Category Archives: Somerset County

From Susan Treesh: “A Cattle Egret was present today (and apparently for the last couple of days) at Suydam Farms in Franklin Township. It was in a pasture with cattle and other livestock. The Suydam Farms people will allow people … Continue reading →

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Orange-crowned Warbler, Snow Bunting at Tilcon Lake (Click on the photo for a larger image.) Tilcon Lake, Mt. Olive Twp. was formerly the site of a sand and gravel quarry, hence the corporate name. Flooding of the nearby … Continue reading →

Crested Caracara in Franklin Twp. One of the more interesting mocosocoBirds reports in recent memory came this morning from the Middlebush Road area of Franklin Township. A Crested Caracara was observed at the corner of South Middlebush Road and Suydam … Continue reading →

Surf Scoters at Budd Lake 4 Surf Scoters were found at Budd Lake this afternoon (Alan Boyd). They were scope-views located in the middle of the lake. These are the only Surf Scoters reported in Morris in 2015. Alan also … Continue reading →

(Click on the photo for a larger image.) Three Long-tailed Ducks were at the north end of Boonton Reservoir this morning. The above photo shows the ducks in the foreground and shows the viewer how much the water is drawn … Continue reading →

Halloween and the end of Daylight Savings Time are quickly approaching. The first Fox Sparrows of the season in all of New Jersey except for one report from Gloucester County (according to the eBird database) were seen at Negri-Nepote Native … Continue reading →

A Say’s Phoebe was reported from Negri-Nepote Native Grassland Preserve on Sunday, Oct. 18 by Jacob Socolar. This is previously reported on the JerseyBirds listserv as well as eBird. Jacob sent mocosocoBirds the link to his checklist which has a … Continue reading →

Lincoln’s Sparrows are wide-spread and Yellow-rumped Warblers are everywhere. A flock of 2,000+ Common Grackles was working Frelinghuysen Fields in Harding Township this morning.  Autumn is burying memories of summer. Temperatures were in the high 30 Fahrenheit degree range in … Continue reading →

A Pine Siskin visited a feeder in Roxbury Twp., Morris County, Monday, Oct. 5. This is the only report of Pine Siskin in New Jersey since August 9, also in Morris County, and one of only a very few autumn … Continue reading →