Hi Jonathan,

I had 2 or 3 rusty blackbirds in with red-wings at the Tilcon quarry pond in Mt Olive today. Also around the pond were solitary sandpiper, snipe, a raven, a common loon and a couple of black-and-white warblers. Bank swallows have nested in the quarry in the past but I don’t see any sign of them yet this year. A spotted sandpiper was on the beach at Budd Lake.

Alan Boyd
Flanders