EAST BRUNSWICK  NATURE NOTES
The Birds of East Brunswick, New Jersey

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        Roger Tory Peterson


This page contains a compilation of all birds (of which we are aware) recorded in East Brunswick, New Jersey and will evolve as more entries are received and the blanks are filled in. No doubt there are numerous birds that can be added to this list. On other pages, we compile data for birds seen in a given calendar year.

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The Birds of East Brunswick Township, New Jersey


The list below contains the names of every species of bird recorded in East Brunswick.

 — There are now 198 birds on the township list. —

Also, there are now 43 video clips below covering 34 species of bird.

Reference Key—       

A = Abundant (seen easily on most visits)
C = Common (seen frequently in appropriate habitat)
U = Uncommon (around, usually in appropriate habitat but may not be seen much of the time)
R = Rare (may be seen only with concerted effort)

V = Video of this species. You may see more than one "V" in the box. This means that there are multiple videos for that species. Videos are usually between 5 and 30 seconds in length.

Field Guide used: Peterson's Birds of Eastern and Central North America, 2002 edition (PE)
We display PE + the page number
E.g.: Carolina Wren…PE 240.
The full description for the Carolina Wren will be found on page 240 .

  
Common Name  

VIDEO


Breeding
Winter
Spring
Summer Autumn
Field Guide
 & Page #

0
Red-throated Loon






PE 26

Common Loon



R


PE 26

Red-necked Grebe






PE 28

Pied-billed Grebe






PE 28

Horned Grebe






PE 28

Double-crested Cormorant
V


C
C

PE 42

Great Cormorant






PE 42

Great-blue Heron
V

U
U
U
U
PE 46

Great Egret
V


U


PE 48
Snowy Egret






PE 48

Cattle Egret






PE 48

Green Heron



C


PE 50

Glossy Ibis






PE 52

Mute Swan
V

U
U
U
U
PE 60

Snow Goose


R



PE 60

Canada Goose


C
C
C
C
PE 62

Brant






PE 62

American Black Duck






PE 66

Gadwall






PE 66

Mallard

Y
A
A
A
A
PE 66

Northern Pintail

Y




PE 68

American Wigeon



U


PE 68

Northern (Common) Pintail






PE 68

Wood Duck

Y
U
U


PE 68

Northern Shoveler






PE 70

Blue-winged Teal






PE 70

Green-winged Teal


U



PE 70

Ring-necked Duck

U



PE 70

Lesser Scaup






PE 76
Greater Scaup






PE 76

Common Goldeneye






PE 78

Bufflehead


C



PE 78

Ruddy Duck


U



PE 78

Common Merganser


U



PE 80

Red-breasted Merganser


U



PE 80

Hooded Merganser


U



PE 80

Turkey Vulture

Y
A
A
A
A
PE 92

Black Vulture


U



PE 92

Sharp-shinned Hawk


U
U


PE 98
Cooper's Hawk


R



PE 98

Northern Goshawk






PE 98

Red-Tailed Hawk

Y
C
C
C

PE 100

Rough-legged Hawk






PE 102

Red-shouldered Hawk






PE 102

Broad-winged Hawk



U


PE 102

Northern Harrier






PE 108

Bald Eagle


R
U


PE 112

Osprey
V V


C


PE 112

American Kestrel






PE 116
Peregrine Falcon 50






PE 116

Wild Turkey
V
Y
U
U
U
U
PE 120

Ring-necked Pheasant



R
R

PE 120

Northern Bobwhite






PE 124

Common Snipe






PE 124

American Coot






PE 126

Common Moorhen



R


PE 126

Killdeer
V V
Y

U


PE 134

Woodcock


C
C


PE 140

Greater Yellowlegs
V


U


PE 148
Lesser Yellowlegs



R


PE 148

Solitary Sandpiper
V V


R


PE 148

Spotted Sandpiper
V V


U


PE 152

Least Sandpiper






PE 158

Iceland Gull






PE 176

Herring Gull



U
C

PE 178

Greater Black-backed Gull


C
C


PE 178

Lesser Black-backed Gull


R



PE 178

Ring-billed Gull


C
A
A

PE 178

Laughing Gull

Y

A
A

PE 180
Bonaparte's Gull






PE 180

Rock Dove

Y
C
C
C
C
PE 196

Mourning Dove
V
Y
A
A
A
A
PE 196

Yellow-billed Cuckoo






PE 200

Black-billed Cuckoo






PE 200

Eastern Screech Owl






PE 202

Great-horned Owl

Y
U U


PE 202

Barred Owl
V





PE 204

Barn Owl






PE 204

Whip-poor-will






PE 208
Common Nighthawk



U


PE 210

Ruby-throated Hummingbird



U
U

PE 212

Belted Kingfisher


U
U


PE 214

Red-headed Woodpecker


R



PE 216

Northern (Common) Flicker

Y
U
C
U

PE 218

Red-bellied Woodpecker
V
Y
C
C
C
C
PE 218

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker


U



PE 218

Downy Woodpecker

Y
A
A
A
A
PE 220

Hairy Woodpecker


U
U


PE 220

Eastern Kingbird
V


U


PE 222
Great-crested Flycatcher




U

PE 222

Eastern Phoebe

Y

U


PE 224

Eastern Wood Peewee






PE 224

Olive-sided Flycatcher






PE 224

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher






PE 226

Willow Flycatcher


U



PE 226

Horned Lark


U
U


PE 230

Purple Martin

Y

C
C

PE 232

Cliff Swallow






PE 232

Barn Swallow

Y




PE 232
100 Tree Swallow

Y
U
C


PE 234

North. Rough-winged Swallow



C


PE 234

Bank Swallow



R


PE 234

Chimney Swift

Y

C
C

PE 234

Black-capped Chickadee

Y
U
U
U

PE 236

Carolina-Chickadee
Y
A
A
A
A
PE 236

Tufted Titmouse
V Y
C
C
C
C
PE 238

White-breasted Nuthatch
V
Y
C
C
C
C
PE 238

Red-breasted Nuthatch


R



PE 238

Brown Creeper


U
U

U
PE 238
House Wren

Y

C
C

PE 240

Winter Wren


R



PE 240

Marsh Wren






PE 240

Carolina Wren

Y
C
C
C
C
PE 240

Ruby-crowned Kinglet



C

C
PE 242

Golden-crowned Kinglet


U
U

C
PE 242

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
V


U


PE 242

Eastern Bluebird


R



PE 244

American Robin
V
Y
C
A
A
A
PE 244

Gray-cheeked Thrush






PE 246
Wood Thrush



U


PE 246

Hermit Thrush



U


PE 246

Veery



U


PE 246

Swainson's Thrush



R


PE 246

Northern Mockingbird

Y
C
A
A
A
PE 248

Gray Catbird
V V V
Y
R
A
A
C
PE 248

Brown Thrasher
V


C


PE 248

Blue Jay
V
Y
C
C
C
C
PE 250

American Crow

Y
C
C
C
C
PE 252

Fish Crow


C
U


PE 252
Common Raven


R



PE 252

Cedar Waxwing






PE 254

Philadelphia Vireo






PE 256

Red-eyed Vireo V


U


PE 256

White-eyed Vireo






PE 258

Warbling Vireo
V


C


PE 258

Blue-headed Vireo






PE 258

Northern Parula Warbler



U


PE 260

Black-throated Green Warbler



U


PE 260

Yellow-throated Vireo






PE 260
Prothonotary Warbler



R


PE 260

Black and White Warbler



C


PE 262

Blackpoll Warbler



U


PE 262

Black-throated Blue Warbler



U


PE 262

Magnolia Warbler
V V V


U


PE 264

Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler
V

U
A


PE 264

Canada Warbler



U


PE 264

Cape May Warbler
V


R


PE 266

Chestnut-sided Warbler



C


PE 266

Bay-breasted Warbler



C


PE 266
Blackburnian Warbler



C


PE 266

American Redstart






PE 266

Pine Warbler 150


U
U

PE 268

Prairie Warbler


U


PE 268

Palm Warbler



C


PE 268

Blue-winged Warbler



R


PE 268

Yellow Warbler


U


PE 268

Worm Eating Warbler






PE 270

Tennessee Warbler



R

R PE 270

Wilson's Warbler






PE 272
Nashville Warbler






PE 274

Connecticut Warbler






PE 274

Mourning Warbler





PE 274

Kentucky Warbler



R


PE 274

Common Yellowthroat

Y

U


PE 276

Yellow-breasted Chat






PE 276

Northern Waterthrush



U


PE 276

Louisiana Waterthrush






PE 276

Ovenbird


U

PE 276

Scarlet Tanager



U


PE 282
Northern Cardinal

Y
C
C
C
C
PE 284

Rose-breasted Grosbeak
V


U


PE 286

Eastern (Rufous-sided) Towhee
V


U


PE 286

Indigo Bunting



U


PE 288

American Goldfinch
V
Y
C
C
C
C
PE 290

Pine Siskin






PE 290

Common Redpoll





PE 292

House Finch
Y
C
A
A
A
PE 292

Purple Finch



R


PE 292

White-throated Sparrow


A
U

A
PE 294
White-crowned Sparrow


R
U


PE 294

American Tree Sparrow


R
U


PE 296

Chipping Sparrow
V
Y
R
U


PE 296

Field Sparrow






PE 296

Swamp Sparrow


U



PE 296

Fox Sparrow






PE 300

Song Sparrow

Y
C
A
A
C
PE 300

Savannah Sparrow


U
U


PE 302

Dark-eyed (Slate-colored) Junco


A
C

A
PE 306

Rusty Blackbird


R



PE 310
Common Grackle

Y
C
A
A
C
PE 310

Red-winged Blackbird
V
Y
U
C
A
A
PE 312

Yellow-headed Blackbird






PE 312

European Starling

Y
A
A
A
A
PE 314

Bobolink






PE 314

Brown-headed Cowbird

Y
U
C
C
U
PE 314

Orchard Oriole



U


PE 316

Northern (Baltimore) Oriole V V
Y

C


PE 316

House Sparrow 197

Y
A
A
A
A
PE 318

Common Name
Breeding Winter
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Field Guide
& Page #
 
Reference Key—       

A = Abundant (seen easily on most visits)
C = Common (seen frequently in appropriate habitat)
U = Uncommon (around, usually in appropriate habitat but may not be seen much of the time)
R = Rare (may be seen only with concerted effort)

V = Video of this species. You may see more than one "V" in the box. This means that there are multiple videos for that species. Videos are usually between 5 and 30 seconds in length.

Field Guide used: Peterson's Birds of Eastern and Central North America, 2002 edition (PE)
We display PE + the page number
E.g.: Carolina Wren…PE 240.
The full description for the Carolina Wren will be found on page 240 .
Contributors (in alphabetical order):
Hal Albenberg
Steve Albert
Sean Burke
Terry Caruthers
Bob Dodelson
Elaine Long
Richard Wolfert


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