Category Archives: Somerset County

From Jeff Ellerbusch: Bufflehead Rd Ponds, Bridgewater Township – 6:25am. The female Common Goldeneye and 3 Drake Ruddies are still there since the 29th, Barn Swallow since the 31st. – Wood Duck- 3 – Ring-necked Duck- 22 – Common Goldeneye- … Continue reading →

The Bufflehead Road ponds are at these Google map coordinates: 40.553624,-74.566762 This place will never be associated with natural beauty by anyone with a sensitive aesthetic. There is a county transfer station and a water company facility amongst other businesses. … Continue reading →

From Jeff Ellerbusch – Thursday morning. Bufflehead Rd. ponds, Bridgewater township: Ruddy Duck 1 Co. Goldeneye 15 Hooded Merganser 25 Ring-necked Ducks 1 Pied-billed Grebe 40+ Tree Swallows Other: Great Egret at Duke’s Parkway east, Hillsborough. 2 White-crowned Sparrows continue … Continue reading →

Jeff Ellerbusch reports that 7 Sandhill Cranes flew over his house in Warren Township. Jeff’s description: “The 7 Sandhills flew over, coming from the south, at around 5:15, circled 3 or so times, and drifted west. Insane!” The direction they … Continue reading →

From Jeff Ellerbusch: Made a quick stop at the Bufflehead Rd Ponds at around 4:30 this afternoon. This is only my 4th time here and it looks to have quit a bit of potential. The entire area, which includes 11 … Continue reading →

7:00-10:00 – below freezing. With Jeff Ellerbusch, Joe Pescatore, Simon Lane and myself. Noteworthy were 120 Rusty Blackbirds in the vicinity of the Passaic River and 35 Wilson’s Snipe (at least) in the flooded field at Wagner’s Arboretum. Here are … Continue reading →

From Jeff Ellerbusch: Glenhurst this afternoon – early evening was decent… but was expecting a few arrivals that don’t seem to have arrived yet. Highlights: – Green-winged Teal- 100 (numbers are dropping) – Wood Duck- 12 – Pied-billed Grebe- 1 … Continue reading →

From Jeff Ellerbusch: Birded Glenhurst this morning from 7:30 – 9:30. I am a little surprised at how quickly the water is receding especially along the paths. In about a week, barring another storm, Glenhurst will be prime Shorebird habitat. … Continue reading →

7:00 30 degress Fahrenheit. Opie Rd. was flooded by Sunday’s rains. Today, Wednesday, a quick drive through revealed the return of the Tundra Swan (Frank Sencher, Jr. informs me he saw it here on Monday). The swan is slightly east … Continue reading →

2:45 p.m. 45 degrees Fahrenheit. From the Wagner’s Arboretum’s garden parking area. The lower fields have become Glenhurst Lake after the recent rains. The most noteworthy bird was an adult blue, or dark, morph Snow Goose seen by both Jeff … Continue reading →