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Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 22:00:11 -0400
From: Paul Lehman
To: NJ Birds Mailing list
Subject: add'l s. NJ rarities
NJBirds:
News of the following additional rarities in southern NJ came to light this evening at the World Series of Birding "Swap Meet" held in Goshen:
White-faced Ibis: A SECOND bird in NJ was discovered today, this one at Bivalve, Cumberland County. It was seen in a sizeable flock of 60+ Glossies along High Street just south of Bivalve, along the right side of the road just before a boardwalk and new pedestrian bridge being built. This bird, like the Reed's Beach bird, has a red eye, pinkish-red facial skin, and red knees, but it lacks most/all of the white around the face, thus is probably a one-year old. The two birds were also seen simultaneaously today in the early afternoon.
Ross's Goose: One was reported to still be present this past week in the Mannington Marsh/Featherbed Lane area, Salem County, in a flock of 30-40 Snows.
Sandhill Crane: A few sightings of birds in flight in the Salem County area were probably associated with the Cumberland/Salem resident population of uncertain origin.
Ruff: two birds (a male and a female) were seen the past couple days at Mannington Marsh.
gulls: several Lesser Black-backeds and single Glaucous and Icelands were still at Florence earlier this week
--Paul Lehman