Two Prothonotary Warblers continue on the Passaic Rive view-able from Lord Stirling Park. One singing male is in the vicinity of the June Beetle Bridge. The second is view-able from the East Observation Tower. Below is a 1 minute 15 second recording of the Prothonotary’s song together with the combined forces of the Lord Stirling Park and Great Swamp Choruses. Listen for the thrilling solo by a fly-by Great Blue Heron commencing at the 55 second point of the recording. Other species at Lord Stirling this morning were Red-eyed and Yellow-throated Vireos, Green-winged Teal, Red-headed Woodpecker, Ovenbird, Common Yellowthroat, Black-and-white, Yellow, Palm, and Yellow-rumped Warblers.

Later in the afternoon, Jeff Ellerbusch found yet another Prothonotary Warbler. This one was at Glenhurst Meadows in Warren Township. From Jeff: “The protho was on the river below the garden, to the right of where the nearly dried, wagner field, water channel flows into the river. It showed very nicely and was almost constantly singing or chipping.”

Overall the morning was short on migrants. Black-throated Green, Black-and-white and Yellow-rumped Warblers joined the resident Louisiana Waterthrushes at Scherman Hoffman Sanctuary in Bernardsville.

Ledell Pond in Mendham had Ovenbird, Yellow-rumped Warblers and Northern Waterthrush, Pileated Woodpecker, Green-winged Teal and 20+ Wood Ducks.

Prairie and Blue-winged Warbler and Ovenbird were at Little Brook Sanctuary in Bernardsville.

From Terry Carruthers:
An early morning visit to the WOC in the Great Swamp produced a bald eagle, one green-winged teal, a red-eyed vireo, wood thrushes, ovenbirds, gray catbird, a rough-winged swallow and a pileated woodpecker.