Rare Birds

Rare Birds

Surf Scoters – Sylvan Lake 11/10, 11/13, 11/14

Date: 11/10/13Contributor(s): Carena Pooth, Herb Thompson, Eamon Freiburger

Location: Sylvan Lake, Hopewell Junction, NY

Details: Carena Pooth photographed a female Surf Scoter at Sylvan Lake Sunday afternoon (11/...See more.

Cackling Goose – “The Fly” Pine Plains 11/5 am

Date: 11/5/13Contributor(s): Dick Ryley, Adrienne Popko, Maha Katnani

Location: "The Fly", Pine Plains, NY

Details: Adrienne Popko, Dick Ryley and Maha Katnani report a Cackling Goose seen at ...See more.

Greater White-fronted Goose – 11/2 Salt Point Turnpike, Salt Point

Date: 11/2/13Contributor(s): Chet Vincent

Location: Salt Point Turnpike, Salt Point, NY

Details: 11/2 - Chet Vincent reported a Greater White-fronted Goose amongst the Canada ...See more.

Vesper Sparrow – Stony Kill Farm 10/18/13

Date: 10/18/13Contributor(s): Steve Golladay

Location: Stony Kill Farm,79 Farmstead Ln & Rt 9D, Wappingers Falls, NY

Details:   The Vesper Sparrow is a rarely seen Summer resident usually only seen ...See more.

Black-throated Gray Warbler – Stony Kill Farm Muller Pond Trail 9/20/13

Details: Ken Harris called to report a sighting of a Black-throated Gray Warbler seen ...See more.

Clay-colored Sparrows reported – Stony Kill Farm and Long Dock Park, Beacon – 9/18/13

Date: 9/18/2013Contributor(s): Steve Golladay, Ken Harris (Long Dock Park, Beacon)

Location: Stony Kill Farm, Long Dock Park

Details: At about 5:30 PM yesterday ( 9/18/13) Steve Golladay saw and ...See more.

CONNECTICUT WARBLER – Nuclear Lake 9/17/13 @ 11 am

Details: Excerpted from a forwarded email from Gary Zylkuski received at 1:30pm - "...See more.

Little Blue Heron – Beacon 9-6-13

Details: Little Blue Heron update: From Tom Lake - 9/6/13- Maybe a ...See more.

Prothonotary Warbler – Bowdoin Park – Kelly Lane Loop Trail

Details: Ken Harris reports that a Prothonotary Warbler was seen late yesterday along the ...See more.

Two Little Blue Herons – Tivoli Bay South

Date: 8/20/2013Contributor(s): Susan Rogers

Location: Tivoli Bays South

Details:  Seen in the spatterdock between Cruger Island and Little or South Cruger picking ...See more.

8.13.2013 Little Blue Heron – 8.25.13 still present

Date: 8/13/2013Contributor(s): Ken Harris

Location: Wappingers Lake

Details: On 8.13.2013  Ken Harris found a young Little Blue Heron on ...See more.

American Avocets

Date: 08.07.2013Contributor(s): Melissa Fisher / Also seen by Karen Kearney on Front St., Newburgh

Location: Newburgh waterfront, then flew east towards Beacon area

Details: Two American Avocets were seen by two different observers around 7:15pm flying ...See more.