From Vince Capp:

This morning there were at least 5 calling, not singing- Meadowlarks, making themselves quite visible and sounding off from the Mullein stalks and Pokeweed tops in between multiple feeding trips to the area right behind the hay barn. This area was mowed around the third week of June, and must now be serving as a nursery area of sorts, as I also flushed 2 fledglings from almost underfoot on the tractor track that I was walking in. In that same area there were at least 6 grasshoper sparrows together in the thicket edge right next to the barn, with 2 additional males posted on their milkweed stations, singing constantly.

I also had 2 male Blue Grosbeaks foraging in a field just past the first building on the right as you go straight up the paved road. They were silent. There was a female Blue Grosbeak in the Pokeweed behind the hay barn, chipping quite a bit. She was sharing this little clump of real estate with, at one point- 2 female Orchards, an Indigo pair, and one of the adult Meadowlarks. The Grosbeak was the only one to refuse to leave. I spotted a good sized, hard to ID brown, motley looking fledgling with her briefly. Hers? I can’t say.

The areas with the young groves of Honey Locust trees just off the paved trails’ western edge were extremly busy with activity by many other birds as well, including;
-Orchard and Baltimore Orioles, all ages of both
-Phoebes, Willow and Great Crested FCs
-Indigoes, Goldfinches, Bluebirds, Downy WPs, and all the rest.

This spot is also where one of the male Blue Grosbeaks came up with a huge adult Katydid in his beak. Nice.

This property is about 1/3 in Somerset County, and 2/3 in Hunterdon County. The parking area in on Hillsborough Rd. in Hillsbourough Twp., so I guess my report is appropriate for this blog. No, I’m not trying to turn this into mocosocohuco birds.

This place is a gem, and it needs to be birded my more keen observers. I have never seen another pair of binoculars out there other than my own. A trail map is available here:
http://www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/depts/parks/ParkAreas/CloverHill/info.htm#trails