Birdwatching in New Jersey

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Local Birdwatchers
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Please note that most Birdingpals are serious birdwatchers. It is a privilege to contact them, and your message should reflect it. A local Pal does not get paid, but should he/she offer to take you out birding, using their own vehicle, it would be courteous to pay for the fuel. A lunch and/or a small gift would also be appropriate, something as simple as a souvenir of your country, or a pin from your local birding club.


Initial Last Name Area Available Language
J Greenlee Blackwood Weekend English/Spanish
G Gover Bridgewater Anytime
P Bosak Cape May Anytime
T Neumyer Cape May Anytime
H Kirk Cape May(Summer only) Anytime
Cape May Observatory Cape May Anytime
J Klizas Chatham Weekend English
I bird New Jersey
G Satz Egg Harbor Twp Anytime English
I am a member of the Atlantic Audubon Society. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge (formerly Brigantine NWR) Atlantic Ocean, back bays, wetland. An hour from Cape May.
P Breuninger Clementon Anytime
S Mahajan Edison Anytime English/Hindi
K Horner Englewood Anytime
S Galick Flemington Anytime
J Payeur Gillette Anytime English
One mile from Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. Watchung Reservation is 3 miles. Sandy Hook and shore areas are 1 to 1 1/2 hours car drive from here. Two blocks from Gillette Metro North Railroad station - 1 hour to New York City by train.
M Fox Hoboken Anytime
J Paris Hopewell Anytime English
I bird mostly NJ and eastern PA. Always looking for company. The more eyes the better!
B Anderson Hopewell Anytime English
I am an hour and a half to two hours from the shore areas and over 3 hours from Cape May. I don't know Cape May very well, but I know Barnegat and Brigantine quite well. There are several good birding spots nearby with typical New Jersey species, but not too many rarities.
D Roszel Interlaken Weekend
D El-Roy Jersey City Weekend
N Ellman Livingston Weekend
J Hawk Hamilton, Mercer County Anytime
C Miles Mountain Lakes Anytime
J Lee New Brunswick Weekend English/Cantonese
I bird whenever possible but never enough. There are many good birding spots in central New Jersey and within a couple of hours drive. I would be glad to help visiting birders.
S Bahr New Brunswick Anytime English/some Spanish
Avid birder for many years. Excellent knowledge in the species in New Jersey and what habitats to find them in. Hummingbird gardener.
G Wilson Princeton Weekend
P Johnson Princeton Anytime English/Spanish
Brazilian Portuguese
R Buck Somerset Weekend English
1 hour train from NYC, frequently bird Great Swamp, Sandy Hook, Forsythe NWR, Meadowlands area.
C Miller Somerville Anytime
D Wolfe South Jersey Anytime English/French
Spanish
Amateur birder. Semi-retired professor of languages. Familiar with birding spots in Philadelphia, South Jersey and Delaware. Several Sate and Federal Parks nearby. Good migration between September and November; I've done birding in Western and Eastern Europe; North America (Canada, USA. Mexico). South America (Ecuador and Colombia); Costa Rica extensively; and Japan.
K Lippert Ventnor Weekend English
I live about two miles from Forsythe (Brigatine)Refuge and about a half an hour from Cape May. We have excellent birding in our area all year round. I am available on Fridays and Satudays.
B Robertson West Milford Weekend English/Spanish
I am in the highlands of NJ. We have nesting wood warblers in summer and occasional rarities in winter. Spring and fall migration are great. It is woodland birding for the most part, with some grasslands and lakes.

Professional Guides
If you contact a professional Birdingpal guide you must be prepared to pay a fee for guiding services.


Initial Last Name Area Available Language
B Elrick West Milford Anytime English
Friendly knowledgeable birding guide in the New Jersey, New York metro area Some of the best bird migration sites in the Eastern USA are in the NY, NJ, Metro area. The migration through NJ during April and May has becoming better known in the last few years after many teams from around the world have competed in the World Series Of birding. There are also within 1hr from Manhattan Island some breeding sites of the less common and highly sought after species Including Golden-winged, Worm-eating and Blackburnian warblers. Add to that the Sandpiper migration in July through August and you have a World class birding area for most of the year.
I have 20 years experience as a bird guide in NY, NJ, PA and GA leading bird walks for bird clubs and organizations. I have a masters U,S,G,S, banding permit and earned a B,T,O, "A" ringing permit before emigrating to the USA.
The best birding is just after sunrise and so most days 4 or more hrs birding can be managed before any other commitments. There is always a minimum of a four hr charge. http://site.nynjbirdingguide.com/Home_Page.html

Local Information
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New Jersey Audubon Society Club
Monmouth County Audubon Society Club
Washington Crossing Audubon Society Club
Bergen County Audubon Society Club
Latest Sights RBR
Chipper Woods Bird Observatory Banding
Birding Hotspots around the world Sites
NABA-North Jersey Butterfly Club Butterflies
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia New Jersey
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Trip Reports from New Jersey

Last update 15/01/2010