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GaliWalker
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GaliWalker
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 Thu Aug 23, 2018 6:15 am |
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New Jersey does not deserve its unfavorable reputation! 
 1- Great Egret  2- Black Skimmer  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12- Black Skimmer  13  14  15  16- Forster's Tern  17  18  19- Greedy Great Egret  20  21- Snowy Egret  22  23  24- Forster's Tern  25  26  27  28  29  30  31  32  33- Great Blue Heron  34  35- Osprey  36  37  38- Cormorant
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JimL
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MojaveGeek
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Nice pix. I've only ever seen skimmers in Florida in the winter, but they are pretty cool birds.
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day_hike_mike
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Fantastic photos! That heron is way more colorful than what we get around here. Must be some east coast thing?
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GaliWalker
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GaliWalker
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Thu Aug 23, 2018 7:21 pm |
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Thanks guys. That was an amazing day with the birds.
| MojaveGeek wrote: | | I've only ever seen skimmers in Florida in the winter, but they are pretty cool birds. |
Watching them skim the water surface was the most fun I had all day! 
| day_hike_mike wrote: | | That heron is way more colorful than what we get around here. Must be some east coast thing? |
I don't know...maybe. Even here, I've seen the brown color come and go depending on how the bird stretches its neck or fluffs its feathers out. Same deal with the blue. It might also have something to do with how wet the bird is, or if the conditions are overcast such as I faced (no glare)...?
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DIYSteve
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DIYSteve
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Fri Aug 24, 2018 6:40 am |
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Nice pics 
Teachable moment for noob birders: Contrast pic 14 or 15 (Great Egret w/ dark feet) and pic 21 (Snowy Egret w/ golden slippers). Gali got some great pics showing these distinguishing field marks
Luv pic 16 hovering Forster's Tern
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GaliWalker
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GaliWalker
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Fri Aug 24, 2018 10:19 am |
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The Forster's Terns (16/17 are breeding adults while 24/25 are non-breeding adults, I think) were great! They would hover about 20-30ft above the water and then dive down for fish. Unlike the egrets, I didn't actually see them catch anything though. 
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Kim Brown
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Damn.
And just think, you were once amongst us!
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GaliWalker
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GaliWalker
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Sat Aug 25, 2018 5:55 am |
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Like the birds...migratory. 
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GaliWalker
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Sat Aug 25, 2018 10:31 am |
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