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Today in NJ Birding History

Url:	http://njbirdinghistory.blogspot.com/
Author(s):	Facebook User
Language:	English
Tags:	birds, new jersey, history
Description:	A calendar of noteworthy occurrences in New Jersey birding history, such as first state records. Also ruminations on documentation, sources, and historical matters, plus the occasional off-topic post or moth photo.
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Mute Swan

Mute SwansOriginally uploaded by ammodramus88On this day in 1916, a young swan was picked up "exhausted" and identified as a Tundra Swan (then Whistling Swan) at Elizabeth in Union County. This obs...more

2009-10-29

Buller's Shearwater

On this day in 1984, a Buller's Shearwater was found on a pelagic trip off the Jersey coast. The bird was about 31 miles ESE of Barnegat Light, and remains a unique record. This species breeds on i...more

2009-10-28

Happy Birthday, Brig!

View Toward the Hack TowerOriginally uploaded by ammodramus88On this day in 1939, Brigantine NWR (later renamed Edwin B. Forsythe NWR) was unleashed upon an unsuspecting public. Although the origin...more

2009-10-24

Bird Documentation in the Digital Age: What Is a Bird Record?

Philadelphia Centennial Bird ExhibitOriginally uploaded by Smithsonian Institution"Whenever I think seriously about why I love notebooks I'm reminded of those cave walls covered in drawings of game...more

2009-10-19

Bird Documentation in the Digital Age: Introduction

At the beginning of this year, two Ivory Gulls appeared in eastern Massachusetts. Since both birds stayed for a while, crowds of birders got to see them; not only local birders but twitchers from f...more

2009-10-10

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