Usually when I chase after Scott Loss's great birds, I strike out. Not so today at Kenilworth Park. For much of my trip I was fortunate to be joined by Paul Pisano.
The grasslands in the northeast section of the park appear to have at least three potential breeding pairs of GRASSHOPPER SPARROWS. We saw four different birds, two of which were singing. These grasslands also held two pairs of Savannah Sparrows, which, while paired, were not heard vocalizing. A third pair was found beyond the Jersey Barriers.
BOBOLINKS were prevalent, with several small flocks and a total of 26 individuals.
In the wet puddles around the park there were at least 4 Least Sandpipers and 2 Solitary Sandpipers.
Beyond the Jersey Barriers we found 2 White-eyed Vireos, a single singing YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT and a LINCOLN'S SPARROW.
Other birds found included 2 Yellow-billed Cuckoos, 2 Purple Martins, at least 6 Blue Grosbeaks, 5 Indigo Buntings and 5 Orchard Orioles.
The undoubted highlight for me was a LEAST BITTERN flushed from the wet meadow northeast of the northern most field. The bird flushed into the trees between the park and the aquatic gardens.
The Aquatic Gardens did not have much except for 8 Least Sandpipers and 9 Spotted Sandpipers.
-- Hugh McGuinness Washington, D.C.
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