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

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        "They are the most intensely alive of all creatures — often moving, darting, hopping, flying, or at times migrating thousands of miles."
        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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