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White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis |
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American Robin Turdus migratorius (juvenile) |
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Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus |
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Woodchuck/Groundhog/Siffleur Marmota monax |
Catching up, innit.
NDG, September 15
-Hot and summery, feeling like 30+ degrees
-Black flies were out in full force, silently tearing chunks from my scalp
-The Song Sparrow nursery has cleared out, but I stumbled across quite a few juvenile American Robins bumbling around in a dark woods
-Seasonal movement: 6+ Northern Flickers and 8+ White-throated Sparrows
-12 species in an hour
-No warblers
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Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca |
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Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea |
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Wilson’s Warbler Cardellina pusilla |
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Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia |
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Eastern Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis |
NDG, September 8
-Plenty of warblers peeping through the treetops, but the stout wind and backlit overcast made finding and identifying them tricky
-Five warbler species (low single-digit numbers of Magnolia, Cape May, Blackburnian, Bay-breasted, and Wilson’s Warbler)
-16 species in 2 hours
-12 degrees and blustery
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Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus |
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Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina |
NDG, September 1
-Pretty quiet on the first of September, with 9 species in 90 minutes
-Two ‘sparrow nurseries’ were encountered (Song and Chipping Sparrow)
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Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis |
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Clouded Sulphur Colias philodice |
NDG, August 27
-12 species in an hour
-A migrating Eastern Wood-Pewee was notable
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Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor |
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Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor |
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Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolour |
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Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus |
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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea |
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Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens |
Nyawk, August 24-25
Awesome to watch a platoon of Common Nighthawks overhead at dusk on the 24th. They circled and fluttered overhead for five minutes before melting away to the south. A small patch of woods in the hills of Saugerties held a bounty of species that are uncommon in the Montreal area, such as Carolina Wren, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Tufted Titmouse, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, and Wood Thrush (and the aforementioned Common Nighthawk).