A singing Blue Grosbeak was at the right-angle bend of East Mountain Rd. in Montgomery Township, south of the Sourland Mountain Preserve entrance. This is the same place a Blue Grosbeak was found in the spring of 2011.
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2 Bobolinks were at the grass field of Melanie Lane Pond this afternoon. Jamie Glydon adds an Eastern Kingbird to the list. The decreasing number of shorebirds included:
2 Killdeer
1 Spotted Sandpiper
1 Solitary Sandpiper
1 Greater Yellowlegs
5 Lesser Yellowlegs
10 Wilson’s Snipe
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From Harvey Tomlinson:
The Red-headed Woodpecker count by the beaver dam is up to/back to 4 Adults. One bird was directly overhead on the Somerset County side for a Minute!
No sign/ or sounds from the Prothonotary Warblers previously reported.
Had a Blue-winged warbler doing what Sibley calls a “dawn song”, recording #3 on the iPhone app.
I had never heard this before and couldn’t imagine what is was. Finally found him in the field behind the East tower.
Ruby-crowned Kinglets and Yellow-rumps dominated the afternoon songs.
N Parula, N Waterthrush, Ovenbird, B&W, and Palm were the only other warblers I found.
Red-eyed and Yellow-throated Vireo were near the E tower also.
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Besides the Red-necked Phalarope at Negri-Nepote Grasslands found by Jimmy Lee this afternoon, Jeff Ellerbusch reports 6 Grasshopper Sparrows at the same place.
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Jim Mulvey found the following Bobolink in the field behind the community garden at Wagner’s Arboretum (next to Glenhurst Meadows) in Warren Township.