Spring 2020

The weather of interest during this period was the very cold during the peak period of passerine (songbird) migration. Winds were almost constantly out of the N/NW. It seemed to this observer that the wind conditions, as well as the lack of leaf out which pro-duces food for many migrants, delayed migration as many birds arrived much later than their normal arrival dates. With that being said there were some good sightings during the period which included a male Eurasian Wigeon which was found by Tom Burke and Gail Benson on March 14th and stayed until April 6th. On May 5th Steve Altman found a Prothonotary Warbler in the wet wood-lands near the boat launch of the Deli Fields. Not to be out done Gary Zylkuski found a Yellow-breasted Chat in the barberry stand at the start of the Stop Sign Trail. My bird of the period is a tie between the warbler and the chat.

R-T HAWK – 1 Wurtsboro 4/5 (AB)
AM. KESTREL - 1 Haven Rd. 3/23 (SB); 1 Deli Fields 4/30 (SB) MERLIN - 1 Haven Rd. 3/23 (SB,JH)
VIRGINIA RAIL – 2 Bashakill 3/10 (SB); 2 Bashakill 4/6 (SB); 4 Birch Tr. 4/26 (SB); 4 Bashakill 5/9 (JH)
SORA - 1 Bashakill 5/9 (JH)
SPOTTED SANDPIPER - 1 Bashakill 5/1 (SB)
SOL. SANDPIPER – 1 Bashakill 5/1 (SB); 1 Bashakill 5/6 (SK) LESSER YELLOWLEGS – 1 Bashakill 5/1 (SB)
LEAST SANDPIPER – 5 Apollo Pl. 5/12 (JH)
AMERICAN WOODCOCK - 2 South Rd. 3/4 (SB); 1 Aden Hill Rd. 3/22 (CK)
BONAPARTES GULL – 1 Swan Lk. 3/20 (JH); 1 Haven Rd. 3/30
(SB,JH); 7 Kiamesha Lk. 4/18 (JH)
HERRING GULL - 7 Bashakill 4/30 (SB)
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO - 1 Bashakill 5/13 (SK)
BLACK.-BILLED CUCKOO - 1 Bashakill 5/15 (JH,LV)
BARRED OWL – 1 Bashakill 3/30 (SB); 1 Oak Ridge 4/19 (PB); 1 Liv. Manor 5/9 (KH)
WHIP-POOR-WILL – 2 Upper Pine Kill Rd. 5/5 (JH)
RUBY-TH HUMMINGBIRD – 1 South Rd. 4/30 (SB); 1 Summitville 5/4 (PB)
BELTED KINGFISHER – 1 Kiamesha Lk. 3/24 (SB); 2 Wurtsboro 4/5 (AB); 1 Ellenville 5/8 (PB)
R-BELLIED WOODPECKER – 1 Parksville 3/5 (SS); 1 Yulan 3/5 (SG) Y.B SAPSUCKER – 4 Bashakill 4/7 (SB); 3 Bashakill 5/5 (SB)
PIL. WOODPECKER – 4 Bashakill 3/11 (SB)
LEAST FLYCATCHER – 1 Bashakill 5/2 (SB); 3 Bashakill 5/3 (SB); 6 Bashakill 5/5 (SB)
EASTERN PHEOBE – 2 Bashakill 3/21 (SB); 1 Wurtsboro 4/5 (AB) GR. CR. FLYCATCHER – 2 Bash.5/3 (SB); 1 Wurtsboro 5/15 (SK) EASTERN KINGBIRD – 2 Bashakill 5/3 (SB); 4 Bashakill 5/5 (SB) YELLOW-THROATED VIREO – 1 Bashakill 4/30 (SB); 1 Wolf Brook 5/3 (SB); 3 Bashakill 5/5 (SB)
BLUE-HEADED VIREO – 3 Bashakill 4/27 (SB); 2 Wolf Brook 5/3
(SB); 1 Bashakill 5/5 (SB)
WARBLING VIREO – 1 Bashakill 4/30 (SB); 6 Bashakill 5/5 (SB) FISH CROW – 1 Bashakill 3/10 (SB); 1 Bashakill 3/12 (SB) COMMON RAVEN – 6 Aden Hill Rd. 3/21 (CK)
TREE SWALLOW – 10 Wurtsboro 4/5 (AB)
N. ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW – 2 Bashakill 3/30 (SB)
BANK SWALLOW - 1 Haven Rd. 4/30 (SB)
TUFTED TITMOUSE – 3 Barryville 3/5 (JK); 5 Yulan 3/5 (SG); 2 Monticello 3/5 (PC)
R-B NUTHATCH – 1 Monticello 3/5 (PC); 2 Monticello 3/22 (PC) W-B NUTHATCH – 1 Parksville 3/5 (SS); 2 Yulan 3/5 (SG); 4 Woodbourne 3/5 (RM)
B. CREEPER – 1 Yulan 3/5 (SG)
CAR. WREN – 1 Parksville 3/5 (SS); 2 Barryville 3/5 (JK); 3 Bashak-ill 3/5 (SB); 2 Liv. Manor 5/10 (KH)
HOUSE WREN – 1 South Rd. 5/1 (SB); 5 Bashakill 5/5 (SB) WINTER WREN – 1 Bashakill 3/12 (SB)
MARSH WREN - 1 Bashakill 5/1 (SB); 1 Bashakill 5/5 (SB) GOLDEN-CR. KINGLET – 3 Bashakill 3/12 (SB)
RUBY-CR KINGLET – 1 Bashakill 3/12 (SB); 10 Bashakill 4/6 (SB); Aden Hill Rd. 4/27 (HK)
E BLUEBIRD – 4 Woodbourne 3/5 (RM); 9 Bashakill 3/10 (SB); 2 Neversink 5/15 (CK)
VEERY – 2 Bashakill 5/1 (SB); 9 Bashakill 5/5 (SB)
HERMIT THRUSH – 1 Bashakill 3/10 (SB); 1 Bashakill 5/5 (SB); 1 Wurtsboro 5/7 (SK)
WOOD THRUSH – 1 South Rd. 4/26 (SB); 6 Bashakill 5/1 (SB); 2 Nature Tr. 5/6 (SK)
NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD - 2 Bashakill 5/3 (SB)
B R O W N T H R A S H E R – 1 B as ha ki l l 4 /3 (SB); 1 South Rd. 4/7 (SB); 2 Wurtsboro 5/8 (SK)
BLUE-WINGED WARBLER – 1 Nature Tr. 5/1 (SB)
NASHVILLE WARBLER – 1 Wurtsboro 5/7 (SK)
NORTHERN PARULA – 5 Bashakill 5/5 (SB)
YELLOW WARBLER – 3 Summitville 5/4 (PB); 14 Bashakill 5/5 (SB) CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER – 2 Wolf Brook 5/3 (SB); 1 Bashakill 5/5 (SB)
CAPE MAY WARBLER - 1 Summitville 5/4 (PB); 1 Nature Tr. 5/5 (SB); 8 Bashakill 5/15
BL.-THR. BLUE WARBLER – 2 Wolf Brook 5/3 (SB); 1 Summitville 5 / 4 ( P B ) ; 7 B as ha ki l l 5 / 5 ( S B )
YELLOW-R. WARBLER – 9 Nature Tr. 4/26 (SB); 15 Bashakill 4/27 (SB); 4 Bashakill 5/5 (SB)
BACK.-THROATED GREEN WARBLER – 1 Nature Tr. 5/1 (SB); 3 Bashakill 5/5 (SB)
BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER - 2 Gumaer Falls Rd. 4/30 (SB)
PINE WARBLER – 1 Bashakill 3/20 (SB); 6 Bashakill 4/6 (SB); 9 B as ha ki l l 4 / 2 7 ( S B )
PRAIRIE WARBLER - 5 Wolf Brook 5/3 (SB); 1 Wurtsboro 5/7 (SK) PALM WARBLER – 8 Bashakill 4/6 (SB); 7 Bashakill 4/27 (SB) CERULEAN WARBLER – 1 Nature Tr. 5/1 (SB); 3 Bashakill 5/5 (SB) BL & WH WARBLER – 3 Wolf Brook 5/3 (SB); 5 Bashakill 5/5 (SB); 2 Nature Tr. 5/6 (SK)
AMER REDSTART – 1 Summitville 5/4 (PB); 8 Bashakill 5/5 (SB); 1 Nature Tr. 5/6 (SK)
P R O T H O N O T A R Y W A R B L E R - 1 D el i F i el ds 5 / 5 ( S A , J H ) OVENBIRD – 2 Bashakill 5/1 (SB); 2 Bashakill 5/5 (SB)
N. WATERTHRUSH – 5 Bashakill 5/1 (SB); 1 Bashakill 5/5 (SB)
L. WATERTHRUSH – 1 Bashakill 4/5 (SB); 2 Bashakill 4/7 (SB); 1 Bashakill 5/5 (SB)
COM YELLOWTHROAT – 4 Wolf Brook 5/3 (SB); 2 Summitville 5/4 (PB); 8 Bashakill 5/5 (SB)
HOODED WARBLER – 1 Neversink gorge 5/5 (JH; 1 Bashakill
5 / 1 1 ( J H )
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT - 1 Bashakill 5/15 ( GZ,LV,JH,SB,KM) EASTERN TOWHEE – 2 Woodbourne 2/28 (RM); 6 Wolf Brook 5/3 (SB)
A . T R E E S P A R R O W – 2 P ar ks v i l l e 3 /5 (SS); 1 Wurtsboro 3/5 (AB); 6 South Rd. 3/23 (SB)
CHIPPING SPARROW – 1 Bashakill 3/12 (SB)
F I E L D S P A R R O W – 2 D e l i F i e l ds 4 /6 (SB)
VESPER SPARROW - 4 Bashakill 4/5 (LV,SB)
SAVANNAH SPARROW – 3 Bashakill 4/5 (SB)
FOX SPARROW – 1 South Rd. 3/2 (SB); 1 Monticello 3/26 (PC) SONG SPARROW - 1 Parksville 3/5 (SS); 20 Bashakill 3/10 (SB); 40 Bashakill 4/5 (SB)
SWAMP SPARROW - 2 Bashakill 4/5 (SB)
WH-THR SPARROW – 6 Parksville 3/5 (SS); 7 South Rd. 3/23 (SB); 65 Barryville 4/5 (JK)
DARK-EYED JUNCO - 10 Parksville 3/5 (SS); 17 Yulan 3/5 (SG); 16 South Rd. 3/23 (SB)
N CARDINAL – 2 Parksville 3/5 (SS); 3 Yulan 3/5 (SG); 5 South Rd. 3/23 (SB); 10 Monticello 3/5 (DM)
ROSE-BR GROSBEAK – 1 Ellenville 4/7 (PB); 6 Bashakill 5/5 (SB); 8 Liv. Manor 5/10 (KH)
INDIGO BUNTING – 1 Aden Hill Rd. 3/30 (CK); 1 Liv. Manor 5/10 (KH)
R.W. BLACKBIRD – 12 Wurtsboro 2/22 (PJ); 8 Parksville 3/5 (SS); 80 South Rd. 3/23 (SB)
RUSTY BLACKBIRD – 30 Bashakill 3/10 (SB); 18 Bashakill 5/1 (SB) C. GRACKLE – 1 Barryville 3/5 (JK); 24 Yulan 3/5 (SG); 50+ Monti-cello 3/5 (DM)
ORCHARD ORIOLE - 1 Bashakil1 5/4 (JH); Summitville 5/11 (PB) BALT ORIOLE – 3 Bashakill 5/3 (SB); 6 Bashakill 5/5 (SB); 3 Liv. Manor 5/10 (KH)
PURPLE FINCH – 2 Woodbourne 3/5 (RM); 4 South Rd. 4/4 (SB); 3 Monticello 4/5 (PC)
HOUSE FINCH – 3 Barryville 3/5 (JK); 10 Woodbourne 3/5 (RM); 2 Monticello 3/5 (PC)
AMER GOLDFINCH – 22 Monticello 3/5 (PC); 75 Woodbourne 3/5 (RM); 48 South Rd. 3/23 (SB)

Records Compiled by Lance Verderame