 May
Census 2002 Report
by
Bill Case
Total species: Total
count 155; above last year's 152 and below 2000's count
of 162.
Weather::
Clear day, temp range 30 to 66 degrees F. Light winds.
Participants: 51
Observers, 13 Groups, 11 Feeder Watchers
51
Hours by foot, 38 Hours by auto reported
47
Miles by foot, 439 Miles by auto reported
Highlights: Number
of birds observed was quite high at
12,497 compared to 11,581 in 2001.
Only one American Black Duck was seen
this year; although not great numbers
it has been reported for 43 previous
years. Turkey Vulture at an all time
high of 151 vs 1993's 104. The Hawk/Falcon
species are holding their numbers.
A good year for the Northern Bobwhite
and Virginia Rail, Ring-billed Gull,
and Doves. Owl specie and numbers were
down. The American Crow at 662 was
the highest count ever. Hermit Thrush
at 10 birds was an all time high count.
The Northern Cardinal was at an all
time high of 219. The Chipping Sparrow
was at an all time high of 226.
I WISH TO THANK ALL THE PARTICIPANTS AND especially ELAINE
ANDERSEN FOR MAKING THIS A SPECIAL EVENT. THANK YOU OTIS
FOR COMING ALL THE WAY UP HERE AND SPENDING THE MOST
HOURS BIRDING.
Full Details: To
see the full report of species and counts, take a look
at the Records/May Census page.
Groups / Participants:
| AREA |
LEADER |
BIRDERS |
TOTAL |
Vassar Farm Vassar Campus
Pok. Cemetery |
Carol Fredericks |
Ken Fredericks
Sue Gyscek, Kay Sisson
Liz Hinkley |
74
64
|
| Wapp. Falls, Town of Pok., Beacon |
Barbara Michelin |
Bill Case, Bonnie & Bud Fair, Melissa
Fischer, Robert & Sue Infante, Allan Michelin,
Terry Palumbo, Evelyn Stevenson |
97
|
Sharparoon, Dover Plains
area, TNC Perry Preserve
|
Barbara Butler
|
Ellen Bender, Jean Green,
Mary Ann Pitts, Carena Pooth |
89
|
Stissing Mountain, Thompson
Pond,
Cruger Island
|
Otis Waterman |
Chris Morris, Krista Morris,
Millie Sturcken, Marion VanWagner, Fritz Waterman |
102
|
Salt Point /
Deep Hollow
|
Linda Schwarz |
Betsy Ketcham, Barb Mansell, Liz Martens,
Johanna Tomik |
89
|
Town of Fishkill
Town of Wappinger
|
Peggy Fasciani |
Elaine Andersen, Dot Bambach,
Peggy Rudis
Rosa Corbeels, Bob Kendall, Ann Klepner, Judy Tighe |
92
|
Clove Valley / Millbrook
|
Helen Andrews |
|
|
Pawling area, Poughquag
Quaker Hill |
Binnie Chase
|
Jeff Rossi, Renne Miller,
Otto Adamec
Sibyll Gilbert |
69
71
|
| Bard College, Tivoli Bays, Poet's Walk,
Ferncliff Forest |
Jim Cintron |
David Arner, Paul Sutera |
118
|
Amenia/Millerton
Thompson Pond
|
Roger Cohn |
Art Jones, Jane Rossman, Howard Slocum |
82
|
| Feeder Watchers |
|
Bea Buchanan, Elaine Chernansky, Jeff
Daley, Trudy Grundon, Kyle Hotaling, Bruce Hotaling,
Mary Key, Jeff Lucas, Chuck Martinez, Eleanor Pink,
Ed Spaeth |
|
The planned date for next year's May Census is Saturday,
May 17, 2003.
 Bill
Case, Compiler
Wings
Over Dutchess, June
2002
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