Talk:List of birds of New Jersey

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"worldwide"[edit]

The article uses both "world wide" and "world-wide". You might want to pick one for consistency. My suggestion would be with the hyphen, though if it were me, I'd go with "worldwide" or "in the world". —JerryFriedman 20:59, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I have changed all instances of "world-wide" to "worldwide." Thank goodness for Ctrl+H. --Birdman1 ^{talk/contribs} 21:16, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

More sources[edit]

I think this article needs to cite more sources for the paragraphs. Also, why is the information about the number of worldwide and North American species in the List of New Jersey birds? Shouldn't it be in the List of North American birds or something? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hottie87 (talk • contribs)

That (worldwide/North American #s) is the convention for bird list articles. Please add the unreferenced template to all bird list articles of this form. Also, the sources for the paragraphs are found within the family articles themselves. Could you add them? A question: How did you come upon this list? --Birdman1 ^{talk/contribs} 22:15, 20 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Given the edits User:Hottie87 recently made, it is likely that adding {{unreferenced}} was a test. So I have removed the tag. --Edcolins 22:37, 20 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks[edit]

This article helped me identify some Turkey Vultures I saw the other day for the first time. Man, they are funny-looking little monsters, aren't they?--Pharos 00:29, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Update needed[edit]

According to the New Jersey Bird Records Committee's 2007 Annual Report (included in the Fall 2007 issue of the New Jersey Audubon Society's New Jersey Birds), the state list as of January 1 2007 stood at 461. This article currently says 458, so some updating is needed! : ) MeegsC | Talk 16:33, 9 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Updated with 2009 report. MeegsC | Talk 01:20, 12 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

One to add[edit]

A colony of Monk Parakeets has taken up residence in Edgewater, New Jersey. This is an introduced species and it has been speculated that they arrived from Brooklyn via a 1960s JFK airport release. Ref: [1] --ChrisRuvolo (t) 17:37, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Pictures of Birds in NJ[edit]

My dad takes a lot of pictures of birds in New Jersey, the pictures are taken with his Nikon d700 and the images are 12.1 megapixel quality. If anyone is interested please leave a message on my talk page. --Have a great day :) , Sanjev Rajaram (talk) 16:30, 18 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Sanjev Rajaram:That would be great. Most of the existing pictures are just birds like those seen in NJ. Pictures with information about where they were taken in New Jersey and what time of year it was would be a great addition to this article. What an opportunity for a personal hobby to become something that helps the people who see this article. Thanks in advance to you and your dad. SchreiberBike | ⌨ 19:55, 18 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@SchreiberBike: I'm happy to provide you the pictures we took of the birds. The only conditions my father wants in exchange for the image is that 1) he gets full credit and 2) if possible he would like his watermark to stay on it (this is not compulsory). I can upload them to my Wikimedia account when you are ready. --Have a great day :) , Sanjev Rajaram (talk) 23:51, 18 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Sanjev Rajaram: I don't know much about images, but the guidelines for how to do it all are at Wikipedia:Uploading images. Best of luck. SchreiberBike | ⌨ 05:31, 19 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

July 4, 2020 revisions[edit]

Because of the large number of changes necessitated by the update to the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds which the American Ornithological Society published on June 30, 2020, the revisions to this article are presented here rather than in a long series of edit summaries. Changes are per the AOS unless otherwise noted.

Revise the references and text in the introduction.
Revise multiple families' common names per Clements.
Revise the sequence of species in family Phasiannidae (Pheasants, grouse, and allies).
Revise the sequence of species in genus Selasphorus (Hummingbirds).
Revise the sequence of species in family Rallidae (Rails, gallinules, and coots).
Revise the sequence of families in order Suliformes.
Revise the sequence of species in family Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants and shags).

Craigthebirder (talk) 19:21, 4 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

August 2021 revision[edit]

These are the changes made to update this list to the 2021 Check-list of North and Middle American Birds published by the American Ornithological Society (AOS) on June 29, 2021.

Revise the sequence of families in Order Passeriformes.
Split mew gull into common gull and short-billed gull and revise entries accordingly.
Revise the binomials of two cormorant species.
Revise the specific epithet of crested caracara.
Revise the genus and position of ruby-crowned kinglet.
Revise text, counts, and references as appropriate.

Craigthebirder (talk) 16:23, 11 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]