Waterman
Bird Club
44th Christmas Census
December 15, 2001
by
Bill Case
The 2001 Christmas Count, 102nd CBC, was a very productive
event, with 3 new species and a total of 74 species. Thanks
to all who so diligently participated in groups and as feeder
watchers; we totaled 14,043 birds for the day. The weather
was more than acceptable with the temperatures in the low
40's and mostly cloudy. All the water in our area, and most
if not all of the state, was clear of ice. This has been
a record breaking warm fall and probably had something to
do with finding both Vulture species and Osprey still here.
There were 23 Wood Ducks, which is 12 more than previously
recorded in one year since 1958. Wood Duck, Mallard, Ring-necked
Duck and American Robin were at all time high counts.
We finished all this with a delicious covered dish dinner at Elaine
Andersen's. GIVE A BIG THANKS TO ELAINE and anyone that helped.
Participants: 41
Observers in 7Groups, plus 12 Feeder Watchers
46.3
Hours
Full Details: To
see the full report of species and counts, take a look at
the CBC Records page.
Groups / Participants:
|
AREA
|
LEADER
|
TEAM
MEMBERS
|
TOTAL
SPECIES
|
Moores Mills
Baird Park |
Helen Andrews |
John Balint, Krista Morris, Maryann
Pitts, Fritz Waterman
|
39
|
Rockefeller Fld Station,
Verbank, Tymor, Clove Valley |
Barbara Butler |
Dot Fleury, Jean Green, Ruth
Greenwood, Carena Pooth, John Winkler |
41
|
Lk.Walton, Town of
E. Fishkill,
Town of Wappinger
|
Peggy Fasciani
|
Rosa Corbeels
|
35
|
Vassar College & Farm,
Boardman Road
|
Carol Fredericks |
Ken Fredericks, Fran Henry,
Pat
Gabel, Sue Gyscek, Kay Sisson
|
34
|
Sylvan Lk., Town & City
of Poughkeepsie, Wappingers Falls
|
Barbara Michelin |
Betsy Carswell, Bill Case,
Binnie Chase, Arielle, Jonathan & Mellissa Fischer,
Bob Kendall, Allan Michelin |
55
|
Salt Point
|
Linda Schwartz
Johanna Tomik |
Janet Allison, Dave Grover,
Susan Joseph, Barbara Mansell,
Liz Martens
|
40
|
Pleasant Valley
|
Chet Vincent |
Carol & Ken Fredericks
(in pm),
Howard Slocum, Millie Sturcken,
Marion VanWagner, Bert Vincent |
46
|
| Feeder Watchers |
Judy Atwood, Jeff Daley, Trudy
Grundon, Christina Hammond, Peg Harten,
Karen Jaquith, Mary Key, Sandy & Ed LaPerche, Bill & Donna
Lenhart,
Eleanor Pink |
Wings
Over Dutchess, January
2002
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