2006 Sightings

HISTORICAL SIGHTINGS

2006
12/30	Allen Barlow had an immature Great Cormorant at the swimming beach at Budd Lake.	Photo
12/28	A Common Loon was on Little Swartswood Lake.
12/26	The Layton Northern Shrike (intersection of Rts. 615 & 640; DeLorme 18 I-10) was seen by Brian Hardiman. It was also seen on the 22nd.
12/26	Lake Musconetcong: Karyn Cichocki had Hoodys, Coots, Bufflehead & C. Goldeneye. Lake Aeroflex had Ring-necked Ducks: and Culvers Lake had Hoodys, Bufflehead & C. Goldeneye.
12/25	Culvers Lake: Tommy Sudol had a female Long-tailed Duck along with 2 RB Mergansers and 20 C. Goldeneye.
12/19	Fred Weber had a Cackling Goose with Canadas in the Homestead pond at the Sussex Co. Library complex on Rt. 655 in Frankford Twp. (DeLorme 19, N-15)
12/7	Sussex Landfill: Fred Weber had 2 adult LBB Gulls, a tan imm. Iceland Gull & a 3rd winter Iceland Gull.
12/5	Chuck Purrenhage had a Coopers Hawk chasing Juncos in his yard at Lake Mohawk.
12/3	Wantage: John Fuller had a Kestrel & a Rough-leg near the intersection of Rts. 642 & 665. Also a Cooper’s Hawk on Roy Rd. (Wantage) and a Merlin crossing Rt. 15 in Lafayette.
11/29	Sussex landfill: Fred Weber says that the imm. Iceland Gull continues there along with a 3rd winter Iceland Gull.
11/28	Sussex landfill: Fred Weber had an adult LBB Gull & an imm. Iceland Gull.
11/20	Sussex Co. landfill: Fred Weber had a possible 3rd winter Thayers Gull.
11/20	Paulinskill Lake: Lynn Groves had a RS Hawk.	Photo 1 Photo 2
11/16	Culvers Lake: Tommy Sudol had 2 adult Laughing Gulls, 1 adult Bonaparte’s Gull, 3 Buffleheads. 1 Ruddy, 29 C. Goldeneye, 4 Gr. Scaup & a RT Loon.
11/16	Fred Weber had a N. Shrike at the intersection of Rts. 615 & 640, a mile south of Layton (Flatbrook WMA).
11/15	Sussex Co. landfill: Fred Weber had an adult LBB Gull & a possible Thayers. At Culvers Lake: 15 Bonaparte’s Gulls in a group of 6-8,000 mixed gulls.
11/8	Fred Weber reports that the 2 RN Grebes continue on Culvers Lake.
11/8	Swartswood Lake: Dennis Pegg had Bufflehead, Ls. Scaup, Bald Eagle & Fish Crow. At his feeder in Stillwater, a Rusty BB.
11/7	Sussex Landfill/Lafayette: Fred Weber had an adult Bald Eagle chasing a Herring Gull. On Culvers Lake, he had 2 Red-necked Grebes in among 6,000 gulls.
11/7	Tommy Sudol had a C. Yellowthroat at Parsons Rd., and 7 Ls. Scaup on Swartswood Lake.
11/5	Frankford Twp.: Donna Traylor had Hermit Thrush, GC Kinglets & a female Purple Finch in her yard.
11/2	Culvers Lake: Tommy Sudol had a RN Grebe, a Brant & 4 Pectoral S.P. On Swartswood: a C. Loon, 7 Ruddys & a Bonaparte’s Gull. At the duck pond across from the office: 2 Am. Wigeon, 140 GW Teal, Hermit Thrush & Winter Wren. At Fairview Lake: Hermit Thrush & GC Kinglet.
11/2	Fred Weber had a RN Grebe and a Brant on Culvers Lake. The grebe was also there on the 1st. He had 4-6 Golden Eagles on Sunrise Mtn. on the 2nd.
10/31	Walker Lake (PA): John Keator had 8 C. Mergs, 10 Hooded Mergs, 12 Ruddys & 8 Buffleheads.
10/30	Stillwater: Dennis Pegg has a Screech Owl in the box on his property.
10/28	Tommy Sudol had a male Black Scoter & 4 WW Scoters on Culvers Lake. Also a Black Scoter on Swartswood Lake.
10/28	Buttermilk Falls: Allen Barlow had 2 BT Blue Warblers, a Yellow-rump & 50 Juncos.	Photo
10/18	Lake Mohawk: Chuck Purrenhage has Rusty BB at his suet feeders. In his yard he has waves of Grackles as well as RC Kinglets & WT Sparrows.
10/16	Lafayette: Karen Cichocki had Meadowlark, RC Kinglets, Junco, Palm Warbler & Yellow-rumps in her yard.
10/12	Lafayette: Karen Cichocki had WT Sparrow & Palm Warbler in her yard along with kinglets and Yellow-rumps.
10/11	Stillwater: On his property, Dennis Pegg had Sapsucker, Broadwing, Kingfisher & numerous Chipping Sparrows.
10/10	Lafayette: On her property, Karen Cichocki had flocks of both Kinglets, Cedar WW, Yellow-rumps & Robins.
10/8	Gaisler Rd/Blairstown: On his property, Dennis Briede had RB Nuthatch, Creeper, Hermit Thrush, Fox Sparrow, RS Hawk, 2 Ravens & Palm Warbler.
10/6	Sparta: Chuck Purrenhage had B&W & BT Green Warblers, Rusty BB & Junco in his yard. Also, he still had a RT Hummingbird as late as 10/2.
10/5	Gaisler Rd/Blairstown: Dennis Briede had 50 species from his property including 3 Winter Wrens, 3 RS Hawks, Parula, Ches-sided, Magnolia, BT Green, Blackpoll, Palm & Myrtle Warblers, Sapsucker & Lincoln’s Sparrow.
10/4	Owassa Rd/Stillwater Twp: Near mile marker 7, Tommy Sudol had Pine, Palm, Magnolia, Ches-sided & BT Green Warblers. Also Sapsuckers & Towhees.
10/3	Parson Rd: Tommy Sudol had BT Green, Magnolia, B&W, Nashville. Also both kinglets, WC Sparrow and Rusty BB. DeLorme 23 B-28.
10/2	Parson Rd/Hampton Twp.: Tommy Sudol had BT Green, BT Blue, Nashville, Magnolia & Ches-sided W., Pewee, Indigo Bunting, Lincoln’s & WC Sparrows, Pileated WP.
10/1	Junction Rd/Hampton Twp: Mike Tracy had BH & RE Vireos, Gnatcatcher, Palm, B&W, BT Blue, Magnolia & Nashville W., Osprey, Sapsucker & numerous RC Kinglets.
10/1	Mecca Lk: Tommy Sudol had BT Green, Parula & Pine W., BH Vireo, RC Kinglet & Towhee.
9/30	Gaisler Rd/Blairstown: Dennis Briede had Junco, RS Hawk, Magnolia, Palm & Myrtle W., BH Vireo. Also, 2 Baltimore Orioles trying to drink from his hummingbird feeders.
9/30	Parson Rd/Hampton Twp: Tommy Sudol had Lincoln’s Sp., BT Blue, BT Green, Magnolia, Ches-sided, Bay-breasted & Myrtle W., RB Grosbeak, BH Vireo, Scarlet Tanager & Sapsucker.
9/29	Tommy Sudol had 11 Ruddy Ducks on Swartswood Lake.
9/26	Owassa Rd/Stillwater Twp.: At mile marker 7 Tommy Sudol had an Olive-sided FC. In his yard on the same road: a small group of Swainson’s Thrushes.
9/24	Stanhope: Bob Templin has a Pileated hanging upside down eating Poison Ivy berries in his yard.
9/23	Gaisler Rd/Blairstown: Dennis Briede had Phila. Vireo, WT Sparrow, Winter Wren, Harrier, 3 Thrashers, 4 Swainson’s Thrush & Pileated.
9/22	Gaisler Rd/Blairstown: Dennis Briede had Nashville, Magnolia, Myrtle, BT Green, Cape May & Blackpoll W. Also 11 Coops, 5 Sharpies, 6 Kestrels, 16 Broadwings, 9 RS Hawks, 7 Red-tails, 1 Harrier, 3 Osprey, 2 Bald Eagles & 2 Ravens.
9/22	Owassa Rd/Stillwater Twp. : Tommy Sudol had Swainson’s Thrush, Magnolia W., Parula & Sol. Vireo
9/20	Owassa Rd./Stillwater Twp.: At mile marker 7 Tommy Sudol had Swainson’s Thrush, BT Blue & BT Green Warblers.
9/17	Brian Hardiman reported the 1st Golden Eagle of the year at the Raccoon Ridge hawkwatch.
9/18	Owassa Rd./Stillwater Twp.: At mile marker 7 Tommy Sudol had Magnolia & Ches-sided W., RC Kinglet, WT Sparrow, Swainson’s Thrush & YB Cuckoo.
9/17	Hyper Humus: Jon Feenstra had Lincoln’s & Clay-colored Sparrows near the parking lot.
9/17	Allamuchy S.P.: The field trip led by Dennis Briede had Wilson’s & Blackpoll W., and Lincoln’s Sparrow. A trip to the Great Meadows sod farms produced 2 Am. Golden Plovers.
9/15	Blairstown: Dennis Briede had 2 RS Hawks & 2 WT Sparrows on his property.
9/12	Tommy Sudol had a Lincoln’s Sparrow at the bridge over the Paulinskill River on Parson Rd. in Hampton Twp. (DeLorme 23 B-28)
9/11	Blue Mtn. Lakes: Dennis Pegg & friends had 9 species of warblers including CT and Bay-breasted. Also RS Hawk, Ravens & B. Eagle.
9/11	Bob Templin sighted over 500 BW Hawks while flying his glider out of Blairstown.
9/11	Parson Rd./Hampton Twp.: Tommy Sudol had a CT Warbler along with Bay-breasted, BT Green, Magnolia, Parula, Redstart & Ches.-sided. (DeLorme pg 23, B-28)
9/9-10	Sunrise Mtn: John Fuller reported 4 Osprey, 21 Kestrel, 36 Sharpies, 106 BW Hawks, 2 Merlin, 2 Harrier, 2 B. Eagles, 5 Coops, 26 Nighthawks, Tennessee & Cape May Warblers.
9/10	Raccoon Ridge: Brian Hardiman reports 14 Osprey, 8 Bald Eagles, 1 Harrier, 44 Sharpies, 6 Coops., 152 Broadwings, 3 Red-tails, 15 Kestrels, 4 Merlins, 1 Peregrine & 3 unknown raptors.
9/10	Lafayette: Karen Cichocki had Blackburnian, Ches.-sided & Pine Warblers in her yard. Also RE Vireo.
9/10	Liberty Loop: Andrew Sigerson had 3 Stilt S.P. & 2 Am. Golden Plovers.
9/8	AT/Millbrook Gap: Dennis Briede had 12 species of warblers including Wilson’s & Nashville. On his property in Blairstown he had Swainson’s Thrush, Harrier & Kestrel. He saw a Bobcat crossing the road near Millbrook Village.
9/5	Parson Rd./Hampton Twp.: Tommy Sudol had male and female BT Blue Warblers. Also Blackburnian W. and Phila. Vireo.
9/3	Liberty Loop: Andrew Sigerson & Tommy Sudol had 2 Stilt S.P., 5 White-rumped S.P., 20 Ls. Yellowlegs, 5 Gr. Yellowlegs, 30 Least S.P., 6 Semipalmated S.P., 4 Snipe, 15 GW Teal, 1 BW Teal, 4 Gr. Egrets, a Merlin & a juv. Little Blue Heron. At Pine Island Turf Nursery in NY they had: 35 White-rumped S.P., 1 Baird’s S.P., 27 Pectoral S.P., 4 Snipe, 3 Least S.P. & 40+ Killdeer. Andrew had 20 Am. Golden Plover at this location on Friday but none there today.
8/30	Hyper Humus: Andrew Sigerson & Jon Feenstra had 1 Semipalmated, 20 Least & 1 Spotted S.P. Also a Gr. Yellowlegs, a Least Bittern, a Tennessee W. & several Redstarts.
8/30	Mecca Lake: Tommy Sudol had BT Green & Magnolia Warblers in his yard.
8/29	Liberty Loop: Andrew Sigerson had 5 Ls. Yellowlegs, 1 Gr. Yellowlegs, 1 Snipe, 3 Killdeer, 5 dowitcher sp., at least 69 Bobolinks, 17 GW Teal & 4 Gr. Egrets. At the bridge on Owens Station Rd.: a juv. White-rumped, 2 Spotted, 1 Solitary & 2 Least S.P. Also 1 Gr. & 3 Ls. Yellowlegs.
8/28	Wallkill/Liberty Loop: Andrew Sigerson had 3 Spotted S.P., 2 Gr. Yellowlegs, 3 Ls. Yellowlegs, 10 Bobolinks, 1 ‘Traill’s’ F.C., 8 C. Yellowthroats, 2 Yellow W., 1 juv. Little Blue Heron, 2 juv. B.C. Night-Herons, a DC Cormorant, 5 Gr. Egrets & a P.B. Grebe.
8/27	Great Meadows sod farms: Brian Hardiman had 6 Gr. Yellowlegs, 15 Ls. Yellowlegs, 1 Am. Golden Plover, 10 Pectoral S.P., 2 Least S.P., 1 Buff-breasted S.P., 2 Snipe, numerous Killdeer & a Red Fox.
8/22	Liberty Loop/Wallkill: Andrew Sigerson reports the Little Blue Heron is still present but most of the previous day’s other birds were not.
8/21	Dennis Pegg had a Barred Owl calling at his house in Stillwater.
8/21	Hyper Humus: Tommy Sudol had an adult VA Rail feeding in the open.
8/21	Liberty Loop/Wallkill NWR: Andrew Sigerson had 8 Ls. Yellowlegs, 18 Least S.P., 6 Killdeer, 3 Pectoral S.P., 1 Spotted S.P., 1 Am. Golden Plover (NY side), juv. Little Blue Heron (NJ side), 7 Gr. Egrets, 11 GW Teal, 20 Wood Ducks, at least 100 Bobolinks, Least F.C. & Orchard Oriole. He also had 3 Nighthawks over his house in Wantage.
8/16	Liberty Loop/Wallkill NWR: Andrew Sigerson had 1 Western S.P., 1 Black-bellied Plover, 3 Ls. Yellowlegs, 8 Least S.P., 2 Semipalmated S.P. & 2 Killdeer.
8/14	Hyper Humus: Tommy Sudol & his sister had Olive-sided F.C., Pectoral S.P., Ls. Yellowlegs, Gr. Egret, Spotted S.P. Indigo Bunting, Waxwings, Bluebirds & Kingbirds.
8/13	Lynn Groves had a Grasshopper Sparrow singing from the top of an Eastern red-cedar in a wildflower meadow northeast of the Appalachian Trail parking lot off Route 94 in Vernon.
8/7	Karyn Cichocki had Marsh Wren and Great Crested F.C. near her house in Lafayette.
8/6	Hyper Humus: Mike Tracy had Great & Snowy Egrets, Least S.P., GW Teal, GBH, Killdeer, etc.	Photo 1 Photo 2
7/31	Wallkill NWR/Liberty Loop: Andrew Sigerson had 10 Gr. Egrets, 2 Ls. Yellowlegs, 1 Gr. Yellowlegs, 8 Killdeer & 4 Least S.P. Nearby, he had another 13 Gr. Egrets.
7/30	Tommy Sudol had a family of Purple Martins at the bridge on Parson’s Rd. at the upper end of Paulinskill Lk.
7/25	Hyper Humus: Tommy Sudol had Marsh Wrens, Killdeer, Solitary, Semipalmated & Least S.P., Gr. Egret, RB Grosbeak and Kingfisher. At Sleepy’s in Newton, Purple Martins.
7/25	Fredon: Dennis Pegg had an Am. Bittern at Waterwheel Farm on Fairview Hill Rd. In Stillwater, he had a Bald Eagle.
7/16	Mike Tracy had a YB Cuckoo and a Barred Owl at the Duck Pond section of Swartswood S.P. On Thursday he had Least Sandpipers & Great Egrets at Hyper Humus.	Photo 1 Photo 2
7/11	Dennis Briede had a female Purple Finch at his feeders in Blairstown.
7/11	Wallkill NWR: Andrew Sigerson had 2 Gr. Egrets, 1 Least S.P., 1 Ls. Yellowlegs and a Sora at the Liberty Loop impoundments.
7/6	Mike Tracy had the Chat at Van Ness Road.	Photo
6/30	Karen Cichocki had a Kingfisher over her house in Lafayette. At Dingman’s bridge she had Parula, Ches-sided, Veery, Redstart, Yel-throated & RE Vireos, and Kingbird.	Photo
6/29	Karen Cichocki had a Kingfisher flying over the woods behind her house in Lafayette.
6/28	Allen Barlow had a pair of Br. Thrashers on Saddleback Rd. north of Stillwater.	Photo
6/25	Andrew Sigerson heard a Black-bellied Plover over his house in Wantage Twp.
6/18	Brian Hardiman had a drake Canvasback on Delaware Lake near Columbia (Warren Co.) from at least the 16th-18th.
6/18	Tommy Sudol had an Osprey headed north over Paulinskill Lk. at Parson Rd.
6/17	Karen Cichocki had a large number of Black Vultures feeding on a deer carcass on Rt. 15 south in Lafayette.	Photo
6/16	Tommy Sudol had singing Chats on Van Ness & Ridge Rds. near Layton.
6/11	Flatbrook WMA: Tommy Sudol had a singing WT Sparrow just south of the intersection of Rts. 640 & 615 (south of Layton).
6/10	Dennis Briede hosted the Sussex Bird Club picnic at his house on Gaisler Rd. in Blairstown. Forty-three species were seen from the yard including Bald Eagle, RS Hawk, Kestrel, Cooper’s Hawk, Killdeer, Prairie W., Redstart & Indigo Bunting.
6/9	Allen Barlow had a Grouse at the Sparta Mtn. WMA.	Photo
5/31	Blairstown: On his property, Dennis Briede had Kentucky & Mourning Warblers. Also both Cuckoos and Veery.
5/29	Tommy Sudol had a singing Brewster’s Warbler at mile marker 9 in the Flatbrook WMA.
5/28	Tom Sudol had a Mourning Warbler near his house in Stillwater and another one at Van Ness Rd. in Layton.
5/27	Hyper Humus: Karyn Cichocki had Blackpoll W., Warbling & YT Vireos, Willow FC, Fish Crow, Moorhen, Sora, a pair of YB Cuckoos, Swamp Sp. & Marsh Wren. At 186 Halsey Rd. (off Rt. 206): 2 Grasshopper Sp.
5/25	Partridge Rd./Stillwater: Ron Townsend had Mourning & Hooded Warblers; nesting Red-shouldered Hawk.
5/20	Van Ness Rd., Layton: Tommy Sudol had a pair of Golden-winged Warblers. Also a male G-W south of Layton where the Shrike was this winter. He had a nesting Hooded Merg. Along Flatbrook Creek.
5/20	In the Walpack area Karyn Cichocki had Bobolink & Ches-sided W.	Photo
5/18	Hampton: Karyn Cichocki had the following outside her office on Halsey Rd.: Meadowlark, Grasshopper Sp., Hermit Thrush, Prairie W., Towhee & Field Sp.
5/14	Walpack Ctr.: John Fuller had Ches.-sided, Pine & Canada Warblers. At Van Ness Rd.: Chat, Canada, Golden-winged & Kentucky W., both Cuckoos, WC Sparrows.
5/14	A pair of Blue Grosbeaks were seen in a brushy area adjoining a large conifer grove just south of Peter’s Valley on Rt. 640.
5/12	Dennis Briede had his first Nighthawks over Blairstown.
5/11	Lafayette: Karyn Cichocki has singing WC Sparrows in her yard along with Phoebe, N. Oriole & Towhee. Also, Bobolinks in a nearby field.
5/10	Dennis Pegg had Screech, Barred & Gr. Horned Owls at Hyper Humus.
5/10	Owassa Rd., Stillwater: Tom Sudol had 2 Whip-poor-wills from his yard and a Tennessee W.
5/8	Allamuchy S.P.: Joe Zurovchak had 15 species of warblers including Cerulean, Worm-eating & Magnolia. Also, both cuckoos.
5/7	Saddleback Rd., Stillwater: Tommy Sudol had 2 Bobolinks, Bluebird, Orchard Oriole & Thrasher. At Swartswood Lk.: 3 RB Mergansers. At Parson Rd.: a Lincoln’s Sparrow.
5/6	Stillwater: Ron Townsend reports Whip-poor-wills on Sussex Rt. 617 up on the ridge behind the Nature Conservancy property across from the Trout Brook WMA.
5/6	Van Ness Rd. (Layton): Tom Sudol had a Golden-winged W. & a Thrasher. Also a BB Cuckoo on adjacent Ridge Rd. He still has numerous BT Green & Yellow-rump Warblers in his yard in Stillwater.
5/6	Dennis Pegg had YB Cuckoo in Stillwater & C. Swifts over Newton.
5/6	Van Ness/Rdige Rds. (Layton): Jonathan Klizas had a Chat, 6 WC Sparrows & 2 YB Cuckoos. He heard a report of a Golden-winged Warbler in the area. At Hyper Humus: VA Rail, 8 shorebird species, BW Teal.
5/6	Blairstown: Dennis Briede had a WC Sparrow at his feeder and Indigo Bunting & BB Cuckoo in his yard.
5/5	Michel Malone had a WC Sparrow in her yard in Lafayette.
5/5	Millbrook Village: Tom Sudol had a female Orchard Oriole, 2 N. Orioles & a RB Grosbeak in his glasses at the same time. BT Blue Warblers were also seen.
5/5	Swartswood S.P.: Ron Townsend reports YB Cuckoo, YT Vireo, Scarlet Tanager & a variety of warblers.
5/5	Dennis Pegg had 15 species of warblers at Stokes S.F. including Blackburnian, Worm-eating & N. Waterthrush.
5/4	Dennis Briede had 45 species from his yard in Blairstown including Raven, Harrier & Woodcock. At Millbrook Village, 16 species of warblers including Cerulean, Hooded & Nashville. Also a RS Hawk.
5/3	Dennis Briede heard a Whip-poor-will from his house in Blairstown.
5/2	Tom Sudol reported a Great-crested Flycatcher near Fairview Lake.
4/30	Sussex Bird Club trip to Hyper Humus: 3 Am. Bittern, Gr. Heron, BW Teal, both Yellowlegs, VA Rail, Moorhen, Solitary, Least & Spotted S.P., 2 Bonaparte’s Gulls, Chimney Swift, Least Flycatcher, E. Kingbird, Marsh Wren, Catbird, Warbling Vireo, RB Grosbeak, Savannah Sp. & N. Oriole. (Bittern photo by Tom Halliwell)	Photo
4/30	Sunrise Mtn.: Dennis Pegg reports the Chukars are still present.
4/29	Joe Zurovchak had a pair of Bald Eagles over Lake Mohawk.
4/29	Culvers Lake causeway: Dennis Pegg had Merlin, Osprey, Broad-wing, C. Loon & Wood Duck.
4/29	Tom Sudol had a BT Blue Warbler on Owassa Rd. in Stillwater near the Trout Brook WMA.
4/28	Flatbrookville: Tom Sudol had Hooded, Cerulean, Nashville, Ches-sided & Blue-wing Warblers. Also RE Vireo. At Tillman Ravine: Blackburnian W.
4/28	Bob Templin had a RB Grosbeak at his feeder in Waterloo.
4/28	Ron Townsend had a Wood Thrush at Swartswood S.P.
4/27	Jack Padalino reports that the first pair of hummers arrived at PEEC on 4/25.
4/27	Ron Townsend had BT Green Warblers at Swartswood S.P.
4/26	Flatbrookville: Tom Sudol had a hummingbird, WE Vireo and B&W Warbler.
4/26	Mike & Barbara Muller had a hummingbird at their feeder in Allamuchy.
4/26	Allen Barlow had an Am. Bittern at the Twin Lakes boat launch on Goodale Rd. in Kittatinny S.P.	Photo
4/26	Swartswood S.P.: Ron Townsend had Orchard Oriole, Blue-wing & Yellow Warblers, Barn Swallow & N. Waterthrush.
4/26	Fred Weber had 10 species of warblers between Flatbrookville & Dingman’s, including Yellow-throated south of Peter’s Valley & at Flatbrookville. He also had a Gr. Egret at Culvers Lake.
4/25	Hyper Humus: Fred Tetlow had King and VA Rails, Moorhen, Green Heron, 2 Gr. Yellowlegs, Spotted S.P., 7-8 Snipe, 5-6 Yellow W. & House Wren. Also an early Hummingbird at his feeder at Culvers Lake.
4/25	Swartswood S.P.: Ron Townsend had Ovenbirds, singing Creepers, Gnatcatchers & Warbling Vireos.
4/24	Lafayette: Karen Cichocki had 3 Purple Finches at her feeders as well as WT Sparrows.
4/24	Culvers Lk.: Fred Weber reports 90 C. Loons, 5 RT Loons, Surf Scoter & 3 Ls. Scaup.
4/24	Hyper Humus: Dennis Pegg had Broadwing, Pine, Palm & YR Warblers, Song , Swamp, Chipping & WT Sparrows.
4/24	Culvers Lk.: Tom Sudol had 103 C. Loons, 3 RT Loons, a Surf Scoter, a Ruddy & 2 Scaup sp. At Parson Rd. on Paulinskill Lake: a Warbling Vireo.
4/23	Swenson’s Meadow/Stokes: John Fuller had a pair of Sapsuckers, Grouse, Creeper, Ovenbird. Also the Chukar at Sunrise Mtn.
4/23	Dennis Pegg had 2 C. Loons on White Lake in Hardwick.
4/23	Swartswood S.P.: Ron Townsend reports 12 C. Loons & a BH Vireo.
4/21	Owassa Rd., Stillwater: Tom Sudol had 2 Palm W., 3 Yellow-rumps, RC Kinglet, BH Vireo, Raven, Broad-wing, BT Green W. & 2 dozen fly-by Purple Finches.
4/20	Tom Halliwell had a pair of Chukars at the Sunrise Mtn. Overlook in Stokes.	Photo 1 Photo 2
4/20	Lynn Groves had a House Wren in Newton.
4/18	Waterwheel Farm/Fredon: Dennis Pegg reported Meadowlarks, Kestrel, Pintail, Catbird & Pileated WP.
4/17	Tom Sudol had a Parula Warbler at Millbrook Village and a Yellow-throated Warbler near Flatbrook.
4/16	Tom Sudol had 2 barn Swallows where Parson Rd. crosses the upper end of Paulinskill Lake. He also had an Osprey & 16 Ruddys at Swartswood Lake.
4/15	Karen Cichocki had Pine & Blue-winged Warblers in Milford PA.
4/15	Tom Sudol had a Yellow-throated Warbler near Flatbrook & 2 Horned Grebes on Swartswood Lake.
4/14	Tillman’s Ravine: Fred Weber had 8 singing Blue-headed Vireos and 3 LA Waterthrushes.
4/13	Culvers Lake: Tom Sudol had 4 Bonaparte’s Gulls, 3 PB Grebes, both Loons & Osprey.
4/13	Swartswood S.P.: Ron Townsend reports a singing Thrasher, Field Sparrows, Towhee & Palm Warblers.
4/12	Ron Townsend had a Broadwing at Swartswood State Park.
4/11	Wallkill River NWR: Tom Halliwell had 2 Vesper Sp., 6 Savannah Sp. & a Kestrel on the Dagmar Dale Trail (big loop). At Liberty Loop: Ring-necks, GW Teal, a BW Teal, a Pintail, 10-15 Shovelers, 2 Ls. Yellowlegs, several Snipe & Killdeer, Savannah Sp. & a late Tree Sp.
4/11	Swartswood: Tommy Sudol had 17 DC Cormorants, 3 Ls. Scaup & a Horned Grebe.
4/11	Hainesville WMA: Andrew Sigerson had a male C. Yellowthroat. Also Rough-wing Swallows & a RC Kinglet.
4/11	Alan Boyd had a VA Rail calling at Hyper Humus. Also at Hyper: a Pectoral S.P., 2 Gr. Yellowlegs, 20+ PB Grebes & Palm Warblers.
4/10	Chuck Purrenhage had 17 DC Cormorants on Lake Mohawk just off the country club boardwalk.
4/10	Allen Barlow had 11 DC Cormorants on Budd Lake.
4/9	Frankford twp.: Donna Traylor had a RS Towhee in her yard along with Purple Finches, WT Sparrows & Phoebe. Also, possible nesting Kingfishers & up to 3 Woodcock peenting.
4/9	Liberty Loop: Andrew Sigerson had 3 Ls. Yellowlegs, 3 Snipe, 2 Palm W., 4 Savannah Sp., 10 Shovelers & 1 drake Redhead. Also an Osprey over Wolfpit Rd. in Wantage.
4/9	Hyper Humus: Jonathan Klizas had 1 Pectoral S.P., 2 Gr. Yellowlegs, 1 Ls. Yellowlegs, 2 Killdeer, 7 Snipe, Osprey, Kestrel, 10 PB Grebes, 5 Coots, 12 BW Teal, 150 GW Teal, Am. Wigeon, 50+ Ring-necks, Ruddy, Bufflehead, Rusty BB.
4/8	Culvers Lk.: Tom Sudol had 3 Long-tails & a RT Loon. At Swartswood: 7 RB Mergs., a pair of Long-tails, 6 C. Loons, 20 Horned Grebes & a RB Nuthatch.
4/8	Michel & David Malone had 6 male and 6 female Purple Finches with House Finches at their feeders in Lafayette.
4/5	Kelli Grover had 2 mature Bald eagles on the ice at Culvers Lake yesterday and today. On 3/30, she had 2 immature and 1 mature in the same area.
4/4	Mike Tracy had Palm Warblers, RC Kinglets & a LA Waterthrush on the Sussex Branch Trail at Kittatiiny Valley S.P.	Photo
4/3	Fred Weber had an imm. Glaucous Gull at the Sussex landfill in Lafayette, visible from up on the hill by the water tank.
4/2	Liberty Loop: Andrew Sigerson had a male Redhead, 4 Shovelers, a Merlin, 6 Tree Swallows, 100 Ring-necks, 75 GW Teal, 50 Pintail. In Wantage, a Rough-wing Swallow & a Kestrel. At Swartswood Lake: 4 C. Loons. At Little Swartswood: 3 Gr. Scaup & a C. Loon.
3/31	Joe Zurovchak saw about 140 Pintails land in the marsh at Liberty Loop. A Snow Goose was also there.
3/31	Tom Halliwell had a singing LA Waterthrush and a pair of calling Barred Owls along the Sussex Branch Trail north of Jefferson Lakes. (DeLorme p24 L2)
3/31	Karyn Cichocki had a pair of Kestrels in a nest box in a field at the corner of Decker & Snover Rds. in Lafayette. (DeLorme p24 A5)
3/31	Dennis Pegg had 3 pair of Purple Finches at his feeders in Stillwater.
3/30	Dennis Briede reports that the Ospreys are back on the nest at mile marker 6 (eastbound) on Rt 80 in Knowlton. He had Raven, Bald Eagle & Fish Crow over Blairstown.
3/30	Lafayette/Hampton: Karen Cichocki had Chipping Sp. & Meadowlark calling from her yard. Also Wood Ducks & Killdeer at the pond at Sid Taylor Rd. & Rt. 94. (DeLorme p24 B3)
3/30	Plotts Rd/Paulinskill Lk.: Dennis Pegg had RS Hawk, Snipe, Swamp Sp., Tree Swallow, GW Teal & PB Grebe. (DeLorme p23 C28)
3/30	Hyper Humus: Alan Boyd had a Gr. Yellowlegs, BW Teal, Pintails, 300+ GW Teal, 12 PB Grebes, 75+ Snipe, Tree Swallows & Fox Sparrows.
3/28	Tom Sudol had a singing Pine Warbler at Fairview Lake. (DeLorme p23 C20)
3/28	Bob Templin had 2 Ravens over the Shop-Rite in Byram.
3/27	Allen Barlow had a Canvasback, 4 Am. Wigeon & 5 Ruddys on Swartswood. Also an adult Eagle on the nest at Little Swartswood & an imm. bird in flight nearby.	Photo
3/27	Tom Sudol noted that the Canvasback & 5 female Redheads were still on Swartswood Lake.
3/26	Swartswood Lk.: Tom Sudol had 2 RB Mergs., male Long-tailed Duck, 22 Scaup, 10 Redheads, male Canvasback & 2 Am. Wigeon.
3/25	Culvers Lk.: Tom Sudol had 5 C. Goldeneye, 10 Bufflehead, a male WW Scoter, a pair of Long-tailed Ducks & a mixed flock of 55 Scaup. At Swartswood: 6 Ruddys, Bald Eagle, 5 female Redheads, male Canvasback, 220 C. Mergs. & 3 RB Mergs. At Hyper Humus: Harrier, Tree Swallow, 16 Am. Wigeon, PB Grebe, 20 Pintail, 20 Gadwall, 60 GW Teal, 3 Coots, 3 BW Teal, 2 Killdeer, Bluebird & 50 Ring-necks.
3/23	Swartswood Lake: Tom Sudol had 5 female Redheads, 1 male Canvasback and 3 Am. Wigeon.
3/21	Tom Sudol had a Red-breasted Nuthatch at Fairview Lake.
3/17	Tom Sudol had the Layton Shrike and 3 Rusty BB at Peter’s Valley.
3/16	Old Mine Rd.: Dennis Briede had an immature Goshawk at the Poxono boat launch. He also saw the nesting Bald Eagles on the river in Portland.
3/12	Liberty Loop: Andrew Sigerson had 11 Wood Ducks, 203 Pintails, 1 male Shoveler, 208 GW Teal, 388 Ring-necks, 28 Snipe & at least 60 Song Sparrows.
3/12	Tom Sudol had a PB Grebe, a Canvasback, an Am. Wigeon & 5 female Redheads on Swartswood Lake.
3/12	Dennis Briede had a Mourning Cloak in Hardwick. Also a Screech Owl and 4 displaying Woodcock at his house in Blaristown.
3/10	Swartswood Lake: Tom Sudol had Redheads, a Canvasback, an imm. Bald Eagle, 4 GW Teal, 250 C. Mergs., 3 C. Goldeneye, Hooded Mergs., 7 Pintails, 50 Ring-necks & 5 Am. Wigeon.
3/9	Tom Sudol had a Fox Sparrow at Fairview Lake.
3/6	Tom Sudol had the Layton Shrike and a Cooper's Hawk.
2/28	Karyn Cichocki has 2 RB Nuthatches at her feeders in Lafayette, and has seen huge blackbird flocks over Franklin.
2/26	Chuck Purrenhage had a Sapsucker in his yard in Sparta and has had a RB Nuthatch around since late December.
2/22	Allen Barlow noted an adult Bald Eagle on the nest at little Swartswood Lake.	Photo
2/22	Dennis Briede had a Woodcock displaying over his house in Blairstown. Also 2 Killdeer flyovers.
2/21	Swartswood Lk: Tom Sudol had 8 Redheads, 1 Canvasback, 1 Coot, 7 Am. Wigeon, 4 Hooded Mergs, 400 C. Mergs, Ring-necks & C. Goldeneye. Also an imm. Bald Eagle.
2/21	Swartswood Lk: Andrew Sigerson had 6 Redheads, 1 Canvasback & 5 Am. Wigeon. Also 2 Wood Ducks at the upper end of Paulinskill Lk.
2/19	Mike Tracy had a Hermit Thrush at Swartswood Lake.
2/19	Dennis Pegg had a Woodcock at Limecrest, the Layton Shrike, 2 Bald Eagles at little Swartswood Lk., and a LE Owl in Montague.
2/19	Ann Marie Pozzini had the Layton Shrike on & off for about an hour.
2/18	SCBC local trip highlights: Layton Shrike, Cackling Goose at Waterwheel Farm, Canvasback, Redheads & 500+ C. Mergs. at Swartswood Lk., Raven, 3 Bald Eagles, Red-shouldered Hawk, 7 Snipe, Red-breasted Nuthatches.
2/16	Tom Halliwell & Alan Barlow had courting YB Sapsuckers, Catbird & a Barred Owl on Canal Rd. in Vernon. (DeLorme p20 H4-5)	Photo
2/14	Fred Weber had a Lapland Longspur with 200 Horned Larks at the south end of Oberly Rd. in Alpha. (DeLorme p34 A4). Also a Vesper Sparrow and 25 Larks along Garrison Rd. in Harmony. (DeLorme p28 G5)
2/11	Sussex landfill: Andrew Sigerson had a juv. Glaucous & a juv. Iceland Gulls. Ar Swartswood Lake: 1 Canvasback, 5 Redheads, 6 Am. Wigeon, 3 Gadwall, 17 C. Goldeneye, 23 Ring-necks & 250 C. Mergs. He did not find the Layton Shrike, but he did note a small bird impaled on a sharp twig as evidence that it is still around.
2/9	Swartswood Lake: Tom Sudol had 6 Redheads, a male Canvasback, 3 C. Goldeneye, 12 Hooded Mergs., 280 C. Mergs., 25 Ring-necks & an immature Bald Eagle.
2/8	Friends of Karyn Cichocki in Rockaway have 2 male Towhees at their feeders.
2/8	Tom Sudol had a male Redpoll at his feeder at Mecca Lake for the 3rd day in a row, along with 8 or 9 Purple Finches.
2/8	Dennis Pegg had Bald Eagles at Little Swartswood LK. & Morris Lk. Also a possible LBB Gull at Lake Mohawk & the Red-headed WP at the AT parking lot on Sunrise Mtn.
2/6	Tom Sudol had a male Canvasback with 6 Redheads at Hendershot’s Cove on Swartswood Lk. (DeLorme pg 23, C-25). He also had a male C. Redpoll at his parent’s feeder at Mecca Lake in Hampton Twp.
2/5	Lafayette: Karyn Cichocki had large flocks of Cedar WW in her yard along with a RB Nuthatch. She also saw a Coyote at the intersection of Decker & Morris-Statesville Rds.
2/4	Fred Weber had at least 10,000 Snow Geese flying north over the Homestead Complex in Frankford Twp. Also a male Canvasback on Culver Lk.
2/4	Tom Sudol had 3 Buffleheads, 3 Am. Wigeon & 4 Redheads at Swartswood Lk.
2/2	Linda Matula had a Siskin with Goldfinches on Old Mine Rd. Also 3 RB Nuthatches at the entrance to Watergate and 2 GC Kinglets on Millbrook-Flatbrook Rd. She also had the Layton Shrike.
2/2	Tom Halliwell had 2 first-year Glaucous & 1 first-year Iceland Gulls at the Sussex County landfill off Rt 94 in Lafayette.	Photo 1 Photo 2
2/2	Dennis Pegg had an imm. Red-headed Woodpecker at the Appalachian Trail parking lot at the entrance to Sunrise Mtn. Rd. in Stokes.
2/1	Swartswood Lk.: Tom Sudol had both Scaup, 180 Common Mergs., a Ruddy Duck, 6 Redheads, Goldeneyes and Ring-necks.
2/1	Fred Weber had 2 Cackling Geese at the Sussex Co. Library/Homestead pond on Rt. 655 north of Newton.
2/1	Tom Halliwell & Hank Burke had the GWF Goose and a Kestrel at Waterwheel Farm in Fredon. Also, 2 pairs of Redheads & a Ruddy on Swartswood Lk. And an adult Bald eagle near the nest of Little Swartswood Lk. They had the Shrike at the intersection of 640 & 615 in Layton later in the day.	Photo 1 Photo 2
1/30	Allen Barlow had the Layton Shrike at 11:30 at the intersection of Rts. 640 & 615.	Photo
1/29	Brian Hardiman had 2 possible Canada x Wh-fronted Goose hybrids with a small flock of Canadas at Columbia Lake in Columbia, Warren County.
1/29	Hyper Humus: Tom Halliwell had a Phoebe just in from the green gate at the new WMA parking lot on Rt. 94, at the first open water on the right-hand side of the trail.
1/29	Tom Sudol had 6 Redheads, 2 Bald Eagles and a variety of other ducks at Swartswood Lk.
1/25	Wade & Sharon Wander had a Kestrel & an imm. Bald Eagle at Waterwheel Farm in Fredon. Also in Fredon, they had a male Harrier on Phil Hardin Rd. on the 27th.
1/26	Dennis Briede and Alan Boyd had the Layton Shrike on Rt. 640 just north of the intersection with Rt. 615. Linda Matula had it later in the day on Rt. 615. A Bald Eagle was at Paulinskill Lk. just north of the Rt. 622 causeway and two Redheads & 6 Ls. Scaup were on Swartswood Lk.
1/25	Tom Sudol had 30 Horned Larks and a White-cr. Sparrow on Roy Rd. in Wantage. Also a Siskin at his feeder.
1/19	Fred Weber had a N Shrike at the intersection of Rts. 615 & 640 south of Layton in the Flatbrook-Roy WMA. At Waterwheel Farm in Fredon, he had a Cackling & a GWF Goose. The farm is at the intersection of Fairview Hill & Fredon-Marksboro Rds.
1/12	Jim Zamos had a Gr. White-fronted Goose at Waterwheel Farm in Fredon, at the intersection of Fredon-Marksboro & Fairview Hill Rds.
1/9	Jim Zamos & Tom Sudol both had the Grester White-fronted Goose at Swartswood Lk. visible from Hendershots Point on Rt. 619. Tom also had Redheads & a Canvasback.
1/6	Dennis Briede & Alan Boyd had 2 adult Bald Eagles at Swartswood Lk. & another adult at Waterwheel Farm on Fairview Hill Rd. in Fredon. Also 4 Redheads on Merrill Creek Reservoir.
1/6	Fred Weber had an imm. Glaucous Gull & 2 imm. Iceland Gulls at the Sussex landfill in Lafayette. Also 4 Redheads at Swartswood Lake.
1/5	Fred Weber had 4 Redheads & 10 Ls. Scaup at Hendershots Pt. on Swartswood Lake.
1/5	Alan Boyd had 2 Ravens at the intersection of Conkling & Mountain Rds. in Roxbury Twp.
1/5	Tom Halliwell had a GWF Goose in the center of Lk. Musconetcong.
1/4	Jim Zamos & Andrew Sigerson had a Gr. White-fronted Goose at Swartswood Lk. visible from the state park beach area.
1/3	Tom Sudol had a female Redhead at Swartswood Lake, and singing White-crowned Sparrows on Roy Rd. in Wantage.