Essex County

Essex County
( 40.754847, -74.229275 )

  1. Echo Lake - Mountainside ( 40.67351, -74.34560 )
  2. Hackensack River - Meadowlands ( 40.80747, -74.05723 )
  3. Hackensack River - Secaucaus (S) ( 40.76390, -74.08685 )
  4. Hackensack River - Secaucus (N) ( 40.80552, -74.04345 )
  5. Hackensack River - USS Ling ( 40.87939, -74.04029 )
  6. Lake Surprise - Summit ( 40.69370, -74.37097 )
  7. Liberty State Park - Jersey City ( 40.69768, -74.06520 )
  8. Newark - Riverfront Park ( 40.73326, -74.15206 )
  9. Newark Bay - Bayonne ( 40.66284, -74.13305 )
  10. Passaic River - Chatham ( 40.73795, -74.37159 )
  11. Passaic River - East Hanover (N) ( 40.82749, -74.33529 )
  12. Passaic River - East Hanover (S) ( 40.82581, -74.33332 )
  13. Passaic River - Elmwood Park ( 40.90965, -74.13188 )
  14. Passaic River - Fairfield ( 40.89775, -74.27988 )
  15. Passaic River - Kearny ( 40.76313, -74.15933 )
  16. Passaic River - Lyndhurst ( 40.81865, -74.13348 )
  17. Passaic River - Nutley ( 40.81175, -74.13909 )
  18. Passaic River - Passaic ( 40.86506, -74.11144 )
  19. Passaic River - Rutherford ( 40.82349, -74.12280 )
  20. Rahway River - Clark ( 40.62884, -74.29746 )
  21. Rahway River - Cranford (N) ( 40.66036, -74.30627 )
  22. Rahway River - Cranford (S) ( 40.65097, -74.30133 )
  23. Rahway River - Cranford (W) ( 40.65900, -74.30997 )
  24. Rahway River - Jackson's Pond ( 40.62805, -74.28492 )
  25. Weequahic Lake - Newark ( 40.70570, -74.19775 )
  26. Whippany River - Whippany ( 40.81921, -74.44021 )

Male, females are gray

This is one of my favorite birds to see when I am out paddling. You're not going to get very close though, a good reason to bring along the binoculars. The Kingfisher is a songbird that thinks it's a hawk. They are actually related to Hummingbirds. You might think that makes them not very aquatic, but I have seen them dive into the water, surface, and take off again, so I guess they put some effort into evolving. ( The Cormorant might want to take notes. ) Kingfishers usually sit in branches near the shoreline, and fly very low and fast over the water.

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