A Mourning Warbler sang on the south side of Lord Stirling Road this morning, just east of the main entrance of Lord Stirling Park (Jeff Ellerbusch). Other species observed include Yellow-billed and Black-billed Cuckoos, White-eyed Vireos, Marsh Wrens, Swainson’s Thrushes, 13 warbler species, such as Magnolia, Blackburnian, Blackpoll, Black-throated Blue, Canada, etc.
Several observers report the continuing Yellow-breasted Chat near Bullfrog Pond.
2 White-eyed Vireos were in the Great Swamp this morning. Both were on Pleasant Plains Road – one north of White Bridge Road and the other south.
It was mesmerizing at 8:10 PM this evening, as a single group of 250 Chimney Swifts flew in circles and twittered over the St. Peters Episcopal Church complex in Morristown.
The photo below, taken yesterday, is of a Snapping Turtle busy at work in the Great Swamp NWR.
Snapping Turtle, Great Swamp NWR, May 17, 2015 (photo by Jonathan Klizas)
One wishes she chose a nest site further from the road.
Snapping Turtle, Great Swamp NWR, May 17, 2015 (photo by Jonathan Klizas)
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