Author Archives: Jonathan Klizas

Feeding time at the heronry (Click on the photo for a larger image.) The heronry at Deerhaven Lake. is productive again this year. 44 Great Blue Herons, juveniles included, were counted this morning. 2015 marks the third consecutive year that … Continue reading →

Summer Solstice The summer solstice occurred today at 12:38 EDT. Can fall migration be far behind? The spring migration of 2015 was lackluster. Here is a wish for a positively eventful summer. Boonton Reservoir There were no storm-related birds at … Continue reading →

Black-crowned Night-Herons at Green Brook Park, North Plainfield (Click on the photo for a larger image.) Many people are probably not aware that a town with the name of North Plainfield is actually in Somerset County, not in Union County … Continue reading →

Cliff Swallows in Somerset County Bridges spanning the Raritan River are worth checking for nesting swallows, especially Cliff Swallows. Two bridges were checked today with opposite results. The I-287 bridge at Easton Avenue in Franklin Township was a hot bed … Continue reading →

Beaver Brook Trail – Lost Lake (Click on the photo for a larger image.) A Beaver (Castor candensis) was one of the highlights during a birding hike this morning from Saffin Rock Rill at Mahlon Dickerson Reservation to the powerline south … Continue reading →

Pine Siskin in Morris Township The following photos are blurry, partly due to shooting through an old screen door in shaded light. This lone Pine Siskin has visited a thistle sock on Kemble Mountain in Morris Township for at least the past two … Continue reading →

The poor quality photo above is of an immature male Blue Grosbeak found this morning in the wilds of Lake Denmark, Rockaway Twp. This is the only Blue Grosbeak reported from Morris County so far in 2015. A sample of … Continue reading →

Thank you to any who expressed concern due to the lack of mocosocoBirds posts this past week. Besides yours truly simply taking a short break to recharge, there simply was nothing of note to write about. The spring migration of 2015 … Continue reading →

The only storm related bird of note today in the mocosocoBirds region is a Bonaparte’s Gull at Lake Musconetcong (Alan Boyd). This is a rare find for this time of the year at an inland location. In fact, the eBird … Continue reading →