egrets – The Jersey Birder

A five-lifer day down the Jersey shore

A saltmarsh sparrow sits in a tuft of grass beside one of the tidal pools just off Great Bay Boulevard.

With the Atlantic City skyline in the distance, my friend Jim and I explored the Great Bay Boulevard Wildlife Management Area at Tuckerton today. I added five species to my life list. Even better, I got photos of each. I’m topping this post with a photo of one of those, a saltmarsh sparrow. We heardContinue reading “A five-lifer day down the Jersey shore”

At last, an egret

A great egret stands on a log in a pond, looking into the water for something to eat.

For several weeks, I’d been puzzled that I had yet to log a sighting of an egret in 2025. Great egrets usually show up in spring in these parts, but here we are halfway through summer and I’d yet to see one. I’d been seeing reports of great egrets and a little blue heron atContinue reading “At last, an egret”