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All three Morris County Pacific Loons were viewed today.
– The Morris Plains juvenile completed Day 11 on American Road.
– The Lake Parsippany adult was with 470 Common Mergansers, a female Red-breasted Merganser, an alternate plumaged Common Loon, a Common Goldeneye drake picked out by Simon Lane and the Ruddy Ducks, diminishing number of Ring-necked Ducks and American Coots that are on the lake.
– The Boonton Reservoir’s adult Pacific Loon showed itself again. It was viewable from the footbridge accessed from Reservoir Drive. Although more closely seen than Sunday, it is still a long distance away. At times it will float into the area by the dam and be hidden for varying lengths of time. Three Common Loons are also at the reservoir, one in alternate plumage. Unless it is an aberration, the photo seems to show a chin-strap on the Pacific Loon.

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Zach Batren had two Rusty Blackbirds in Warren Township today.

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Mitch Van Beekum photographed the following Pied-billed Grebe at Thonus Pond in Morris Plains not far from the Pacific Loon location.