{"id":6728,"date":"2017-02-05T21:00:31","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T02:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=6728"},"modified":"2017-02-05T21:00:31","modified_gmt":"2017-02-06T02:00:31","slug":"the-jersey-shore-doesnt-disappoint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/?p=6728","title":{"rendered":"The Jersey Shore Doesn’t Disappoint"},"content":{"rendered":"
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~Sanderling at Morgan Avenue Mudflats, 02\/05\/17.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Maria Loukeris and I spent a fantastic day of birding down at the Jersey Shore today.\u00a0Our first stop was at Morgan Avenue Mudflats in Middlesex County. We dipped on our target bird – the Black-headed Gull which had been reported as recently as Friday, but we did get lucky with a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL. We got great looks at the bird and some documentary photos.<\/p>\n

Our second stop was at Manasquan Inlet in Ocean County. I knew it would be a good stop when I stepped out of the car and photographed a Common Loon at close distance. We worked our way out onto the jetty and I saw a very white bird on the water, not far from the jetty. “Is that a gannet?” It was a NORTHERN GANNET; we had several while we were there, and one in particular spent a large amount of time not far from the jetty. We reached the end of the jetty and Maria found the bird of the day, a RAZORBILL! The bird was very close to the jetty; I could barely believe it. We got super looks at the bird,\u00a0and even some decent shots. It was definitely the highlight of the day.<\/p>\n

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~The bird of the day, RAZORBILL at Manasquan Inlet 02\/05\/17.~\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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~It was nice to see this Lesser Black-backed Gull at Morgan Avenue Mudflats, 02\/05\/17.~\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Our final stop was at Shark River in Monmouth County. As it was last year when we were there, the\u00a0place was absolutely loaded with birds. We never located the Eurasian Wigeon that had been reported, but we did pretty well with waterfowl (and a couple of shorebirds too):<\/p>\n

Canada Goose 55
\nBrant 250
\nMute Swan 85
\nGadwall 55
\nAmerican Wigeon 45
\nAmerican Black Duck 2
\nMallard 12
\nBufflehead 125
\nHooded Merganser 65
\nRed-breasted Merganser 25
\nRuddy Duck 1
\nBlack-bellied Plover 3
\nDunlin 7<\/p>\n

We ended the day with a total of 30 species from the three locations. Good birding!<\/p>\n

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~Here’s a favorite. Brant at Morgan Avenue Mudflats, 02\/05\/17.~\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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~Yup, another favorite. Common Loon at Manasquan Inlet, complete with water droplets, 02\/05\/17.~\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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~It’s always good to see some Purple Sandpipers. Manasquan Inlet 02\/05\/17.~\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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~Red-throated Loon at Manasquan Inlet, 02\/05\/17.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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~Red-breasted Merganser at Manasquan Inlet, 02\/05\/17.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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~I was having flashbacks to my pelagic trip! Northern Gannet fishing near the jetty at Manasquan Inlet, 02\/05\/17.~\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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~NOGA at Manasquan Inlet 02\/05\/17.~<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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~NOGA in full tuck just entering the water. What a blast to watch this bird! Manasquan Inlet 02\/15\/17.~\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Maria Loukeris and I spent a fantastic day of birding down at the Jersey Shore today.\u00a0Our first stop was at Morgan Avenue Mudflats in Middlesex County. We dipped on our target bird – the Black-headed Gull which had been reported as recently as Friday, but we did get lucky with a LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL. We … Continue reading “The Jersey Shore Doesn’t Disappoint”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[28,19,3,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-jersey","category-photos","category-swimmingwaterbirds","category-walkingwaterbirds"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5i3kT-1Kw","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6728"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6743,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6728\/revisions\/6743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangebirding.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}