The Bufflehead Road ponds are at these Google map coordinates: 40.553624,-74.566762
This place will never be associated with natural beauty by anyone with a sensitive aesthetic. There is a county transfer station and a water company facility amongst other businesses. Pick-up trucks, SUV’s with county and official looking insignias on the side as well as dump trucks and other work vehicles travel the narrow road. But water holes are few in Somerset County and a birder does what a birder has to do. Jeff Ellerbusch discovered these little pockets of bird life. They could prove to be productive over time.

Jeff, Joe Pescatore and myself visited these ponds, again, this afternoon. A Red-breasted Merganser hen was found by me but flew to the east within minutes. One Barn Swallow represents the first of the season for Somerset County that we know of.

Canada Goose – 2
Ring-necked Duck – 17
Common Goldeneye – 1
Red-breasted Merganser – 1
Ruddy Duck – 3
Great Blue Heron – 1
Killdeer – 1
Fish Crow – 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow – 4
Tree Swallow – 20
Barn Swallow – 1

Submitted by Jonathan Klizas