September

September

9/14
Raccoon Ridge raptor watch (10:00 AM-7:00 PM):
18 Osprey
1 Northern Harrier
19 Sharp-shinned hawks
1 Coopers hawk
1 Northern Goshawk
1 Red shouldered hawk
136 Broad-winged hawks
2 Red-tailed hawks
7 American kestrels
2 Merlins
2 Peregrine Falcons (photo on right)

1 Red-headed woodpecker
Huge flock of tree swallows (maybe 200)


9/9

Sunrise Mountain raptor watch (9:30-11:30 AM):
2 osprey (photo on right from PEEC)

2 Bald eagles

1 Coopers hawk
8 broad wings
3 red-tailed hawks

2 raven
2 crow
31 turkey vultures
6 black vultures

9/7

Labor Day Family Nature Getaway (morning bird sit)

Blue jay
Gray catbird
Goldfinch
Chickadee
Tufted titmouse
Crow
Cardinal
Red-breasted nuthatch
Ruby-throated hummingbird
Pileated woodpecker
Mourning dove
Flicker
Carolina wren
House finch

9/6
PEEC

12 common nighthawks

9/5
Sunrise Mountain hawk watch

3 Broadwinged hawks
~16 Turkey vultures
6 Black vultures

9/3

Around PEEC

40-50 Common nighthawks!

August

8/26

Elderhostel bird sits at PEEC

Tufted titmouse
Black capped chickadee
Mourning dove
Cedar waxwing
Goldfinch
House finch
Red-eyed vireo
Blue jay
Crow
Cardinal
Raven
Catbird
Hummingbird
Red-breasted nuthatch
Green heron
Brown thrasher
Black vulture
Great blue heron

8/25

*Sunrise Mountain, NJ*

2 Broad winged hawks
2 Osprey
1 Red tail
2 Sharp-shinned hawk
1 Coopers
6 Hummingbirds
11 Turkey vultures (photo on right)
9 Black vultures
2 Ravens
4 Chimney swifts

1 Copperhead

8/22

Black bear - near Brisco Mt rd.


feeder watch birds:
Tuft titmouse
Red-breasted nuthatch
12+ cedar waxwings*
goldfinch
chipping sparrow
mourning dove
red-eyed vireo*
black-capped chickadee (photo on right)
blue jay
house finch
house wren* (photo below)












*not at feeder

8/18

8 nighthawks - lower campus of PEEC

July

Pine siskin on feeder

6/30-7/1
Dragonflies and Damselflies
Ebony Jewelwing
Swamp Spreadwing
Powdered Dancer
Bluet - Stream, Skimming
Forktail - Fragile, Eastern
Sprite - Sphagnum, Sedge

Green Darner
Unicorn Clubtail
Rusty snaketail
Prince baskettail
Common baskettail
Calico pennant
Halloween pennant
Eastern pondhawk
Spangled skimmer
Slaty skimmer
Widow skimmer
Twelve-spotted
Blue dasher

June

6/25
Lots of birds...including!!!!
2 Pine siskins on the feeder!

6/23
Worthington state park, NJ
5 lined skink (photo on right)
Jumping mouse
Catbird
Rose-breasted grosbeak
Robin
Cowbird
Grackle
Eagle

6/12
bioluminescence
Fox fire fungus
Lightning bugs (first big night)

Around PEEC
tufted titmouse
Cardinal
Pine warbler
Chipping sparrow
Rose-breasted grosbeak

6/10
Frog search
Green frog
American toad
Bullfrog
Gray tree frog

Nature Sightings (May)

5/28

Morning walk around Front pond:
-Yellow warbler
-American robin
-Mourning dove
-Scarlett tananger
-Oven bird
-Cowbird
-Indigo bunting
-Chipping sparrow
-Tree swallow
-Catbird
-Red-eyed vireo

5/25

Garter snake
Northern water snake
Bald Eagle
Click beetle (photo on right)
Luna Moth

5/21
Still no red-shouldered hawks

Ridgeline trail
-bear tracks in mud
-Scarlet tanangers
-robin
-chickadee
-tufted titmouse
-red-eyed vireo
-prairie warbler
-oven bird

5/18

-4' Black rat snake
-Rosy maple moths have been showing up a lot.
-Dragonfly nymph casings by the 100s
-MIA: Red shouldered hawks - Last I saw they had one chick (5/13). I have not seen one on the nest in 4 days!

Warbler weekend II
5/9

Great Blue Heron
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
Common Merganser
Black Vulture Turkey
Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Sharp-Shinned Hawk
Coopers Hawk
Red Shouldered Hawk
Broad Winged Hawk
Red Tailed Hawk
Wild Turkey Spotted
Sandpiper Mourning
Dove
Yellow Billed Cuckoo
Black Billed Cuckoo
Ruby Throated hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
Red Bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Wood Pewee
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Tree Swallows
Northern Rough winged
Barn Swallow
Blue Jay
Common Raven
American Crow
Fish Crow
Black Capped chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White Breasted Nuthatch
Red Breasted Nuthatch
House wren
Ruby crowned Kinglet
Blue gray gnatcatcher
American robin
Wood thrush
Hermit thrush
Veery
Eastern bluebird
Gray catbird
European starling
Yellow throated vireo
Blue headed vireo
Warbling vireo
Red eyed vireo
Blue winged warbler
Northern parula
Yellow warbler
Chestnut sided warbler
Magnolia warbler
Black throated blue
Yellow rumped warbler
Black throated green
Blackburnian
Prairie
Cerulean
Black and white
American redstart
Worm-eating
Ovenbird
Louisiana waterthrush
Common yellowthroat
Hooded warbler
WILSON’S WARBLER
Canada warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted grosbeak
Indigo bunting
Eastern towhee
Chipping sparrow
Field sparrow
Song sparrow
White throated sparrow
White crowned sparrow
Red winged blackbird
Common grackle
Brown headed cowbird
Orchard oriole
Baltimore oriole
Purple finch
House finch
WHITE WINGED CROSSBILL
PINE SISKIN
American goldfinch
House sparrow

Warbler weekend I
5/2
Hooded warbler
Common yellowthroat
Ovenbird
Worm-eating warbler
Black-and-white warbler
Prairie warbler
Pine warbler
Blackburnian warbler
Black-throated green warbler
Yellow warbler
Northern parula
Nashville warbler
Blue-winged warbler
Warbling vireo
Cape May warbler
Scarlet tananger
Northern cardinal
Chipping sparrow
Field sparrow
Common grackle
Brown-headed cowbird
Baltimore oriole
Pine siskin
House sparrow
Ruby-crowned kinglet
Blue jay
American crow
Fish crow
Black-capped chickadee
Tufted titmouse
White-breasted nuthatch
House wren
Ruby-crowned kinglet
Blue-gray gnatcatcher
Wood thrush
American robin
Gray catbird
Canada goose
Turkey vulture
Bald eagle
Broad-winged hawk
Red-tailed hawk
Wild turkey
Mourning dove
Chimney swift
Red-bellied woodpecker
Northern flicker
Eastern phoebe
Eastern kingbird
Tree swallow

Amphibian Research Projects

Amphibian research project (Brisco Mountain beaver pond):Brisco Mountain pond is a sight where spotted salamanders cross a road to there breeding grounds each spring. We are counting amphibians that cross the road and are at risk of being run over by vehicles. Brisco Mountain road is a road that only has one house in use and it is near an access point close to an alternate route. Would it be worth closing this road, at night, when it rains during the spring? This is the purpose of the research project. I will collect date and submit it to the National Park Service, whom this property is owned by.

4/14 *finally more rain at night*
-17 spotted salamanders (alive)
-8 spotted salamanders (dead)
-2 spring peepers (alive)
-2 spring peepers (dead)

4/1
-4 spotted salamanders (alive)
-7 spotted salamanders (dead)
-1 spring peeper (alive)
-8 spring peeper (dead)
-Peepers loud in beaver pond undetermined number
-1 or 2 pickerel frogs in back of pond *1st of year*
-small group of wood frogs in back of pond

3/26
-32 spotted salamanders (alive)
-37 spotted salamanders (dead)
-1 *Marbled salamander*
-5 Spring peepers

Nature sightings (March-April)

4/29
Birds around PEEC:
Yellow warbler
Hooded warbler
Yellow rumped warbler
Pine warbler
Ovenbird
Northern parula
Broad winged hawk
Red-shouldered hawk
Tufted titmouse
Robin
Rufus-sided towee
Cardinal
Crow
Raven
Bald Eagle
Dark-eyed junco
Chickadee

4/26

Rose-breasted grosbeak (in photo on left)
Rufus-sided towee
Yellow warbler (in photo on right)
Robin
Tree swallow
Purple finch
Red-wing blackbird
Cowbird
Goldfinch
Broad winged hawk
Baltimore oriole

4/25

Trip to Big Egypt rd:

Brown thrasher
Robin
Canada geese
Great blue heron
Common grackle
Boat-tailed grackle
Belted kingfisher
Bald eagle
Chipping sparrow
Rufus-sided towee

Gray tree frogs calling in trees
American toad
Pickerel frog
Northern water snake

Wildflower walk (with Justin)
Rue Anenome
Hepatica
Yellow violet
Trout lily
Partridge berry
Shadbush
Trailing arbutus
Blueberry
Cypress spurge
Columbine
Dandelion
Violet
Daffodil
Grape hyacinth
Bluet
Crocus
Coltsfoot

4/23
Solitary vireo
black capped chickadee
cowbird
red-shouldered hawk
crow
pine warbler
turkey vulture
goldfinch
cardinal
robin
mallard duck
chipping sparrow

4/22
Happy Earth Day!
1st bear reported by PEEC instructor (HT) on RT 209

Flowers:
Spurge
Dutchman's breeches
Trout lily
Spicebush
Purple dead nettle
Bedstraw
Trailing arbutus
Trillium
Serviceberry (shadbush)

4/15
Bird feeder:
Dark-eyed junco
pine siskin
house finch
tufted titmouse
robin
brown-headed cowbird
chipping sparrow

4/12
Salamander egg search:
-80 + spotted salamander egg masses
-40 wood frog egg masses

Marbled salamander
Spotted salamander
4 toed salamander
red backed salamander
Red eft

4/10
Gray Fox spotted on PEEC campus
Red shouldered hawk bringing food to mate sitting on nest
Common mergansers on front pond

Birds around PEEC today:
-Pine warblers
-Purple finch
-Robin
-Tree swallow
-Red shouldered hawk
-Turkey vulture
-House finch
-Raven
-Crow
-Pine siskin
-chickadee
-Brown headed cowbird
-Wood duck
-Mallard
-Northern flicker
-Tufted titmouse
-Pileated woodpecker

4/5
Red shouldered hawk sitting on nest!

4/2
First tree swallow of the year!
Red shouldered hawk grabbed a red squirrel

3/28
Scenic Gorge and Rigdeline hike
-Roughed grouse drumming
-Great horned owl flying through woods
-White-winged crossbills
-Spring peepers in vernal pool on Ridgeline trail
-Wood frogs in vernal pool on Ridgeline trail
Wood frogs getting LOUD in vernal pool on Fossil Trail
Red shouldered hawk not sitting on nest yet, but nest guarding behavior taking place.

3/27
More eastern phoebes than I can count!
Beaver spotted in front pond.
Red shouldered hawks land at nest sight

3/26
Wood frogs calling in Fossil Trail vernal pool
Spring peepers calling in Nature Lodge Ponds

3/25
For the second time this week, we had eastern phoebes around the main building.
Woodcock walk:
-5 woodcock calling, fantastic look at one 30 feet away doing courtship flights
-Coyotes calling in the distance
-One winnie from a barred owl
-Kingfisher
-2 beavers
-Found bear den