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Local Monthly Records                                  September 2011

Yellow-rumped Warbler, photo by Maha Katnani
Yellow-rumped Warbler, photo by Maha Katnani

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September 2011 Records

Wings Over Dutchess Editor’s Note:  Due to space the October 2011 issue, some of the permanent birds have been omitted but those records were given to Barbara Butler for our club records.

Snow Goose: 2/5 , 1/18 & 1/30 Overlook Park CV.
Canada Goose: 100/5 Amtrak Pok-NYC RG; 200/23 Tymor FT-N. 23 rpts, avg 30 each.
Mute Swan: 10/5 Amtrak Pok-NYC RG; 3/24 Norrie Pt SP MBo. 6 rpts, avg 3 each.
Wood Duck: 105/20 pond, Bog Hollow D Fleury; 3/30 HURT CV. 17 rpts, avg 15 each.
Gadwall: 1/24 N. Dutchess FT-N.
American Black Duck: 6/22 The Fly CV; 2/28 Norrie Pt. CV. 3 rpts.
Green-winged Teal: 34/19 Buttercup West CV; 30/24 ButtercupW FT-N. 4 rpts, avg 18 each.
Common Merganser: 4/24 Fisherman's Park, Wapp. Lk.  KH.
Ruddy Duck: 1/24 ButtercupW FT-N.  
Ring-necked Pheasant: 1/24 ButtercupW FT-N; 1/24 CIES LH.
Wild Turkey: 14/24 ButtercupW FT-N; 3/29 IES BH.    18 rpts, avg 2 each.
Double-crested Cormorant: 34/24 NorriePt SP NMA; 11/28 Norrie Pt. CV. 11 rpts, avg 10 each.
Great Blue Heron: 2/21 Tymor Forest BAM,BB; 1/30 CIES AMP. 27 rpts, avg 1 each.
Great Egret: 6/21 Wappinger Creek HRA Lake; 3/25 Fisherman's Park  Wapp. Lk. KH. 12 rpts, avg 4 each.
Snowy Egret: 3/8 New Hamburg HRA Cullen; 2/9 seen near Norrie Point from train R Guthrie. 2 rpts.
Green Heron: 2/23-24 Sylvan Lk NMA; 1/29 Overlook Park CV. 10 rpts, avg 1 each.
Black-crowned Night-Heron: 3/3 Dennings Pt KH; 1/17 Dennings Pt KH. 4 rpts, avg 1 each.
Black Vulture: 5/24 Dutchess Co. road birds W WG; 1/30 CIES AMP; 3/30 Sheffield Hill Rd. CV. 10 rpts, avg 2 each.
Turkey Vulture: 18/28 Buttercup L Federman; 17/30 Sheffield Hill Rd. CV. 38 rpts, avg 4 each.
Osprey: 24/28 Lake Ave, Pine Plains L Federman; 1/30 HURT CV. 17 rpts, avg 3 each.
Bald Eagle: 2/24 Norrie Pt. FT-N; 2/30 Sheffield Hill Rd. CV. 8 rpts, avg 1 each.
Northern Harrier: 1/18 Vassar Fm WHS; 1/30 CIES AMP.
Sharp-shinned Hawk: 14/2 Ferncliff MP; 14/28 Buttercup L Federman.                9 rpts, avg 5 each.
Cooper's Hawk: 25 & 1juv/16 yd. BAM; 2/30 HURT CV. 18 rpts, avg 1 each.
Red-shouldered Hawk: 1/28 Norrie Pt. CV; 1/weekly home MP. 14 rpts, avg 1 each.
Broad-winged Hawk: 3/21 Tymor Forest BAM,BB; 200/26 Stony Kill DK. 6 rpts, avg 35 each.
Golden Eagle: 1 imm/28 Buttercup L Federman.
American Kestrel: 3/24 Norrie Pt SP MBo; 1/29 Sleight Plass Road JaAl. 10 rpts, avg 1 each.
Merlin: 1/10 Vassar Fm FT; 1/27 yd EBR. 6 rpts, avg 1 each.
Peregrine Falcon: 1/24 N. Dutchess FT-N; 1/28 Buttercup L Federman.  3 rpts.
American Coot: 1/30 HURT CV.     
Killdeer: 17/20 Overlook Park CV; 19/29 Millbrook Schl AMP. 11 rpts, avg 7 each.
Greater Yellowlegs: 3/11 Strever Pd KCF.
Solitary Sandpiper: 1/10 Buttercup west JaAl; 1/23-24 Sylvan Lk FT-N. 2 rpts.
Spotted Sandpiper: 2/3 Dennings Pt KH; 1/23-24 Sylvan Lk FT-N. 5 rpts, avg 1 each.
Semipalmated Sandpiper: 6/25 TSF MP.     
Least Sandpiper: 2/3 Dennings Pt KH; 1/24 Stony Kill NMA. 3 rpts.
Wilson's Snipe: 1/24 Stony Kill GL.
Herring Gull: 6/24 N. Dutchess FT-N; 1/26 Dutchess TA. 4 rpts, avg 3 each.
Great Black-backed Gull: 1/3 Beacon waterfront KH; 1/24 Stony Kill NMA. 4 rpts, avg 1 each.
Black-billed Cuckoo: 1/3 Dennings Point KH.
Yellow-billed Cuckoo: 1/16 yard, Salt Pt. BoBo; 1/26 CIES AD.
Eastern Screech-Owl: 2/20 yard area Salt Pt. BoBo; 1/21 yd AP.
Great Horned Owl: 1/2 Daley Rd HT; 1/24 Sylvan Lk HT. 5 rpts, avg 1 each.
Barred Owl: 2/8 Wappinger HRA/T. Lake; 1/26 Roosevelt Farm Ln KH. 11 rpts, avg 1 each.
Common Nighthawk: 40/3 Rt82 & Noxon Rd CP; 14/14 on her way home J Allison. 6 rpts, avg 18 each.
Chimney Swift: 7/13 Fisherman's Pk KH; 1/24 Vassar Fm FT-N. 7 rpts, avg 3 each.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird: 3/7 Norrie Pt SP SBa; 1/24 Stony Kill JBa. 28 rpts, avg 1 each.
Belted Kingfisher: 3/24 Norrie Pt SP NMA; 1/30 HURT CV. 20 rpts, avg 1 each.
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker: 1/10 Buttercup west JaAl; 2/30 HURT CV. 4 rpts, avg 2 each.
Northern Flicker: 14/21 CIES FT; 1/30 yd Poughquag CP. 36 rpts, avg 3 each.
Pileated Woodpecker: 3/14 Vanderbilt Mansion FT; 1/30 CIES AMP. 32 rpts, avg 1 each.
Olive-sided Flycatcher: 1/21 yd Fishkill ES.
Eastern Wood-Pewee: 12/7 Norrie Pt SP SBa; 1/24 Vassar Fm SM. 15 rpts, avg 2 each.
Willow Flycatcher: 1/3 Dennings Park KH; 1/24 Stony Kill GL. 3 rpts.
Least Flycatcher: 1/3 yard BB; 1/26 Dutchess Rail Trl KCF. 4 rpts, avg 1 each.
Eastern Phoebe: 14/24 CIES FT-N; 5/30 HURT CV. 44 rpts, avg 3 each.
Great Crested Flycatcher: 1/3 Dennings Park KH; 1/29 Millbrook Schl AMP. 9 rpts, avg 1 each.
Eastern Kingbird: 1/24 CIES FT-N; 1-2/reg RHGC MP.
Yellow-throated Vireo: 2/11 Buttercup East KCF; 1/24 Sylvan Lk NMA. 5 rpts, avg 1 each.
Blue-headed Vireo: 2/21 CIES FT; 2/27 Buttercup West KCF.  5 rpts, avg 2 each.
Warbling Vireo: 2/24 NorriePt SP NMA.        
Philadelphia Vireo: 1/24 Stony Kill NMA; 1/24 Vassar Fm ABa.
Red-eyed Vireo: 11/7 Norrie Pt SP SBa; 1/28 FDR Home FT. 25 rpts, avg 3 each.
Fish Crow: 1/10 Vassar Fm FT; 6/28 FDR Home FT.  18 rpts, avg 2 each.
Common Raven:                1/2 CIES BoBo; 27/30 McEnroe Compost CV. 7 rpts, avg 5 each.
Purple Martin: 1/24 N. Dutchess FT-N; 5/24 Norrie Pt SP MBo. 2 rpts.
Tree Swallow: 65/22 Mashomak CV; 5/24 CIES FT-N. 7 rpts, avg 22 each.
Northern Rough-winged Swallow:  3/22 Mashomak CV.
Barn Swallow: 1/24 Stony Kill GL. 
Red-breasted Nuthatch: 1/23-24 Sylvan Lk GL.        
Brown Creeper: 2/01 IES BH; 1/29 IES BH. 7 rpts, avg 1 each.
Carolina Wren: 3/3 Klara Sauer Trail KH; 1/28 Norrie Pt. CV. 30 rpts, avg 1 each.
House Wren: 2/21 CIES FT; 2/28 Tivoli LS. 15 rpts, avg 1 each.
Marsh Wren: 1/21 CIES FT; 5/25 Stony Kill NMA. 3 rpts.
Golden-crowned Kinglet: 2/22 & 1/29 IES BH.
Ruby-crowned Kinglet: 1/24 Vassar Fm FT-N; 2/29 yard BB.  
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher: 2/7 Norrie Pt SP SBa; 1/23 Reese Sanct KH. 4 rpts, avg 1 each.
Eastern Bluebird: 35/24 Stony Kill NMA; 9/29 Millbrook Schl AMP. 35 rpts, avg 6 each.
Veery: 1/20 Ludlow Rd DK.
Swainson's Thrush: 1/10 Buttercup west JaAl; 1/24 Stony Kill JBa. 6 rpts, avg 1 each.
Hermit Thrush: 1/24 Norrie Pt SP MPi.         
Wood Thrush: 1/4 Reese Pk KH; 8/24 CIES FT-N. 6 rpts, avg 3 each.
American Robin: 75/23-24 Sylvan Lk NMA; 28/30 HURT CV. 34 rpts, avg 9 each.
Gray Catbird: 29/11 Buttercup East KCF; 5/30 CIES AMP. 48 rpts, avg 6 each.
Northern Mockingbird: 4/18 Vassar Farm CV; 2/28 The Studio LS. 18 rpts, avg 2 each.
Brown Thrasher: 1/26 CIES AD; 1/27 yard BB.
European Starling: 200/24 Norrie Pt SP NMA; 38/28 The Studio LS. 22 rpts, avg 30 each.
Cedar Waxwing: 50/23 Pond Gut FT-N; 48/30 HURT CV. 34 rpts, avg 16 each.
Brewster's Warbler (hybrid): 1/17 yd. BAM.               
Tennessee Warbler: 1/15 yd Fishkill ES; 1/27 Buttercup West KCF. 4 rpts, avg 1 each.
Orange-crowned Warbler: 1/24 N. Dutchess FT-N.   
Nashville Warbler: 3/24 Stony Kill NMA; 1/27 Buttercup West KCF. 10 rpts, avg 1 each.
Northern Parula:  2/24 N. Dutchess FT-N; 2/26 Dutchess Rail Trl KCF. 10 rpts, avg 1 each.
Yellow Warbler: 1/17 Klara Sauer Trail KH; 1/24 Vassar Fm FT-N. 4 rpts, avg 1 each.
Chestnut-sided Warbler: 2/7 Norrie Pt SP SBa; 1/24 Stony Kill NMA. 7 rpts, avg 1 each.
Magnolia Warbler: 4/11 Buttercup WLS; 2/27 Buttercup West KCF. 16 rpts, avg 2 each.
Cape May Warbler: 1/23 Tymor FT-N.          
Black-throated Blue Warbler: 2/21 CIES FT; 1/24 Vassar Fm FT-N. 8 rpts, avg 1 each.
Yellow-rumped Warbler: 15/24 PNR FT-N; 6/29 Millbrook Schl AMP. 5 rpts, avg 5 each.
Black-throated Green Warbler: 11/24 Stony Kill NMA; 1/29 yd CV. 19 rpts, avg 2 each.
Blackburnian Warbler: 3/7 Norrie Pt SP SBa; 1/30 Dutchess Rail Trail (Gold's Gym to Maloney Rd) MK, AL. 4 rpts, avg 2 each.
Pine Warbler: 4/14 Vanderbilt Mansion FT; 1/24 Norrie Pt SP GL. 6 rpts, avg 2 each.
Prairie Warbler: 1/24 N. Dutchess FT-N; 1/24 Vassar Fm FT-N. 2 rpts.
Palm Warbler: 45/24 Stony Kill NMA; 1/29 yard BB. 11 rpts, avg 10 each.
Bay-breasted Warbler: 1/7 Norrie Pt SP SBa; 1/24 Norrie Pt. SP FT-N. 6 rpts, avg 1 each.
Blackpoll Warbler: 1/24 Stony Kill NMA; 9/24 Norrie Pt SP
NMA. 8 rpts, avg 3 each.
Black-and-white Warbler: 5/7 Norrie Pt SP SBa; 1/28 FDR Home FT. 16 rpts, avg 1 each.
American Redstart: 8/11 Buttercup East KCF; 1/27 Buttercup West KCF. 20 rpts, avg 2 each.
Worm-eating Warbler: 1/7 Norrie Pt SP SBa.              
Ovenbird: 1/4 Reese Park KH; 1/25 Thompson Pd FT-N. 4 rpts, avg 1 each.
Northern Waterthrush: 2/7 Norrie Pt SP SBa; 1/10 Buttercup west JaAl.              
Connecticut Warbler: 1/24 CIES FT-N.        
Mourning Warbler: 1/28 FDR Home KH.      
Common Yellowthroat: 8/19 Buttercup West CV; 5/30 HURT CV. 25 rpts, avg 4 each.
Hooded Warbler: 1/4 Reese Pk; 1/17 Dennings Point KH.
Canada Warbler: 1/01 IES BH; 1/24 Vassar Fm FT-N. 4 rpts, avg 1 each.
Yellow-breasted Chat: 1/17 Vassar Farm J Clinton. 
Scarlet Tanager: 5/7 Norrie Pt SP SBa; 1/29 yd CV. 16 rpts, avg 2 each.
Eastern Towhee: 8/11 Buttercup East KCF; 1/29 IES BH. 13 rpts, avg 2 each.
Chipping Sparrow: 57/14 Vanderbilt FT; 3/29 Millbrook Schl AMP. 24 rpts, avg 12 each.
Clay-colored Sparrow: 2/24 Stony Kill NMA.              
Field Sparrow: 10/21 CIES FT; 3/29 IES BH. 13 rpts, avg 4 each.
Vesper Sparrow:                2/17 Vassar Farm J Clinton; 1/25 Fishkill SM. 4 rpts, avg 1 each.
Savannah Sparrow: 12/25 Stony Kill NMA; 7/29 Millbrook Schl AMP. 11 rpts, avg 3 each.
Grasshopper Sparrow: 1/24 Stony Kill JBa; 1/24 Stony Kill NMA.         
Song Sparrow: 10/18 Vassar Fm WHS; 1/30 CIES AMP. 23 rpts, avg 3 each.
Lincoln's Sparrow: 1/24 Hopeland Fm DK; 2/25 Stony Kill NMA. 4 rpts, avg 1 each.
Swamp Sparrow: 6/24 ButtercupW FT-N; 5/30 HURT CV. 11 rpts, avg 3 each.
White-throated Sparrow: 1/23 Sylvan Lk HT; 3/26 Roosvelt Farm Lane KH. 5 rpts, avg 2 each.
White-crowned Sparrow: x/26 StonyKill S Golladay.
Northern Cardinal: 5/24 Norrie Pt SP NMA; 1/29 Millbrook Schl AMP. 34 rpts, avg 2 each.
Rose-breasted Grosbeak: 1/24 Sylvan Lk JD; 5/24 N. Dutchess FT-N. 14 rpts, avg 2 each.
Indigo Bunting: 3/01 IES BH; 1/24 Vassar Fm FT-N.   4 rpts, avg 2 each.
Dickcissel: 2/24 Stony Kill NMA; 3/28 StonyKill S Golladay. 5 rpts, avg 2 each.
Bobolink: 12/10 Vassar Fm FT; 10/25 Stony Kill NMA. 6 rpts, avg 5 each.
Red-winged Blackbird: 10/22 Thompson Pond CV; 34/30 HURT CV. 7 rpts, avg 8 each.
Common Grackle: 6/24 Stony Kill ABa; 1/25 Fishkill SM. 6 rpts, avg 2 each.
Brown-headed Cowbird: 35/24 Stony Kill NMA; 9/28 Norrie Pt. CV. 4 rpts, avg 13 each.
Baltimore Oriole: 3/3 Dennings Point KH; 1/17 Vassar Farm J Clinton. 4 rpts, avg 2 each.
Purple Finch: 4/29 Millbrook Schl AMP; 2/occ yd KCF.
House Finch: 45/24 Stony Kill NMA; 5/30 yd Poughquag CP. 22 rpts, avg 6 each.
American Goldfinch: 20/4 3/16 2/23 Reese Park, 1-3 ea at 2 places KH; 12/30 yd Poughquag CP. 44 rpts, avg 5 each.
Evening Grosbeak: 10/24 Vassar Fm SM.   

Observers:
Janet Allison-JaAl, Judy Atwood/Karen Jackquith-JA/KJ, Andrew Baksh-ABa, Jessie Barry-JBa, Mary Batcheller-MBa, Hope Batcheller-HB, Steve Bauer-SBa, Michael Bochnik-MB, Marty Borko-MBo, Bob Bowler-BoBo, Barbara Butler-BB, Jacob  Drucker-JD, Abby Dux-AD, Ken & Carol Fredericks-KCF, Richard Fried-RF, William Gruenbaum-WG, Richard Guthrie-RG, Ken Harris-KH, Barry Haydasz-BH, Nathaniel Hernandez-NH, Lynne Hertzog-LH, Tom Johnson-TJ, Maha Katnani-MK, Deborah Kral-DK, Aimee LaBarr-AL, Greg Lawrence-GL, Sarah MacLean-SMa, Barbara & Allan Michelin-BAM, Shai Mitra-SM, Mona Payton-MP, Max Pine-MPi, Carena Pooth-CP, Adrienne Popko-AMP, Edith & Barry  Rosen-EBR, Edmond  Spaeth-ES, Laura Steadman-LS, Herb Thompson-HT, Benjamin Van Doren-BV, Chet Vincent-CV, Owen Whitby-OW, Chris Wood-CW, William  Schlesinger-WHS, William & Lisa Schlesinger-WLS

NYSOA Mtg Field Trip-FT-N, NYSOA Mtg Attendees-NMA, Hudson River Almanac-HRA

FT - Field Trips:
9/7 Ferncliff – rained out,  9/10 Vassar Farm,   9/14 Vanderbilt Mansion,  9/21 IES/Cary,  928 FDRoosevelt Historic National Site

Notes/Abbreviations:   
HVRT-Harlem Valley Rail Trail, TSF-The Southlands Farm

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Compiled by Barry Haydasz
 
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