Red-breasted Merganser, Duke Island Park, NJ, Feb. 26, 2015 (photo by Jonathan Klizas)

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The ducks of the Raritan River are the main highlight of the bird life of Morris and Somerset Counties at the moment. This is a way of saying that not much is currently happening on the bird front in this region. The Duke Island Park specialties continue to inhabit the open water accessible via the picnic area marked Jaycee Grove at the park and Jaycee Rd. on the map. This is the west most parking lot of the park.

Redheads, Duke Island Park, NJ, Feb. 26, 2015 (photo by Jonathan Klizas)

Below are the two Greater Scaup present on the Raritan River the past three days.

Greater Scaup, Duke Island Park, NJ, Feb. 26, 2015 (photo by Jonathan Klizas)

eBird Checklists for the mocosocoBirds region may be viewed via eBird’s Region Explorer. Use the following links:

• Morris County
• Somerset County

The eBird Hotspot Primer is here and can also be accessed via the Hotspot menu item on the mocosocoBirds.com website.

@mocosocoBirds at Twitter is another communications stream. Instant field reports and links of interest are tweeted throughout the day. The latest tweets appear on the sidebar of this page. One can follow mocosocoBirds at Twitter or link to @mocosocoBirds.

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