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1000birds.com started participating in the World Series of Birding in 2006. It was a modest first attempt at this event as we had three participants (Bob, Penelope and myself) and we only covered parts of Atlantic and Cape May counties in South Jersey.

In the next three years (2007-2009) we decided to cover the whole state. This required a lot more effort both in scouting and during the event itself. Bob has scouted the north extensively and we’ve been able to locate most of the key areas that are visited by the top teams. This required a week of scouting prior to each event . Scouting in the south was left up to me with Jonathan concentrating in Cape May. The race itself has been grueling. We cover more than 600 miles in 28 straight hours of driving (it’s a 24 hour event but it takes us 3-4 hrs to get to the starting point).

This arrangement has work fairly well for us with a high count of 176 birds in 2008. However, it is very demanding and we’re coming to the realization that it is almost impossible to reach the 200 mark unless we have more resources especially for scouting. It looks more likely that we will scale back a little for 2010 and concentrate on South Jersey.

We are very proud to have raise over $5,000 for the NJ Audubon Society and the Lehigh Gap Nature Center. We have pestered friends, relatives and colleagues and we're grateful to all of those that have contributed.

Team lineups

2006 Team: Bob, Penelope, Nick
2007 Team: Bob, Jonathan, Corey, Art, Nick
2008 Team: Bob, Jonathan, Corey, Nick
2009 Team: Bob, Jonathan, Sam, Nick

Checklist

  Time Location 2009 2008 2007 2006 ALL
WATERFOWL                
  SWAN, Mute 1:20 PM Brigantine NWR √ √ √ √ √
  GOOSE, Snow 2:00 PM Brigantine NWR √ √ √ √ √
    Brant 1:25 PM Brigantine NWR √ √ √ √ √
    Canada 12:10 AM Great Swamp √ √ √ √ √
  DUCK, Wood 7:25 AM Culver Lake Causeway √ √   √ √
    Gadwall 5:15 PM Cape May Meadows √ √   √ √
    American Wigeon              
    American Black 12:50 AM Great Swamp √ √ √ √ √
    Mallard 12:40 AM Great Swamp √ √ √ √ √
    Blue-winged Teal              
    Northern Shoveler              
    Northern Pintail 2:05 PM Brigantine NWR √       √
    Green-winged Teal              
    Ring-necked              
    Greater Scaup              
    Lesser Scaup         √   √
    Common Eider              
    Harlequin              
    Surf Scoter       √   √ √
    White-winged Scoter              
    Black Scoter       √   √ √
    Long-tailed         √   √
    Bufflehead              
    Common Goldeneye              
    Hooded Merganser 2:00 PM Brigantine NWR √       √
    Common Merganser 10:15 AM Delaware Water Gap √ √ √   √
    Red-breasted Merganser       √ √   √
    Ruddy         √ √ √
GAMEBIRDS              
  PHEASANT, Ring-necked       √     √
  GROUSE, Ruffed       √ √   √
  TURKEY, Wild 4:45 AM Wantage Grasslands √ √ √ √ √
  BOBWHITE, Northern              
LOONS - HERONS              
  LOON, Red-throated         √   √
    Common 8:00 AM Culver Lake Causeway √ √ √   √
  GREBE, Pied-billed 2:35 AM Lewisburg Marsh √ √     √
    Horned              
  SHEARWATER, Sooty              
    Storm-Petrel, Wilson's              
  GANNET, Northern 4:55 PM Cape May 2nd Ave Jetty √ √ √ √ √
  PELICAN, Brown              
  CORMORANT, Great              
    Double-crested 8:10 AM Culver Lake Causeway √ √ √ √ √
HERONS              
    American Bittern       √     √
    Least Bittern           √ √
    Great Blue 8:15 AM Culver Lake Causeway √ √ √ √ √
    Great Egret 12:30 PM Enroute to Brigantine √ √ √ √ √
    Snowy Egret 1:20 PM Brigantine NWR √ √ √ √ √
    Little Blue 6:35 PM Cape May Beanery √ √ √ √ √
    Tricolored 6:05 PM Cape May State Park √ √ √ √ √
    Cattle Egret 6:35 PM Cape May Beanery √ √     √
    Green 8:10 AM Culver Lake Causeway √ √     √
    Black-crowned Night-       √ √ √ √
    Yellow-crowned Night- 3:45 PM Avalon √ √     √
  IBIS, Glossy 3:10 PM Beaver Swamp √ √ √ √ √
VULTURES, HAWKS, EAGLES              
  VULTURE, Black 12:10 PM Enroute to Brigantine √ √ √ √ √
  Turkey 11:20 AM Enroute to Brigantine √ √ √ √ √
  OSPREY 6:45 AM Stokes Forest √ √ √ √ √
  KITE, Mississippi 3:15 PM Beaver Swamp √        
  EAGLE, Bald       √ √   √
  HARRIER, Northern         √   √
  HAWK, Sharp-shinned 7:30 AM Culver Lake Causeway √       √
    Cooper's 5:35 AM High Point √       √
    Northern Goshawk              
    Red-shouldered 7:40 AM Culver Lake Causeway √   √   √
    Broad-winged 9:20 AM Delaware Water Gap √ √ √   √
    Red-tailed 9:15 AM Delaware Water Gap √ √ √ √ √
FALCONS              
    American Kestrel 5:00 AM Wantage Grasslands √       √
    Merlin           √ √
    Peregrine 1:40 PM Brigantine NWR √ √   √ √
                   
RAILS & SHOREBIRDS              
  RAIL, Black       √     √
    Clapper 1:30 PM Brigantine NWR √ √ √ √ √
    King 1:10 AM Great Swamp √       √
    Virginia 12:05 AM Great Swamp √ √ √   √
    Sora 12:25 AM Great Swamp √ √ √   √
  MOORHEN, Common 2:45 AM Lewisburg Marsh √ √     √
  COOT, American       √     √
  PLOVER, Black-bellied 4:10 PM Nummy Island √ √ √ √ √
    American Golden-              
    Semipalmated 1:40 PM Brigantine NWR √ √ √ √ √
    Piping 5:30 PM Cape May Meadows √ √ √ √ √
    Killdeer 5:05 AM Wantage Grasslands √ √ √   √
  OYSTERCATCHER, American 3:40 PM Enroute to Avalon √ √ √   √
  AVOCET, American              
SANDPIPERS              
    Greater Yellowlegs 1:45 PM Brigantine NWR √ √ √ √ √
    Lesser Yellowlegs 1:45 PM Brigantine NWR √ √ √   √
    Solitary       √   √ √
    Willet 1:30 PM Brigantine NWR √ √ √ √ √
    Spotted 6:55 AM Stokes Forest √ √ √ √ √
    Upland              
    Whimbrel 2:00 PM Brigantine NWR √ √ √ √ √
    Marbled Godwit              
    Ruddy Turnstone 4:20 PM Nummy Island √ √   √ √
    Red Knot 5:25 PM Cape May Meadows √ √ √ √ √
    Sanderling 1:45 PM Brigantine NWR √ √ √ √ √
    Semipalmated 1:45 PM Brigantine NWR √ √ √ √ √
    Least 1:45 PM Brigantine NWR √ √ √ √ √
    White-rumped         √   √
    Pectoral              
    Purple 6:20 PM CM Alexander Ave Jetty √       √
    Dunlin 1:45 PM Brigantine NWR √ √ √ √ √
    Stilt           √ √
    Short-billed Dowitcher 1:45 PM Brigantine NWR √ √ √ √ √
  SNIPE, Wilson's 1:00 AM Great Swamp √       √
  WOODCOCK, American 12:50 AM Great Swamp √ √ √   √
  PHALAROPE, Wilson's              
GULLS & TERNS              
  JAEGER, Parasitic 4:55 PM Cape May 2nd Ave Jetty √ √ √   √
  GULL, Laughing 1:20 PM Brigantine NWR √ √ √ √ √
    Little              
    Bonaparte's              
    Ring-billed 8:15 AM Culver Lake Causeway √ √ √ √ √
    Herring 1:20 PM Brigantine NWR √ √ √ √ √
    Iceland       √     √
    Lesser Black-backed       √     √
    Glaucous              
    Great Black-backed 1:50 PM Brigantine NWR √ √ √ √ √
  TERN, Gull-billed 2:05 PM Brigantine NWR √   √   √
    Caspian 1:25 PM Brigantine NWR √       √
    Royal           √ √
    Roseate              
    Common 5:25 PM Cape May Meadows √ √ √ √ √
    Forster's 1:20 PM Brigantine NWR √ √ √ √ √
    Least 1:40 PM Brigantine NWR √ √ √ √ √
    Black              
  SKIMMER, Black 1:40 PM Brigantine NWR √ √ √ √ √
DOVES - WOODPECKERS              
  DOVE, Mourning 7:35 AM Culver Lake Causeway √ √ √ √ √
  PIGEON, Rock 11:55 AM Enroute to Brigantine √ √ √ √ √
  CUCKOO, Black-billed       √     √
    Yellow-billed 5:05 AM Wantage Grasslands √ √ √ √ √
  OWL, Barn              
    Eastern Screech-       √     √
    Great Horned 7:50 AM Culver Lake Causeway √ √   √ √
    Barred 12:50 AM Great Swamp √ √ √   √
    Long-eared              
    Short-eared              
    Northern Saw-whet              
  NIGHTHAWK, Common              
  CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW       √   √ √
  WHIP-POOR-WILL 8:10 PM Jake’s Landing √ √   √ √
  SWIFT, Chimney 8:15 AM Layton Garage √ √ √ √ √
  HUMMINGBIRD, Ruby-throated 5:55 PM Cape May CMBO √ √ √ √ √
  KINGFISHER, Belted 7:00 AM Stokes Forest √   √   √
  WOODPECKER, Red-headed 2:52 PM Tamerlane Camground √       √
    Pileated         √   √
    Red-bellied 5:40 AM High Point √ √ √ √ √
    Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 5:45 AM High Point √   √   √
    Downy       √ √   √
    Hairy       √ √   √
    Northern Flicker 7:30 AM Culver Lake Causeway √ √ √ √ √
PERCHING BIRDS              
  FLYCATCHER, Olive-sided              
    Eastern Wood-Pewee         √ √ √
    Yellow-bellied              
    Acadian 9:45 AM Delaware Water Gap √ √   √ √
    Alder              
    Willow              
    Least 6:00 AM High Point √   √   √
    Eastern Phoebe 5:10 AM Wantage Grasslands √ √ √ √ √
    Great Crested 5:55 AM High Point √ √ √ √ √
    Eastern Kingbird 7:40 AM Culver Lake Causeway √ √ √ √ √
  VIREO, White-eyed 2:05 PM Brigantine NWR √ √ √ √ √
    Blue-headed 6:15 AM High Point √ √ √   √
    Yellow-throated 10:00 AM Delaware Water Gap √ √ √   √
    Warbling 9:35 AM Delaware Water Gap √ √ √   √
    Red-eyed 6:20 AM High Point √ √ √ √ √
  LARK, Horned 5:40 PM Cape May Meadows √ √     √
SWALLOWS              
    Purple Martin 3:15 PM Beaver Swamp √ √ √ √ √
    Tree 9:10 AM Delaware Water Gap √ √ √ √ √
    Northern Rough-winged 9:20 AM Delaware Water Gap √ √ √   √
    Bank       √ √   √
    Cliff 9:15 AM Delaware Water Gap √ √ √   √
    Barn 8:00 AM Culver Lake Causeway √ √ √ √ √
  JAY, Blue 6:10 AM High Point √ √ √ √ √
  CROW, American 6:50 AM Stokes Forest √ √ √ √ √
    Fish 1:35 PM Brigantine NWR √ √ √ √ √
  RAVEN, Common 5:40 AM Stokes Forest √ √     √
  CHICKADEE, Black-capped 6:00 AM High Point √ √ √   √
    Carolina       √ √ √ √
  TITMOUSE, Tufted 5:22 AM AT&T Tower √ √ √ √ √
  NUTHATCH, Red-breasted       √     √
    White-breasted 7:55 AM Culver Lake Causeway √ √ √   √
  CREEPER, Brown         √   √
  WREN, Carolina 5:55 PM Cape May CMBO √ √ √ √ √
    House 5:45 AM High Point √ √ √ √ √
    Winter              
    Sedge              
    Marsh 12:01 AM Great Swamp √ √ √ √ √
  KINGLET, Golden-crowned       √ √   √
    Ruby-crowned              
  GNATCATCHER, Blue-gray 5:35 AM High Point √ √ √ √ √
  BLUEBIRD, Eastern       √ √ √ √
THRUSHES              
    Veery 5:00 AM Wantage Grasslands √ √ √ √ √
    Gray-cheeked              
    Bicknell's              
    Swainson's              
    Hermit       √ √   √
    Wood 6:30 AM High Point √ √ √ √ √
  ROBIN, American 5:00 AM Wantage Grasslands √ √ √ √ √
  CATBIRD, Gray 5:05 AM Wantage Grasslands √ √ √ √ √
  MOCKINGBIRD, Northern 8:55 AM Delaware Water Gap √ √ √   √
  THRASHER, Brown           √ √
  STARLING, European 7:35 AM Culver Lake Causeway √ √ √ √ √
  PIPIT, American              
  WAXWING, Cedar              
  WARBLER, Blue-winged 6:20 AM High Point √ √ √ √ √
    Golden-winged 9:50 AM Delaware Water Gap √   √   √
    Tennessee              
    Nashville       √     √
    Northern Parula 7:05 AM Stokes Forest √ √ √ √ √
    Yellow 5:20 AM AT&T Tower √ √ √ √ √
    Chestnut-sided 9:55 AM Delaware Water Gap √ √ √   √
    Magnolia       √     √
    Cape May              
    Black-throated Blue 6:45 AM Stokes Forest √ √ √   √
    Yellow-rumped 8:00 AM Culver Lake Causeway √ √ √   √
    Black-throated Green 6:50 AM Stokes Forest √ √ √   √
    Blackburnian 7:05 AM Stokes Forest √ √ √   √
    Yellow-throated 3:20 PM Beaver Swamp √ √   √ √
    Pine           √ √
    Prairie 10:00 AM Delaware Water Gap √ √ √ √ √
    Palm              
    Bay-breasted         √   √
    Blackpoll       √ √   √
    Cerulean 7:10 AM Stokes Forest √ √ √   √
    Black-and-white 6:10 AM High Point √ √ √ √ √
    American Redstart 6:15 AM High Point √ √ √   √
    Prothonotary 3:20 PM Beaver Swamp √     √ √
    Worm-eating       √ √   √
    Ovenbird 5:40 AM High Point √ √ √ √ √
    Northern Waterthrush 6:22 AM High Point √ √ √   √
    Louisiana Waterthrush       √ √   √
    Kentucky              
    Mourning              
    Common Yellowthroat 6:05 AM High Point √ √ √ √ √
    Hooded 7:00 AM Stokes Forest √ √ √ √ √
    Wilson's              
    Canada 6:05 AM High Point √ √     √
    Yellow-breasted Chat           √ √
  TANAGER, Summer       √ √   √
    Scarlet 5:25 AM AT&T Tower √ √   √ √
  TOWHEE, Eastern 5:27 AM AT&T Tower √ √ √ √ √
  SPARROW, Chipping 4:55 AM Wantage Grasslands √ √ √ √ √
    Field 9:40 AM Delaware Water Gap √ √ √ √ √
    Vesper 5:10 AM Wantage Grasslands √ √     √
    Savannah       √ √ √ √
    Grasshopper         √   √
    Nelson's Sharp-tailed              
    Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed       √   √ √
    Seaside 1:55 PM Brigantine NWR √ √   √ √
    Song 4:50 AM Wantage Grasslands √ √ √ √ √
    Lincoln's              
    Swamp 12:30 AM Great Swamp √       √
    White-throated 6:45 AM Stokes Forest √       √
    White-crowned 6:10 AM High Point √       √
    Dark-eyed Junco       √     √
  CARDINAL, Northern 5:35 AM High Point √ √ √ √ √
  GROSBEAK, Rose-breasted 6:00 AM High Point √ √ √   √
    Blue              
  BUNTING, Indigo 7:10 AM Stokes Forest √ √ √ √ √
  DICKCISSEL              
  BOBOLINK       √ √ √ √
  BLACKBIRD, Red-winged 5:55 AM High Point √ √ √ √ √
  MEADOWLARK, Eastern       √ √ √ √
  BLACKBIRD, Rusty              
  GRACKLE, Boat-tailed 3:40 PM Enroute to Avalon √ √ √ √ √
    Common 8:15 AM Layton Garage √ √ √ √ √
  COWBIRD, Brown-headed 8:05 AM Culver Lake Causeway √ √ √ √ √
  ORIOLE, Orchard       √ √ √ √
    Baltimore 8:10 AM Culver Lake Causeway √ √ √ √ √
  FINCH, Purple       √ √   √
    House 6:55 PM Cape May Higbee Beach √ √ √ √ √
  CROSSBILL, Red              
  SISKIN, Pine              
  GOLDFINCH, American 8:05 AM Culver Lake Causeway √ √ √ √ √
  GROSBEAK, Evening              
  SPARROW, House 3:50 PM Avalon √ √ √ √ √
                   
  Write-in              
    Curlew Sandpiper         √   √
    Black-necked Stilt           √ √
                   
    Total     159 176 156 125 215

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