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Category Archives: Morris County
Lapland Longspurs, Snow Bunting in Morris County, Jan. 13, 2013
Today, January 13, 2013, was the 29th running of the Southwest Morris Winter Bird Count founded and administered by Dave Harrison. Today’s species count stands at 79 with one party’s totals remaining to be included. Washington Township and part of … Continue reading
Posted in Morris County
Tagged American Pipit, Horned lark, Lapland Longspur, Long Valley, mocosocobirds, Morris County, Snow Bunting
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Y8M9, origins of a Canada Goose, Jan. 12, 2013
A mocosocoBirds post from January 5 describes a Canada Goose with an orange neck collar and the code, Y8M9, found by this author on December 28 at Black Meadows in Hanover Township and then on January 5 at Loantaka Brook … Continue reading
Redhead, Common Yellowthroat, Rough-legged Hawk, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Jan. 12, 2012
From Alan Boyd: Hi Jonathan, When the fog cleared late this afternoon I had a single drake Redhead on Budd Lake. It was fairly close to Rt 46 opposite Timberline Rd. Among the 3000 or so Canadas were 8 Snow … Continue reading
Lesser Black-backed Gulls, Cackling Goose, Jan. 12, 2013
Two Lesser Black-backed Gulls are in the mocosocoBirds region today. One in Morris County: From Tim Vogel: Saturday January 12, 2013 – 7:30 am Florham Park Fields Merlin Harrier (male adult) Red-tailed Hawk 2 Behind Affinty Fitness, Route 10 west, … Continue reading
Common Redpolls in Randolph, Jan. 11, 2013
From Linda Matula: Finally, three Redpolls (2 females and a juv) feeding at my feeders in Randolph.
Cackling Goose, Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1,000s of birds at Budd Lake, Jan. 9, 2013
The center portion of Budd Lake is open water while the majority of the lake surface is ice. When I arrived at the lake at 3:30 this afternoon there were well over 2,000 Canada Geese (CANG) on the ice and … Continue reading
Posted in Morris County
Tagged Budd Lake, cackling goose, Lesser Black-backed Gull, mocosocobirds, Morris County
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Rough-legged Hawks at Black Meadows, Jan. 9, 2013
Mike Britt reports 2 light phase Rough-legged Hawks this morning at Black Meadows in Hanover Township. 3 Northern Harriers (one gray ghost) were also present. At Florham Park Fields, a male American Kestrel continues to hunt the area. This Kestrel has been … Continue reading
Pine Grosbeaks not refound; misc. notes, Jan. 8, 2013
Five birders spent the late afternoon searching the Gillette Trail area in Washington Township. The Pine Grosbeaks found this morning by Mike Britt were not relocated. The field across from the barn held 25 American Pipits but no Horned Larks. … Continue reading
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4 Pine Grosbeaks in Washington Twp., Jan. 8, 2013
From Mike Britt on the NorthNJBirds Textmarks service from late morning: 4 pine grosbeaks gillette trail washington twp CR 513 morris county. [Editor’s note: I don’t have a map available at the moment but the trail is marked on Google maps]
Great Swamp-Watchung Ridges CBC Results from Dec. 15, 2012
The Great Swamp-Watchung Ridges Christmas Bird Count was conducted on December 15, 2012. The following notes are from the compiler, Pete Axelrod: We saw a total of 91 (plus 1 count week) species and 12672 individuals. 75 people participated. 3 … Continue reading
Posted in Morris County, Somerset County
Tagged Christmas Bird Count, Great Swamp, mocosocobirds, Morris County, somerset county
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