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Sunday Field Notes, Sep. 15, 2013

Posted on September 15, 2013 by Jonathan Klizas

The Autumnal Equinox occurs at 4:44 p.m. EDT, September 22, one week from today. Bird density today was less than yesterday but what was found tasted of autumn. The season’s first push of Lincoln’s Sparrows were observed in Morris County … Continue reading →

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316 Raptors at Wildcat Ridge, Hibernia, NJ, Sep. 14, 2013

Posted on September 14, 2013 by Jonathan Klizas

Wildcat Ridge Hibernia, New Jersey, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 14, 2013 Species Day Month Season Black Vulture 0 1 1 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 10 27 34 Bald Eagle 3 13 17 Northern Harrier 0 2 2 … Continue reading →

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136 Raptors at Wildcat Ridge, Hibernia, NJ, Sep. 13, 2013

Posted on September 14, 2013 by Jonathan Klizas

Wildcat Ridge Hibernia, New Jersey, USA Daily Raptor Counts: Sep 13, 2013 Species Day Month Season Black Vulture 0 1 1 Turkey Vulture 0 0 0 Osprey 5 17 24 Bald Eagle 2 10 14 Northern Harrier 0 2 2 … Continue reading →

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Great Cormorant in Parsippany; Migrants, Sep. 14, 2013

Posted on September 14, 2013 by Jonathan Klizas

Great Cormorant in Parsippany (Click on the picture for a larger image.) Anyone who was birding today in the mocosocoBirds region is aware that southbound migrants were dumped on the area as of this morning. Birds were everywhere. Yet, the … Continue reading →

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424 Raptors at Chimney Rock Hawkwatch, Martinsville , NJ, Sep. 13, 2013

Posted on September 13, 2013 by Jonathan Klizas

Chimney Rock Martinsville, NJ, USA Daily Raptor Counts : 9/13/2013 Species Day’s Count Month Total Season Total BV 0 0 0 TV 0 0 0 OS 19 112 112 BE 6 50 50 NH 3 12 12 SS 32 102 … Continue reading →

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Friday Field Notes, Sep. 13, 2013

Posted on September 13, 2013 by Jonathan Klizas

If you are near a device connected to the Internet right now, check this out: tempest.aos.wisc.edu/radar/uscompjs.html. The screen displays a radar image of migration as it is happening and as of 8:15 this evening the east coast was lit up … Continue reading →

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Chimney Rock Hawkwatch, Martinsville, NJ, Sep. 12, 2013

Posted on September 13, 2013 by Jonathan Klizas

Chimney Rock Martinsville, NJ, USA Daily Raptor Counts : 9/12/2013 Species Day’s Count Month Total Season Total BV 0 0 0 TV 0 0 0 OS 2 93 93 BE 0 44 44 NH 0 9 9 SS 0 70 … Continue reading →

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Night-Herons, Baird’s Sandpiper, other field notes, Sep. 12, 2013

Posted on September 12, 2013 by Jonathan Klizas

And then there were two (Click on the photo for a larger image). You may paraphrase a quote attributed to Frederic Chopin: “Nothing is more beautiful than a guitar, save perhaps two”, or come up with numerous spin-offs of “Doubling … Continue reading →

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

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Jonathan Klizas

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

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Jonathan Klizas

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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