Birding New Jersey, USA 1 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS, WARBLERS, SKIMMERS, GULLS, BALD EAGLE and MORE!

—Birding New Jersey, USA 1 is the first video of our three video series of our trip to New Jersey, USA during September and October 2022. . "TITLE PHOTO" and also at (10:33) is an American Oystercatcher searching for snacks. Photographed at the 8th Street Jetty/Lighthouse Beach in Avalon September 2022. "COVER BIRD" (10:42) is also an American Oystercatcher This one was photographed on the Gateway/Sandy Hook Peninsula September 2022. This bird looks like it dipped its catch in some sauce and is letting that drop off before consuming it. MOST PHOTOGENIC awards in this video in order of appearance: 1. Female American Redstart (01:32) Fanning out prettily at Cape May Point State Park, Cape May, NJ. We made Cape May our base of operations. We were so pleased to discover that Cape May was not only bird friendly, but that it's birder friendly too. 2. Great Black-backed Gull (07:01) You get a better feel for the size of this gull when you see it with other gulls. This one, looking poised to take another step, was photographed at Stone Harbor Beach on the south side of Seven Mile Island, Stone Harbor, NJ. 3. Palm Warbler (08:28) This delicately shaded Palm Warbler shot against a leafy background was photographed in Cape May. 4.Black Skimmer (13:39) With its unusal lower bill, the Black Skimmer doesn't just skim, it scoops! Photographed at Edwin B. Forsythe NWR. 5. Bald Eagle (17:15) East Point Lighthouse in Maurice River Township. Always a striking-looking bird, our national symbol, lived up to the hype in this photo. SERIES—(7 or more photos of the same bird) —Carolina Wren (05:30) —Great Black-backed Gull (06:35) —American Oystercatcher (10:18) —Black Skimmer (11:52) —Cape May Warbler (14:54) RAPTORS— Osprey (00:13), Merlin (04:17), Cooper's Hawk & Osprey (04:36), Shar-shinned Hawk (15:45), and Bald Eagle (16:59) GULL PARTY!!! (06:08) Great Black-backed, American Herring and Laughing Gulls "party" with the Manhattan Skyline and Verrazano-Narrows Bridge as backdrops. SKIMMER VS. SKIMMER— Two different kinds of Skimmers were photographed on this trip: The Great Blue Skimmer (01:47) from the dragonfly family and the Black Skimmer(11:52) from the avian family. Each is beautiful in its own way. SQUAWK! This young Semipalmated Plover (05:13) is definitelyt letting somebody know that it wants attention! LAST BUT NOT LEAST BIRD—Female Rose-breasted Grosbeak (18:12) photographed in Cape May. OTHER NOTABLES INCLUDE— WARBLERS-Female Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle Group) (01:56), Blackburnian Warbler (02:47), Palm Warbler (08:28), and Cape May Warbler (14:54) BROWN PELICANS (00:42), NOT JUST BIRDS— Great Blue Skimmer (01:47) Monarch Butterfly (04:46) Atlantic Ghost Crab (14:20) Fiddler Crab (16:43 and (16:51) FLORA—. Canada Goldenrod (05:59) LIGHTHOUSES Cape May Lighthouse (03:18), (03:26) and End Title (18:21) Barnegat Lighthouse (09:52) and (10:02) LOCATIONS Avalon—8th Street Jetty Lighthouse/Beach Cape May—Cape May Beach, Cape May Point State Park, Cape May Lighthouse, Higbee Beach, Birding on the good boat Osprey from Miss Chris Marina on Cape May Harbor, Cape May salt marsh, Sunset Beach. Hammonton—Batso Village Hancocks Bridge Maurice River Township—East Point Lighthouse Middleton Township—Gateway/Sandy Hook Peninsula Ocean City Oceanville—Edwin B. Forsythe NWR Stone Harbor— Stone Harbor Beach Equipment used was Canon 90D with a Canon EF100-400mm lens and Apple iPhone 11 Pro Max.