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note: Non-Dutchess County sightings are in
a separate list at the bottom.
All
RBA birds are interesting at the time of the alert,
but not all of them are really rarities. Some
sightings are rarities when they occur but later become
interesting only from a historical perspective (the
1953 sighting of the county's second Tufted Titmouse
since 1929, for example).
Key
to Symbols:
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Historical
(pre-1958) |
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Photo |
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Photo
lost |
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Dutchess
report accepted by NYSARC |
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Note:
NYSARC, the New York State Avian Records Committee,
was established in 1977 but welcomes report submissions
at any time regardless of the actual sighting date.
Thus "old" sightings may be submitted at a
later date. For more information on NYSARC, see
the NYS
Ornithological Association website.
Dutchess
County(Listed
in Checklist Order)
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Greater
White-fronted Goose (Upper Kay's Pond, Pleasant
Valley, NY, Dec. 2002) |
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Barnacle
Goose (LaGrange/Pleasant Valley, NY, October-November
2003) |
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Cackling
Goose (Poughkeepsie, NY, March 2002) |
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Hybrid
Geese (Rhinebeck, NY & Stony Kill Farm,
November 2002) |
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Blue-winged
Teal (Pine
Plains, January 2007) |
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Redhead (Beekman,
Dec 2006) |
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Common
Eider (Quaker Lake, Pawling, October 1979) |
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White-winged
Scoter (Rhinecliff, January 2007) |
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Black
Scoter (Vanderburgh Cove, November 1970, also
1990 and 2001) |
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Red-throated
Loon (Millerton, November 1992; Millbrook,
November 2003; Beekman 2005 & 2006) |
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Red-necked
Grebe (Norrie Point & Madam Brett
Park, Mar-Apr 2003; Stissing Lake, Nov
2006) |
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Northern
Gannet (Poughkeepsie, NY, October 1986) |
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American
White Pelican (Port Ewen/Rhinecliff, July
2009)  8/13/09 |
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Great
Cormorant (Pleasant Valley,
Nov-Dec 2006) |
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Cattle
Egret (LaGrange, May 1977) |
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Yellow-crowned
Night-Heron (Poughkeepsie, May 1992) |
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Glossy
Ibis (Pleasant Valley, NY, March 2003) |
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Northern
Harrier (photo of nest, early 20th century,
by L.S. Horton)
PHOTO
LOST: Last nest (photo by George
Decker, 1956)
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Albino
Red-tailed Hawk (Verbank, 1967-81) |
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Gyrfalcon
(Pine Plains, 1987) |
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Clapper
Rail (Baird Park, LaGrange, August 2004)
FIRST DUTCHESS COUNTY RECORD |
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American
Golden-Plover (Pine Plains, April 2006) |
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Hudsonian
Godwit (Rhinebeck, NY, November 2002) FIRST
DUTCHESS COUNTY RECORD |
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Marbled
Godwit (Sharon Station, NY, June 1979) |
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PHOTO
LOST: White-rumped Sandpiper (Sharon
Station, June 1, 1979) SECOND
DUTCHESS COUNTY RECORD |
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Baird's
Sandpiper (Sharon Station, NY, May-June 1979) |
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Dunlin
(Pleasant Valley, May 2003 and October 2004) |
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Wilson's
Snipe (Town of North East, May 2000) |
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PHOTO
LOST: Red-necked Phalarope (1970)
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Laughing
Gull (Poughkeepsie, NY, November 2002) |
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Bonaparte's
Gull (Poughkeepsie, NY, April 2003) |
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Iceland
Gull (Indian Lake, December 2005) |
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Lesser
Black-backed Gull (Chelsea, NY, July 2002) |
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Forster's
Tern (Baird Park, May 16, 1986) |
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Sooty
Tern (New Hamburg, September 1979) |
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Atlantic
Puffin (Rhinebeck, 1963) |
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Barn
Owl (Stanford, 1953) |
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Long-eared
Owl (photos taken 1903, 2003, and 2004) |
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Northern
Saw-whet Owl (various dates) |
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Red-headed
Woodpecker (Adult male 1972 & 2009; immature
2004)
 8/13/09 |
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PHOTO
LOST: Red-bellied Woodpecker, 2nd
county record (1963) |
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Yellow-bellied
Sapsucker (Depot Hill, May-June 1994) FIRST
NESTING RECORD |
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PHOTO
LOST: Black-backed Woodpecker (1965)
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Acadian
Flycatcher (nest, Deep Hollow, 1973) |
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Albino
Eastern Kingbird (Stanfordville, 1967) |
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Northern
Shrike (Wappingers Falls, Dec 2006) |
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Blue-headed
Vireo (photo of juvenile, Deep Hollow, 2002)
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Gray
Jay (Sky Acres Airport, 1975-76)
EARLIER PHOTO LOST: 1963
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Common
Raven & Fish Crow (at Common Raven nest,
Staatsburgh, 2005) |
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Horned
Lark (nest, Poughkeepsie, 1961) |
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Horned
Lark (Greig Farm, Red Hook, July 2006) |
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Sedge
Wren (ca. 1900) EARLY
HISTORICAL NESTING RECORD |
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Mountain
Bluebird (Schultzville, 1978) |
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Townsend's
Solitaire (1953, 1990, 1995) EARLY
HISTORICAL RECORD |
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PHOTO
LOST: First Northern Mockingbird
nest (photo by Paul Haight, 1961) |
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Golden-winged
Warbler & Brewster's Warbler (Poughkeepsie,
NY, May 2001, 2002, 2004) |
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Orange-crowned
Warbler (Amenia, February-March, 2005) FIRST
WINTER RECORD FOR DUTCHESS COUNTY |
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Audubon's
Warbler (subsp. of Yellow-rumped) (Red Oaks
Mill, Feb. 1976) |
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Kentucky
Warbler (Poughkeepsie, NY, May 2002) |
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Chipping
Sparrow (winter records) |
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Clay-colored
Sparrow (Rhinebeck, NY, December 2002 - April
2003) |
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Vesper
Sparrow (Greig Farm, August 2005) |
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Vesper
Sparrow (Greig Farm, July 2006) |
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Lark
Sparrow (Poughkeepsie, NY, October 18, 1997)
EARLIER PHOTO LOST: (1965)
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Lark
Bunting (seen at Stissing, 1970 - but not a
Dutchess photo) |
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Savannah
Sparrow (Greig Farm, July 2006) |
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Grasshopper
Sparrow (Greig Farm, 2006) |
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Harris's
Sparrow (Dover Plains, 1968) |
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Dark-eyed
Junco, unusual plumage (Billings, NY, January
2004) |
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PHOTO
LOST: Oregon Junco (photo by Ken
Davis, 1963) |
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Lapland
Longspur (Southlands Farm, Rhinebeck, December
2006) |
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Snow
Bunting (Poughkeepsie,
December 2006) |
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Rose-breasted
Grosbeak (Poughkeepsie, December 1966 - March
1967) FIRST WINTER
RECORD FOR DUTCHESS COUNTY |
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Black-headed
Grosbeak (Pleasant Valley, 1965) |
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Blue
Grosbeak (Fishkill, May 1996) |
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PHOTO
LOST: Yellow-headed Blackbird (photo
by Nathan Hoose, Wappingers, Falls, April 1989)
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Yellow-headed
Blackbird (Thompson Pond, February 2006) |
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Brambling
(Pleasant Valley, 1984) |
Outside
of Dutchess County
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Tundra
Swan (Wallkill,
January 2007) |
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Purple
Gallinule (Sullivan County, NY, October 2002) |
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Red-necked
Stint (Milford Point, CT, July 2006) |
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Baird's
Sandpiper (Putnam County, NY, August 2002) |
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Wilson's
Phalarope (Putnam County, NY, August 2002) |
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Ivory
Gull (Newburgh, January 1981) |
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Snowy
Owl (Kingston, November 2002; New
Hamburg, January 2007) |
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Northern
Hawk Owl (Root, Montgomery County, NY, December
2002 - March 2003) |
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Rufous
Hummingbird; Archilochus Hummingbird; Selasphorus
Hummingbird(s) (Lenoir Preserve, Yonkers,
Westchester County, NY, Nov 2001-Jan 2002, Oct
- Nov 2002) |
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Calliope
Hummingbird (New York, NY, December 2001) |
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Hammond's
Flycatcher ( New
Paltz, NY, May-June 2004) |
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Sedge
Wren (New Paltz, NY, May-June 2004) |
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Northern
Wheatear (New Paltz, NY, May-June 2004) |
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Golden-winged
Warbler (New Paltz, NY, May 2002) |
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MacGillivray's
Warbler (Milford, CT & New Milford,
CT, Dec. 2001 & Jan. 2002) |
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LeConte's
Sparrow (Bashakill, Sullivan County,
October 2006) |
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Lapland
Longspur (Croton Point, Westchester County,
October 2006) |
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Pine
Grosbeak (Cherry Plain, NY, January 2002) |
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