Category Archives: Morris County

This is a quote from Wade Wander’s post today to the Sussex Bird List: “Eastern Meadowlark has been proposed for Special Concern status in NJ because of its declining breeding, migrant, and wintering populations. All observations of EM are worth … Continue reading →

A quick tour of some Morris County lakes this afternoon was unremarkable although an almost full alternate plumaged Common Loon on Boonton Reservoir was a treat. Likewise, a sub-adult IV Bald Eagle at Mt. Hope Lake was easy to look … Continue reading →

From Jeff Ellerbusch: Friends Blind, Long Hill Road: 10:15 – 10:45 Waterfowl + Highlights – Canada Goose- 10 – Tundra Swan- 1 – Wood Duck- 40+ – Am. Wigeon- 6 – Black Duck- 15 – Mallard- 60 – Blue-winged Teal- … Continue reading →

The Friends Blind off of Long Hill Road at the Great Swamp N.W.R. had two Blue-winged Teal this afternoon at 3 p.m. This location is the most reliable spot in Morris County I know of for this exquisite species in the early … Continue reading →

Same lakes – different day: 7:45-10:00. Very northwest windy. Species diversity has dropped. Horned Grebes in a variety of plumages. Bufflehead and Ruddy Duck numbers have increased. Pied-billed Grebes are a first of season in the county that this observer … Continue reading →

From Jeff Ellerbusch Friends Blind: 10:30 – 11:30 Waterfowl + Highlights  Canada Goose-35 Wood Duck- 6 Black Duck- 8 Mallard- 16 G-w Teal- 15 Gadwall- 3 No. Pintail- 2 Ring-necked- 35 Bufflehead- 1 Hooded Merg- 1 G B Heron- 1 … Continue reading →

Pleasant Plains Road at 3 p.m. had a single Tree Swallow. A small number of Rusty Blackbirds were also present mixed with Red-winged Blackbirds and Common Grackles. The path to the blinds on Long Hill Road had a single Eastern Phoebe. The Friends Blind … Continue reading →

I visited Lake Parsippany four times this past week. Here are the numbers for Common Mergansers: Tuesday, 3/8/2011:  260 Thursday, 3/10/2011: 500 Saturday, 3/12/2011: 160 Sunday, 3/13/2011: 12, that’s right, 12. A classic case of here today and gone tomorrow. Jonathan Klizas

Jeff Ellerbusch and I surveyed a number of Morris County Lakes Saturday morning 3-12-2011 from 7:00-10:00 a.m. The same places were visited seven days ago with the major difference being that all of the lakes are now completely thawed.  See … Continue reading →

The count of Common Mergansers on Lake Parsippany has doubled since two days ago. An estimate of 500 were on the lake today, Thursday, at 4 p.m. in the rain. Ring-billed Gulls, Canada Geese and Mallards in small numbers were … Continue reading →