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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.
The state of New Jersey in the United States owns and administers over 354,000 acres (1,430 km 2) of land designated as "Wildlife Management Areas" (abbreviated as "WMA") throughout the state. These areas are managed by the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife, an agency in the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. [1]
Many of these do not ever land in the water, and some, such as the frigatebirds, have difficulty getting airborne again should they do so. [31] Another seabird family that does not land while feeding is the skimmer , which has a unique fishing method: flying along the surface with the lower mandible in the water—this shuts automatically when ...
Lisa Ann Fanning recently photographed a roseate spoonbill near the Henry Hudson Trail. The birds are common in coastal Texas, southern Louisiana and Florida, but rare in New Jersey.
Usually found south of the Verrazano Bridge, near the Southwestern end of Long Island and just off Sandy Hook. Often attracted to artificial reefs found near Lower New York Bay, where they can reach very large sizes, and just offshore near Ocean County, New Jersey. Depredation by man within the New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary is extremely rare.
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.
According to the bird advisers, there is only one main species of hummingbird in New Jersey, the ruby-throated hummingbird. However, seven species are recognized in state bird records. Ruby ...
The endangered Leatherback sea turtle, and other turtle species, occupy the coastal waters of New Jersey, including in the bay. [20] Dozens of bird species use the water and adjacent marsh lands as breeding grounds. [2] Cowpens Island, located within the bay, is a bird sanctuary and a heron rookery.