The Warbler - October 2010

Volume 52, Number 10 October, 2010
Hummingbirds Are Fair Weather Friends
by Michael J. Birmingham, Forest Entomologist
The last hummingbird seen this year sat on a guy
wire in my backyard. It was early September and cool.
The female bird fluffed its feathers in a light drizzle,
photo 1. The hummers sit and hover at flowers and
feeders photo 2.
Hummers notice differences in people’s faces. It is
the stranger that attracts them to look them over. On
a couple of occasions hummers flew to the first time
visitors on my porch.
Hummers are spooked by me if I move purposely
towards them. Hummers similar to several common yard
birds come close to me when I work in the garden. Birds
sense predation when approached directly or stared at.
Photo 1: Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris).
The scrappiness of hummers with one another is
Photograph by author.
normal. They rarely share a feeder with four stations.
visit feeders frequently. As daytime temperature rise,
When a hummer approaches another one feeding, the
hummers come less frequently to the feeders and more
feeder chases the intruder. Within a few seconds, one of so to flowers to feed on nectar, small insects and spiders.
the hummers returns to the feeder. Hummers fend off
In August they frequented sunflowers and morning
wasps from feeders by hovering near them or lunging at glory, preferring the wilted blossoms of the latter flower
the wasps. Rarely wasps aggressively go after a hummer
to the fresh ones.
at a feeder. A hummer driven from the feeder returned
Hummers often surprise their hosts. I stood on my
minutes later and drove the wasps from it.
back porch holding a clay pot with red geraniums. A
Hummers clownishly chase one another in a circular hummer hovered near the flower and looked it over
flight around my house one to three times. When
carefully before flying to my head level and looking into
standing in the yard, the hummers will swerve to fly
my eyes.
near my head. Their chases are comical due to the high
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speed, zigzag flight and when the chaser becomes the
chased.
ADBC Board Meeting
A remarkable “dance” discovered by sounds of
Thurs. Oct. 21, 2010 at 7 pm
humming over my head. Two hummers squared off
at the home of Marcia Anderson
in flight with beaks nearly touching just out of arm’s
reach. They drifted back and forth, gradually moving
Budget for 2011 is the main topic. Board members are
higher and in a slow spiral movement until they
asked to submit their budget requests in advance. All
reached a height of a nearby mature maple tree. The
Members are welcome. Please phone Marcia at
“dance” may be a mating flight.
if you will attend.
Feeding hummers sugar water does not ruin their
diets. Shortly after dawn and before dusk, hummers
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Hummers can appear playful. I watered an ornamental tall
grass with a spray from a water hose. Instead of frightening the
hummer nearby, it flew to the hose nozzle and hovered while
looking at me and the spray. Then its gossamer flight took it the
length of the spray with its face pointed toward the water. The
hummer made the round-trip three times.
For the past two years, hummers appeared on May 16th. A
hungry male migrant was first to appear. Anticipating hummers,
I set out feeders with 1 part sugar dissolved in 3 parts water a
week ahead of the expected arrival date. Feeders maintained
with fresh sugar solution and cleaned for a week or two beyond
the last hummer observation. Four feeders are used to separate
Photo 2: Female at feeder returning every few minutes to
feed during the nesting season. Photograph by author.
hummers from one another. Whether it is the “sport” of
competition or preference for feeder location, hummers generally
prefer one feeder over another and continue the day long quarrels with one another.
Hummers are fair weather friends. Their visit begins when warm weather is the norm and they leave when night
temperatures are cool. Hummers may be migrants, but when they visit they are welcomed and friendly.
For more information on hummers see: http://www.birdwatching-bliss.com/hummingbird-garden.html
Remembering Joan Steiner - September 2010
by Cris Winters
On Wednesday, September 8, Joan Steiner passed away at her home in Claverack from cancer. Her husband
George Rodenhausen and daughter Holly Allen were with her, along with other members of her family. Members of the Alan Devoe Bird Club will remember Joan and George as the leaders of annual bird club
walks at Olana NY State Historic Site and at the Claverack Rail Trail, as well as spirited participants at the potluck
meetings after the Christmas Bird Counts and the spring Century Runs. I first met Joan and George in 1998 at the Greenport Conservation Area when I led a bird walk on behalf of the
Columbia Land Conservancy for beginning birders. They had recently started birding seriously and were both enthusiastic
about learning more about birds – their field marks, songs and calls, and habitat preferences. Joan and I discovered that
we were both artists, although working in different media, and we got together socially soon after that walk. Eventually,
we let George and my husband Ron in on our friendship. Although we enjoyed talking about all kinds of things, the
conversation always seemed to go back to birds – the next trips to see them, the recent local sightings, the equipment and
books we used to study them. Before too long we were the Invincible Foursome on the annual Christmas Bird Counts and
Century Runs. We can remember many Century Runs, starting well before daylight, when Joan would not let us stop for
dinner until every possibility of adding another species to the day’s list had been exhausted (along with us), generally way
after dark. Those dinners were both well-deserved and rich with a sense of happy companionship among us. Over the years, we birded with Joan and George in southeast Arizona, Cape May, Cape Ann, Doodletown,
Florida, the Adirondacks, and all over Columbia County. We searched for owls, shorebirds, brilliant spring and
confusing fall warblers, raptors – always pushed on by Joan’s enthusiasm and energy. In addition to birding, Joan’s other talents and passions included children’s book author (with her several Look
Alikes books), skilled gardener and cook, and Claverack Free Library board member and advocate. I am grateful to
have known and spent time with Joan, and there will remain an empty space in all our lives. A memorial service for Joan will be held on Saturday, October 9 at 3 PM at the CE Building at Claverack’s
Dutch Reformed Church on Rt. 9H. Contributions in her memory can be made to the Claverack Free Library.
October 2010
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Reminders & Notices
Columbia Land Conservancy Outings
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Oct. 16, Sat. - CLERMONT HISTORIC SITE
(morning)
Meet at 9:00 am at the Visitor Center of Clermont State
Historic Site. We will be looking for fall migrants. The
park charges a fee ($3) for this event. Coordinator: Bill
Cook
For Information about CLC events, programs & outings:
Visit www.clctrust.org or call 518-392-5252
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Oct. 2, Sat. - STOCKPORT STATION
(morning) (was incorrectly listed as Oct. 20)
Meet at 8:00 am at the end of Station Road (county route
22) in Stockport. We will be looking for fall migrants.
Sometimes egrets show up here in the fall. Coordinator:
John Piwowarski
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ADBC Field Trips
Hudson Mohawk Bird Club Trips
& Programs
More info: 518-439-8080 or www.hmbc.net
Monday, Oct. 4, 2010 - 7:00 pm at William K.
Sanford (Colonie) Town Library
“Birding Costa Rica” with Gregg Recer. For more
information: www.hmbc.net then click on Programs.
Nov. 27, Sat. - COPAKE LAKE DUCK WALK
(morning)
Meet 9 am at the intersection of County Route 7 and Lake
View Road at Copake Lake. We will search the lake for fall
migrant waterfowl. Coordinator: Susan Scheck
ALAN DEVOE BIRD CLUB MEMBERSHIP FORM
NOTE TO FIELD TRIP LEADERS: Following the field trip for
which you are the leader, send a brief summary/write-up of the trip for
the Warbler to the editor - Nancy Kern
Membership Annual Renewal Date: January 1st
Send check to: Sandra Williams, 1730 Co. Rte 9, Chatham, NY
12037, payable to the Alan Devoe Bird Club, Inc.
Name:
Welcome New Member!
Steve Trimm
Street address:
City, state & zip:
Telephone:
E-Mail:
Paper Warbler or E-Warbler (please circle your preference)
MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES:
Renewing Member
Arthur Winakor
for
2010
Junior (18 or younger) $10 [ ]
Adult $15 [ ]
Individual Life $500 [ ]
Supporting Adult $30 [ ]
Family/Household $25 [ ]
Supporting Family/Household $45 [ ]
ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS:
General Fund:
Sanctuary Fund:
Educational Opportunities Fund:
TOTAL ENCLOSED:
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Summary
of the
Alan Devoe Bird Club Board Meeting
at the home of Marcia and Richard Anderson
Chair Marcia Anderson called the meeting to order
at 7 PM. A quorum was present.
Minutes: The minutes of the July 15, 2010 board
meeting were approved.
Correspondence:
Sandy will send a condolence card to George
Rodenhausen on the death of his wife, Joan Steiner. Marcia read a letter of thanks from a Chatham
Middle School student for our donation to Nature’s
Classroom.
It was decided to put money into the 2011 budget
to cover the purchase of one or two substantial benches
to be placed at the side of the Powell Sanctuary parking
lot near the feeders. One would be in memory of Kate
Dunham. The bench(es) would be made of cedar by
the Columbia Land Conservancy and have an area for a
plaque. A sign to read “In Memory of Roland Drowne,
Long-time Friend of the Sanctuary” will be placed on
the pole shed. The board voted to pay the remaining
$300 for the pole shed roof painting.
Marcia was contacted by Heide Block from the
Columbia Land Conservancy regarding a letter Heidi
had received from Lynn Cross about a piece of her
property (about 8 acres across the road from Riley Pond)
held
Sept. 16, 2010
that she is proposing to offer for sale to the Bird Club.
Marcia will invite Heidi to our October board meeting
to discuss this with us, including help raising funds.
The board approved Kathy Schneider & Mike
Birmingham (if he is able to attend)) as our delegates to
the NYSOA October annual meeting in Auburn, NY.
The club has budgeted $200 each toward their expenses.
It was suggested that we might consider Kathy as a
speaker for our Annual Meeting.
Committee Reports:
Sanctuary: Nancy has contacted George Grant about
brush-hogging the entire field.
Field Trips/Bird Reports: There were a couple of recent
trips where the leaders were unable to come. Bill Cook
reported that there were 8 participants on the Labor
Day walk at Olana. The small number of birds seen was
disappointing.
Conservation: Mike said he will have an article for the
Warbler.
Membership: Marion Ulmer suggested that a new
membership list might be in order.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:20 PM.
Marion Ulmer, Recording Secretary
(summary prepared by the editor)
Olana Field Trip Report - 6 Sept. 2010
by Bill Cook
We saw twice as many warbler species as last year’s
Labor Day adventure! In addition to two Black-throated
Green Warblers we also saw a Chestnut –sided Warbler.
The other departing migrants that we added to our
“Sentimental September Census” were Chimney Swift,
Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Least Flycatcher, Redeyed Vireo, Gray Catbird, Eastern Towhee and a female
Rose-breasted Grosbeak. The weather was clear and
cool. “A perfect day for hawk watching.” As soon as I
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said that Steve spotted the Sharp-shinned Hawk and
the Cooper’s Hawk soaring high over Olana. An Osprey
soon appeared low over the field carrying a fish. The bird
perched for a short time but then flew away with the
fish. Perhaps he didn’t want to share it with us. There
were also twice as many people as last year on this field
trip: Bruce Bashford, Sal Cozzolino, Elizabeth Davis,
Robert and Alyse Dietrich, Joan Esposito and Steven
Sulzer.
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Night Flight Calls
on
By Bill Evans
The following is a summary of an email sent to the NFC list.
Monitoring of nfc is another interesting aspect of birding that
we may not have considered or often discussed. - the editor
I begin by stating simply that if anyone ever
substantiates a future nocturnal vertebrate migration
over interior northeastern US (in the first two weeks of
September) bigger than what occurred the night of Sep
10-11, 2010.....I will buy fine ale for the whole nfc listserv
membership at a pub of consensual choice somewhere
on the planet. So, for those who have an ear to hear
and an eye to see in this manner, take note of future fall
migrations over northeastern US in case of cashing in on
my offer. I wager, given the rarity of such large nocturnal
migrations in the past 20 years, and the crushing inertia of
human civilization, that a flight the density and breadth
of Sep 10-11 2010 will not happen again in our lives
across interior northeastern USA. If so, I will be singing
“kumbaya” in reverence.
As I recall, it was about a week in advance that I began
preparations to surf the then subtly-evident behemoth
wave. Allocation of spousal attention was reduced;
the kids welfare rationalized circularly by my pending
documentary actions. We walk a thin line of sanity in this
nocturnal migration preoccupation, especially so during
wartime and amidst other human tragedies on our nerve
within a keystroke. But we prevail in the bigger picture,
imprinting earth with our natural history activities,
respectfully & nonetheless.
The pulse of migration over central New York State
on the night of Sep 10-11 rocked the relative historic
framework. My initial calculations were off
(http://www.birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NFCL.
html#1283970775), but you only lose in such events
when you miss them. The flight happened two nights
later than I thought, and Catharus fuscescens y Wilsonia
pusilla flight calling turned out to be normal for the time
of year, instead of the higher numbers and proportions I
had guessed. But the number of migrants aloft burst forth
with full remnant ebullience. That density was natureborn and the species composition a delightfully telling
ancient echo. The flight is now just a memory for a few of
us, but indicative records remain.
The link below leads to a thermal image video I made
during a period of peak passage in the flight (11:15-12:00
EDT) from 610 m asl at the Connecticut Hill Wildlife
October 2010
9-11-2010
Management Area (15 km east of Ithaca, NY, US). The
flight activity shown in the video likely represents the
lower portion of 28+ dBz radar reflectivity that was
occurring on this clear sky night -- targets were noted
passing at a rate >100 per 5 minute period. This thermal
video was made with a rented FLIR P65 camera with a
23-degree lens. The camera was pointed vertically toward
the sky and positioned so that birds heading from the
NNE toward the SSW would appear heading in straight
line vertical motion from the bottom to the top of the
screen of view.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wpv4OVYDz0
Anne Klingensmith & family operated an acoustic
monitoring station in Alfred, NY during the flight from
8PM to 6AM. Anne indicated to me that the Old Bird
tseep detector extracted more than 1000 flight calls of
warblers and sparrows during the ten hours. This is one of
the highest clear night tseep call totals ever documented
by this station, which has been in operation for 20 fall
migration seasons. This calling is estimated to be largely
from birds migrating within 300 m of the ground. Anne
carried out a preliminary species analysis and reported 15
Wilson’s Warbler flight calls among the 1000+ tseep notes
(~1.5%). The acoustic data from this Alfred, NY station
are planned to be put online at Oldbird.org in the near
future.
I ran an acoustic monitoring station for five hours
from 9PM-2AM at my house near Ithaca, NY (~500 m
asl), which is not the best location in the area to record
flight calls during such relatively high altitude migration
events. I logged 219 tseep notes of which 5 were from
Wilson’s Warblers (~2.3%). I also ran the Old Bird Thrush
detector and in spectrographic analysis using
GlassOFire I noted the following species’ flight calls:
Swainsons Thrush 38, Rose-breasted Grosbeak 28, Veery
14, Gray-cheeked Thrush 0, and about 30 unknown
thrush type flight calls. This composition is typical for Sep
10 in central NY except that I would have expected a few
Gray-cheekeds in the mix.
In signing off I reiterate that for the diligently tuned I
offer a chance, albeit I think a very small one, for free beer
& a joyous occasion.
Regards and best wishes for the remainder of the fall
2010 migration season,
Bill Evans
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9/11 Memorial Lights Trap Thousands
By Brandon Keim
From Wired Science News for Your Neurons
On the evening of the ninth anniversary of 9/11, the
twin columns of light projected as a memorial over the
World Trade Center site became a source of mystery.
Illuminated in the beams were thousands of small white
objects, sparkling and spiraling, unlike anything seen on
other nights. Some viewers wondered if they were scraps
of paper or plastic caught in updrafts from the spotlights’
heat. From beneath, it was at times like gazing into a
snowstorm. It was hard not to think of souls.
Those unidentified objects have now been identified
as birds, pulled from their migratory path and bedazzled
by the light in a perfect, poignant storm of avian
disorientation.
“It’s only happened once before. It’s a confluence
of circumstances that come together to cause this,” said
John Rowden, citizen science director at the Audubon
Society’s New York City chapter. “Some of it has to do
with meteorological conditions, and some with the phase
of the moon.”
New York City sits in the middle of a major
migration corridor, used for millennia by birds flying
south for the winter. During autumn nights, thousands
of birds pass directly above the megalopolis, a passage
generally unnoticed by its human inhabitants.
During the previous week, weather was bad for
migration. Tropical storm systems moved north up the
U.S. East Coast, pushing against birds headed south. To
conserve energy, migratory birds prefer tailwinds, and are
willing to wait for good weather.
“Birds were coming down from the north and piling
up, waiting to push southwards,” said Rowden.
To navigate, birds rely on a variety of internal compass
mechanisms, which are calibrated to Earth’s geomagnetic
fields by sunlight, starlight and moonlight. On Sept. 11,
the new moon was just two nights old, a thumbnail sliver.
In such conditions, birds rely on starlight, but parts of the
lower Manhattan sky were overcast.
The buildings resembled stars. Outshining them all
was the Tribute in Light above Ground Zero. Rowden
estimates that 10,000 birds entered the beams, becoming
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Birds
confused and circling until the Municipal Art Society,
working with New York City Audubon, shut the lights for
20 minutes, allowing the birds to leave. That happened
five times over the course of the night.
The spotlights were not directly dangerous to the
birds. Instead, risk comes from wasted time and energy
needed for later.
“Birds do fly for extended periods of time. It’s not that
they can’t do it. But they’re doing it to get south of here.
If they spend all their time in that small area, they won’t
get to good foraging habitat, and it will compromise them
for later parts of their migration,” Rowden said. “But I feel
that we did allow them to get out.”
Volunteers from New York Audubon identified
American Redstarts and Yellow Warblers. Wood
Thrushes, Bicknell’s Thrushes, Baltimore Orioles and
various species of Tanager may also have been trapped.
Recordings of flight calls inside the light columns are
now being analyzed at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
According to Rowden, the only previous comparable
event was in 2004. Last year, barely a dozen birds were
trapped by the lights. The problem, however, is not
unique to the 9/11 memorial, but posed by tall, brightly
lit buildings in most major cities.
To limit the toll, New York Audubon organized
the Lights Out New York program, for which many
prominent commercial structures — including the
Chrysler Building and Rockefeller Center — turn off or
mask their lights during the migration season.
Just before 5 a.m. on Sept. 12, the lights were turned
off and on for the final time, said Rowden. In the next
hour, birds gathered again.
“As soon as they could get any visual horizon, they
could use that as a cue and navigate their way out,” he
said. With dawn the birds departed.
Read More http://www.wired.com/
wiredscience/2010/09/tribute-in-light-birds/?utm_
source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaig
n=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3
+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29#ixzz107L8Bswu
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BIRD SIGHTINGS
July 2010
Compiled for the Alan Devoe Bird Club by William Cook, Ph.D., Columbia-Greene Community College, 4400 Route 23, Hudson NY 12534
Report for July 2010
Short-eared Owl is a species of special concern in
New York State. It is a local breeder on Long Island
and in parts of western New York. It can be found
wintering in our region but is rarely seen here in the
summer. That makes Tim Dormady’s sighting this
month rather unusual.
Tim also found Northern Parula and Worm-eating
Warbler this month. These two species of warblers
are uncommon in our area, the first breeds more
commonly to our north and the second breeds more
commonly to our south.
Great Egret is a regular migrant in our area in
September but seldom shows up as early as July, which
it did this year. An individual spent several days in
the part of Will Yandik’s swamp that borders on Route
82. Ruffed Grouse is becoming less common so Mitzi
Lobdell’s report was very welcome.
John Piwowarski had a White-throated Sparrow
singing on his property this month. Although this is
a common wintering species in our area its breeding
range is mostly just outside the Hudson River Valley of
Columbia County. One would normally have to go up
into the Berkshires, Catskills or the Adirondacks to hear
them singing in the summer. Hermit Thrush is also
more upland species whose breeding range is limited in
Columbia County to the eastern uplands. However,
Scotti Tomson and the Spechts both found this species
this month.
The Evening Grosbeaks reported in June were a
clerical error and have been deleted from the record. So
this species is still unreported for this year, in case any
should show up this winter, they will be new.
A total of 92 species were reported in July. Of
these 88 are common summer breeding species:
October 2010
Canada Goose, Mute Swan, Wood Duck, American
Black Duck, Mallard, Ruffed Grouse, Wild Turkey,
Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Green
Heron, Turkey Vulture, Bald Eagle, Cooper’s Hawk,
Broad-winged Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk, American
Kestrel, Peregrine Falcon, Killdeer, Ring-billed Gull,
Herring Gull, Rock Pigeon, Mourning Dove, Great
Horned Owl, Barred Owl, Chimney Swift, Rubythroated Hummingbird, Belted Kingfisher, Redbellied Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Downy
Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Northern Flicker,
Pileated Woodpecker, Eastern Wood-Pewee, Eastern
Phoebe, Great Crested Flycatcher, Eastern Kingbird,
Warbling Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo, Blue Jay, American
Crow, Fish Crow, Common Raven, Tree Swallow,
Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Bank Swallow, Barn
Swallow, Black-capped Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse,
White-breasted Nuthatch, Carolina Wren, House Wren,
Eastern Bluebird, Veery, Hermit Thrush, Wood Thrush,
American Robin, Gray Catbird, Northern Mockingbird,
Brown Thrasher, European Starling, Cedar Waxwing,
Blue-winged Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Chestnutsided Warbler, Black-and-white Warbler, Ovenbird,
Louisiana Waterthrush, Common Yellowthroat, Scarlet
Tanager, Eastern Towhee, Chipping Sparrow, Field
Sparrow, Song Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow,
Northern Cardinal, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Indigo
Bunting, Bobolink, Red-winged Blackbird, Eastern
Meadowlark, Common Grackle, Brown-headed
Cowbird, Baltimore Oriole, Purple Finch, House Finch,
American Goldfinch, House Sparrow. The remaining
4 species which are detailed below are early migrants,
rare breeders or summer vagrants in Columbia County. Two new species (*) were added to the annual total this
July.
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BIRD SIGHTINGS
August 2010
Compiled for the Alan Devoe Bird Club by William Cook, Ph.D., Columbia-Greene Community College, 4400 Route 23, Hudson NY 12534
Report for August 2010
Canada Warbler was missed during spring
migration so John Piwowarski’s backyard sighting adds
a species to our annual total. It was also number 94
for John’s backyard list as he endeavors to reach 100. Canada Warbler breeds in New York State at higher
elevations such as the Adirondack Mountains, Catskills
and Berkshires. It probably breeds in eastern Columbia
County but there were no breeding confirmations here
in the 2000 Breeding Bird Atlas.
Yellow Warbler usually departs in early September
so John Piwowarski’s mid August sighting could be the
last for the season. Green Heron, Northern Roughwinged Swallow, and Veery are often missed in the fall
so Mitzi Lobdell’s and John Piwowarski’s sightings are
listed below. The early fall sighting of Blackburnian
Warbler may be due to, as Will Yandik predicts, a good
supply of spruce bud worms supporting a population
growth of these taiga breeding birds.
A mark for Rough-legged Hawk on a report form
was not reported because there were no comments to
support this entry. Rough-legged Hawk in mid August
would be a very rare sighting in southern New York
and needs documentation. I suspect that the reporter
meant to mark American Kestrel which is on the next
line of the form.
A total of 82 species were reported in August. Of
these 72 are species that regularly breed in Columbia
County or can be expected in the summer: Canada
Goose, Wood Duck, American Black Duck, Mallard,
October 2010
Ring-necked Pheasant, Wild Turkey, Double-crested
Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Green Heron, Turkey
Vulture, Bald Eagle, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Cooper’s
Hawk, Broad-winged Hawk, Red-tailed Hawk,
American Kestrel, Killdeer, Ring-billed Gull, Rock
Pigeon, Mourning Dove, Eastern Screech-Owl, Barred
Owl, Chimney Swift, Ruby-throated Hummingbird,
Belted Kingfisher, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Yellowbellied Sapsucker, Downy Woodpecker, Hairy
Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Pileated Woodpecker,
Eastern Wood-Pewee, Eastern Phoebe, Eastern
Kingbird, Red-eyed Vireo, Blue Jay, American Crow,
Fish Crow, Common Raven, Tree Swallow, Northern
Rough-winged Swallow, Barn Swallow, Black-capped
Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, Red-breasted Nuthatch,
White-breasted Nuthatch, Carolina Wren, House Wren,
Eastern Bluebird, American Robin, Gray Catbird,
Northern Mockingbird, European Starling, Cedar
Waxwing, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Black-and-white
Warbler, American Redstart, Common Yellowthroat,
Scarlet Tanager, Eastern Towhee, Chipping Sparrow,
Song Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Rose-breasted
Grosbeak, Red-winged Blackbird, Common Grackle,
Brown-headed Cowbird, Baltimore Oriole, Purple
Finch, House Finch, American Goldfinch, House
Sparrow. The remaining 10 species are less common
breeders and migrants who are leaving or passing
through. They are detailed below. One species (*) was
added to the annual total this August.
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July 2010 Report
Species
Date
Location Observer
Great Egret *
Short-eared Owl *
Northern Parula
Worm-eating Warbler
22-24
8
3
3
LV
RN
RN
RN
C
D
D
D
Key to Locations:
July 2010 Summaries
Total Species
Year to Date
1981 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
87 110
70
93
82
96 102
92
93
92
175 195 183 170 169 170 181 174 174 170
August 2010 Report
Species
Date
Location Observer
Common Merganser
Great Egret Black Vulture
Common Nighthawk
Veery
Blue-winged Warbler
Yellow Warbler Blackburnian Warbler
Canada Warbler *
Indigo Bunting
28
21-30
24
24
16
13 25
last 16
25
21
16
RN
HL
CO
DT
HL
HL AS
HL
AS
HL
HL
D
P
S
B
P
PL
P
L
P
P
1981 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
116 117
74
87 102 105
97
96
85
82
175 195 183 172 175 173 184 174 178 171
NYS Young Birders News
Brendan Fogarty’s excellent summary chart showing the
species seen/heard on NYSYBC field trips since August 2008
is now online!
Go to www.nysyoungbirders.org and follow the links. Go to the field
trips page and click on the species summary at the top right of the page. This
is an active group we support, and our hope for future birding.
October 2010
The Warbler
Ancram
Austerlitz
Clermont
Chatham
Canaan
Copake
Claverack
N. Dutchess
Ghent
Gallatin
Germantown
Greenport
Hudson
Hillsdale
Hudson River
Kinderhook
Livingston
Mill Creek
New Lebanon
S. Rensselaer
Powell Sanct.
Stockport
Stuyvesant
Taghkanic
Observers
August 2010 Summaries
Total Species
Year to Date
AC
AS
CL
CM
CN
CO
CV DT GH
GL
GM GP
HD
HL
HR
KH
LV
MC
NL
RN
SC
SP
SV
TG
A=Alan, Phyllis & Betsy
Wirth, B=Mimi Brauch,
C=Bill Cook, D=Tim
Dormady, E=Elle Dietemann,
G=Elisabeth Grace, H=Drew
Hopkins, I=Cris Winters,
J=Joan Steiner & George
Rodenhausen, K=Kathryn
Schneider, L=Mitzi Lobdell,
N=Richard Nord, O=Chad
Witko, P=John Piwowarski,
Q=Susan Scheck, S=Carl,
Helen & Stephanie Specht,
T=Scotti Tomson, U=Marion
& Bill Ulmer, W=Owen &
Carol Whitby, Y=Will Yandik
and Z=Nancy Kern
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Alan Devoe Bird Club
Board of Directors
Marcia Anderson - Chair & Budget, Finance, Archives & Website
Chair
Nancy Kern - Vice-Chair, Publications Chair, Sanctuary Chair &
Warbler Editor
Sandy Williams - Membership Chair & Corresponding Secretary
Marion Ulmer - Secretary
Ellen Scott - Publications
William Cook, Ph.D. - Bird Reports & Field Trip Chair
Mike Birmingham - Conservation Chair
John Piwowarski - Public Relations Chair
Others
Susan Scheck - Education Chair
Owen Whitby - Treasurer
The Warbler
Editor
Layout
Mailing
Nancy Kern
Brenda Haynor
Carl, Helen & Stephanie Specht, Susan & Henry
Scheck
Notable Dates
Oct. 2nd, Saturday
8:00 am - Stockport Station. Coordinator: John Piwowarski
For more information, see page 3.
Oct. 16th, Saturday
9:00 am - Clermont State Historic Site. Coordinator: Bill
Cook
For more information, see page 3.
Oct. 21st, Thursday
7:00 pm - ADBC Board Meeting. For more information, see
page 1.
Nov. 27th, Saturday
9:00 am - Copake Lake Duck Walk. Coordinator: Susan
Scheck
For more information, see page 3.
alandevoebirdclub.org
Alan Devoe Bird Club
P.O. Box 20
Chatham, NY 12037
The Warbler
FIRST CLASS