Category Archives: Morris County

From Terry Carruthers (9:28 p.m.): Great Swamp: Just heard a Whip-poor-will behind my house, calling for a few minutes, before moving off west along Whitebridge Rd. I subsequently went searching for it but could not locate it again. – Terry … Continue reading →

Birds are present in the best numbers and diversity seen in 2012 in the MoCoSoCo region. This day begged birders to get out and enjoy the spectacle of May. A Sora was heard at 6:37 this morning from the closed … Continue reading →

Melanie Lane Pond in Hanover Township had five species of swallows this afternoon: Northern Rough-winged (NWRS), Barn, Bank, Tree and Cliff. Jamie Glydon, who witnessed the climax of this event, counted 110 Tree, 30 Barn, 15 Bank, 10 NRWS and … Continue reading →

A singing Blue Grosbeak was at the right-angle bend of East Mountain Rd. in Montgomery Township, south of the Sourland Mountain Preserve entrance. This is the same place a Blue Grosbeak was found in the spring of 2011. ——— 2 … Continue reading →

After publishing the April 29, 2012 post: Prothonotary Warblers, Red-headed Woodpecker and other field notes, April 29, 2012, I saw that the link for the sound recording displayed completely differently in the email note than it does on the web … Continue reading →

Two Prothonotary Warblers continue on the Passaic Rive view-able from Lord Stirling Park. One singing male is in the vicinity of the June Beetle Bridge. The second is view-able from the East Observation Tower. Below is a 1 minute 15 … Continue reading →

One Sora was heard whinnying and ker-wee-ing this morning at the Great Swamp N.W.R. 2 Blue-winged Warblers, Black-and-white Warblers, Prairie Warbler, Palm, Yellow-rumped and Yellow Warblers, Common Yellowthroat, Ovenbird, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Warbling Vireo and Orchard Oriole were some of the … Continue reading →

Melanie Lane Pond continues to be a shorebird and swallow hot spot in eastern Morris County. Jamie Glydon found a single Cliff Swallow amongst the 100+ Tree, Northern Rough-winged and Barn Swallows over the pond this afternoon. The swallow gave … Continue reading →

It may not seem like much, but ever so slowly, migrating species of birds are trickling into the Morris and Somerset County region. There are new arrivals of species each day. Yellow Warblers, House Wrens and Gray Catbirds are gaining … Continue reading →