Category Archives: Morris County

From Tim Vogel: Saturday 9/17 Denville You didn’t need to be on a ridge today to see BW hawks I had over 1000 while at a soocer game in Denville with other hawks as well including 2 adult Bald Eagles … Continue reading →

Autumn-like conditions brought in the first reported White-throated Sparrows and Blue-headed Vireos into Morris Township, Morris County today. From Patriot’s Path area of Washington Valley: Broad-winged Hawk Cedar Waxwings – flocks of 30+ Blue-headed Vireo Red-eyed Vireo – 2 Magnolia … Continue reading →

From Tim Vogel: St Clare’s Hospital Fields, Denville I’ve been visiting 2x per day since the flooding has gone down I think we’ve got a few more days of mud and standing water to keep the shorebirds. One can probably … Continue reading →

One effect of tropical storm Lee was to flood the Rockaway River in Denville again turning McCarter Park across from St. Clare’s Hospital into a lake. It was impassable from Wednesday through the weekend. Today a venture was made into … Continue reading →

From Tim Vogel: Update – St. Clare’s fields, Denville – Monday 9/5 – 5pm All birds were spooked and difficult to approach – don’t know why 5 Pectoral Sandpipers 2 Greater Yellowlegs 40+ peeps (mostly semi; a few least) 6 … Continue reading →

Ten Common Nighthawks were acrobatic over the soldier’s huts area of Jockey Hollow in Harding Township between 6-7:00 this evening. A large swarm of Dragonflies was probably the main attraction. The two Pectoral Sandpipers found at McCarter Park in Denville … Continue reading →

To add to Tim Vogel’s earlier post, the fields at McCarter Park in Denville (the name given on Google Maps, “St Clare’s Hospital flooded fields” in Tim’s earlier post, Google coordinates – 40.89266,-74.47068) 2 Pectoral Sandpipers flew in to join … Continue reading →

From Tim Vogel: Thursday 9/1- dusk 2 Common Nighthawk – St. Clare’s Hospital, Denville Cooper’s Hawk Friday 9/2 – dusk 7 Common Nighthawks – St. Clare’s Hospital Saturday 9/3 Tourne – Sparrow fields 1 Raven flyby 2 Bobolinks Tourne – … Continue reading →

A Yellow-bellied Flycatcher was in the Patriots Path area of Washington Valley in Morris Township this morning (approximate Google coordinates 40.800759,-74.517768). Other than a few American Redstarts migration was light. At Roerhrich’s Roots (a.k.a. Roehrich’s Tree Nursery, approx. 40.793685,-74.536908) along … Continue reading →