American Golden-Plover 11/4/15 Ryder Pond, Bangall-Amenia Road, Stanfordville
Date: 11/04/2015Contributor(s): Chet Vincent
Location: Ryder Pond, Stanfordville NY
Chet Vincent found an immature American Golden-Plover on 11.4.2015 perched on a grass clump in Ryder Pond, Co. 86 Bangall-Amenia Road (near the Shuman Road intersection) Stanfordville, NY.
According to the BIRDS OF DUTCHESS COUNTY (p. 105) American Golden-Plovers are rare migratory visitors to Dutchess County; the most recent Fall sighting was in 1998 also discovered by Chet (and Carol Fredericks). The most recent Spring sighting was in 2006.
