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Northern Rough-winged Swallow in Great Swamp NWR (Click on the photo for a larger image.) In 2016, Tree Swallows first appeared in both Morris and Somerset Counties on March 9. Today, March 20, Jim Mulvey found the first Northern Rough-winged … Continue reading →

Saturday March 12, 2016 (Click on the photo for a larger image.) 2 Horned Grebes at Lake Hopatcong and 3 at Budd Lake signal the beginning of Grebe season on Morris lakes, Saturday, March 12. One Common Loon, a Greater Scaup drake, … Continue reading →

(Click on the photo for a larger image.) Mike Hiotis found these four Blue-winged Teal drakes in a Bernardsville pond this afternoon. This is approximately 10-14 days earlier than a typical Morris/Somerset average arrival date. Eastern Phoebes and Tree Swallows … Continue reading →

(Click on the photo for a larger image.) With the mild winter of 2016, there is no waiting this year for one of the true harbingers of spring, the calls and display flights of the American Woodcock. The snow is … Continue reading →

(Click on the photo for a larger image). 15 Redheads were at Lake Parsippany today (Alan Boyd, Roger Johnson) along with a Ruddy Duck, 4 Common Mergansers, Ring-billed and Herring Gulls, and a single Great Black-backed Gull. This along with … Continue reading →

Contrasts As warm as the sun felt today with a high temperature in the Morristown area of approximately 57 F degrees, this day does not come close to the Morristown record for January: 70 F degrees sixty-six years ago in … Continue reading →

Great Swamp NWR, January 2016 January 23’s Blizzard of 2016 created roadside birding opportunities this week. If anyone wonders where White-throated Sparrows are this winter, drive along any quiet road in Harding Township and the Great Swamp NWR, peek down driveways and try to keep … Continue reading →

Here are the results of the 32nd annual Southwest Morris Winter Bird Count, Sunday January 17, 2016. Weather conditions were cloudy skies with temperatures reaching the 38 degree Fahrenheit range as the day progressed. A light snow fell in the mid-to … Continue reading →