My father and I checked out the sites around Florence in Burlington County. In Florence at Carey park we had good numbers of gulls, Laughing Gulls are back, we spotted some Lesser-blacked Backed Gulls amongst the big three. No cormorants or ducks besides mallards. We had a flyover T.V. , Red-tail and Fish Crow (calling) the park just down the road had much more numbers of gulls, we had a 2nd year Glaucous Gull that we could ID from shore. We picked out a 1st year Iceland Gull (playing with a stick)and there were many Lesser-black Backed Gulls, over a dozen, looking quite sharp. As Paul Guris pointed out nice round heads and riding low in the water. This spot looks nice considering there is some woods we might be able to pick some birds singing from on the big day. Again no ducks or Cormorants.
At the Turnpike bridge the Peregrine was on perch where the beams converge, the gusset covered in whitewash.
At Burlington Island the Osprey was on the nest and 7 Great Cormorants were on the channel marker up river. 5 were in full alternate plumage. The white flank patches screaming out the ID! Two DC Cormorants were on the marker base. A Flicker was calling on the island.
Probably not A WSB site, but my dad and I checked out Amico Island. The Red-tails were both at the nest. The Great Blue Heronry was in full swing. Lots of Goldfinches singing and Tree Swallows were in the cove.
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