2 adult Red-headed Woodpeckers were seen this morning in the Beaver Swamp at the Tourne Park in Boonton Township. Green Herons, Wood Ducks, Pileated Woodpecker, Yellow-throated Vireos, Great Crested Flycatchers and numerous Tree Swallows were also in the swamp. On the mountain and at its base were Black-throated Blue, Black Throated Green and Yellow-rumped Warblers, Northern Parula, Louisiana Waterthrush and Morris County’s first Blackpoll Warbler for 2012. Numerous Scarlet Tanagers, Wood Thrushes, Red-eyed Vireos and Baltimore Orioles were singing in the woods.
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Jockey Hollow had an Eastern Wood-Pewee singing near the parking area for the Mt. Kemble Loop, another first of the year for Morris County. Jamie Glydon found Ovenbird, Blackburnian, Magnolia, Chestnut-sided, Yellow-rumped and Black-throated Green Warblers along the autoloop in the park.
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A White-eyed Vireo was found near the parking area for Patriot’s Path on Washington Valley Road in Morris Township for the 2nd year in a row.
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Melanie Lane Pond in Hanover Township continues to have Morris County’s best collection of shorebirds and swallows. Here is the list from today:
2 Green-winged Teal
3 Great Egret
1 Spotted Sandpiper
10 Solitary Sandpiper
5 Greater Yellowlegs
7 Lesser Yellowlegs
8 Least Sandpiper
5 Wilson’s Snipe
2 Chimney Swift
1 Eastern Kingbird
1 Warbling Vireo
5 Northern Rough-winged Swallow
40 Tree Swallow
2 Bank Swallow
10 Barn Swallow
10 Bobolinks

Lesser Yellowlegs at Melanie Lane Pond. Click on photos for larger image (J. Klizas)

Solitary Sandpiper (J. Klizas)

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Another 17 Bobolinks were found by Jamie Glydon on the Florham Park Fields on Columbia Turnpike. 4 Spotted Sandpipers were also present.
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Scherman Hoffman Sanctuary in Bernardsville racked up an impressive number of 20+ warbler species today. Noteworthy is a Cerulean Warbler found by Peter Burke. Other species include Hooded, Bay-breasted, Wilson’s, Magnolia, Chestnut-sided, Blackpoll and Canada Warblers, etc.
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Here are two photos taken today by Jim Mulvey on Pleasant Plains Road, Great Swamp N.W.R., NJ.

Yellow-throated Vireo

Warbling Vireo