Jeff Ellerbusch reports finding an immature Little Blue Heron today at Finderne Wetlands in Bridgewater Township.
Also he and Simon Lane had basically the same shorebirds at Opie Road in Hillsborough as had been reported by Glenn Mahler yesterday.
5 Semipalmated Plovers
40 Least Sandpipers
3 Solitary Sandpipers
1 Lesser Yellowlegs
1 Killdeer
From Glenn Mahler:
I checked out Opie Road this morning for the Semi. Plovers that were reported yesterday and not only found all the shorebirds that were there yesterday, but the number of Semis was up to 5. I can’t recall ever previously seeing that many at a single inland sight!
Also present were Savannah Sparrow on Opie close to the corner of Pleasant Run Road and a sining Grasshoper Sparrow on one of the grassy fields on Stonesedge Road (running north off of Opie).
Glenn Mahler
Stillwater NJ
From Rick Radis:
I had about 12 Common Nighthawks over Hillsborough on 206 around noon yesterday, 5/12.
3 or 4 were over my place in Rockaway around 730 last night, and a Whip-poor-will was calling near the Hibernia mine entrance in Rockaway at dusk yesterday.
Rick
From Joe Pescatore on 5/12:
Nighthawks all over Pleasant Plains Rd. (Great Swamp N.W.R.) visitor center area tonight 8pm
From Jeff Ellerbusch:
Opie Rd this afternoon, 5:30
– Semipalmated Plover- 2
– Killdeer- 2 adults and 2 chicks
– Lesser Yellowlegs- 1
– Solitary Sandpiper- 7
– Least Sandpiper- 50ish
The Killdeer were aggressive towards everything, though seemed particularly aggressive towards the Semi Plovers…interesting. At one point one of the Killdeer parents chased a Plover around the field for 15 or so seconds.
Jeff
Thanks to Simon Lane for forwarding this report last evening from the management area of the Great Swamp. A Tundra Swan was seen by at least 5 people. This is probably the same bird observed in early April at the Friends Blind but either overlooked or inaccessible since.
Tundra Swan
3 Am Bitterns
1 Least Bittern
4 Virginia
1 Sora
Coot
Moorhen
YB Cuckoo
Chat (heard by the Nikon team earlier)
GHO x 2
Barred Owl x 2
Marsh Wrens
5/11/2011, 7:45 p.m. 306 Columbia Turnpike, Florham Park
I mentioned this place in an earlier post: Some Weekend Birds in Morris County
Wednesday evening a Snowy Egret, a nice bird for Morris County, roosted on a post by the second pond from the road and then flew towards Morristown Airport. Jamie Glydon reports that the Snowy Egret is at 306 Columbia Turnpike again this morning. Also seen yesterday evening was a family of Killdeer, two parents and at least two fledglings.
Submitted by Jonathan Klizas
From Jamie Glydon:
I birded at Bee Meadow park today from 7:15 AM to 7:50 AM. I had three new 2011 arrivals for the park.
– Wilson’s Warbler (1) – A Morris County first for me.
– Orchard Oriole (2)
– Scarlet Tanager (2)
Other highlights/migrants:
Northern Parula (4)
Yellow Warbler (3)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (2)
American Redstart (5)
Black-throated Blue Warber (5)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (1)
Black-throated Green Warbler (1)
Black-and-white Warbler (1)
Ovenbird (2)
Common Yellowthroat (7)
Red-eyed Vireo (1)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (2)
View from the closed bridge, Pleasant Plains Rd.
Birds in the vicinity of the closed bridge between 5:45-6:45 Monday morning:
Solitary Sandpiper
Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Blue-winged Warbler – 3
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
American Redstart
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat
Scarlet Tanager – 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indido Bunting
Bobolink – 4 by the entrance on Lee’s Hill Road
Orchard Oriole
Wild Turkey display video – 6 a.m. near the closed bridge.
Submitted by Jonathan Klizas
From Tim Vogel:
May 7
Tourne
Ridge trail across from ball field
Highlights: Tennessee Warblers (2), BT Green, BT Blue, Swainson’ Thrush, Veery, Wood Thrush
Beaver Swamp
Red headed Woodpecker – very vocal – seeking mate
no sign of the Hooded Mergs lately
May 8
Muriel Hepner Park, Denville (about 7pm)
Nighthawk, Veery, Wood Thrush
Snapping turtles mating – 2 locked together “wrestling” on the water’s surface and finally drifting under the bridge I was on – talk about rough sex!
May 9
Jonathan’s Woods, Denville
Broadwings (2) right off Old Beach Glen road parking lot, in the pines
good numbers of Scarlet Tanagers, RB Grosbeaks and Ovenbirds
Mt. Hope County Park, Rockaway township
very quiet this afternoon, Indigo Bunting and Prairie Warbler highlights.
Jonathan – I visit the fields off of Columbia parkway in
Florham Park from time to time as well. It’s an interesting place. I keep expecting it to be developed.
On Saturday, May 7, Jamie Glydon had 2 Bobolinks at the Thysson Krupp property at 306 Columbia Turnpike in Florham Park. This is a local site of interest that I stop in whenever I go to Florham Park. It looks like an old field and pasture where two retention ponds have been built. The company plant is way in the back and cannot be seen from Columbia Turnpike. The back end of the property seems to abut parts of Morristown Airport. Spotted and Solitary Sandpipers, Killdeer, Wilson’s Snipe, Am. Kestrel, E. Bluebirds (13 at one time last fall), E. Kingbird, Wild Turkey, Savannah Sparrows, and various Swallow species have been seen here. Hooded Mergansers and Green-winged Teal have visited the ponds as well as Great Blue Heron and Great Egret. Bobolinks have passed through here the past two years in May. A pair of Spotted Sandpipers were here until at least the last week of May last year. The only Snow Goose I saw this year in Morris County was here. In other words, if you are in the area, stop in and have a look.
Jamie also had a Lincoln’s Sparrow at Troy Meadows on Saturday.
A visit today, May 8, to parts of Mahlon Dickerson produced:
Canada, Nashville,Northern Parula, Worm-eating, Black-throated Green, Black-throated Blue, Black-and-white and Yellow Warblers, American Redstart, Ovenbird and Common Yellowthroat. Red, Warbling and Yellow-throated Vireos, Wood Thrush, Veery and Purple Finch were some other species present today.
Submitted by Jonathan Klizas
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