Same lakes – different day: 7:45-10:00. Very northwest windy. Species diversity has dropped. Horned Grebes in a variety of plumages. Bufflehead and Ruddy Duck numbers have increased. Pied-billed Grebes are a first of season in the county that this observer has seen.

Budd Lake, Mount Olive Township

• Canada Goose – 2
• Mallard – 2
• Lesser Scaup – 15
• Bufflehead – 12
• Common Merganser – 5
• Ruddy Duck – 7
• Pied-billed Grebe – 2
• Horned Grebe – 1
• Ring-billed Gull – 3

Lake Musconetcong, from the Port Morris area (Washington St.) of Roxbury Township.

• Canada Goose – 2
• Mute Swan – 4
• Mallard – 2
• Bufflehead – 25
• Horned Grebe – 3
• Great Black-backed Gull – 1

Mt. Hope Lake, Rockaway Township

• Canada Goose – 4
• Mute Swan – 23
• Ring-necked Duck – 5
• Bufflehead – 25
• Hooded Merganser – 2
• Ruddy Duck – 16
• Double-crested Cormorant – 1
• Tree Swallow – 1

Boonton Reservoir – from the walkway on Parsippany Blvd./Washington St., Boonton

• Canada Goose – 3
• Bufflehead – 12
• Common Goldeneye – 1
• Pied-billed Grebe -2
• Double-crested Cormorant – 1
• Great Blue Heron – 3

Lake Parsippany, Parsippany-Troy Hills Township

• Canada Goose – 35
• Mallard – 3
• Common Merganser – 30
• Ruddy Duck – 40
• Horned Grebe – 1
• Ring-billed Gull – 35
• Herring Gull – 1