Today, Bee Meadow Park in Hanover Township hosted an Olive-sided Flycatcher (OSFL) for the entire day. Jamie Glydon found it in the early morning. Simon Lane relocated it later in the day in a dead, or at least leafless, tree directly behind and towering over the football field scoreboard in the park. It was at this same location at 6:45 p.m., in the rain, when this writer was able to see it. This is the first Olive-sided Flycatcher in 2012 for the Mocosoco region. There are other records from the state for this species from the last few days. However, as far as is known, this could be the earliest date for OSFL in Morris County history. The earliest known date for Somerset County is May 7, 1986 at Scherman Hoffman in Bernardsville (Rich Kane).
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Elsewhere, Jamie Glydon found yet another White-eyed Vireo at Sayre’s Farm in Morris Township. This gets added to the one at Patriot’s Path in nearby Washington Valley and another at Scherman Hoffman Sanctuary, Bernardsville. Jamie also found a Bay-breasted Warbler along Cozy Lake Road in Jefferson Township, northwest Morris County. This is the same area where Chris Vogel had a Red-breasted Nuthatch, relatively rare in 2012, on May 1.
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Yesterday, Simon Lane had a Cape May Warbler singing for two hours from his neighbor’s pines in Chatham Township.
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Below are two photos taken at Griggstown Grasslands today by Chris Duffek.

Blue-winged Warbler (with a touch of Golden-winged lineage)

Yellow Warbler