Prime Hook Birding Recent Sightings

Recent Sightings

May 2008

Magnificent Frigatebird - 30 (State Wildlife Area)

Tricolored Heron - 06 (Fowler Beach) American Oystercatcher - 04, 30 (Fowler Beach) Solitary Sandpiper - 03, 07 (Broadkill Road) Wood Sandpiper - 07 -> 13 (Broadkill Road) Willet - 03 (Fowler Beach) Red Knot - 10, 11, 17, 24, 30 (Fowler Beach)

April 2007

Eurasian Wigeon - 14, 27 (Slaughter Flats)

American Avocet - 14, 15, 27 (Fowler Beach, Slaughter Flats)

American Golden-Plover - 12 (Fowler Beach Road)

Black-necked Stilt - 12 (Fowler Beach) Least Sandpiper - 28 (Prime Hook Road) Forster's Tern - 05 (Broadkill Road) Red-headed Woodpecker - 05, 12, 14 (Deep Branch Road) Yellow-throated Warbler - 12, 28 (Pine Grove Trail) Pine Warbler - 05, 12, 28 (Pine Grove Trail) Palm Warbler - 12, 26, 28 (Pine Grove Trail, Deep Branch Road)

March

Iceland Gull - 01 (Fowler Beach)

Lesser Black-backed Gull - 01 (Prime Hook Beach)

"Ipswitch Sparrow" - 01 (Fowler Beach)

February

Ross' Goose - 02, 03, 09 (Cods Road)

Cackling Goose - 02, 03, 09 (Cods Road)

Great Cormorant - 03 (Oyster Rocks)

Iceland Gull - 09, 18, 24 (Fowler Beach)

Lesser Black-backed Gull - 03, 09, 18, 24 (Fowler Beach, Prime Hook Beach)

Red-headed Woodpecker - 03, 16, 24 (Deep Branch Road)

American tree Sparrow - 03, 09 (Fowler Beach Road) Clay-colored Sparrow - 03, 16 (Fowler Beach Road) "Ipswitch Sparrow" - 03, 04 (Fowler Beach)

January

Rough-legged Hawk - 01 (Fowler Beach Road)

Iceland Gull - 01, 12, 13, 26 (Fowler Beach) Dovekie - 06 (Fowler Beach) Red-headed Woodpecker - 01, 12, 26 (Deep Branch Road) American tree Sparrow - 01, 06, 12, 26 (Fowler Beach Road) Clay-colored Sparrow - 01, 12, 26 (Fowler Beach Road) Snow Bunting - 12, 13 (Fowler Beach)

December 2007

Ross' Goose - 31 (Broadkill Road)

Cackling Goose - 01, 22, 24 (Broadkill Road, Prime Hook Road)

Eurasian Wigeon - 22 (Slaughter Beach)

Redhead - 24 (Prime Hook Road)

Black-crowned Night-Heron - 22, 23 (Fowler Beach) Rough-legged Hawk - 09, 15, 22, 27 (Fowler Beach Road) Semipalmated Plover - 01, 22, 23 (Fowler Beach) Iceland Gull - 22, 24, 26 (Fowler Beach) Lesser Black-backed Gull - 24, 26, 27 (Fowler Beach, Broadkill Beach) Red-headed Woodpecker - 22, 24, 27 (Deep Branch Road) American tree Sparrow - 24, 27 (Fowler Beach Road) Clay-colored Sparrow - 27 (Fowler Beach Road) "Ipswitch Sparrow" - 27 (Fowler Beach) Fox Sparrow - 01 (Prime Hook Road) Snow Bunting - 15, 22, 27 (Fowler Beach) Purple Finch - 27 (Black Farm Trail)

November 2007

Horned Grebe - 04 (Fowler Beach)

Northern Gannet - 04 (Fowler Beach) Rough-legged Hawk - 26 (Fowler Beach Road) American Golden-Plover - 04 (Fowler Beach) Semipalmated Plover - 26 (Fowler Beach) Parasitic Jaeger - 04 (Fowler Beach) Bonaparte's Gull - 03 (Fowler Beach)

October 2007

Ross' Goose - 27 (Broadkill Road)

Cackling Goose - 27 (Broadkill Road)

American Golden-Plover - 27, 28 (Fowler Beach)

Baird's Sandpiper - 27 (Prime Hook Road) Parasitic Jaeger - 27 (Fowler Beach) Red-breasted Nuthatch - 20, 29 (Deep Branch Road, Black Farm Trail) Clay-colored Sparrow - 21, 28, 29 (Headquarters Area, Boardwalk Trail) Grasshopper Sparrow - 21 (Headquarters Area) Rusty Blackbird - 27 (Prime Hook Road)

September 2007

Whimbrel - 16 (Oyster Rocks)

Buff-breasted Sandpiper - 15, 16, 23 (Broadkill Road)

Red-breasted Nuthatch - 15, 23 (Pine Grove Trail)

August 2007

Black-crowned Night-Heron - 20 (Fowler Beach)

Stilt Sandpiper - 06 (Broadkill Road)

Buff-breasted Sandpiper - 18, 20 (Broadkill Road) Black Tern - 11, 20 (Prime Hook Road, Fowler Beach)

July 2007

Wilson's Storm-Petrel - 04 (Fowler Beach)

Least Bittern - 14 (Prime Hook Road)

American Kestrel - 04 (Deep Branch Road)

Sedge Wren - 28 (Prime Hook Road)

June 2007

American Oystercatcher - 02 (Fowler Beach)

Ruddy Turnstone - 02, 09 (Fowler Beach) Red Knot - 02, 09 (Fowler Beach) Red-necked Phalarope - 02 (Broadkill Road) Sandwich Tern - 09 (Broadkill Road)

May 2007

White Ibis - 15 (Broadkill Road)

White-faced Ibis - 15 (Broadkill Road) American Oystercatcher - 06 (Fowler Beach) Willet - 06 (Fowler Beach) Gull-billed Tern - 19 (Fowler Beach) Black Tern - 24 (Dike Trail)

April 2007

White-faced Ibis - 14 (Prime Hook Road)

American Avocet - 15 (Fowler Beach) American Golden-Plover - 15 (Fowler Beach Road) Black-necked Stilt - 14 (Broadkill Road) Least Sandpiper - 14 (Prime Hook Road) Wilson's Snipe - 02 (Broadkill Road) Iceland Gull - 01 (Fowler Beach) Lesser Black-backed Gull - 01 (Fowler Beach) Forster's Tern - 01, 02 (Broadkill Road) Yellow-throated Warbler - 02 (Pine Grove Trail) Pine Warbler - 02 (Pine Grove Trail) Palm Warbler - 02 (Pine Grove Trail) Grasshopper Sparrow - 28 (Deepbranch Road)

March 2007

Iceland Gull - 04 (Fowler Beach)

Lesser Black-backed Gull - 03, 04 (Prime Hook Beach)

Glaucous Gull - 04 (Fowler Beach)

Northern Shrike - 24 (Entrance Road)

February 2007

Wild Turkey - 03, 04, 24 (Deep Branch Road)

Black-headed Gull - 24 (Fowler Beach)

Iceland Gull - 03, 04 (Fowler Beach) Lesser Black-backed Gull - 03, 04 (Prime Hook Beach) Glaucous Gull - 04 (Prime Hook Beach) Northern Shrike - 03, 04 (Entrance Road) Winter Wren - 04 (Boardwalk Trail) American tree Sparrow - 04 (State Wildlife Area) "Ipswitch Sparrow" - 03, 04, 24 (Fowler Beach)

January 2007

Ross' Goose - 07 (Broadkill Road)

Cackling Goose - 06, 07 (Broadkill Road)

Northern Shrike - 07, 14, 21 (Entrance Road)

"Ipswitch Sparrow" - 07, 21, 27 (Fowler Beach)

Snow Bunting - 07 (Fowler Beach)

December 2006

Ross' Goose - 03, 24 (Broadkill Road)

Cackling Goose - 03, 24 (Broadkill Road)

Blue-winged Teal - 28 (Boardwalk Trail)

Northern Shrike - 03, 17, 23, 24, 28 (Broadkill Road, Entrance Road)

American tree Sparrow - 24 (State Wildlife Area)

"Ipswitch Sparrow" - 03, 09, 16, 24 (Fowler Beach)

Fox Sparrow - 03, 23, 28 (State Area, Deep Branch Road, HQ Area)

November 2006

Ross' Goose - 04, 05 (Prime Hook Beach, Broadkill Road)

Cackling Goose - 04, 05 (Prime Hook Road, Broadkill Road)

Northern Gannet - 05 (Prime Hook Beach)

Canvasback - 05 (Prime Hook Beach)

Redhead - 05 (Fowler Beach) American Bittern - 04, 05 (Oyster Rocks, Broadkill Road) Black-crowned Night-Heron - 05 (Slaughter Beach Flats) Lesser Black-backed Gull - 04, 05 (Fowler Beach) Gull-billed Tern - 05 (Fowler Beach) Short-eared Owl - 05 (Oyster Rocks) Winter Wren - 05 (Boardwalk Trail) Gray-cheeked Thrush - 05 (State Area) Snow Bunting - 05 (Fowler Beach)

October 2006

Ross' Goose - 30 (Fowler Beach)

Cackling Goose - 08, 30 (Prime Hook Road, Fowler Beach)

American Bittern - 08 (Broadkill Road)

Black-crowned Night-Heron - 08 (Broadkill Road)

Golden Eagle - 01 (Cods Road)

Peregrine Falcon - 01, 07, 08, 14 (Prime Hook NWR) Common Moorhen - 08 (Prime Hook Road) American Golden-Plover - 28, 30 (Fowler Beach) Black-necked Stilt - 28 (Prime Hook Road) Lesser Black-backed Gull - 07 (Prime Hook Road) Orange-crowned Warbler - 01, 08 (Boardwalk Trail, Prime Hook Beach) Vesper Sparrow - 30 (Prime Hook Road)

September 2006

Red-shouldered Hawk - 10 (Little Neck Road)

Common Moorhen - 10 (Prime Hook Road) American Golden-Plover - 02 (Fowler Beach Road) Whimbrel - 10 (Slaughter Beach) Hudsonian Godwit - 10 (Fowler Beach Road) Baird's Sandpiper - 02, 10 (Broadkill Road, Fowler Beach Road) Buff-breasted Sandpiper - 02, 10 (Fowler Beach Road) Wilson's Phalarope - 02 (Prime Hook Road) Red-necked Phalarope - 02 (Broadkill Road, Prime Hook Raod) Gull-billed Tern - 02 (Fowler Beach) Black Tern - 02, 10 (Broadkill Road, Prime Hook Road, Fowler Beach) Philadelphia Vireo - 10 (State Area)

August 2006

Pied-billed Grebe - 06, 12, 13, 19 (Prime Hook Road)

Least Bittern - 13 (Prime Hook Road) Tricolored Heron - 13, 27 (Broadkill Road) Black-crowned Night-Heron - 06, 13 (Prime Hook Road, Broadkill Road) Red-shouldered Hawk - 13 (Little Neck Road) Common Moorhen - 06, 12, 13, 19 (Prime Hook Road) Whimbrel - 06, 27 (Oyster Rocks, Prime Hook Road) Marbled Godwit - 27 (Fowler Beach Road) Baird's Sandpiper - 06 (Broadkill Road) Wilson's Phalarope - 12, 13, 27 (Broadkill Road, Fowler Beach) Red-necked Phalarope - 12 (Broadkill Road) Lesser Black-backed Gull - 13 (Prime Hook Beach) Buff-breasted Sandpiper - 27 (Broadkill Road, Fowler Beach Road) Gull-billed Tern - 27 (Fowler Beach) Black Tern - 19, 27 (Slaughter Beach, Broadkill Road, Prime Hook Road, Fowler Beach)

July 2006

Pied-billed Grebe - 16, 29 (Prime Hook Road)

Least Bittern - 16 (Prime Hook Road) Black-crowned Night-Heron - 21 (Fowler Beach) White Ibis - 16, 21 (Oyster Rocks) Common Moorhen - 1, 16, 21, 29 (Prime Hook Road)

June 2006

Wilson's Storm-petrel - 24 (Prime Hook Beach)

American Bittern - 3 (Prime Hook Road)

Little Blue Heron - 24 (Broadkill Road)

Common Moorhen - 3, 18, 24 (Prime Hook Road)

American Avocet - 03 (Fowler Beach)

Whimbrel - 3 (Oyster Rocks)

Ruddy Turnstone - 03 (Fowler Beach)

Red Knot - 03 (Fowler Beach)

Wilson's Phalarope - 24 (Broadkill Road)

Black Tern - 24 (Dike Trail)

Grasshopper Sparrow - 3, 24 (Deepbranch Road)

May 2006

Blackburnian Warbler - 6 (Black Farm Trail)

Grasshopper Sparrow - 6 (Deepbranch Road)

Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 6 (Pine Grove Trail)

Lincoln's Sparrow - 6 (Headquarters Area)

Coyote - 6 (Headquarters Area)

April 2006

Pied-billed Grebe - 01 (Turkle Pond)

White-faced Ibis - 16 (Prime Hook Road) Broad-winged Hawk - 16 (Headquarter's Area) American Golden-Plover - 16 (Slaughter Tidal Flats) Black-necked Stilt - 16 (Slaughter Tidal Flats) Least Sandpiper - 08 (Fowler Beach) Pectoral Sandpiper - 08 (Fowler Beach) Wilson's Snipe - 01, 16 (Prime Hook Road and Broadkill Road) Forster's Tern - 01, 16 (Prime Hook Road) Barn Swallow - 08, 16 (Dike Trail) Red-breasted Nuthatch - 01 Pine Grove Trail) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 01, 16 (Boardwalk Trail) Yellow-throated Warbler - 01, 16 (Pine Grove Trail) Pine Warbler - 01, 16 (Pine Grove Trail) Palm Warbler - 08, 16 (Thirteen Curves Road, Pine Grove Trail) Common Yellowthroat - 08 (Dike Trail)

March 2006

Ross' Goose - 18, 25 (Broadkill Road, Thirteen Curves)

Cackling Goose - 18 (Deep Branch Road)

Blue-winged Teal - 19, 25 (Prime Hook Road)

Golden Eagle - 05 (Oyster Rocks)

Iceland Gull - 19 (Fowler Beach9)

Lesser Black-backed Gull - 12, 19 (Prime Hook Road)

White-breasted Nuthatch - 25 (State Wildlife Area)

Winter Wren - 25 (Headquarters Area)

Pine Warbler - 12 (Pine Grove Trail)

Coyote - 19 (Headquarters Area)

February 2006

Ross' Goose - 18 (Broadkill Road)

Cackling Goose - 11, 18 (Broadkill Road, Cods Road)

Blue-winged Teal - 04, 25 (Boardwalk Trail, Prime Hook Road)

Wild Turkey - 11, 18 (Deep Branch Road)

Iceland Gull - 11, 18, 25 (Fowler Beach, Prime Hook Beach)

Lesser Black-backed Gull - 18, 25 (Broadkill Beach, Prime Hook Beach)

Glaucous Gull - 18 (Fowler Beach, Prime Hook Beach)

White-breasted Nuthatch - 20 (State Wildlife Area)

Winter Wren - 04, 18 (Boardwalk Trail)

American tree Sparrow - 18 (State Wildlife Area)

January 2006

Ross' Goose - 08, 21 (Fowler Beach, Broadkill Road)

Cackling Goose - 01, 08, 21, 28 (Broadkill Road, Fowler Beach)

Wild Turkey - 01 (Headquarters Area)

Rough-legged Hawk - 28 (Cods Road)

Long-billed Dowitcher - 21 (Slaughter Flats) Iceland Gull - 15, 29 (Fowler Beach) Lesser Black-backed Gull - 01, 15 (Fowler Beach) Short-eared Owl - 27 (Fowler Beach) Northern Shrike - 08, 22 (Broadkill Road, Entrance Road) American tree Sparrow - 08 (State Wildlife Area) Snow Bunting - 08, 21 (Fowler Beach) Purple Finch - 08 (Headquarter's Entrance Road) Coyote - 01 (Headquarters Area)

December 2005

Greater White-fronted Goose - 24 (Prime Hook Road)

Ross' Goose - 11, 24 (Fowler Beach & Cods Road)

Cackling Goose - 11, 24, 28 (Fowler Beach & Cods Road)

Northern Gowhawk - 28 (Broadkill Road)

Iceland Gull - 11 (Fowler Beach) Glaucous Gull - 24 (Fowler Beach) Northern Shrike - 27 (Headquarter's Entrance Road) "Ipswitch Sparrow" - 11 (Fowler Beach) Fox Sparrow - 23 (Headquarter's Area) Snow Bunting - 11, 24, 27 (Fowler Beach) Purple Finch - 27 (Headquarter's Entrance Road)

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