An après school walk this afternoon at Sayre’s Farm in Morris Township produced the only Philadelphia Vireo reported in Morris County in 2012, so far. A female Purple Finch was with a large group of Am. Goldfinches, Eastern Bluebirds, Chipping Sparrows and a female Indigo Bunting picking away on the driveway.
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Highlights from Jeff Ellerbusch’s report of the morning flight at Chimney Rock in Martinsville include:
Least Flycatcher
Red-breasted Nuthatch – 3
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warblers – 15
Tennessee Warbler
Common Yellowthroat – 4
Hooded Warbler – 1 immature
American Redstart – 10
Northern Parula – 5
Magnolia Warbler – 3
Blackburnian Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler – 4
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler – 5
Rose-breasted Grosbeak – 2
Bobolink – 3 flyovers
Purple Finch – female

Early morning raptors:
Osprey – 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk – 5
Cooper’s Hawk – 1
Broad-winged Hawk – 12