Traffic was bad early this evening on Jefferson Road in Whippany, so Jamie Glydon decided to avoid it by turning around in the Birchwood Manor parking lot. A Field Sparrow caught his eye and then he heard American Pipits – 30 to be exact as he counted them when they flushed – a pleasant traffic diversion indeed. The Pipits found Sunday along Rockaway Valley Road in Denville Township were not relocated today.
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A brief tour of the Tourne in Boonton/Denville Townships late this afternoon turned up the following:
Wood Ducks, Green-winged Teal, Osprey, Cooper’s Hawk, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker and Eastern Phoebe at the Beaver Swamp. Sharp-shinned Hawk, American Kestrel, 10 Northern Flickers, 20 Palm Warblers and 12 Yellow-rumped Warblers at the Sparrow Fields on CR603.