Saturday, March 5, 2011 – 8:00-11:00 Temperature range: 40-60 degrees Fahrenheit. Breezy. Mostly cloudy, sun breaks through late morning.

Speedwell Lake, Speedwell Ave., Morristown, NJ – thawed except for some edges.

• Mute Swan – 2
• Canada Goose – 5
• Ring-necked Duck – 2
• Hooded Merganser – 2
• Common Merganser – 9

Budd Lake, Mt. Olive Township – other than a puddle here and there, this lake was completely frozen.

Lake Musconetcong, from the Port Morris area (Washington St.) of Roxbury Township. The northeast portion of the lake was thawed and open.

• Mute Swan – 20 (Tundra Swans were reported at the lake on March 1)
• Canada Goose – 30
• Mallard – 22
• American Black Duck – 20
• Common Goldeneye – 1 drake
• Bufflehead – 10
• Hooded Merganser – 25
• Common Merganser – 80
• Bald Eagle – 2 adults – at one point there were standing shoulder to shoulder on the ice.
• Ring-billed Gulls – 30
• Herring Gulls – 20
• Fish Crow – present with the 20 or so American Crows.

Lake Hopatcong from Mt. Arlington Boulevard – completely frozen. There were ice fishermen on the ice.

Mt. Hope Lake, Rockaway Township – completely frozen.

Boonton Reservoir, from the walkway on Parsippany Boulevard/Washington Street, Boonton – This section, where the Rockaway River feeds in to the reservoir, was open but the rest of the reservoir is still frozen.

• Canada Goose – 7
• Northern Pintail – 5
• Ring-necked Duck – 2
• Bufflehead – 17
• Common Merganser – 56
• Ring-billed Gull – 15
• Herring Gull – 2

Lake Parsippany, Parsippany-Troy Hills Township – completely frozen but looks on the verge of thawing.

• Bald Eagle – 1 standing on the ice and then flew.
• Ring-billed Gull – 30
• Herring Gull – 4