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Tag Archives: Scaup
Ducks of Duke Island Park, Feb. 26, 2015
(Click on the photo for a larger image.) The ducks of the Raritan River are the main highlight of the bird life of Morris and Somerset Counties at the moment. This is a way of saying that not much is … Continue reading
Posted in Morris County, Somerset County
Tagged birding, birds, ducks, migration, mocosocobirds, Morris County, nature, ornithology, Scaup, somerset county, Waterfowl
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Red-necked Grebe in Mendham Twp.; Ducks on the Raritan, Feb. 25, 2014
A Red-necked Grebe originally found last Saturday, Feb. 22, continues on Clyde Potts Reservoir in Mendham Township (Mike Hiotis). The Raritan River remains the stronghold for waterfowl in the mocosocoBirds region. Jeff Ellerbusch found the following along the Delaware and … Continue reading
Posted in Morris County, Somerset County
Tagged birding, birds, migration, mocosocobirds, Morris County, nature, ornithology, Red-necked Grebe, Scaup, somerset county
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Scaup, ahoy! Feb. 20, 2014
Greater Scaup and Raritan River Waterfowl February 17th’s mocosocoBirds post mentions that Greater Scaup are appearing “more than usual” in interior northern New Jersey this winter. As of today, add an exclamation point to that statement thanks to Somerset County. … Continue reading
Posted in Somerset County
Tagged birding, birds, migration, mocosocobirds, nature, ornithology, Scaup, somerset county
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Greater Scaup, Feb. 17, 2014
A Greater Scaup hen was found this afternoon on the South Branch of the Raritan River in the general vicinity of the Studdiford Bridge, Hillsborough Township (Frank Sencher, Jr.). This marks only the second record of this species for Somerset … Continue reading
Posted in Morris County, Somerset County
Tagged birding, birds, migration, mocosocobirds, Morris County, nature, ornithology, Scaup, somerset county
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Rough-legged Hawks, Redhead and Waterfowl, Feb. 4, 2013
From Mike Britt: Jonathan – I observed a light morph and the continuing dark morph Rough-legged Hawk along Rattlesnake Bridge Road (Bedminster) late this morning. Both birds were initially observed in flight over the large field complex on the east … Continue reading
Posted in Morris County, Somerset County
Tagged birding, birds, mocosocobirds, Morris County, ornithology, Redhead, Rough-legged Hawk, Scaup, somerset county
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