23 Bonaparte’s Gulls were in Lake Hopatcong north of Bertrand Island this afternoon accompanied by 4 Common Loons and 4 Horned Grebes. The Loon season on Morris lakes is winding down.

Budd Lake had 2 Common Loons, 2 Horned Grebes, 12 Buffleheads and 18 Ruddy Ducks (Alan Boyd).

Lake Musconetcong had a Red-necked Grebe, 3 Horned Grebes, 6 Pied-billed Grebes, 8 lingering Ring-necked Ducks, 60 Bufflehead, a Red-breasted Merganser and 3 Bonaparte’s Gulls (Alan Boyd).

Morris County’s first Solitary Sandpiper of 2015 was with 3 Greater Yellowlegs, 1 Blue-winged Teal, 1 American Wigeon, Green-winged Teal and Killdeer at the temprary pond on Beacon Hill Rd., Long Valley.

There are many reports this time of year, too many to include in a daily newsletter. For further details and to see what people are seeing in the mocosocoBirds region, see local eBirdChecklists 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.

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