Birdathon

Southern Adirondack Audubon

A chapter of the National Audubon Society

It’s Time for Birdathon!
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Thursday, May 8, through Monday, May 12, has been designated as Birdathon 2008

Birdathon is one of the more important and most interesting activities of Southern Adirondack Audubon. During this period of peak migration we try to cover all the territory in the chapter to seek out birds nesting or passing through on their way north. It is an ongoing attempt to learn how each of the species is faring and which ones seem to be getting more scarce. We would like a more accurate accounting of how our area is used by warbler species; please make an extra effort to search for them along the edges of wood lots and in abandoned fields and orchards. Drive slowly, windows open, and listen for the calls!

Pick the day and times that are most convenient for you, and enjoy some time in the field in search of birds. The event is open to all, no matter what level of birding you do. Half a day is fine or, if you are more energetic, you can bird from dawn to dusk. So pack a lunch, grab your binoculars, get a birding buddy and help us with this annual attempt to gauge the variety of our bird population. We ask that you stay within the chapter boundaries - Warren, Washington, Northern Saratoga counties.

It would be helpful to the tabulator to know the general places you covered and the weather/temperature. You should make a note of each species and compile a list for the day. Remember, in this survey we are counting species, not numbers of individual birds as in the Christmas Count. If you want to use Birdathon as a fund raiser for the our chapter, ask friends and neighbors to pledge a few cents/ quarters/ dollars for each species you identify. Many people would like to help in this low-participatory way. Notify Joan Robertson at 656-9223 of your bird count numbers, and your fund raising amount, as soon after the Count Days as possible, ensuring complete record tabulation for printing in the June newsletter. Lists should be sent to Joan Robertson, PO Box 51, Cleverdale, NY 12820.

May 2007 Birdathon Results

In 2007 the Birdathon dates were Wednesday May 16 through Sunday May 20, 2007.

Five parties submitted checklists which collectively totaled 123 species of birds and raised $460.00 for the chapter. Those participating were Linda Hoyt from Brant Lake, Joan and Bob Stevens of Wilton, Jason Goldsmith of Granville, Joan Robertson of Cleverdale, and Mona Bearor from South Glens Falls.

The species list:


Common Loon Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Green Heron Black-crowned Night-Heron American Bittern Snow Goose Canada Goose Wood Duck Mallard American Black Duck Ring-necked Duck Hooded Merganser Common Merganser Turkey Vulture Osprey Bald Eagle Northern Harrier Red-shouldered Hawk Broad-winged Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Peregrine Falcon Wild Turkey Ruffed Grouse Semipalmated Plover Killdeer Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Yellowlegs Solitary Sandpiper Spotted Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper	Dunlin Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Rock Dove Mourning Dove Yellow-billed Cuckoo Barred Owl Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird Belted Kingfisher Red-bellied Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Downy Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Pileated Woodpecker Eastern Wood-Pewee Alder Flycatcher Least Flycatcher Eastern Phoebe Great Crested Flycatcher Eastern Kingbird Purple Martin Tree Swallow Cliff Swallow Barn Swallow Ruby-crowned Kinglet Winter Wren House Wren Marsh Wren Gray Catbird	Northern Mockingbird Eastern Bluebird Veery 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 Common Raven European Starling Blue-headed Vireo Warbling Vireo Red-eyed Vireo 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 Bay-breasted Warbler Black-and-white Warbler	American Redstart Ovenbird Northern Waterthrush Louisiana Waterthrush Common Yellowthroat Wilson's Warbler Canada Warbler Scarlet Tanager Eastern Towhee Chipping Sparrow Field Sparrow Savannah Sparrow Song Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-crowned 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