World Series of Birding

NBNC teens competed for the eighth time since 1999 in the World Series of Birding competition in New Jersey. For 24-straight hours, we looked for and listened to every tweet and twitter of avian life in Cape May County. Hearing the Chuck-will's-widow at quarter-to-midnight, our team raced to the finish line, having seen or heard 154 species in the day, and ranking fifth in our division. In addition, we expect our team to have raised $5,000 for youth birding programs at NBNC. A complete checklist is below. Birds seen during the scouting day, but not the competition, include Black Skimmer, Yellow-billed Cuckoo and Meadowlark.

Muse Swan	Short-billed Dowitcher	Marsh Wren
Snow Goose	American Woodcock	Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Brant	Laughing Gull	Eastern Bluebird
Canada Goose	Ring-billed Gull	Veery
Wood Duck	Herring Gull	Wood Thrush
Gadwall	Great Black-backed Gull	American Robin
American Black Duck	Gull-billed Tern	Gray Catbird
Mallard	Royal Tern	Northern Mockingbird
Blue-winged Teal	Common Tern	Brown Thrasher
Black Scoter	Forster's Tern	European Starling
Red-breasted Merganaser	Least Tern	Cedar Waxwing
Wild Turkey	Mourning Dove	Nashville Warbler
Common Looon	Rock Pigeon	Northern Parula
Northern Gannet	Black-billed Cuckoo	Yellow Warbler
Double-crested Cormorant	Eastern Screech-Owl	Chestnut-sided Warbler
Great Blue Heron	Great Horned Owl	Magnolia Warbler
Great Egret	Barred Owl	Black-throated Blue Warbler
Snowy Egret	Common Nighthawk	Yellow-rumped Warbler
Little Blue Heron	Chuck-will's-widow	Black-throated Green Warbler
Tricolored Heron	Whip-poor-will	Pine Warbler
Cattle Egret	Chimney Swift	Prairie Warler
Black-crowned Night-Heron	Ruby-throated Hummingbird	Black-and-white Warbler
Glossy Ibis	Belted Kingfisher	American Redstart
Black Vulture	Red-headed Woodpecker	Prothonotary Warbler
Turkey Vulture	Red-bellied Woodpecker	Worm-eating Warbler
Osprey	Downy Woodpecker	Ovenbird
Bald Eagle	Hairy Woodpecker	Louisiana Waterthrush
Red-tailed Hawk	Northern Flicker	Common Yellowthroat
Merlin	Eastern Wood-Pewee	Hooded Warbler
Peregrine Falcon	Acadian Flycatcher	Yellow-breasted Chat
Clapper Rail	Eastern Phoebe	Scarlet Tanager
Sora	Great Crested Flycatcher	Eastern Towhee
Black-bellied Plover	Eastern Kingbird	Chipping Sparrow
Semipalmated Plover	White-eyed Vireo	Field Sparrow
Piping Plover	Red-eyed Vireo	Savannah Sparrow
Killdeer	Purple Martin	Seaside Sparrow
American Oystercatcher	Gree Swallow	Song Sparrow
Greater Yellowlegs	Northern Rough-winged Swallow	White-throated Sparrow
Lesser Yellowlegs	Bank Swallow	Northern Cardinal
Solitary Sandpiper	Cliff Swallow	Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Willet	Barn Swallow	Blue Grosbeak
Spotted Sandpiper	Blue Jay	Indigo Bunting
Whimbrel	American Crow	Bobolink
Ruddy Turnstone	Fish Crow	Red-winged Blackbird
Red Knot	Carolina Chickadee	Boat-tailed Grackle
Sanderling	Tufted Titmouse	Common Grackle
Semipalmated Sandpiper	White-breasted Nuthatch	Brown-headed Cowbird
Least Sandpiper	Brown Creeper	Orchard Oriole
Purple Sandpiper	Carolina Wren	House Finch
Dunlin	House Wren	American Goldfinch
		House Sparrow