Birdnotes: FW: {BIRD NOTES} ~ September 13, 2012

Bird Notes

PUTNEY MT. HAWK WATCH ~ September

Biggest flight so far was on the 12^th. Check it out.

Date	Obs Hrs	BV	TV	OS	BE	NH	SS	CH	NG	RS	BW	RT	RL	GE	AK	ML	PG	UA	UB	UF	UE	UR	TOTAL
2012-09-01	9			2	1		2				7				2								14
2012-09-02	7			1	1	1	12	1			33				5	1							55
2012-09-03	6.5			1	2		4				21				7								35
2012-09-05	7			2	2	2	9	2			2				2								21
2012-09-06	7.25					1	5				5												11
2012-09-07	8.25			1			10				88				1								100
2012-09-08	6						1								2								3
2012-09-09	10			3	9		41	2			614				16								685
2012-09-10	8.5			3	1	1	32	5			92				5								139
2012-09-11	11			8	2	4	45	1			636				12	1							709
2012-09-12	9.5			4	6	1	14				1428				7		1						1461
Total: Sep 2012	90 hours	0	0	25	24	10	175	11	0	0	2926	0	0	0	59	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3233
Total: Fall 2012	114 hours	0	0	26	27	12	179	11	0	0	2937	0	0	0	73	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3268

Birds at Chipmunk Crossing (9/11)

NASHVILLE WARBLER, EVENING GROSBEAK, Common Yellowthroat, Black-throated Green Warbler, Red-tailed Hawk, Turkey Vulture, Downy & Hairy Woodpecker. Purple Finch (F), Tufted Titmouse (2), White-breasted Nuthatch (M&F), Cardinal (M), Black-capped Chickadee (many), Blue Jay.

Herrick’s Cove (9/12)

Bald Eagle (Juv.)

Flicker 2

Kingfisher (F)

Cedar Waxwings 30

Chickadees (everywhere)

Catbird 3

Raven 2

Phoebe 2

Blue Jay 5

Great Blue Heron 2

WARBLING VIREO

Birding could have been a whole lot better, but the weather was spectacular. Sunny without a cloud in the sky. Temperature 77 degrees.

Allen Brothers Marsh (9/12)

Wood Duck (F)

Mallard (M & 2F)

Green Heron

Great Blue Heron

~~SEPTEMBER PROGRAM~~

Snow Geese at Bosque del Apache NWR (File Photo)

September 18 - “Cranes, Geese, and Rosy-Finches - Hot Winter Birding in New Mexico” - Chris Petrak will take us to Bosque del Apache on the Rio Grande where 8,000 Sandhill Cranes, 40,000 Snow Geese and other waterfowl provide a visual extravaganza. Then we will travel a short distance to Sandia Crest to see all three species of Rosy-Finches. The program may tempt you to abandon Vermont snows for the winter birding and historical cultures of the southwest.