Roger Johnson stood at Troy Meadows today and watched as a Golden Eagle flew to the north. It was the first Golden Eagle Roger has seen at Troy Meadows in over 30 years of birding there. Also present were 3 Fox Sparrows, 200 American Robins, 600 Am. Black Ducks, 200 Mallards and 22 Wood Ducks.
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Holly Ellerbusch and Zach Batren receive the award for First Tree Swallow of the Year in Morris County for 2012. They observed three at the Overlook on Pleasant Plains Road in the Great Swamp N.W.R. Holly’s brother Jeff has already won the same award this year for Somerset County, completing a sweep by this burgeoning brother-sister dynasty.
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From Susan Treesh:
Hi Jonathan – for today’s field notes, a lone pair of Tree Swallows at Negri-Nepote made first claim to a nestbox.
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A drake Red-breasted Merganser continues with the 350+ Common Mergansers on Lake Parsippany.
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Dusk fell over the pond at American Road in Morris Plains and on Day 5 of the Pacific Loon’s visit to Morris County. The loon appears to be healthy and subsisting well.

Pacific Loon, Morris Plains, NJ, Mar. 13, 2013 (photo by Zach Batren).