Ward Pound Ridge 6/14/08

Leader : Steve Nanz

Birds:

Red-tailed Hawk
Turkey Vulture
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (heard)
Wood Thrush
Veery
Ovenbird
Blue-winged Warbler
Indigo Bunting
American Goldfinch
Song Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Eastern Wood Peewee
Downey Woodpecker
Northern Ficker
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-Capped Chickadee
Carolina Wren
House Wren
American Robin
Northern Mockingbird
Eastern Bluebird
Gray Catbird
Nothern Cardinal
Eastern Towee

Other natural observations:

Dragonflies:

Harlequin Darner
Green Darner
Common Baskettail
Painted Skimmer
Maine Snaketail
Unicorn Clubtail
Calico Pennant
Common Whitetail
Twelve Spotted Skimmer

Damselflies

Ebony Jewelwing
Eastern Forktail
Fragile Forktail
Variable Dancer

Butterflies:

Tiger Swallowtail
Southern Cloudywing
Northern Cloudywing
Hoary-edged Skipper
Summer Azure
Hobomok Skipper

 

Tiger Beetles taken on location ( credit S.Nanz)

Sterling Forest 6/7/08

Leader : Paul Keim

Trip list submitted by Tom Preston

Location:     Sterling Forest SP
Observation date:     6/7/08
Number of species:     50

Canada Goose     15
Wild Turkey     1
Green Heron     1
Turkey Vulture     12
Red-shouldered Hawk     1
Broad-winged Hawk     1
Red-tailed Hawk     1
Mourning Dove     2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo     1
Black-billed Cuckoo     1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird     2
Red-bellied Woodpecker     1
Downy Woodpecker     1
Hairy Woodpecker     1
Pileated Woodpecker     1
Eastern Wood-Pewee     1
Eastern Phoebe     3
Great Crested Flycatcher     1
Yellow-throated Vireo     2
Red-eyed Vireo     11
Blue Jay     2
American Crow     2
Tree Swallow     3
Black-capped Chickadee     1
Tufted Titmouse     2
House Wren     1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     3
Veery     1
American Robin     2
Gray Catbird     3
Cedar Waxwing     2
Blue-winged Warbler     3
Golden-winged Warbler     3
Yellow Warbler     8
Magnolia Warbler     1
Prairie Warbler     3
Cerulean Warbler     1
Black-and-white Warbler     4
American Redstart     15
Ovenbird     1
Common Yellowthroat     3
Hooded Warbler     2
Scarlet Tanager     2
Chipping Sparrow     3
Song Sparrow     1
Northern Cardinal     3
Indigo Bunting     5
Red-winged Blackbird     4
Brown-headed Cowbird     1
American Goldfinch     4

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Dutchess County ,NY Weekend 5/30-6/1/08

 

Leader: Peter Dorosh

9 members

Vicinity of Rhinebeck and Red Hook,New York

May 30, 2008: Stony Kill Farm Environmental Education Center; Vassar College Farm; Poet's Walk  Park
May 31, 2008: Thompson Pond/Stissing Mountain Preserve; Audubon Buttercup Farm; private farm (site 1);  Audubon Buttercup Farm (site 2)  
June 1, 2008:  Tivoli Bays Wildlife Management Area (Cruger Island access closed); Montgomery Place;  Burger Hill (near Rhinebeck)

BIRDS (89 species)
Double-crested Cormorant  
 Great Blue Heron  
 Mute Swan  
 Canada Goose  
 Wood Duck  
 Mallard  
 Turkey Vulture  
 Cooper's Hawk  
 Northern Goshawk  
 Broad-winged Hawk  
 Red-tailed Hawk  
 Bald Eagle  
 Ring-necked Pheasant  
 Wild Turkey  
 Virginia Rail  
 Killdeer  
 Rock Pigeon  
 Mourning Dove  
 Chimney Swift  
 Ruby-throated Hummingbird  
 Red-headed Woodpecker  
 Red-bellied Woodpecker  
 Downy Woodpecker  
 Hairy Woodpecker  
 Northern Flicker  
 Pileated Woodpecker  
 Black-billed Cuckoo

 Eastern Wood Pewee  
 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher  
 Willow Flycatcher  
 Least Flycatcher  
 Eastern Phoebe  
 Great-crested Flycatcher  
 Eastern Kingbird  
 Tree Swallow  
 Northern Rough-winged Swallow  
 Barn Swallow  
 Blue Jay  
 American Crow  
 Common Raven  
 Black-capped Chickadee  
 Tufted Titmouse  
 White-breasted Nuthatch  
 Carolina Wren  
 House Wren  
 Marsh Wren  
 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  
 Eastern Bluebird  
 Veery  
 Wood Thrush  
 American Robin  
 Gray Catbird  
 Northern Mockingbird
 Brown Thrasher  
 Cedar Waxwing  
 European Starling  
 Yellow-throated Vireo  
 Warbling Vireo  
 Red-eyed Vireo  
 Blue-winged Warbler  
 Yellow Warbler  
 Chestnut-sided Warbler  
 Magnolia Warbler  
 Prairie Warbler  
 Blackpoll Warbler  
 Black-and-white Warbler  
 American Redstart  
 Ovenbird  
 Common Yellowthroat  
 Scarlet Tanager  
 Northern Cardinal  
 Rose-breasted Grosbeak  
 Indigo Bunting  
 Eastern Towhee  
 Chipping Sparrow  
 Field Sparrow  
 Grasshopper Sparrow  
 Song Sparrow  
 Swamp Sparrow  
 White-throated Sparrow  
 Bobolink  
 Eastern Meadowlark  
 Red-winged Blackbird  
 Common Grackle  
 Brown-headed Cowbird  
 Baltimore Oriole  
 House Finch  
 American Goldfinch  
 House Sparrow

BUTTERFLIES & SKIPPERS
Black Swallowtail
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Spicebush Swallowtail
Cabbage White
Clouded Sulphur (White form seen at Stony Kill)
Eastern-tailed Blue
Pearl Crescent
Eastern Comma
Mourning Cloak (Berger Hill)
Viceroy
Little Wood Satyr
Common Ringlet
Monarch
Silver-spotted Skipper
Duskywing sp.
Zabulon Skipper

ODONATES
Fragile Forktail
Eastern Forktail
Common Green Darner
Common Baskettail
Eastern Pondhawk
Twelve-spotted Skimmer

MAMMALS
Eastern Chipmunk
Eastern Gray Squirrel
Woodchuck
Eastern Cottontail
Vole sp.
Muskrat
White-tailed Deer
Beaver (beaver lodges seen)

HERPS
Eastern Painted Turtle
American Toad
Gray Tree Frog (heard)
Green Frog (heard)