Tag Archives: birds

A Few Sunday Field Notes, July 14, 2013

From Susan Treesh: I posted earlier to JerseyBirds about the very good thrush habitat at Bamboo Brook County Park in Morris County. There were no surprises, but good numbers of all the “summer birds,” though I saw no grassland species … Continue reading

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Friday Field Notes, July 12, 2013

More on the Hanover/Morris Plains Ravens (Click on the photo for a larger image). See yesterday’s post for more information about the Hanover/Morris Plains Ravens. From Margo D. Beller: This morning a Common Raven was being chased by a flock … Continue reading

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Common Ravens in Hanover Twp., July 11, 2013

Today’s subject is similar to a post from 2012: Common Ravens in Morris Plains, July 13, 2012. Chuck Hantis photographed the Common Ravens shown on this page near a work site at the corner of Hanover Avenue and Horse Hill Road in … Continue reading

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Shorebirds in Morris Co., July 10, 2013

As inferred in yesterday’s post, we are a humble lot in Morris County when it comes to shorebirds and their habitat as there is little of either. Melanie Lane Wetlands has potential to be a productive location due to its … Continue reading

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Shorebirds are coming, July 9, 2013

If one Least Sandpiper on a rocky section of the Raritan River near Duke Island Park signals the beginning of the summer shorebird season in the land of mocosocoBirds, then so be it. Yes, coastal areas are getting them in … Continue reading

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Cicada Flagging and Chat Upates, July 2, 2013

Cicada Flagging (Click on the photo for a larger image). As in the above picture, you may have noticed the browning, or flagging, of leaves on trees while travelling through Morris, Mendham, Bernards, and Warren Townships or anywhere the Brood … Continue reading

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Night-Herons, July 1, 2013

It has been stated in this space before that Black-crowned Night-Herons (BCNH) are not easy to find in Morris and Somerset Counties. That changes with July upon us. Not that they are abundant, only that you may be more likely … Continue reading

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Saturday Field Notes, June 29, 2013

This is what you see when you lay down on the rocky ground directly beneath one of these which are the behemoths marching across Jefferson and Rockaway Townships begat by PSE&G’s Susquehanna-Roseland Project. Organizations, including New Jersey Audubon, are researching and … Continue reading

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Acadian Flycatcher, other field notes, June 25, 2013

A pair of Acadian Flycatchers are on the Somerset County side of Black River Road near Pottersville (Frank Sencher, Jr.). They are north of the intersection of McCann Mill Road. This area is the convergence of the borders of Somerset, … Continue reading

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Birds of Timberbrook, June 23, 2013

(Click on the picture for a larger image). Timberbrook is a road, a pond, and a brook (when splitting the word in two as in Timber Brook). The area is in the Farny Highlands of Rockaway Township. Farny State Park, … Continue reading

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