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Sommer Park Preserve, Hopewell, New Jersey
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Spring 2002
Hannah Suthers

Black Vulture and
6 Turkey Vultures
at gosling carrion, May 25
Cooper's Hawk19-May
Sharp-shinned Hawkfly through Apr 11
Broad-winged Hawkin woods April 24, roosting May 19
Red-tailed HawkApr 22, resident, repeated sightings
Wild TurkeyApr 7, repeatedly in May
Ruffed Grouseflushed Mar 4, Apr 25, May 26
Great Blue Heronpair flyover Feb 26
Killdeerpair on territory Mar 15
Woodcockfirst, displaying Feb 23
Black-billed CuckooMay 11, May 19
Yellow-billed CuckooMay 15, May 19, May 26
Eastern Screech Owlcalling May 19, May 26
Northern Saw-Whet Owlroosting in woodpecker hole Mar 16 (Janet Speck)
Chimney Swiftflock lives in Hopewell Borough
Ruby-throated HummingbirdMay 11 and pair daily at feeder
Hairy WoodpeckerMay 11, May 26
Pileated Woodpecker8-May-11
Great-crested FlycatcherMay 4, May 11, May 19, May 26
Eastern Phoebenestlings May 7
Willow Flycatcherbanded May 26
albinistic RobinMar 1: white face, dark malars, white greater secondary coverts and tail, some primaries and secondaries white, blotchy breast and upperparts.
Brown Thrashersinging Apr 25, May 10, May 26
Eastern Bluebirdseen frequently, & in nest boxes
Blue-gray GnatcatcherMay 19, May 26
Cedar WaxwingMar 1, pair May 26
Blue-headed Vireo4-May
Yellow-throated VireoApr 28, May 19
Warbling Vireo5-May
Prothonotary Warblersinging May 1
Blue-winged WarblerMay 26 recaptured same pair banded together last year in same territory
Northern Waterthrushbanded on May 19
Eastern Meadowlarkin hayfield May 4
Scarlet TanagerApr 28, May 11, May 19, May 26
Indigo BuntingMay 11, May 19, May 26. (Banded the female with brood patch June 2
Purple Finch2 on Apr 7, 6 on May 11
White-crowned Sparrow5-Apr
Hannah Suthers and the Featherbed Lane Banding Station Crew


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