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The Big Sit! 2006: State Species Sighting Statistics

State/Province:	New Jersey
Country:	United States

1. Common Loon Gavia imme
2. Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
3. Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
4. Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus
5. Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
6. Great Egret Ardea alba
7. Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
8. Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
9. Snowy Egret Egretta thula
10. Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
11. Green Heron Butorides virescens
12. Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
13. Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
14. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
15. Canada Goose Branta canadensis
16. Brant Branta bernicla
17. Mute Swan Cygnus olor
18. Green-winged Teal Anas crecca
19. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
20. Northern Pintail Anas acuta
21. American Wigeon Anas americana
22. Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
23. Gadwall Anas strepera
24. American Black Duck Anas rubripes
25. Blue-winged Teal Anas discors
26. Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
27. Black Scoter Melanitta nigra
28. Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
29. Osprey Pandion haliaetus
30. Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
31. Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
32. Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii
33. Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
34. Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
35. Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
36. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
37. American Kestrel Falco sparverius
38. Merlin Falco columbarius
39. Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis
40. Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
41. Sanderling Calidris alba
42. Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
43. Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
44. Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
45. Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
46. Herring Gull Larus argentatus
47. Laughing Gull Larus atricilla
48. Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
49. Common Tern Sterna hirundo
50. Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
51. Royal Tern Sterna maxima
52. Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
53. Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
54. Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia
55. Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
56. Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
57. Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon
58. Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
59. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
60. Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens
61. Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
62. Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
63. Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
64. Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
65. American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
66. Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
67. Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
68. Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
69. Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
70. Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
71. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
72. Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
73. Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
74. Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
75. House Wren Troglodytes aedon
76. Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
77. Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
78. Veery Catharus fuscescens
79. Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
80. Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
81. Bicknell's Thrush Catharus bicknelli
82. Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
83. American Robin Turdus migratorius
84. Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
85. Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
86. Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
87. European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
88. Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
89. Northern Parula Parula americana
90. Black-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescens
91. Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata
92. Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata
93. Pine Warbler Dendroica pinus
94. Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum
95. American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
96. Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
97. Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
98. Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
99. Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
100. Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
101. Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
102. Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
103. Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
104. Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
105. White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
106. White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
107. Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
108. Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
109. Dickcissel Spiza americana
110. Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
111. Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
112. Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
113. Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
114. Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
115. Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
116. Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
117. Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
118. House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus
119. American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis
120. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
121. Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
122. Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris
123. Sora Porzana carolina
124. Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
125. Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
126. Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
127. Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
128. Dunlin Calidris alpina
129. Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
130. Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
131. Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
132. Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
133. Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus
134. Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens
135. Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
136. Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
137. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
138. Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia
139. Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens
140. Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia
141. Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
142. Wood Duck Aix sponsa
143. Wilson's (common) Snipe Gallinago delicata
144. Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
145. Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
146. Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapilla
147. American Pipit Anthus rubescens
148. Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
149. White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
150. Nashville Warbler Vermivora ruficapilla
151. Common Merganser Mergus merganser
152. Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
153. Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
154. Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
155. Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus
156. Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides