UMLY & LCY Earth Service Corps

Sunday, March 11, 2012

Barnegat & Brigantine Trip Photos

Yesterday, YESC braved the strong winds and waves along the Atlantic to view some overwintering bird species that will be migrating shortly for Canada and the Arctic.

Highlights included the Harlequin Duck, Purple Sandpiper, Red-throated Loon, Common Loon, Old Squaw, Surf Scoter, Ruddy Turnstone, Eider, Great Cormorant, Snow Geese, Peregrine Falcon, Green Teal, Pintail Duck, Northern Shoveler

Special thanks to Chris Walters and Delaware Valley Ornithological Club (DVOC) for leading this annual trip. This was our ninth year!

Harlequin Ducks

Shaky Ted's Jetty

Ruddy Turnstones and a Purple Sandpiper

The legendary Chris Walters.

Intrepid birders in search of snow buntings and the Ipswich Sparrow.

- Brian Raicich

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Barnegat Inlet Field Trip this Saturday!

Before I begin this entry, I wanted to thank everyone again for a wonderful weekend at the Frost Valley YMCA! This past weekend's trip was certainly one for the ages, and we will post a field trip report of the weekend on here shortly.

This Saturday we will be making our yearly adventure to Barnegat Inlet and Brigantine Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge with our friends in the Delaware Valley Ornithological Committee (DVOC.) Participants need to bring a lunch and a water bottle. Please dress for cold and wet conditions! YESC has limited binoculars to lend.

This trip has been a great YESC tradition for at least the last eight years, and these expert birders have treated us to some real birding treats such as Peregrine Falcon, Short-Eared Owl, Ipswitch Sparrow, Harlequin Duck, and countless other species of waterfowl. We begin our trip heading out onto "Shaky Ted's Jetty" in search of waterfowl.