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June 2010

Black-throated Blue Warbler
Photo by Steve Golladay

Look for nesting birds, including the infrequent nesters, such as Blue-winged Teal, Northern Goshawk, Barn Owl, Acadian Flycatcher, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, and Grasshopper Sparrow.

June 2 Wednesday	RTWBC FIELD TRIP - Peach Hill. Meet there at 8:00am. For driving directions, click on the link.
June 5 Saturday	RTWBC FIELD TRIP - Pond Gut *pg. 84 – Meet there at 7:30am. Leader: Alan Peterson.
June 9 Wednesday	RTWBC FIELD TRIP - Wethersfield. Meet at the Farm & Home Center, US 44, Millbrook, at 7:30am
June 12 Saturday	RTWBC FIELD TRIP - Shawangunk Grasslands NWR at Galeville Airport. CANCELLED
June 16 Wednesday	RTWBC FIELD TRIP - Nellie Hill. Meet at the trailhead at 8am. Park on the east side of NY 22 just south of Dover Plains near the railroad bridge.
June 23 Wednesday	RTWBC FIELD TRIP - Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies *pg. 24. Meet at 8:00am at the Gifford House parking lot, Rte. 44, Millbrook. For driving directions, click on the link.
June 26 Saturday	RTWBC FIELD TRIP - Bontecou Swamp. Leaders: Adrienne Popko / Barbara Michelin. Meet at 8am. Check Wings Over Dutchess for meeting place.
June 28 Monday	MEMBERSHIP MEETING - ANNUAL PICNIC - MEMBERS ONLY. See details below.
June 30 Wednesday	RTWBC FIELD TRIP - Turkey Hollow / Tamarack Preserve pg. 26. Meet at club house parking lot on Turkey Hollow Rd. at 8:00am. Plan to carry lunch. Directions:* Look for the sign for the preserve on the south side of US44 about one mile east of the intersection with CR 86 (Bangall Amenia Road). Drive in to the clubhouse parking lot.

Field Trips: Dress for the weather and bring lunch & beverage. Inclement weather cancels walk. Any questions call Barbara Michelin or trip leader about weekend walks or for other walks call Carol Fredericks or Barbara Butler. Member phone numbers can be found in the member newsletter, Wings Over Dutchess or in the Member List.
* Page reference for the writeup in Where to Bird in Dutchess County (for those who have a copy--others please note that this book is out of print).

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July 2010

American Goldfinch
Photo by Steve Golladay

	Look for young, particularly large broods of poults (young Wild Turkeys) and ducklings following their mothers.
	American Goldfinches have started nesting; Eastern Bluebirds and American Robins may be on second brood.
	By mid-month sandpipers have started migration south.

July 4 Sunday	RTWBC FIELD TRIP - Buttercup West *pg. 22 – Leader: Alan Peterson. Meet at parking lot (off Rt.82, Pine Plains - Stissing Mt. Ln. & right on Stissing Mt. Rd.) at 8:00am
July 7 Wednesday	RTWBC FIELD TRIP - Buttercup East *pg. 22. Meet there at 8:00am. Click on the link for driving directions.
July 10 Saturday	RTWBC FIELD TRIP - Town of Clinton's Nature Trail – Leader: Barbara Mansell. Meet at the Clinton Town Hall, 1215 Centre Road (County Route 18, north of Schultzville) at 10:00am. A joint trip with Clinton CAC.
July 14 Wednesday	RTWBC FIELD TRIP - Pond Gut*pg. 84 – Meet there at 8:00am (click the link for directions).
July 17 Saturday	RTWBC FIELD TRIP - Vassar Farm *pg. 130. Leader: Maury Lacher. Meet at barns @ 8:00am.
July 21 Wednesday	RTWBC FIELD TRIP - Hopeland Sanctuary (north of Mills Mansion/Staatsburgh). Meet there at 8:00am.
July 24 Saturday	RTWBC FIELD TRIP - Thompson Pond *pg. 112. Meet there at 8:00am (click the link for directions). Leader: Ken & Carol Fredericks.
July	MEMBERSHIP MEETING - THERE IS NO MEETING IN JULY! VACATION TIME!
July 28 Wednesday	RTWBC FIELD TRIP - Locust Grove / Samuel F. B. Morse Historic Site - Meet at the parking lot on US 9 just south of Poughkeepsie, across from Beechwood Avenue at 8:00am.

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August 2010

Dunlin
Photo by Barbara Mansell

	Watch for migrating* sandpipers and Common Nighthawks.*
	Look for casual migrants, which wander after nesting, or accidentals blown in by a coastal storm.

August 4 Wednesday	RTWBC FIELD TRIP - Father's Trail at Unification Theological Seminary, Barrytown –Meet at parking lot (Co. Rt. 82, Barrytown Rd.) at 8:00am.
August 7 Saturday	RTWBC FIELD TRIP - Deep Hollow Road – 8:00am. Leader: Barbara Michelin. Please call for meeting place and time due to limited parking (phone number in Wings Over Dutchess).
August 11 Wednesday	RTWBC FIELD TRIP - Madam Brett Park - Meet at parking lot on Tioronda Ave, Beacon. at 8:00am. For driving directions, click on the link.
August 18 Wednesday	RTWBC FIELD TRIP - Andrew Haight Road *pg.10. Meet at the Farm & Home Center, US 44, Millbrook at 8:00am.
August 23 Monday	MEMBERSHIP MEETING - No potluck picnic this year, due to the closing of Stony Kill EEC.
August 25 Wednesday	RTWBC FIELD TRIP - Nuclear Lake - Meet at 8:00am in the parking area just north of the intersection of NY 55 and Old NY 55 (about 1.7 miles east of the Rte 216 traffic light in Poughquag).
August 28 Saturday	RTWBC FIELD TRIP - Oil City Road & Black Dirt Sod Farms for shorebirds. Leaders: Ken & Carol Fredericks. Please contact them for time and meeting place if you plan to attend (phone number in Wings Over Dutchess).

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2010 Wednesday Field Trip Schedule (subject to change)
Note: Changes may be made to this schedule due to weather or for other reasons. Be sure to check the detailed calendar above as the date approaches. ALL WED. TRIPS AFTER MARCH ARE TENTATIVE AT THIS TIME.

February 3	Vanderbilt Mansion	July 21	Hopeland Sanctuary (n. of Mills Mansion)
February 10	James Baird State Park	July 28	Locust Grove
February 17	Norrie Point	August 4	Unification Seminary / Father's Trail
February 24	Bowdoin Park	August 11	Madam Brett Park, Beacon
March 3	Vassar College Campus	August 18	Andrew Haight Road
March 10	Staatsburgh (Mills Mansion)	August 25	Nuclear Lake
March 17	Tymor Forest	September 1	Poet's Walk
March 24	Harlem Valley Rail Trail - Amenia	September 8	Vanderbilt Mansion
March 31	Millbrook School	September 15	Buttercup East
April 7	Tamarack Lake (Bontecou Lake)	September 22	Lakeside Park
April 14	Buttercup West	September 29	Buttercup West
April 21	Dennings Point to Long Dock	October 6	Thompson Pond Preserve
April 28	Thompson Pond Preserve	October 13	Tymor Forest
May 5	Ferncliff Forest	October 20	Bowdoin Park
May 12	Millbrook School	October 27	Staatsburgh (Mills Mansion)
May 19	Nuclear Lake	November 3	Roosevelt's Home (FDR NHS)
May 26	Cascade Mountain Road	November 10	Millbrook School
June 2	Peach Hill	November 17	Stony Kill Farm
June 9	Wethersfield	November 24	Vassar College Campus
June 16	Nellie Hill	December 1	Harlem Valley Rail Trail - Coleman Stn.
June 23	Cary IES	December 8	Holiday Party - Verbank Snow Date 12/15
June 30	Turkey Hollow - Tamarack Preserve	December 15	James Baird State Park
July 7	Buttercup East	December 22	Norrie Point
July 14	Pond Gut	December 29	Madam Brett Park, Beacon

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Club Meetings -Details

Unless otherwise noted below, meetings are held at 7:30pm at the Freedom Plains Presbyterian Church parish hall, Rte. 55, Freedom Plains (about 3/10 mile west of the Taconic State Parkway, across from Arlington High School). Join us for refreshments after each meeting.
In case of really bad weather, meetings will be cancelled. Please listen to local radio stations for cancellation information. If in doubt, call club president Maury Lacher.

June 28, 2009 MEMBERS ONLY

Our picnic supper-meeting on June 28, 2010 will be at Bowdoin Park, Town of Poughkeepsie. The park is on Sheafe Road and we will be in Pavilion #2 near the pond. The pavilion is available to us from 9am until 8pm. We will have a bird walk at 4:30pm and picnic at 5:30pm. Please bring your own food and a dessert to share. Bring electronic images to show the group via our digital projector. Steve Golladay has promised a special hawk event he wants us to see.

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