prairie warbler – The Jersey Birder

Another trip to the pines: warblers, lizards and a snake

A blue-winged warbler perches in a pine tree. The bird is yellow, with a black beak and a black eyeline.

Hoping to spot a summer tanager, my pal Jim and I drove south into the Pine Barrens this morning to the Michael Huber Prairie Warbler Preserve. The tanager would have been a lifer for me, and Jim figured our odds of spotting one were good because he’s seen them there for a few years running.Continue reading “Another trip to the pines: warblers, lizards and a snake”

A three-lifer day in the Pine Barrens

My buddy Jim and I drove through the fog down to the Michael Huber Prairie Warbler Reserve in the Pine Barrens this morning. Although we did spot a few prairie warblers, they weren’t the day’s highlight. Jim has been to the Huber reserve many times, but this was my first visit to the sprawling stretchContinue reading “A three-lifer day in the Pine Barrens”

A Labor Day lifer

It’s the Labor Day holiday in the United States, and I headed out onto the trails of the Mercer Meadows Pole Farm hoping that I’d get a glimpse of the early-arriving migrating warblers that had eluded me. I did spot black-and-white and prairie warblers while hanging out near the old AT&T Building One oval withContinue reading “A Labor Day lifer”