Wreck Pond
New Jersey · Northeast
About This Location
Wreck Pond is a productive birding destination in New Jersey, with 223 species recorded on eBird. This lake habitat attracts Mute Swan, Gadwall, and American Wigeon among many others. Spring and fall migration bring waves of warblers and shorebirds through the area.
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Live Bird Data
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Notable Sightings
Rare or unusual species spotted nearby in the last 14 days
Black-capped Chickadee
Poecile atricapillus
Tricolored Heron
Egretta tricolor
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Wood Thrush
Hylocichla mustelina
Baltimore Oriole
Icterus galbula
Eastern Warbling Vireo
Vireo gilvus
Red-headed Woodpecker
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitaria
Vesper Sparrow
Pooecetes gramineus
Blackburnian Warbler
Setophaga fusca
Western Cattle-Egret
Ardea ibis
Green Heron
Butorides virescens
Harlequin Duck
Histrionicus histrionicus
Recent Observations
Species reported at this location in the last 14 days
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Mallard
Double-crested Cormorant
Snowy Egret
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Mourning Dove
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
American Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Great Egret
American Crow
Fish Crow
European Starling
American Robin
House Finch
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Birding Tips
- 1
Scan the water surface methodically for diving ducks, loons, and grebes.
- 2
Check the shoreline and mudflats for shorebirds and wading birds.
- 3
Visit during mid-May for peak warbler migration.
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