Tag Archives: Morris County

Connecticut Warbler, Big Sit, other reports – Oct. 11, 2015

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

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Pine Siskin, American Pipits, Oct. 6, 2015

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

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Announcing the Great Swamp Big Sit on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015

From Jim Mulvey, representing the Friends of the Great Swamp: The Great Swamp’s Big Sit is scheduled for next Sunday, October 11, 2015 at the Overlook. The plan is that we will be setting up the circle/tent/table/chairs on Saturday afternoon … Continue reading

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Great Cormorant, Common Loons, etc. – Oct. 3, 2015

(Click on the photo for a larger image.) Morris County’s quasi-annual quota of Great Cormorant appearances was met today as a juvenile was found on a dock at the north end of Lake Parsippany early this morning. The cormorant disappeared … Continue reading

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Birding Week in Review, Oldest Herring Gull, Lunar Eclipse – Sep. 27, 2015

(Click on the photo for a larger image.) Palm Warblers, Lincoln Sparrows and White-throated Sparrows are becoming more prevalent and are noticeable because not much else is happening in mocosococoBirdland this season. Warbler flights are thin and not much thicker for … Continue reading

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Birding Week in Review – Sept. 20, 2015

Whippany’s Western Kingbird was last reported on Labor Day, Sept. 14. 3 Red-headed Woodpeckers were at Troy Meadows in the area of the trap shoot on Troy Meadows Road, Sept. 19 (Chris Thomas). Chris’s photo is below. Dribs and drabs of migrants … Continue reading

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Western Kingbird continues in Whippany, Sep. 14, 2015

The Western Kingbird was missing in action earlier in the morning. At 9:45 AM, Chuck Hantis relocated it on the same post it was favoring yesterday at Veteran’s Memorial Park. See yesterday’s post, here, for directions.

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Western Kingbird in Whippany, Sep. 13, 2015

A Western Kingbird appeared at Veterans Memorial Park in Whippany, Hanover Twp. this morning and is present as this is being written. The Kingbird favors the Patriots Path post markers near the power line. Park in the baseball field lot … Continue reading

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Weekend Bird Notes – Sep. 12, 2015

The old Sayre’s Farm in Washington Valley, Morris Township had the first Lincoln’s Sparrow of the season along with Swainson’s Thrush and a meager amount of other migrants. So far, the fall migration is as underwhelming as the spring migration was. … Continue reading

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Golden-Plover sp., Snowy Egret, Weekend Bird Notes – Sep. 6, 2015

A Pluvialis species some observers think could be a Pacific Golden-Plover is reported from Selody Sod Farm the past two days. See the eBird Somerset County Rare Bird Alert for details. The photos viewed this afternoon are inconclusive and offer no insight into … Continue reading

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