A calendar of noteworthy occurrences in New Jersey birding history, such as first state records. Also ruminations on documentation, sources, and historical matters, plus the occasional off-topic post or moth photo.
Showing posts with label 1894. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1894. Show all posts
Monday, September 29, 2008
Western Kingbird
On this day in 1894, A. H. Phillips found a Western Kingbird (in that day, an Arkansas Kingbird) in Princeton, Mercer County, and took it as a specimen. This was just the first recorded instance of what has become an expected fall vagrant in NJ: so expected, in fact, that it has never been a Review List species.
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"mercer county",
1894,
flycatcher,
kingbird,
princeton
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