February 2012 Records

Snow Goose:  3/22 The Fly; 1/26 Mud Pd CV;    
Canada Goose:  very well reported by many; numbers 7 into thousands; 1000/16; 3000/22 Strever Fm CV; 25 rpts, avg 37 each eBird;               
Mute Swan:  reports of 1 to 20 from BB;EF;KH;BAM;KH;HT;CV; 8 rpts avg 6 each eBird;
Wood Duck:  3/28 Fisherman's Pk, 1/29 Creek Rd KH;         
Gadwall:  4/16 Mashomack; 5/26, 28 Sheffield Hill Rd  CV;    
American Wigeon:  3/26 Beneke Swamp ; 2/26 & 28 Sheffield CV;
American Black Duck:  20/4 Kidd Ln Trl MF; 42/26 Beneke Swamp CV; 14 other reports;                   
Mallard:  40/5 Wapp Lk BB; 15 Lk Walton AJM; 26 rpt, avg 7 each  eBird;
Northern Pintail :  4/16 Mashomack; 5/22 The Fly CV;           
Green-winged Teal:  6/26 Buttercup West CV;               
Ring-neck Duck:  15/26 Hunns Lk DK; 45/9; 55/14 Lk Walton BJM; 24/19 Conservancy Pd; 90/26 Mud Pd CV; 7 other reports; 4 rpts, avg 11 each eBird;
Long-tailed Duck:  2/26 Cruger I JAD;  
Common Goldeneye:  2/8 Norrie Pt FT;    
Hooded Merganser:  2/1 Fisherman's Pk KH; 6/27 Duell Rd DK; 1/15 Red Wing Lk AJM; pr/1 Hillside Lk BAM; 7/19 Hillside Lk; 5/23 Wapp Lk BJM; 3/21 Tivoli Bay North; 20/26 Rudd Pd CV;                      
Common Merganser:  many reports around area  2 to 29 in each, pairs reported; 14 rpts, avg 5 each eBird;
Ring-necked Pheasant:  3 reports eBird;          
Turkey:  10m/2, 4-6m; 1f most days yd BAM;   3/15 Sheafe Rd ; 1/16 Stissing Mt; 1/20 Rombout Rd CV;  
Pied-billed Grebe:  1/27 Redwing Beekman JAD;             
Great Blue Heron:  1/3 Southlands MP; 2/19 Millbrook Sch Rd AMP; 1/16 at nest Mud Pd; 1/19 Norrie Pt CV; 1/8 Norrie Pt FT;
Black Vulture:  1/6 Rt 9 Wapp KH; 5/9 yd; 9/22 Hyde Pk BAM; 41/9 tree Wapp; 2/19 Hillside Lk Rd BJM; 6 rpts, avg 3 each eBird;   
Turkey Vulture:  many reports of 1 -3; 15/19 Poughquag CP/HT; 20/3 Fishkill Rural Cem ES; 17/19 on deer carcass Rte 55 Po'quag; 19 rpts, avg 4 each eBird;
Bald Eagle:  1 to 3 ad reported by BB;KH;BJM,KH;MP;EBR; 2/16 nest Stissing Mt CV; 12 rpts, avg 1 each eBird;
Northern Harrier:  2/28 CIES AMP eBird;            
Sharp-shinned Hawk:  1/26 Conklin Hill Rd DK; 1/12 Rte 84 Fishkill AMP; 1/22 Vanderbilt FT;      
Coopers Hawk:    1/19 yd Poughquag CP/HT; 1/28 N Mabbettsville Rd AMP;  
Red-shouldered Hawk:  1/27  Rt9 Wapp; 1/28 yd. BJM; 1/17 Rhinebeck MP; 1/20 Rombout Rd CV;                   
Red-tailed Hawk:  many reported 1 - 2; 6/9 I-84 Fishkill DaE; 4/19 Bontecou Lk DK; 6/12,18 TSP AMP; 8/16, 28 Mashomack CV; 60 rpts, avg 2 each eBird; 6/18 Tivoli Bays FT; 
Golden Eagle:  1/16 Stissing Mt seen sitting in several spots CV;     
American Kestrel:  10 sightings of 1 each by JAl;BB;DK;LS;CV; 7 rpts, avg 1 each. eBird;
Merlin:  1/12 TSP AMP; 1/15 eating prey Overlook Pk CV; 1/1 Baird Pk FT;
American Coot:  4/26 Stissing Pd JAD; 9/15, 6 Red Wing Lk, 3 Sylvan Lk AJM; 9/16, 4/28  Stissing Mt CV;   
Killdeer:  3/29 Salt Pt Tpk DK; 1/25 StonyKill; 4/26, 29 Strever Fm CV;    
American Woodcock:  1/19 Poughquag CP/HT; 1/23 Tivoli LS;
Ring-billed Gull:  114/27 Beacon waterfront KH; 6 other reports of up to 90; avg 6 each. eBird;
Herring Gull: 45/27 Beacon waterfront KH; 46/25 Beacon CV; 6 other reports of up to 10; 4 rpts, avg 6 each. eBird;
Lesser Black-backed Gull:  1/1 Beacon waterfront KH;        Great Black-backed Gull:  2 ad, 1 imm/5 Wapp Lk BB; 4/27 Wapp Lk, 5/20 Reese Sanct KH; 4 other single waterfront reports; 2 rpts. eBird;
Rock Pigeon:  15/15 Reese Sanct KH; CV; 7 rpts, avg 3 each eBird;.        
Mourning Dove:  good numbers in 14 reports; 42 rpts, avg 5 each eBird; 
Eastern Screech Owl:  1/23 CIES JAD; 1/16 Elm Dr DFa; 1/18, 2/26 N. Mabbettsville Rd AMP; 1/26 yd Millbrook WS; all eBird reports;      
Great Horned Owl:  2/22; 1/25 Wilcox Pk JAl; 1/8, 27 on nest Town. Poughkeepsie AJM; 1/11, 18 Rhinebeck MP; 1/1, 2/2, 6 N. Mabbettsville Rd AMP; 1/26 Frog Hollow HT;
Barred Owl:  h 8pm/9 near home BB; 1/6 Bowdoin Pk KH; 1/19, 29 Ludlow Woods Rd DK; 1-2/10-26 N. Mabbettsville Rd AMP; 1/26 h Mud Pond  CV;
Belted Kingfisher:  7 reports of 1 - 2 each; 10 rpts, avg 1 each. eBird;     
Red-bellied Woodpecker:  10 reports of 1-4 each, 6/27, 7/29 Rombout CV; 52 rpts, avg 2 each; 9/15 Bowdoin FT;
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker:  6 single reports; 3/21 Mabbettsville AMP; 5 rpts, avg 2 each. eBird;     
Downy Woodpecker:  many report 1-4; 8/27, 6/29 Rombout Rd CV; 54 rpts, avg 3 each. eBird;
Hairy Woodpecker:  1-2 in reports from JA/KJ;KH;BAM;MP;CV; 34 rpts, avg 1 each eBird;.
Northern Flicker:  1/4 yd BJM; 1/26 Buttercup West; 1/27, 3/29 Rombout Rd CV; 7 rpts, avg 1 each eBird;
Pileated  Woodpecker:  9 reports 1 each; 2/24, 27 yd CV; 19 rpts, avg 1 each  eBird;    
Blue Jay:  1-14 in 8 reports; 15/15 Bowdoin FT; 54 rpts, avg 5 each  eBird;   
American Crow:  up to 4 in 6 reports; 150/19 Bangall Amenia Rd AMP; 5,000/19 river roost CV; 93 rpts, avg 7 each. eBird;     
Fish Crow:  18/24 Fisherman's Pk KH, 1-3 in 8 reports & FTs; 4 rpts, avg 2 each eBird;
Common Raven:  6 reported 1 - 2 sightings;  10 rpts, avg 1 each. eBird;                    
Black-capped Chickadee:  very well reported, up to 15 each including FT;  63 rpts, avg 6 each eBird.;
Tufted Titmouse:  10 reports up to 13; 53 rpts, avg 6 each eBird; 11/15 Bowdoin FT; 12/8 Norrie Pt FT;
Red-breasted Nuthatch:  1/4 Kidd Ln Trl MF; 1/11, 25, 26 yd WLS; 5 rpts, avg 1 each eBird; 1/22 Vanderbilt FT;
White-breasted Nuthatch:  4 or more in 16 repots;  53 rpts, avg 5 each. eBird;      
Brown Creeper:  1 or 2 in 18 reports; 7 rpts, avg 1 each eBird;; 1/18 Tivoli Bays FT; 1/22 Vanderbilt FT;    
Carolina Wren:  1 -3 reported by JA/KJ;BB;KH;BAM;MP;CV; 28 rpts, avg 1 each eBird; 4/8 Norrie Pt FT; 4/15 Bowdoin FT;
Winter Wren:  1/4 CIES WLS;   
Golden-crowned Kinglet:  2/5 Mills-Norrie Sate Pk SB; 1/24 Wapp yd KH; 2/9, 10 N Mabbettsville Rd AMP; 2/18 Tivoli Bays FT;
Eastern Bluebird:  5/6 on garden fence BB; 2/29 checking box yd BAM; 10/4 CIES WLS; 6/29 Rombout Rd ; 6/21 Grieg Fm CV; 21 rpts, avg 4 each eBird; 15/15 Bowdoin FT;    
Hermit thrush:  1/11 Tivoli Bays LS;   
American Robin:  72/3 CIES AMP; 18/28 Indian Lk CV; 7 other reports; 13 rpts, avg 18 each eBird; 50/15 Bowdoin FT;
Mockingbird:  8 reports of  1-3; 13 rpts, avg 1 each eBird;. 4/15 Bowdoin FT;     
European Starling:   100/23 Rombout Rd DK; 120/19 Bangall Amenia Rd AMP; well reported;  30 rpts, avg 15 each eBird;   
Cedar Waxwing:  26/27 Indian Lk; 8/29 Rombout Rd ; 6/20 yd CV; 1/15 Bowdoin FT;      
Yellow-rumped Warbler:  2/29 Rombout Rd CV; 1/18 Tivoli Bays FT;
American Tree Sparrow:   112/9 N Mabbettsville Rd AMP; 24/11 CIES WLS; 1 or 2 singing 29^th Rombout Rd CV; 6 other reports avg 4; 37 rpts, avg 10 each eBird;    
Chipping Sparrow:  1/19, 24, 29 yd BAM;  
Fox Sparrow:  1/29 Rombout Rd CV;
Song Sparrow:  12 reports of 1-4; 3/29 singing Rombout Rd CV; 8 rpts, avg 2 each. eBird; 7/15 Bowdoin FT; 
White-throated Sparrow:  very good numbers in 14 reports; 48 rpts, avg 4 each eBird;  40/8 Norrie Pt FT; 21/15 Bowdoin FT
White-crowned Sparrow:  1/1, 4 LaGrangeville EF; 1/9 Locust Grove KH; 3/23 Rombout Rd DK; 1/20, 29; 2/24 Rombout Rd ; 2/28 Reagan Rd CV;
Dark-eyed Junco:  high numbers in 14 reports; 60 rpts, avg 10 each eBird; 22/8 Norrie Pt FT; 65/15 Bowdoin FT;    
Northern Cardinal:  much singing avg of 4 in 12 reports; 38 rpts, avg 3 each  eBird; 
Red-winged Blackbird:  up to 60 in 22 reports; 400/26  Indian Lk; 15 rpts, avg 13 each. eBird;
Rusty Blackbird:  2/18 Tivoli Bays FT;
Common Grackle:  1-15 in 14 reports; 100+/24 yd JA/KJ;     
Brown-headed Cowbird:  15/11 BB; 90/12 N Mabbettsville Rd AMP; 4 other reports; 23 rpts, avg 23 each eBird;    
Purple Finch:  1/6 Bowdoin Pk KH; 1/7, 3/2 N Mabbettsville Rd AMP; 6/11 Tivoli LS; 4 rpts, avg 3 each eBird; 2/18 Tivoli Bays FT;      
House Finch:  1-7 in 7 reports; 10/21 LaGrange MG; 43 rpts, avg 4 each eBird; 12/18 Tivoli Bays FT;          
Common Redpoll:  1/26 yd Millbrook WLS;   
Pine Siskin:  1/20 Reese Sanct KH; 7/7, 1/13 N Mabbettsville Rd AMP; 1/11 Tivoli LS; 4 rpts, avg 3 each eBird;  2/22 Vanderbilt FT; 
American Goldfinch:  many reports, 18 at some feeders; 50 rpts, avg 10 each eBird; 85/15 Bowdoin FT;   
House Sparrow:  normal numbers KH; 2-3 all yd. BAM; 6-12 daily  yd MP; CV

Mammals:
flying squirrel eating suet on an oak tree;  
mink around the area  MP

Observers:
JAl - Janet Allison;  JA/KJ - Judy Atwood & Karen Jaquith; SB - Steve Bauer eB; BB - Barbara Butler; BC - Binnie Chase; JAD - John & Abby Dux eB;  DaE - David Ely eB; DFa - Debbie Fargione eB; MF - Madison Fletcher eB; EF - Eamon Freiburger eB; MG - Mary Gall eB; RG - Richard Guthrie eB; KH - Ken Harris; KHe - Kevin Hemeon eB; DK - Debi Kral eB; WL - William Lenhart eB; BMa - Barbara Mansell; AJM/BAM/BJM - Allan & Barbara Michelin; MP - Mona Payton; CP/HT - Carena Pooth/Herb Thompson eB; AMP - Adrienne Popko eB; EBR – Edith & Barry Rosen; WS/WLS - William & Lisa Schlesinger eB; ES - Ed Spaeth eB; LS - Laura Steadman eB; CV- Chet Vincent;  eB - reports made through eBird.

Field Trips:
1^st - Baird Pk;  8^th - Norrie Pt;  15^th - Bowdoin Pk; 18^th - Tivoli Bay JBFT*;   22^nd Vanderbilt Estate
*JBFT - is an Ulster Co group, the John Burroughs Natural History Society.  The data was provided to eBird, it was not a Waterman planned trip.

Notes/Abbreviations:
CIES    Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
TSF      Southland Farms

Also see our Key to Notation.

Compiled by Judy Atwood