New Jersey Outdoors: Dickcissels at Negri Nepote


Photo Credit: Joseph F. Pescatore

An uncommon visitor to New Jersey, a trio of male Dickcissels were found last week at Negri Nepote Native Grassland Preserve in Franklin Township.  To add to the excitement of singing male Dickcissels in breeding plumage, a single female has also been spotted!  One observer has reported that potential nesting material was being collected by one of the birds, and that one of the males was associating with the female bird.  If the birds end up nesting here, it would represent a very rare case of  breeding Dickcissels in the state.

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Posted by WILDNEWJERSEY at 6/23/2011 6:00 AM
Categories: Birds
Tags: dickcissels birds NegriNepote Native Grassland Preserve franklin township Birding
 

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