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The northern cardinal is the state bird of seven states, followed by the western meadowlark as the state bird of six states. The District of Columbia designated a district bird in 1938. [ 4 ] Of the five inhabited territories of the United States , American Samoa and Puerto Rico are the only ones without territorial birds.
The American goldfinch is the state bird of New Jersey. This list of birds of New Jersey includes species credibly documented in the U.S. state of New Jersey and accepted by the New Jersey Bird Records Committee (NJBRC). As of March 2024 the list contained 490 species and a species pair.
Not including the one along the Henry Hudson Trail, only 15 roseate spoonbills have been recorded in New Jersey, according to Audubon's New Jersey Bird Records Committee.Another was spotted in the ...
It’s already illegal to purposely feed bears in New Jersey. The new legislation, A360 in the Assembly and S765 in the Senate, would remove the current law’s blanket exemption for unintentional ...
The first World Series of Birding was held on May 19, 1984, and the winning team included Dunne, David Sibley (author of the renowned The Sibley Guide to Birds), the late Pete Bacinski (former director of NJ Audubon's Owl Haven Nature Center and Sandy Hook Bird Observatory), Bill Boyle (author of A Guide to Bird Finding in New Jersey), and the ...
New Jersey kept the bird on its state list because of disturbances to nests and habitat threats. The use of the insecticide DDT, as well as habitat destruction, played a significant role in the ...
Millington is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 07946. [3] Millington borders the southern side of the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, with access to Lord Stirling Park across the Passaic River. The Raptor Trust, a famous bird rehabilitation and education center within the Great Swamp, is also inside the town limits.
The Refuge protects more than 40,000 acres (162 km 2) of southern New Jersey Coastal Habitats and tidal wetlands. 6,000 acres (24 km 2) of the refuge are designated as a wilderness area. These areas include Holgate and Little Beach , two of the few remaining undeveloped barrier beaches in the state.