Washington Valley in Morris Township continues to have an abundance of birds. A Connecticut Warbler (COWA) was found today at Sayre’s Farm (40.793685, -74.536908, gravel driveway is slightly west of coordinates). The COWA was with a group of Palm Warblers and Yellow-rumped warblers in the large field at the north end of the property. The birds were moving easterly along the wood’s edge. White-crowned Sparrows and other seasonal migrants were also present. This is the same place a Philadelphia Vireo was seen the previous day in the Poison Ivy vines on the barn.

Eastern Phoebe – 2
Red-eyed Vireo
Ruby-crowned Kinglet – 8
Eastern Bluebird – 6
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) 15
Connecticut Warbler – 1
Common Yellowthroat – 2
Magnolia Warbler – 2
Palm Warbler – 10
Yellow-rumped Warbler – 15
Chipping Sparrow – 5
Song Sparrow – 10
Swamp Sparrow – 3
White-throated Sparrow – 7
White-crowned Sparrow – 2

The Patriot’s Path section along Washington Valley Road had 2 Lincoln’s Sparrows as well as Magnolia and Yellow-rumped Warblers and Common Yellowthroats.

Submitted by Jonathan Klizas