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Local Monthly Records                                  August 2011

Black-crowned Night-Herons, adult & immature, photo by Debi Kral
Black-crowned Night-Herons, adult & immature
photo by Debi Kral

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August 2011 Records

Canada Goose: 10 rpts, avg 17 each. 50/16 Riverside Trl Beacon ES.
Mute Swan: 4 rpts. 2-6 Fisherman's Park KH.
American Black Duck: 19/12 Wapp Crk JAD.
Mallard: 9 rpts, avg 6 each. 30/16 Riverside Trl Beacon ES;  8, 2 yg/13 Dennings Pt MK, AL.
Common Merganser: 1/11 MHMedGrp-Fishkill ES.
Wild Turkey:  8 rpts. 11/9 Cary IES KH; 17/30 Ludlow Woods DK ; many reports with poults.
Double-crested Cormorant: 5 rpts, avg 2 each. 4/24 Dennings Pt FT; 4/17 Mills Mansion FT.
Great Blue Heron: 15 rpts, avg 2 each.  5/27 Reese Park KH.
Great Egret: 3/5 Norrie Point HRA Bowser; 1/14-16 Spackenkill MK; 2/23 1/29 Fisherman's Park KH.
Snowy Egret: 1/24 tidal Wappingers Cr HRA Lake.
Green Heron: 16 rpts, avg 2 each. 3/13 Dennings Pt MK, AL; 6/24 Dennings Pt FT.
Black-crowned Night-Heron:  2/23 Bontecou Lk DK; 1/12 Wappingers Crk JAD; 1/25 1/27 Creek Rd, Wapp KH.
Black Vulture: 2/29 yd Poughquag CP/HT; 1/25 yd Fishkill ES.
Turkey Vulture: 24 rpts, avg 3 each. 12/6 Greenhaven CP; 8/10 Nuclear Lk FT.
Osprey: 1/24 Hudson Locust Grove HRA Collins.
Bald Eagle: 3/17 Mills Mansion FT; 1/24 Hudson at Locust Grove HRA Collins.
Northern Harrier: 1/21 CIES WLS.
Cooper's Hawk:  2 rpts. 1/24 Dennings Pt FT; 2/25 yd Poughquag CP/HT; 1/2 got grackle yd. BAM.
Red-shouldered Hawk:  4 rpts. 1/6 CIES FT; 2/10 Nuclear Lk FT; 1 most days MP.
Broad-winged Hawk: 1/10 Nuclear Lk FT.
Red-tailed Hawk: 16 rpts, avg 1 each, some imm.
American Kestrel: 1/29 Stony Kill BAM.
Semipalmated Plover: 1/7 Greig Farm PS; 1/13 Dennings Pt MK, AL.
Killdeer: 6 rpts, avg 14 each. 40/17 Greig's Fm DK,BJM,MK; 5/11 10/16 MHMedGrp-Fishkill ES.
Solitary Sandpiper: 1/7 Greig Farm PS; 2/28 Ludlow Rd Millbrook DK .
Spotted Sandpiper: 1/13 Dennings Pt MK, AL; 1/17 Mills Mansion FT; 2/24 Madam Brett Pk FT.
**Hudsonian Godwit:  1/28 Hitchcock estate, Bangall Rd, John Askildsen,DK.
Semipalmated Sandpiper: 3/24 TSF  MP.
Least Sandpiper: a few/7 Greig Farm PS.
Ring-billed Gull: 6 rpts. 8/29 Beacon/River BAM; 5/3 Locust Grove FT; 5/13 Pok Train Stn JeR.
Herring Gull: 2/13 Dennings Pt MK, AL.
Great Black-backed Gull: 2/13 Dennings Pt MK, AL.
** Terns, probably Forster’s:  2/28 river at Beacon waterfront, seen from west shore Ken McDermott.
Mourning Dove: 20 rpts, avg 4 each. 20/11, 10/16 MHMedGrp-Fishkill ES; 1-2 yg/11-31 JA.KJ.
Yellow-billed Cuckoo: 1/1-26 yard BB; 1 rpt. 2/10 Nuclear Lk FT.
Eastern Screech-Owl: 2/25 Creek Rd, Wapp KH.
Barred Owl: 1/12,17,30 Ludlow Woods DK; 1/30 h yd. AJM
Common Nighthawk: 10/31 over Cary IES Barry Haydasz.
Chimney Swift: 7 rpts, avg 2 each.  7/8 30/23 Fisherman's Park KH; 3/6 CIES FT; 4/11 Elm Drive Millbrook JAD.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird: 20 rpts, avg 2 each. 7/31 Andrew Haight Rd FT.
Belted Kingfisher: 6 rpts, avg 1 each. 2/12 Wappingers Crk JAD.
Red-bellied Woodpecker: 17 rpts, avg 2 each. 4/17 Mills Mansion FT.
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker: 1/6 Appalachian Trl Pawling JO; 6/10 Nuclear Lk FT.
Downy Woodpecker: 17 rpts, avg 2 each. 3-4 all yd. BAM.
Hairy Woodpecker: 7 rpts, avg 1 each. 2-3 all feeder yd. BAM.
Northern Flicker: 16 rpts, avg 2 each. 2/12 Locust Grove, 1/27 2/30 Bowdoin Park KH.
Pileated Woodpecker: 12 rpts, avg 1 each. 1/9 2/18 Cary IES, 2/27 Reese Park KH.
Eastern Wood-Pewee: 15 rpts, avg 1 each. 4/27 Reese Park, 3/30 Bowdoin Park KH; 3/3 Locust Grove FT; 3/10 Nuclear Lk FT
Acadian Flycatcher: 1/10 Nuclear Lk FT.
Willow Flycatcher: 2/6 Appalachian Trl Pawling JO.
Least Flycatcher: 3 rpts. 2/24 Dennings Pt FT; 1/10 Nuclear Lk FT.
Eastern Phoebe: 15 rpts, avg 1 each.  2/29 New Hamburg/River BAM; 3/21 CIES WLS.
Great Crested Flycatcher: 2/13 Dennings Pt MK, AL; 1/10 Nuclear Lk FT; 2/17 Mills Mansion FT; 2/1,2,7 yd. BAM .
Eastern Kingbird: 9 rpts. 2/4 3/23 Fisherman's Pk KH; 2 daily RHGC, 2/24 TSF MP; 3/21 CIES WLS.
Yellow-throated Vireo: 1/10 Nuclear Lk FT.
Blue-headed Vireo: 1/18 Cary IES KH.
Warbling Vireo: 1/30 yd Fishkill ES; 1/10 Nuclear Lk FT.
Red-eyed Vireo: 15 rpts, avg 3 each. 12/10 Nuclear Lk FT
Blue Jay: 22 rpts, avg 3 each. 3-6/all 11/21 yd Poughquag CP/HT; 6/24 Madam Brett FT; 6/10 Nuclear Lk FT; 4-5 all Cooper's got jay/22 yd. BAM.
Fish Crow:  2/13 Dennings Pt MK, AL; 1/26 vil. Hopewell Jct. BJM.
American Crow: 16 rpts, avg 3 each.
Common Raven: 1/9 Cary IES KH; 1/29 Breakneck BAM; 1/21 Taconic (Miller Hill Rd) TSc .
Horned Lark: 14/27 Greig Farm PS.
Tree Swallow:  9 rpts, avg 3 each.  8-10 early month TSF and RHGC, 6/24 TSF MP; 10/31 Andrew Haight Rd FT.
Northern Rough-winged Swallow: 3/17 Mills Mansion FT.
Barn Swallow: 16 rpts, avg 6 each.10/6 New Hackensack Cem. BJM; 25/13 Dennings Pt MK, AL; many daily early month TSF, most gone by month-end  MP.
Black-capped Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse,
White-breasted Nuthatch: Normal numbers.
Carolina Wren: 11 rpts, avg 2 each. 1-2/all yd Poughquag CP/HT.
House Wren: 7 rpts. 7/1 pr+5yg nest box yd. BAM.
Winter Wren: 1/24 TSF  MP.
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher: 6 rpts, avg 2 each.  5/10 Nuclear Lk FT.
Eastern Bluebird: 17 rpts, avg 3 each.  4-6 all month TSF and RHGC, 2 nest in yd  MP; 6/6 CIES FT; pr+4yg-fledged/5 nest box yd. BAM.
Veery: 2/9 Cary IES KH; 1/21,27 CIES WLS; 1/13 yd Poughquag CP/HT .
Wood Thrush: 6 rpts. 6/3 Locust Grove FT; 2/6 Appalachian Trl Pawling JO.
American Robin: 19 rpts, avg 8 each. 50/31 Andrew Haight Rd FT; 15/3 Locust Grove FT.
Gray Catbird: 22 rpts, avg 7 each. 20/31 Andrew Haight Rd FT; 10/6 CIES FT.
Northern Mockingbird: 15 rpts, avg 1 each.
Cedar Waxwing: 14 rpts, avg 10 each. 50/27 Cary IES WHS.
Blue-winged Warbler: 1/31 Andrew Haight Rd FT; 3/10 Nuclear Lk FT .
Golden-winged Warbler: 1/25 yd Fishkill ES.
Tennessee Warbler: 1/30 yd Fishkill ES.
Yellow Warbler: 4 rpts.  2/13 StonyKill  KH; 2/13 Dennings Pt MK, AL.
Chestnut-sided Warbler:  3/10 Nuclear Lk FT; 1/20 yard BB.
Black-throated Blue Warbler: 2/10 Nuclear Lk FT.
Black-throated Green Warbler: 1/31 Andrew Haight Rd FT.
Pine Warbler: 1/24 Madam Brett Pk FT.
Black-and-white Warbler: 1/10 Nuclear Lk FT.
American Redstart: 9 rpts, avg 2 each. 6/10 Nuclear Lk FT.
Worm-eating Warbler: 1/6 Appalachian Trl Pawling JO; 2/10 Nuclear Lk FT.
Ovenbird: 1/18 Cary IES KH.
Louisiana Waterthrush: 1/6 Cary IES FT.
Common Yellowthroat: 6 rpts, avg 6 each. 10/10 Nuclear Lk FT.
Canada Warbler: 1/10 Nuclear Lk FT.
Scarlet Tanager: 1/9 Cary IES  KH;  2/3 Locust Grove FT.
Eastern Towhee: 5 rpts. 4/6 Cary IES FT.
Chipping Sparrow: 20 rpts, avg 3 each. 16/18 Cary IES KH; 6/13 Bruzgul Rd JB; 8/15 yd Fishkill ES; BB,BAM report young still begging and being fed late in the month.
Field Sparrow: 5 rpts. 5/6 Cary IES FT .
Vesper Sparrow: 3/6, 2/7, 3/27 Greig Farm PS.
Savannah Sparrow: 2 rpts. 3/31 Andrew Haight Rd FT; 1/17 Greig's Fm DK, MK .
Song Sparrow: 12 rpts, avg 3 each. 8/31 Andrew Haight Rd FT.
Swamp Sparrow: 1/9 Cary IES KH.
Northern Cardinal: 26 rpts, avg 2 each. EBR, BAM, AJ/KJ report young being fed.
Rose-breasted Grosbeak: 4 rpts, avg 2 each. 5/30 Ludlow Woods DK; 1m all yd  JA/KJ.
Indigo Bunting: 8 rpts, avg 1 each. 5/9 3/18 Cary IES KH.
Bobolink: 40/17 Greig's Fm DK,BJM,MK; 6/29 StonyKill BAM; 12-20 early, gone by month-end  MP.
Red-winged Blackbird: 8 rpts. 8/9 Cary IES KH; 8-16 daily TSF  MP; 6/31 Andrew Haight Rd FT .
Common Grackle: 6 rpts. 3/24 Madam Brett Pk FT; 3/11 MHMedGrp-Fishkill ES; 2-5/23-27 incl 1juv/25 yd. BAM.
Brown-headed Cowbird: 30/13 Dennings Pt MK, AL; 1/17 Greig's Fm DK .
Orchard Oriole: 1/12 Wappingers Crk JAD; 2f/13 Dennings Pt MK, AL.
Baltimore Oriole: 17 rpts, avg 2 each. 3/10 Nuclear Lk FT.
American Goldfinch: 24 rpts, avg 6 each. 6-12/all yd Poughquag CP/HT; 12/10 Nuclear Lk FT.

Observers:
JA - Judy Atwood, JB - James Boyce, BB - Barbara  Butler, JAD - John & Abby Dux, KH - Ken Harris, KJ - Karen Jaquith, MK - Maha Katnani, DK - Deborah Kral, AL - Aimee Labar, AJM - Allan Michelin, BAM - Barb & Allan Michelin, BJM - Barbara  Michelin, JO - Joseph O'Sullivan, MP - Mona Payton, CP - Carena Pooth, EBR - Edith & Barry  Rosen, JeR - Jesse Ross, WHS - William  Schlesinger, WLS - William & Lisa Schlesinger, PS - Peter Schoenberger, TSc - Tom Schulenberg, ES - Edmond  Spaeth, HT - Herb Thompson, FT – Club Field Trip

Notes/Abbreviations:   
HRA - Hudson River Almanac
IES - Institute of Ecosystem Studies
RHGC - Red Hook Golf Club
TSF - Southlands

Also see our Key to Notation.

Compiled by Barbara Butler
 
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