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Publication of the North Country Bird Club, Inc. Since 1948
March / April 2015 Volume 56 No. 2
The Upland Plover
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SPRING MEETINGS
Remember to note the dates of our spring meetings on your
calendar. Meetings are held at Stone Presbyterian Church, 140
Chestnut St, Watertown, and begin at 7:00 pm. Spring meeting dates
are:
Wednesday, March 11
Wednesday, April 8
Wednesday, May 13
ONONDAGA AUDUBON
Spring Meetings in Watertown
Onondaga Audubon will offer two programs this spring at Flower
Memorial Library, Watertown.
On Wednesday, April 15, at 6 pm, DEC staff member Angelina Ross
will discuss the DECs efforts to protect and enhance Spruce Grouse
populations and habitat in New York.
On Wednesday, May 20, also at 6 pm, Michael Schummer of
SUNY-Oswego will share his experiences working with Waterfowl in
the Great Lakes Region, including pertinent information concerning
waterfowl ecology and conservation in our area.
Please also note that on two Saturdays, March 21 and April 4,
Gerry Smith, Onondaga Audubons Vice-President, will lead trips to
the lakeshore bird observatory at Derby Hill to look for spring
migrants. For details, contact Gerry at 315-771-6902.
MARCH MEETING
Wednesday, March 11 - 7 pm
Stone Presbyterian Church 140 Chestnut St, Watertown
Program: Spring Bird Census
This year we are planning to expand the scope of the Clubs May
Bird Census (see article below right) to give a fuller picture of
the great variety of bird species which can be seen in our area. At
our March meeting, we will share the details of this new version of
the Census and explain the procedure participants will follow in
assisting with this survey of Northern New Yorks springtime bird
population.
SPRING BIRD CENSUS
For several decades, the Club has conducted a May Bird Census, a
combined effort of members and other interested birders to survey
the bird life found in our area. While a wide variety of birds can
be found here during May, it has been noted that some birds which
summer here do not arrive by the end of May, some waterfowl which
migrate through do so during March and April, and most birds
wintering here have left by May. In an attempt to gain a more
complete picture of the great variety of birds which can be seen in
our area, we will expand our time frame, taking the Census
throughout the spring, from March 20 (the Spring Equinox) through
June 20. See page 3 for the procedure.
FIELD TRIPS - 2015 Season
St. Lawrence River Parks: Sat, April 18 - 8:30 am
Cornell Lab & Montezuma NWR: Sat, May 2 - 8:30 am
Common Nature Center: Sat, May 16 - 8:30 am
Limerick Cedars: Wed, May 27 - 8:00 pm
Red Lake: Sat, May 30 - 8:30 am
Chaumont Barrens: Sat, June 6 - 8:30 am
Marlowe Camp, Beartown: Sat, June 20 - 8:30 am
Rodman Trails: Sat, June 27 - 8:30 am
Annual Picnic (Brouses): Sun, July 12 - 3:00 pm
Marlowe Camp, Beartown: Sat, July 25 - 8:30 am
Perch River WMA: Sat, August 22 - 8:30 am
Upper & Lower Lakes WMA: Sat, Sept 19 - 8:30 am
Montezuma NWR: Sat, Oct 17 - 8:30 am
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For detailed info about birds,
visit the website of
the Cornell Ornithology Lab
and of Cornells renowned
Sapsucker Woods Sanctuary
at http://www.birds.cornell.edu
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INFORMATION SOURCES FOR REGIONAL SIGHTINGS A list of New York
State Rare Bird Numbers and list serves is available at the
internet site http://www.virtualbirder.com/vbirder/
Northern New York Birds List Serve: Subscribe at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Northern_NY_Birds.
Click on the Join This Group button and follow the on-screen
instructions. (You will need to have or set up a Yahoo
account.)
Oneida Birds List Serve (sightings in Central New York):
Subscribe at http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/Oneidabirds.
Click on the Join This Group button and follow the on-screen
instructions. (You will need to have or set up a Yahoo
account.)
Cayuga Birds List Serve: Sightings of birds and birding in the
Finger Lakes Region with a focus on the Cayuga Lake Basin.
E-mail [email protected]. In the message body
put JOIN Your name (first and last name in quotes).
OFFICERS
President
Corky Marlowe 782-4705
Vice-President
Bill Haller 639-6848
Treasurer
Kathleen Killeen 628-5874
Secretary
Christine Bourquin 649-5403
DIRECTORS Richard Brouse To 5/2017
David Prosser To 5/2016
Mike Shepard To 5/2016
June Walker To 5/2017
Robert Walker To 5/2016
Field Trip Coordinator
Richard Brouse 788-6778
Census Coordinator
Bill Haller 639-6848
Historian
Robert Walker 649-2161
Newsletter Editor
Bill Haller 639-6848
A beautiful set of bird-themed notecards is given by random
selection, each time the Plover is issued, to a member of our
Club whose dues are current. This is intended to provide extra
incentive for members to keep memberships in good
standing. We would like to congratulate William and Marion Hills
of Watertown, selected as this issues recipients.
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APRIL MEETING: Wed, April 8 - 7:00 pm
Program: Birding Sites in Northern New York
FIELD TRIP: ST. LAWRENCE RIVER PARKS
Sat, April 18th - Meet at Arsenal St Wal-Mart at 8:30 am
We will visit state parks along the St. Lawrence River, as well
as some other birding sites in northern Jefferson County, to
observe migrating waterfowl and arriving songbirds. This is a
driving tour, with only minimal walking involved.
FIELD TRIP: RED LAKE (Theresa)
Sat, May 30th - Meet at Arsenal St Wal-Mart at 8:30 am
This is a must trip for adding spring birds to your Spring Bird
Census list. The setting includes woodlands, fields, wetlands, and
the lakeshore environment. As many as 50 species are possible. Dick
Brouse will lead this easy walking trip along a gravel road.
FIELD TRIP: LIMERICK CEDARS
Wednesday, May 27th at 8:00 pm - Meet along the Ransom Road
We will meet in the evening at the Limerick Cedars Preserve to
look and listen for Whip-poor-wills, American Woodcock, Prairie
Warblers, and other spring birds. Come and enjoy the enchanting
sights and sounds of twilight in the Cedars.
Limerick C
edars
Preserve
FIELD TRIP: COMMON NATURE CENTER
Saturday, May 16th - Meet at Arsenal St Wal-Mart at 8:30 am
The Minna Anthony Common Nature Center at Wellesley Island State
Park is the finest facility for nature study in our region.
Extensive trails take the visitor through a variety of habitats
rich in wildlife. We will visit the Nature Center on a Saturday in
mid-May to see and hear a wide variety of spring birds. While the
trails are well maintained and not terribly rugged, be sure to wear
appropriate footwear.
FIELD TRIP: CORNELL ORNITHOLOGY LAB & MONTEZUMA NWR
Saturday, May 2nd - Meet at Arsenal St Wal-Mart at 8:30 am
We will visit Cornell Universitys world-renowned Lab of
Ornithology on the first Saturday in May, at the peak of the spring
season. The lab facilities and the Labs Sapsucker Woods Sanctuary
provide an experience available virtually nowhere else in North
America. On our return trip, we will also visit the Montezuma
National Wildlife Refuge. Reservations are required before or at
our April 8 meeting.
After all local morning field trips, participants are invited to
join for lunch at a nearby restaurant, if their schedule permits.
These gatherings always prove to be most enjoyable (and
entertaining) events.
EARTH DAY will be celebrated at
the New York State Zoo
at Thompson Park
from 10 am to 4 pm
on Saturday, April 18.
This event is co-sponsored by the Zoo and the DEC.
Bring insect repellent and water on all field trips. A field
trip may be cancelled due to bad weather. Call Dick Brouse at
788-6778 with any questions about our field trips.
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For info on Onondaga Audubon Society field trips and programs:
http://onondagaaudubon.com/
Interesting Links: An excellent guide to the details of Finch
identification can be found at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology site
by going to http://www.allaboutbirds.org/bbimages/PDFs/ and
selecting tricky finches.pdf, the last item on the list of
documents. Susan Favreau reports an atlas of feathers prepared by
the U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service at
http://www.fws.gov/lab/featheratlas/ Steve Diehl recommends an
intriguing Osprey video at
https://www.youtube.com/embed/nA3LtXnNIto?feature=player_embedded
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CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT 2014
On Sunday, December 14, members of the North Country Bird Club
assisted the Onondaga Chapter of the Audubon Society
in the Societys 115th Christmas Bird Count. Twelve Club members
participated in the Watertown Circle Count, in which 15 birders in
8 field parties and one feeder watcher surveyed bird species within
the Circle. The Compiler for this years Watertown Count was Gerry
Smith, Vice-President of Onondaga Audubon. Teams were at work
counting from 7:30 am
until 4 pm. 63 species were recorded, with 19,572 individual
birds observed. Club members participating included
Christine Bourquin, Dick and Marion Brouse, Steve Guy, Bill
Haller, Kathy Killeen, Nick Leone, Corky Marlowe, Connie
Mason, Dave Prosser, Mandi Roggie, and Gerry Smith. Data from
the Watertown Count:
GEESE, SWANS, & DUCKS: Snow Goose - 22 Tundra Swan - 75
Canada Goose - 9250 Wood Duck - 1 Gadwall - 3 Mallard - 65 American
Black Duck - 9 Northern Pintail - 3 Ring-necked Duck - 3 Greater
Scaup - 26 White-winged Scoter - 1 Bufflehead - 2 Common Goldeneye
- 69 Hooded Merganser - 1 Common Merganser - 1 Red-breasted
Merganser - 1 Long-tailed Duck - 2
GALLINACEOUS BIRDS: Ruffed Grouse - 1 Wild Turkey - 225
LOONS, GREBES, & HERONS: Red-throated Loon - 2 Common Loon -
7 Horned Grebe - 7 Great Blue Heron - 1
EAGLES, HAWKS, & FALCONS: Bald Eagle - 5 Northern Harrier -
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk - 2 Coopers Hawk - 4 Red-tailed Hawk - 52
Rough-legged Hawk - 14 American Kestrel - 1 Merlin - 1
GULLS & TERNS: Ring-billed Gull - 4 Herring Gull - 46
Glaucous Gull - 1 Great Black-backed Gull - 7
DOVES & PIGEONS: Mourning Dove - 405 Rock Pigeon - 1420
OWLS: Snowy Owl - 1
WOODPECKERS: Red-bellied Woodpecker - 6 Downy Woodpecker - 21
Hairy Woodpecker - 10 Pileated Woodpecker - 7
SHRIKES: Northern Shrike - 2 JAYS & CROWS: Blue Jay - 210
Common Raven - 32 American Crow - 2930
LARKS & SWALLOWS: Horned Lark - 16
CHICKADEES & NUTHATCHES: Black-capped Chickadee - 225 Tufted
Titmouse - 1 White-breasted Nuthatch - 29
KINGLETS & THRUSHES: American Robin - 15 STARLINGS: European
Starling - 3395 PIPITS & WAXWINGS: Cedar Waxwing - 28
SPARROWS & GROSBEAKS: Snow Bunting - 225 American Tree
Sparrow - 75 White-throated Sparrow - 25 Dark-eyed Junco - 80
Northern Cardinal - 55
BLACKBIRDS: Rusty Blackbird - 1 FINCHES: House Finch - 17 Common
Redpoll - 1 American Goldfinch - 80
OLD WORLD SPARROWS: House Sparrow - 345
SPRING BIRD CENSUS - PROCEDURE
The survey sheet for our Spring Bird Census is included with
this issue. During the spring season (March 20 - June 20), Club
members and area birders are encouraged to record the birds they
see. Participants report only which species are seen during the
season, not the number of birds or date. Sightings are to be only
from Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence Counties, and northern
Oswego County (north of Sandy Creek).
Since we have tripled the length of the reporting period this
year, participants are asked to use a slightly more detailed system
than in the past to record sightings: if a species is sighted
before May 1, place the numeral 1 in the blank beside the species
name (indicating a sighting during the first part of the spring
season); if a species is sighted on or after May 1, place the
numeral 2 in the blank. Any species sighted both before and on or
after May 1 would therefore have 12 entered in the blank. With this
simple procedure, the Census results will indicate not only which
species are seen, but whether a given species is seen mainly in the
early spring, arrives later, or can be seen throughout much of the
season, adding significant detail to the results.
Participants are asked to forward reports to the Editor by mail
or e-mail as soon as possible after June 20, using the contact info
given on the last page of this issue.
COMMON REDPOLLS Theresa - February 9, 2015
Thanks to Kathy Killeen for this charming photo
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NORTH COUNTRY BIRD CLUB SIGHTINGS
Please forward notable sightings for the next issue by April 15,
using the contact info on the last page.
Snowy Owls continue their presence in good number this winter.
Lynn Chavoustie sighted a Snowy on 01/10 along Rt 12E near Case Rd.
On 02/13, Lynn reported she had seen 4 Snowy Owls on a regular
basis over the previous week along 12E, 2 just north of Chaumont
and 2 just south.
On 01/13, Dick & Marion Brouse sighted a Snowy on Pt
Peninsula. They sighted 6 Snowys on 01/17, 3 in the Town of Lyme
and 3 in the Town of Cape Vincent. On 02/11, Dick & Marion
sighted 2 Snowys, 1 in the Town of Lyme and 1 in Pamelia.
On 01/17, Lee Ellsworth reported 13 Snowy Owls, 9 on Pt
Peninsula, 2 on Favret Rd, and 2 near Chaumont. Lee had a
productive day on the 17th. In addition to the Owls, he sighted 4
adult Bald Eagles, 7 Rough-legged Hawks, 45 Wild Turkeys, several
flocks of Snow Buntings, 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker, and 14 American
Tree Sparrows on Pt Peninsula, along with a female Lapland Longspur
(see photo p 5). Visiting Ashland WMA that day, Lee sighted 35+
Snow Buntings, 2 Red-tailed Hawks, and 1 Rough-legged Hawk. He also
sighted 4 Horned Larks near Cape Vincent. On 01/24, Lee sighted 9
Snowy Owls on Pt Peninsula. On 02/08, he reported a Snowy on Dog
Hill Rd, along with 2 Rough-legged Hawks.
Steve & Vici Diehl have seen Snowy Owls regularly along Rt
11 between Philadelphia and Evans Mills, sighting a male on 01/15,
a probable female on 01/19, and both a male and a female on 01/20.
On 01/19, Steve & Vici sighted 4 Snowys, 2 near Evans Mills, 1
male on Dutch Settlement Rd, and 1 male along I-81 near Exit
50.
On 01/18, Dick & Marion birded with Corky Marlowe and Bill
Haller. The four sighted 9 Snowy Owls, 1 near Chaumont, 4 in the Pt
Peninsula area, and 4 near Cape Vincent, where they also sighted a
Short-eared Owl. On 02/20, Dick, Marion, Corky, and Bill sighted 10
Snowys, 2 on Jenkins Rd, 3 near Chaumont, and 5 near Cape Vincent.
Corky & Bill sighted 3 Snowys on 01/26, 2 along Rt 12E north of
Chaumont and 1 on Weaver Rd near Case Rd. On 02/22, Corky &
Bill sighted 7 Snowy Owls, 4 in the Pamelia area and 3 near
Chaumont. Then, on 02/26, they sighted 9 Snowys, 7 in the Pamelia
area and the Town of Orleans, 1 near Gunns Corners, and 1 near
Chaumont. On 03/01, Corky & Bill sighted 4 Snowys in the
Pamelia-Orleans area, while on 03/02 they again found only 1 near
Chaumont.
On 02/10, Susan Favreau sighted a Snowy Owl on Pt Peninsula,
along with a Rough-legged Hawk, a Red-tailed Hawk, Northern
Cardinals, and Blue Jays. On 02/28, Susan sighted 2 Snowys on Pt
Peninsula.
Bald Eagles have been sighted regularly in the area this winter.
On 01/15, Sheree Brosk sighted a Bald Eagle along Rutland Hollow
Rd. On 01/18, Diona Naklick sighted a mature Bald Eagle in southern
Jefferson County. Dick & Marion sighted an adult Bald Eagle in
Hounsfield on 01/20, an immature in the Town of Orleans on 01/27,
and an adult in Orleans on 02/11. On 01/17, Steve & Vici
sighted an immature Bald Eagle flying above the 1000 Islands
Bridge. A pair of Bald Eagles has nested for several seasons along
the Lower Pool at Perch River WMA, with the nest clearly visible
from the Allen Rd. On 01/24, Corky & Bill sighted 2 mature Bald
Eagles at the nest, then saw them again on 02/22, 02/26, and
03/02.
Hawks have also been seen regularly this winter. Both an adult
and an immature Coopers Hawk have appeared many times during
January and February at Dick & Marions home along Kelsey Creek
in Watertown. A Coopers Hawk also visited Steve & Vici at their
home in Antwerp on 01/09, and again on 01/21, when it decreased by
one the population of Mourning Doves in the area. Steve & Vici
note that Rough-legged Hawks appear to be in the area in good
number this winter, having seen them along Rt 11 north of Evans
Mills frequently over the past two months. Dick & Marion
sighted 2 Rough-legged Hawks on 01/17 and 3 on 02/11 near Cape
Vincent, and 4 on 01/24 in Pamelia. Red-tailed Hawks have also been
seen regularly. On 01/25, Corky & Bill sighted 13 Red-tailed
Hawks while
birding at Perch River WMA, in the Evans Mills area, and near
Chaumont.
On 01/17, Steve & Vici sighted a dark phase Gyrfalcon being
harassed by a Common Raven along Rt 37 between Dutch Settlement Rd
and Silver Street Rd, certainly a rare and noteworthy sighting.
Wild Turkeys have been seen on a regular basis, also. On 12/27,
Susan sighted a large flock on Pt Peninsula (see photo p 5), then
again sighted Wild Turkeys there on both 02/10 and 02/28. On 01/13,
Dick & Marion sighted 42 Wild Turkeys on Pt Peninsula, then 51
there on 01/18. On 01/20, they sighted 44 Wild Turkeys on Pillar
Pt.
Snow Buntings are certainly one of the highlights of our winter
season. On New Years Day, a Snow Bunting actually came to Lynns
feeders in Three Mile Bay. Dark-eyed Juncos were also at her
feeders that day. Lynn noted that the upper plumage of one of the
Juncos was brown, rather than dark gray. Lynn also had a group of
Snow Buntings in her driveway on 01/10 (see photo p 5). On 01/15,
Corky & Bill sighted 10+ Snow Buntings on Fields Rd in
Hounsfield, as well as a Horned Lark, which continued to feed along
the roadside as they drove (slowly) by. Dick & Marion sighted a
flock of 120 Snow Buntings in Hounsfield on 01/16, along with 2
Horned Larks. On 01/17, they sighted 9 Horned Larks and 3 Lapland
Longspurs in Cape Vincent. Birding on Pt Peninsula on 01/18, Dick
& Marion sighted 15 Snow Buntings. On 01/21, they sighted 7
Horned Larks in Hounsfield. Bill & Corky sighted 8 Snow
Buntings on Pillar Pt on 01/30. On 02/11, Dick & Marion sighted
125 Snow Buntings and 53 Horned Larks in Cape Vincent. On 02/28,
Susan sighted a small flock of Snow Buntings on Pt Peninsula.
Common Redpolls have come into the area in some numbers this
year, after being seen only rarely last winter. Redpolls first
visited Bills feeders in Dexter on 01/27. On 02/03, he counted 34
battling for position to access the nyjer seed. They continued to
appear regularly, and Bill counted 30 at the feeders on 03/02. Dick
& Marion sighted 5 Common Redpolls at their feeders on Kelsey
Creek on 02/06 and 6 on 02/14. On 02/09, a flock of Redpolls
visited Kathy Killeens feeders in Theresa (see photo p 3).
Lee reported on 01/17 that an adult Yellow-bellied Sapsucker had
visited his feeders in Watertown several times during the previous
week. Bills feeders in Dexter have also been visited regularly this
winter by a Red-bellied Woodpecker, last sighted on 03/04. A
Northern Flicker visited Dick & Marion at Kelsey Creek on 01/10
and 01/27.
While waterbirds are not common here during a winter this harsh,
Sheree sighted a Great Blue Heron at Rutland Pond on 01/14. Steve
& Vici also sighted one on 01/17 at Muskellunge Creek, with
Mallards and Black Ducks. On 01/24, Lee sighted a Wood Duck drake
with 3 Mallards at the Dexter Boat Launch. On 01/30 Bill &
Corky sighted 2 female Northern Shovelers in a stream along Ashland
Rd. Dick & Marion sighted 8 Mute Swans and 14 Tundra Swans in
Orleans on 01/24, then 6 Mutes and 5 Tundras there on the next
day.
Northern Cardinals are another striking bird of our winter
season. On 02/05, Beverly Hardie reported that 5 male Cardinals had
been at her feeders in Lowville. Corky has had multiple Cardinals
at her feeders in Glen Park throughout the winter.
Dick & Marion report a variety of Sparrows appearing at
Kelsey Creek. They sighted 15 White-throated Sparrows on 01/09, 18
on 01/14 and again on 01/15, with an average of 8 per day through
the winter. American Tree Sparrows have been at their feeders
throughout January and February, with as many as 18 being sighted
at a time. Dick & Marion sighted a Song Sparrow on 01/15. A
bevy of Mourning Doves has appeared regularly at Kelsey Creek over
the winter, with as many as 55 at a time visiting the feeders. Dick
& Marion also report sighting a Common Raven in the Town of
Clayton on both 01/10 and 01/23.
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LAPALND LONGSPUR (female) Pt Peninsula - January 17, 2015
Thanks to Lee Ellsworth for this photo of an uncommon winter
visitor to our area
GREAT GRAY OWL - January 29, 2005 Our thanks to photographer
Diane Bowes
for permission to publish this incredible photo NORTHERN SHRIKE
Theresa - February 9, 2015
Thanks to Kathy Killeen for this fine photo
FUERTES PAINTING
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MIGRATION FORECASTS
The Cornell Ornithology Lab now offers predictions of bird
migration patterns. Track migrations and find out what birds should
be moving through our area as the season progresses at
http://birdcast.info
Consider joining the New York State Ornithological Association,
(our Club is a member organization). Membership includes a
quarterly journal (Kingbird) and a newsletter (New York Birders).
Details at www.nybirds.org.
SNOW BUNTINGS
Information about programs sponsored by the Department of
Environmental Conservation, conservation news, and regulation
updates are now distributed to the public by a targeted e-mail
system. Subscribers select topics of interest from over one hundred
offered. To subscribe:
https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/NYSDEC/subscriber/new
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK Pt Peninsula - February 10, 2015
Thanks to Jackie Badour for this striking photo
SNOW BUNTINGS Three Mile Bay - January 10, 2015
Thanks to Lynn Chavoustie for this charming photo
WILD TURKEYS Pt Peninsula - December 27, 2014 Thanks to Susan
Favreau for this reminder of our snowless Holiday Season (now a
distant memory!)
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SNOWY OWL Pt Peninsula - January 24, 2015
Our thanks to Lee Ellsworth for this beautiful photo