School Name:
Street Address:
Phone Number
(w/ extension)
City / ZIP:
Teacher's Name:
 Teacher's E-mail Address:
Primary area
of instruction:
How many
students
participated?
 How many
outings this
month?
Grade:
Dates of Sightings:
# of species
Checklist for the Birds of the New Jersey
(must be completed for prize consideration)
Loons
Red-throated Loon

Common Loon

Grebes
Pied-billed Grebe

Horned Grebe

Red-necked Grebe

Eared Grebe

Gannets
Northern Gannet

Pelicans
American White Pelican

Brown Pelican

Cormorants
Double-crested Cormorant

Great Cormorant

Geese and Swans
Greater White-fronted Goose

Snow Goose

Ross's Goose*

Canada Goose

Brant

Mute Swan

Tundra Swan

Ducks
Wood Duck

Gadwall

Eurasian Wigeon

American Wigeon

American Black Duck

Mallard

Blue-winged Teal

Northern Shoveler

Northern Pintail

Green-winged Teal

Canvasback

Redhead

Ring-necked Duck

Tufted Duck

Greater Scaup

Lesser Scaup

King Eider

Common Eider

Harlequin Duck

Surf Scoter

White-winged Scoter

Black Scoter

Long-tailed Duck

Bufflehead

Common Goldeneye

Barrow's Goldeneye

Hooded Merganser

Common Merganser

Red-breasted Merganser

Ruddy Duck

Game Birds
Ring-necked Pheasant

Ruffed Grouse

Wild Turkey

Northern Bobwhite


Herons
American Bittern

Least Bittern

Great Blue Heron

Great Egret

Snowy Egret

Little Blue Heron

Tricolored Heron

Cattle Egret

Green Heron

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Ibises
Glossy Ibis

White-faced Ibis*

New world Vultures
Black Vulture

Turkey Vulture

Diurnal Raptors
Osprey

Mississippi Kite

Bald Eagle

Golden Eagle

Northern Harrier

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Cooper's Hawk

Northern Goshawk

Red-shouldered Hawk

Broad-winged Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Rough-legged Hawk

American Kestrel

Merlin

Peregrine Falcon
Rails and Gallinules
Black Rail

Clapper Rail

King Rail

Virginia Rail

Sora

Purple Gallinule

Common Moorhen

American Coot

Cranes
Sandhill Crane

Shorebirds
Black-bellied Plover

American Golden-Plover

Semipalmated Plover

Piping Plover

Killdeer

American Oystercatcher

Greater Yellowlegs

Lesser Yellowlegs

Solitary Sandpiper

Willet

Spotted Sandpiper

Upland Sandpiper

Whimbrel

Hudsonian Godwit

Marbled Godwit

Ruddy Turnstone

Red Knot

Sanderling

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Western Sandpiper

Least Sandpiper

White-rumped Sandpiper

Baird's Sandpiper

Pectoral Sandpiper

Purple Sandpiper

Dunlin

Stilt Sandpiper

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Short-billed Dowitcher

Long-billed Dowitcher

Wilson's Snipe

American Woodcock

Wilson's Phalarope

Gulls, Terns, etc.
Pomarine Jaeger

Parasitic Jaeger

Laughing Gull

Little Gull*

Black-headed Gull

Bonaparte's Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Iceland Gull

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Glaucous Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Gull-billed Tern

Caspian Tern

Royal Tern

Sandwich Tern

Roseate Tern

Common Tern

Forster's Tern

Least Tern

Black Tern

Black Skimmer


Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon

Mourning Dove

Cuckoos
Black-billed Cuckoo

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Owls
Barn Owl

Eastern Screech-Owl

Great Horned Owl

Snowy Owl

Barred Owl

Long-eared Owl

Short-eared Owl

Northern Saw-whet Owl

Goatsuckers- Swifts
Common Nighthawk

Chuck-will's-widow

Whip-poor-will

Chimney Swift

Hummingbird &
Kingfisher
Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Belted Kingfisher
 Warblers (cont.)
Bay-breasted Warbler

Blackpoll Warbler

Cerulean Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

American Redstart

Prothonotary Warbler

Worm-eating Warbler

Ovenbird

Northern Waterthrush

Louisiana Waterthrush

Kentucky Warbler

Connecticut Warbler

Mourning Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Hooded Warbler

Wilson's Warbler

Canada Warbler

Yellow-breasted Chat

Tanagers
Summer Tanager

Scarlet Tanager

Western Tanager*

Sparrows and Allies
Eastern Towhee

American Tree Sparrow

Chipping Sparrow

Clay-colored Sparrow

Field Sparrow

Vesper Sparrow

Lark Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow

Grasshopper Sparrow

Henslow's Sparrow

Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sp.

Saltmarsh Sharp-tail Sp.

Seaside Sparrow

Fox Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Lincoln's Sparrow

Swamp Sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

Lapland Longspur

Snow Bunting

Grosbeaks and allies
Northern Cardinal

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Blue Grosbeak

Indigo Bunting

Dickcissel

Blackbirds and allies
Bobolink

Red-winged Blackbird

Eastern Meadowlark

Yellow-headed Blackbird

Rusty Blackbird

Brewer's Blackbird

Common Grackle

Boat-tailed Grackle

Brown-headed Cowbird

Orchard Oriole

Baltimore Oriole

Finches
Purple Finch

House Finch

Red Crossbill

White-winged Crossbill

Common Redpoll

Pine Siskin

American Goldfinch

Evening Grosbeak

Old World Weavers
House Sparrow
Woodpeckers
Red-headed Woodpecker

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Pileated Woodpecker

Tyrant Flycatchers
Olive-sided Flycatcher

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

Acadian Flycatcher

Alder Flycatcher

Willow Flycatcher

Least Flycatcher

Eastern Phoebe

Ash-throated Flycatcher

Great Crested Flycatcher

Western Kingbird

Eastern Kingbird

Northern Shrike

Vireos
White-eyed Vireo

Yellow-throated Vireo

Blue-headed Vireo

Warbling Vireo

Philadelphia Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

Corvids - Wrens
Blue Jay

American Crow

Fish Crow

Common Raven

Horned Lark

Purple Martin

Tree Swallow

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Bank Swallow

Cliff Swallow

Cave Swallow

Barn Swallow

Carolina Chickadee

Black-capped Chickadee

Tufted Titmouse

Red-breasted Nuthatch

White-breasted Nuthatch

Brown Creeper

Carolina Wren

House Wren

Winter Wren

Sedge Wren

Marsh Wren

Kinglets - Waxwings
Golden-crowned Kinglet

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Eastern Bluebird

Veery

Gray-cheeked Thrush

Bicknell's Thrush

Swainson's Thrush

Hermit Thrush

Wood Thrush

American Robin  

Gray Catbird

Northern Mockingbird

Brown Thrasher

European Starling

American Pipit

Cedar Waxwing

Warblers
Blue-winged Warbler

Golden-winged Warbler

Tennessee Warbler

Orange-crowned Warbler

Nashville Warbler

Northern Parula

Yellow Warbler

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Magnolia Warbler

Cape May Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Blackburnian Warbler

Yellow-throated Warbler

Pine Warbler

Prairie Warbler

Palm Warbler
Write in species:
Which field guide do
your team use to help
identify your birds?
What equipment
was used?
birding binoculars
spotting scope
no optics used
Fledging Birders looks forward to hearing about your students' experiences as they searched for and tried to
identified the various species of birds found around the school.   Please include details for any unusual birds.
I have read and agree to the terms and conditions below.
REQUIRED for prize consideration
Date of submission:
Bring the joy of birding to children of all ages!
Bring the joy of birding to children of all ages!
New Jersey Schoolyard Birding Challenge
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Challenge is generously
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Fledging Birders would
like to thank our
additional supporters:
Kenn Kaufman's Nature Site