Last year it took until September for Morris County to have a Semipalmated Plover eBirded. This afternoon, a single Semipalmated Plover was with the other shorebirds at Melanie Lane Pond in Hanover Township. 30 Least Sandpipers is a high count for Morris reported in quite a few years. Other birds included:

1 Semipalmated Plover
2 Spotted Sandpiper
8 Solitary Sandpiper
4 Greater Yellowlegs
10 Lesser Yellowlegs
30 Least Sandpiper
4 Wilson’s Snipe
2 Warbling Vireo
5 Northern Rough-winged Swallow
75 Tree Swallow
5 Barn Swallow
8 Savannah Sparrow
1 Orchard Oriole

A distant Semipalmated Plover.

Least Sandpipers in the rain

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One Grasshopper Sparrow was found at Negri-Nepote Grasslands in Franklin Township this morning in the fields directly north of the pond near the high-tension wires. A female Northern Harrier was coursing the fields as well. Shorebirds at this location:

2 Killdeer
1 Solitary Sandpiper
4 Greater Yellowlegs
2 Lesser Yellowlegs
17 Least Sandpiper