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Birdathon 2011 - The Annual Birding Bonanza!
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Cool weather made time spent in the field comfortable, and biting insects were not much of a problem; however, intermittent rain kept birds well hidden at times during the four day period of May 19-22. Also problematic was the extreme high water in the Hudson and other area bodies of water, making looking for waterfowl in the “usual” spots a challenge.
SAAS members Mona Bearor, Joan Dobert, Pat Fitzgerald, Jason Goldsmith, Linda Hoyt, Kathy Mapes , Carol Moyer, Joan Robertson, and Pat Walters beat the bushes in our three-county area to tally an impressive 124 species and $448.00 was raised for the chapter’s treasury.
A nice collection of shorebirds present at the flooded fields on Wright’s Loop in Stillwater included both Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs, and Solitary, Spotted, Pectoral, Semi-palmated, and Least Sandpipers. Eastern Screech and Barred were the only owls found; however, all six woodpecker species were tallied in the total, although no individual birder or team scored a “six-pack.” As one would expect given the recent rise in the insect population, seven flycatchers were found. A total of 19 warblers were seen; some special finds included Prairie, Blackburnian, Wilson’s, Canada, and Blue-winged. Expected species that were not seen by any of the parties included Carolina Wren, Northern Harrier, American Bittern, and Cedar Waxwing. A Sandhill Crane was present in Argyle during Birdathon, however word did not get out about the bird until it had presumably left the area. The following is a complete list of all species seen during Birdathon 2011.
| Canada
Goose
Wood Duck American Black Duck Mallard Bufflehead Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Wild Turkey Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Green Heron Turkey Vulture Osprey Bald Eagle Broad-winged Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Killdeer Spotted Sandpiper Solitary Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper American Woodcock Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Eastern Screech-Owl Barred Owl Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird Belted Kingfisher Red-bellied Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Eastern Wood-Pewee |
Pileated
Woodpecker
Acadian Flycatcher Alder Flycatcher Willow Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Yellow-throated Vireo Blue-headed Vireo Warbling Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Blue Jay American Crow Fish Crow Common Raven Horned Lark Northern Rough-winged Swallow Purple Martin Tree Swallow Bank Swallow Barn Swallow Black-capped Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper House Wren Marsh Wren Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Eastern Bluebird Veery Hermit Thrush Wood Thrush American Robin Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher European Starling Blue-winged Warbler Nashville Warbler Northern Parula |
Yellow
Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler Magnolia Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Prairie Warbler Black-and-white Warbler American Redstart Ovenbird Louisiana Waterthrush Mourning Warbler Common Yellowthroat Wilson's Warbler Canada Warbler Scarlet Tanager Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Grasshopper Sparrow Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Bobolink Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Orchard Oriole Baltimore Oriole Purple Finch House Finch American Goldfinch House Sparrow |
| Whether
you
bird simply for the enjoyment of it or to raise funds for our
chapter - please
contact Mona Bearor at 518-745-8637 to let her know you are
compiling a list for
this event. We want to make sure all efforts are included in our
totals! If you'd like to enter the fun by sponsoring a birder,
please
call as well, and we'll put you on a "virtual team!" It's all in
fun -
and all for the birds! Details below. Audubon’s largest annual fundraising event and bird watching competition is Birdathon. Each year thousands of people participate in this event to raise funds for education, environmental education and advocacy. Birders total the number of bird species they can locate in a set time period and collect pledges from sponsors based on the number of species seen. The data compiled is a great indicator of the species distribution in our chapter territory. All donations will support the projects of Southern Adirondack Audubon. We have been compiling the species lists for many years and it is interesting to see the changes over time. The results will be placed on our website. To participate with Southern Adirondack Audubon, all you have to do is choose a date during the period of May 19 - 23 and start counting. You can get together with friends and have a group birding day, or simply do a count from your home observing birds coming to your feeder or yard. You can cover any area you wish as long as it is within our chapter area of Warren, Washington, and northen Saratoga counties. Pledges can take the form of a set amount of money for each species seen or a simple donation for the effort. If you have no sponsors your participation is still welcome and your data is still as valuable. Pick a date, time, location, friends, sponsors, and have fun compiling your species lists. If you observe rare or unusual species it is really helpful to identify their location (if you have a GPS that is even better). |
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THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING
BIRDATHON 2009
14 Participants recorded 116
species!
Birders Melissa Brewer, Joan Robertson, Linda
Hoyt, Jason Goldsmith, Laurie LaFond, and Mona Bearor
raised a total of $767.35 through donations and pledges!
This report is from the compiler, Linda
White.
The week of May 21st
was the time frame for this year’s Birdathon. For this event each
species is counted. For the Christmas Bird Count each individual
bird is counted and recorded. There were 14 participants and they
came up with some amazing lists. This is what citizen science is
all about. I would like to thank each of them for their
contributions. The following are the individual birders and
some of their significant sightings.
Joan and Bob Stevens birded
the Wilton Wildlife Preserve. They had 38 species with the Northern
Parula being one of the most impressive.
Beth LaPan birded the Hartford and
Kingsbury areas and had 17 species.
The Fullers of South Glens Falls had
13 species.
Melissa Brewer and
Jessie Curtis birded the Chestertown area and had 46 species, with
Black-throated Green Warbler, Pine Siskin, Barred Owl, and Common Loon
as highlights.
Joan Robertson included birds seen
near her home, and together with Pat Fitzgerald and Linda White birded
the Saratoga Battlefield. Their most unusual species were:
Northern Harrier, Warbling Vireo, Blue-winged Warbler, and Worm-eating
Warbler.
Laurie LaFond had 55 species
including an American Bittern, Green Heron, Blue-headed Vireo and
Warbling Vireo.
Linda Hoyt birded the Brant Lake
area and other sections of the Adirondacks. She had 57 species,
including: Purple Finch, Wood Duck, Broad-winged Hawk, Barred
Owl, and Chestnut-sided, Yellow-rumped, Pine, and Black-and-White
Warblers.
Jason Goldsmith had 77 species with
the following significant species: Peregrine Falcon, Upland
Sandpiper, Whip-poor-will, Chimney Swift, Fish Crow, Brown Thrasher,
and Mourning Warbler.
Mona Bearor had a total of 97
species. Her list includes the following highlights:
Osprey, Peregrine Falcon, Spotted Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper,
Chimney Swift, Great Horned Owl, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Marsh Wren,
Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Cliff Swallow, Fish Crow, Blackburnian
Warbler, and Prairie Warbler.
The 2009 Birdathon Species List
The following 116 species were
recorded on
the 2009 Birdathon
Species
denoted with an asterisk were observed this year for the first time on
a Birdathon day.
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Common
Loon American
Bittern Broad-winged
Hawk Barred
Owl |
Least Flycatcher Olive-sided
Flycatcher Purple Finch
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Pine Siskin Northern
Parula Yellow-rumped
Warbler Pine Warbler Black-and-White
Warbler |
The following 172 species have been recorded to-date on the SAAS Birdathons.
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Common Loon Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Great Egret Green Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron American Bittern Snow Goose Canada Goose Wood Duck Mallard American Black Duck Blue-winged Teal Ring-necked Duck Greater Scaup Hooded Merganser Turkey Vulture Osprey Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Broad-winged Hawk Red-tailed Hawk American Kestrel Peregrine Falcon Wild Turkey Ruffed Grouse Virginia Rail Semipalmated Plover Killdeer American Woodcock Wilson's Snipe Short-billed Dowitcher Upland Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper Solitary Sandpiper Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Semipalmated Sandpiper Least Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Dunlin Ring-billed Gull American Herring Gull Black Tern Rock Pigeon Mourning Dove Black-billed Cuckoo Yellow-billed Cuckoo Eastern Screech-Owl Great Horned Owl Barred Owl Common Nighthawk Whip-poor-will |
Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird Belted Kingfisher Red-bellied Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Alder Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Olive-sided Flycatcher Eastern Wood-Pewee Eastern Phoebe Eastern Kingbird Great Crested Flycatcher Horned Lark Bank Swallow Tree Swallow Purple Martin Northern Rough-winged Swallow Barn Swallow Cliff Swallow American Pipit Ruby-crowned Kinglet Cedar Waxwing Winter Wren House Wren Marsh Wren Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher Eastern Bluebird Veery Swainson's Thrush Hermit Thrush Wood Thrush American Robin Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Black-capped Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Red-breasted Nuthatch White-breasted Nuthatch Brown Creeper Blue Jay American Crow Fish Crow Common Raven European Starling House Sparrow Yellow-throated Vireo Blue-headed Vireo Warbling Vireo Red-eyed Vireo |
House Finch Common Redpoll Pine Siskin American Goldfinch Evening Grosbeak Blue-winged Warbler Golden-winged Warbler Tennessee Warbler Yellow Warbler Chestnut-sided Warbler Magnolia Warbler Black-throated Blue Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Black-throated Green Warbler Blackburnian Warbler Pine Warbler Prairie Warbler Bay-breasted Warbler Blackpoll Warbler Black-and-white Warbler American Redstart Worm-eating Warbler Ovenbird Mourning Warbler Common Yellowthroat Wilson's Warbler Scarlet Tanager Eastern Towhee American Tree Sparrow Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Vesper Sparrow Lark Bunting Grasshopper Sparrow Fox Sparrow Song Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Northern Cardinal Rose-breasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Bobolink Red-winged Blackbird Eastern Meadowlark Common Grackle Brown-headed Cowbird Baltimore Oriole Orchard Oriole |