Saturday, April 2, 2011 – 10:00
A drake Redhead was the highlight of the ducks present today at Mt. Hope Lake. Along with the many ducks in the water, there were at one time over 250 ducks in the air, most of them Green-winged Teal. Whether or not the adult Bald Eagle cruising in the area had anything to do with it is conjecture.

Canada Goose – 6
Mute Swan – 20
Gadwall – 4
American Wigeon – 2
Northern Pintail – 6
Green-winged Teal – 210 (mostly in flight)
Redhead – 1 – a gorgeous drake
Ring-necked Duck – 50
Bufflehead – 40
Hooded Merganser – 4
Ruddy Duck – 125
Pied-billed Grebe – 1
Double-crested Cormorant – 6
Turkey Vulture – 12
Bald Eagle – 1
American Coot – 1
Tree Swallow – 2

Lake Parsippany, Parsippany-Troy Hills Township

Canada Goose – 50
Ring-necked Duck – 4
Common Merganser – 65
Ruddy Duck – 12
Common Loon – 1
Double-crested Cormorant – 1
Ring-billed Gull – 40
Herring Gull – 1
Fish Crow – 1

Submitted by Jonathan Klizas