Tag Archives: Morris County

Wildcat Ridge Hawkwatch, Hibernia, NJ, Sep. 11, 2013

Wildcat Ridge Hibernia, New Jersey, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 11, 2013 Species Day Month Season Black Vulture 0 1 1 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 1 12 19 Bald Eagle 0 8 12 Northern Harrier 0 2 2 … Continue reading

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Two Night-Heron species in Parsippany, Sep. 11, 2013

Juvenile Black-crowned Night-Heron, Parsippany, NJ, Sep. 11, 2013 (photo by Julie Buechner). The first documented report in 84 years of both Black-crowned and Yellow-crowned Night-Herons appearing in the same place, practically in the same tree, in Morris County occurred today. Julie Buechner … Continue reading

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Yellow-crowned Night-Heron continues in Parsippany, Sep. 10, 2013

The juvenile Yellow-crowned Night-Heron found yesterday in Parsippany by Julie Buechner continues today. It is located at a pond on Jefferson Road near the intersection of Smith Road. It favors the southern end of the pond. It has been seen … Continue reading

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Yellow-crowned Night-Heron in Parsippany, other reports, Sep. 9, 2013

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Parsippany, NJ (photos by Julie Buechner) Julie Buechner discovered a juvenile Yellow-crowned Night-Heron today in a corporate pond on Jefferson Road near Smith Road in Parsippany. This is the only report of this species in Morris County for … Continue reading

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Wildcat Ridge Hawkwatch, Hibernia, NJ, Sep. 8, 2013

Wildcat Ridge Hibernia, New Jersey, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 08, 2013 Species Day Month Season Black Vulture 0 1 1 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 4 11 18 Bald Eagle 5 8 12 Northern Harrier 1 2 2 … Continue reading

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Wildcat Ridge Hawkwatch, Hibernia, NJ, Sep. 7, 2013

Wildcat Ridge Hibernia, New Jersey, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 07, 2013 Species Day Month Season Black Vulture 0 1 1 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 3 7 14 Bald Eagle 2 3 7 Northern Harrier 0 1 1 … Continue reading

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New features added: eBird Alerts and Checklists, Sep. 7, 2013

Two features are added to the sidebar of the mocosocoBirds web site (see the NOTE below for mobile devices). These represent two new categories of links: eBird Rare Bird Alerts – These are generated from the eBird web site. What … Continue reading

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Saturday Field Notes, Sep. 7, 2013

Here are the shorebird numbers from the Lincoln Park Gravel Pits today: Semipalmated Plover – 1 Killdeer- 25 Semipalmated Sandpiper – 10 Least Sandpiper – 14 Wilson’s Snipe – 1 All of the Semipalmated and Least Sandpipers were juveniles. 1 Blue-winged … Continue reading

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Chimney Rock Hawkwatch, Martinsville, NJ, Sep. 6, 2013

Chimney Rock Martinsville, NJ, USA Daily Raptor Counts : 9/6/2013 Species Day’s Count Month Total Season Total BV 0 0 0 TV 0 0 0 OS 3 56 56 BE 0 24 24 NH 1 6 6 SS 7 22 … Continue reading

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Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, other migrants, Sep. 6, 2013

The radar was lit up with nocturnal migrants again last night. It appears Chimney Rock was the main recipient in the mocosocoBirds area this morning with Empids, Vireos and 14 warbler species (Jeff Ellerbusch, Simon Lane). Here are the highlights: … Continue reading

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