Category Archives: Somerset County

(Click on the photo for a larger image.) With the mild winter of 2016, there is no waiting this year for one of the true harbingers of spring, the calls and display flights of the American Woodcock. The snow is … Continue reading →

(Click on the photo for a larger image). 15 Redheads were at Lake Parsippany today (Alan Boyd, Roger Johnson) along with a Ruddy Duck, 4 Common Mergansers, Ring-billed and Herring Gulls, and a single Great Black-backed Gull. This along with … Continue reading →

Contrasts As warm as the sun felt today with a high temperature in the Morristown area of approximately 57 F degrees, this day does not come close to the Morristown record for January: 70 F degrees sixty-six years ago in … Continue reading →

Great Swamp NWR, January 2016 January 23’s Blizzard of 2016 created roadside birding opportunities this week. If anyone wonders where White-throated Sparrows are this winter, drive along any quiet road in Harding Township and the Great Swamp NWR, peek down driveways and try to keep … Continue reading →

Here are the results of the 32nd annual Southwest Morris Winter Bird Count, Sunday January 17, 2016. Weather conditions were cloudy skies with temperatures reaching the 38 degree Fahrenheit range as the day progressed. A light snow fell in the mid-to … Continue reading →

A Long-tailed Duck continues today at Clyde Potts Reservoir, Mendham Twp., for the eighth known day. It keeps company with the 212 Common Mergansers in the reservoir. Another Long-tailed Duck was found at Nolans Point, Lake Hopatcong yesterday, Jan. 15 … Continue reading →

The annual New Jersey Bald Eagle Report for 2015 was published today via the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey. The full PDF report is viewed here. Following is a summary excerpted from the report: “One hundred ninety-one nest sites … Continue reading →

A Long-tailed Duck has spent the past two days in Clyde Potts Reservoir. Also present are 120 Common Mergansers, 4 Hooded Mergansers, a pair of Ruddy Ducks, Canada Geese and Mallards. Saturday saw a pair of Bald Eagles at the reservoir … Continue reading →

If you receive the post via email, you will notice the author is guilty of proofreading his own work, hence, 2015 in the originally subject line of the post. It is corrected here: mocosocobirds.com/2016/01/01/tundra-swans-redheads-jan-1-2016/. Have a wonderful 2016!