.

Snow Bunting

Snow Bunting

 

 

 

     The next stop we made was at the Avalon Sea Wall.  There we saw many Red-throated Loons, Northern Gannets, Surf Scoters, Black Scoters, Common Loons, one female Common Eider, and many Purple Sandpipers of the jetty rocks.  The final place that we went to was Cape May.  There we saw American Widgeon, Eurasian Widgeon, American Black Ducks, Northern Shovelers, Hooded Mergansers, Mallards, and Tundra Swans.  We finished the day off with about six American Pipits in a flooded field by the parking lot.  It was a great way to end the month.

Eurasian Widgeon (Top Right)

American Pipits