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Category Archives: Morris County
The 84th Boonton Christmas Bird Count Report – 2019
This is an updated version of the report. The compiler missed a checklist. The total species count is adjusted to 96, not 94 as originally stated. The 84th annual Boonton Christmas Bird Count (CBC) occurred on Sunday, December 22, 2019, … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas Bird Count, Historical, Morris County
Tagged birding, birds, Christmas Bird Count, migration, mocosocobirds, Morris County, nature, ornithology, Troy Meadows
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NJDEP Division of Fish and Wildlife: Piping Plover/Beach Nesting Birds 2019 Management Reports – Nov. 7, 2019
NJDEP Division of Fish and Wildlife: Piping Plover/Beach Nesting Birds 2019 Management Reports Not a typical Morris and Somerset County blog post, but in case you do not subscribe to New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife newsletters, here are … Continue reading
Posted in Historical, Morris County, Somerset County
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Yellow Rail at Great Swamp NWR on Oct. 25, 2019
Yellow Rail Found (deceased) at Great Swamp NWR Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) is a rare visitor to New Jersey with approximately forty accepted records going back to circa 1877 (see the New Jersey Bird Records Committee’s Accepted Records list here). … Continue reading
Posted in Historical, Morris County, Somerset County
Tagged birding, birds, Great Swamp, migration, mocosocobirds, Morris County, nature, ornithology, Yellow Rail
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eBird tidying up and a request – Sept. 26, 2019
This is a quick post to report that a pair of Troy Meadows eBird hotspots are merged into one: Troy Meadows Natural Area–So. Beverwyck Rd. and Troy Meadows Natural Area–Patriots Path. Both former hotspots are the same habitat and in … Continue reading
Posted in Historical, Morris County, Somerset County
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Winter Finch Forecast for 2019-20 – Sept. 14, 2019
Ron Pittaway’s annual winter finch forecast is published. Bumper crops of spruce cone, Mountain-ash, etc. foretell the probable absence of winter finches in New Jersey this coming fall and winter seasons. Read the report at Ron Pittaway’s Winter Finch Forecast … Continue reading
Posted in Morris County, Somerset County
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White Ibis in Somerset County; Herons and Egrets – July 17, 2019
Negri-Nepote Native Grassland Preserve in Franklin Twp. continues to attract locally rare bird species. A juvenile White Ibis was found yesterday, July 16, by Christopher Daly and observed by many others late in the day. The White Ibis continues today, July … Continue reading
Posted in Morris County, Somerset County
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Morris Co. Breeders in 2019: Kentucky Warbler and Yellow-bellied Sapsucker – July 7, 2019
Confirmed: Kentucky Warblers nesting at Lewis Morris Park, Morris County (Clicking on the image brings you to the Macaulay Library listing of the photo.) On May 16, 2018, a Kentucky Warbler was found at Lewis Morris County Park. It was … Continue reading
Posted in Morris County, Somerset County
Tagged birding, birds, Breeding, Kentucky Warbler, migration, mocosocobirds, Morris County, nature, ornithology, somerset county
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Henslow’s Sparrow, Somerset County – June 23, 2019
What’s the big deal? It’s just another Henslow’s Sparrow in Somerset County. They are practically annual summer visitors albeit on inaccessible private property and in tiny numbers. They have nested in the county so the Negri-Nepote bird could find a … Continue reading
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Mourning and Kentucky Warblers – May 30, 2019
(Thanks to Warren Van Varick for the use of his photo. Clicking on the photo brings you to his Flickr photo where you can browse his other Mourning Warbler images.) Seeing or hearing one Mourning Warbler in spring migration is … Continue reading
Posted in Morris County, Somerset County
Tagged birding, birds, Kentucky Warbler, migration, mocosocobirds, Morris County, Mourning Warbler, nature, ornithology
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