From Ben Barkley:
Hi all,
This morning I was very excited and surprised to find a Yellow-billed Cuckoo in the forest to the east of Ridge High School. This is a first for me on the high school grounds, which actually are a very productive place to bird.
From Ben Barkley:
Today around 6:30 pm I had 2 Purple Martins fly over my house (in Basking Ridge) heading towards the Great Swamp.
From Tim Vogel:
Cedar Lake section of Denville.
June 15 – 6am.
White-throated Sparrow singing and seen.
From Ben Barkley:
This evening around 5 pm at Negri-Nepote Grassland Preserve I had 3 Dickcissels (2 male, 1 female) between the pond and the farmhouse. I had terrific views of all three from the mowed path, and the males were very easy to locate because of their singing.
From Tim Vogel:
June 12 – 5:30pm
Ford Rd., Rockaway/Denville
Building past 84 Lumber
3 Ravens
Behind former Daily Record building in open dumpster
another Raven
6 Turkey Vultures
Tim Vogel
Denville
From Mike Newlon:
White-eyed Vireo and Bobolink at Glenhurst Meadows June 13.
The Vireo was singing along the Brookside trail just S of the first bridge/Cross trail.
The Bobolink sang from the fence at the Community Garden, then moved to the big tree just N of the barn.
Six Great Egrets and two Great Blues were perched in trees long the powerline cut, where the Brookside trail meets the Passaic River.
At least two Dickcissels of the four reported on Sunday, June 12 by Ted Chase on JerseyBirds remain at the Negri-Nepote Grasslands in Franklin Township. Jeff Ellerbusch had two later in the day on June 12 (male and female) and I had the same two this morning, June 13. The birds were between the pond and the farmhouse easily viewed from the mowed paths.
Submitted by Jonathan Klizas
From Tim Vogel:
Tourne Beaver Swamp
Good Woodpecker day – Red-bellied, Flicker, Downy , Hairy, Pileated
Red-headed Woodpecker continues.
Still seeing only one bird but did observe it carrying food to a hole.
Hole is best seen from northwest side of pond. I stood on the big rock just past the original dam. The tree is in the middle, very tall and thin.
June 11
Randolph Township
Bald Eagle 2nd year
Observed standing in the unpaved lot for the proposed Shoppes at Randolph (another fancy strip mall)
From Bill Boyle:
In response to Ben’s report, Karen Thompson had a Mississippi Kite in Bridgewater near Route 206 on Tuesday and there was one seen at Sunrise Mountain on Monday, plus several hanging around Cape May area recently. Where are they nesting?
Ben Barkley reports two Mississippi Kites flying west this afternoon over Ridge High School which is on Finley Ave. in Basking Ridge.
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