Joe Pescatore found the MoCoSoCo region’s first two Purple Martins of 2012 at Robert J. Stahl Natural Area in Bedminster this afternoon.

A Common Loon in alternate plumage was at the north end of Boonton Reservoir this afternoon along with 3 Pied-billed Grebes and 4 Buffleheads.

On Pleasant Plains Road in the Great Swamp N.W.R. this evening, Simon Lane had Great Egret and Louisiana Waterthrush (both firsts of 2012 for Morris County), 3 Palm, 4 Pine and 1 Yellow-rumped Warblers.

At Finderne Wetlands in Bridgewater, Jeff Ellerbusch had Osprey, American Kestrel, 2 Northern Harriers and 3 Blue-winged Teal mixed in with Green-winged Teal.

Melanie Lane Pond in Hanover Township had Greater Yellowlegs, 4 Killdeer, 35 Wilson’s Snipe, 8 Green-winged Teal, Tree and Northern Rough-winged Swallows.

Lake Parsippany had 55 Ruddy Ducks, 10 Gadwall, 1 Common Merganser and 15 American Coot this afternoon.