A juvenile Great Cormorant was present at Mt. Hope Lake this afternoon on the far shoreline a few scope fields of view left of the dam.

Other species:

Mute Swan 24 (down from 125 late in the summer)
Gadwall 2
Lesser Scaup 1
Hooded Merganser 3 (first of the season in Morris County)
Ruddy Duck 160
Pied-billed Grebe 4
Great Cormorant 1 juvenile
Bald Eagle 1 adult
American Coot 10
Ring-billed Gull 2

A quick tour of Lake Parsippany had 31 Gadwall, 15 Ruddy Ducks, some Canada Geese, Mute Swans, Mallards and Ring-billed Gulls.

Submitted by Jonathan Klizas