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VOL 47 #2 Which Is Marked Spring 1985 June 1, 1985 (Century Run Issue-Held for Results but All Elsedue In) VOL. 47 WINTER No. 1 1985 PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY HUDSON-MOHAWK BIRD CLUB. INC. CHRISTMAS COUNTS IN THIS ISSUE: PAGES Catskill-Coxsackie Green County 12 - 13 Schenectady 9 - 12 Southern Rensselaer 1. 3-4 Troy 5 - 8 S. RENSSELAER CGUNT ADDS WILSON'S WARBLER AND MERLIN TO HMBC COMPOSITE LIST Michael Kuhrt The nineteenth annual Southern Rensselaer County Christmas Bird Count was held Saturday, December 22, 1984. After the "typical" showing in the 1983 count, this one had everyone scratching their heads. After a phenomenal autumn that included shirt sleeve weather within one week of Thanksgiving, winter was finally making a feeble entry. The count day dawned gray, with a wet snow cover from the prior evening. Almost all bodies of water in the area were free of ice. The temperature climbed steadily to an afternoon high of 45°F. The temperature and snow cover, combined with light winds, gave rise to periods of dense fogginess. Experienced observers noted that the wild food crop was probably heavier than at any time in the history of the count. This fact, coupled with the gentle weather conditions, gave rise to probably the biggest single day in count history. A near-record 60 species were observed, including 5 first-time sightings. The excitement began early as Paul Connor's group logged the rarest find of the day only 10 minutes and 3 blocks from Paul's house in Schodack. They observed a Wilson's warbler in the bright adult male plumage. The bird moved from perch to perch in a suburban neighborhood and was seen from several perspectives and at distances as close as 50 feet. All field marks were confirmed and the bird was in full view for over 10 minutes. Research of published records revealed that the sighting date possibly established an upstate late occurrence record for the species. (continued on page 3) FEATHERS WINTER 1Q85 HOW WE BEGAN Barry Havens The Hud son-Mohawk Bird Club must be, by now, at least 50 years old, and judging by the information on the latest membership directory, there are but two other members besides myself who date back to our very beginnings. It has, therefore, been suggested that someone prepare an account of how the club started in the first place. Ifm afraid ITm the only one who knows. If anyone deserves credit for our beginnings, the basic responsibility of the club origin lies, without question, with Vincent J. Schaefer, a well- known Schenectady meteorologist who, more than 50 years ago, was director of the Mohawk Valley Hiking Club. Vince was - and still is - not only a hiker and mountain climber but an enthusiastic student in all aspects of nature study and conservation. He brought about the conduct of club-sponsored classes in many subjects by himself and others, including one, which I attended in the winter identification of trees. Knowing my interest in birds, he suggested that I conduct a club- sponsored class in the identification of birds. If anyone was qualified for this job it was Guy Bartlett, who taught me all I knew, but Bart was not a member of the Hiking Club, and he did not consider himself as public speaker. I believe the bird class started in 1934; meetings were held in the old Schenectady High School building on Nott Terrace. The classes were given newspaper publicity, and there was a heavy turnout, including not only Hiking Club members but also many other local persons. Among the Hiking Club members who were particularly interested were Nelle Van Vorst, George Bainbridge, Esley Hallenbeck, Alice Holmes, Chester Moore, and B. D. ttBudn Miller, all of whom became officers of the Bird Club. The only one of the founders still surviving besides myself is Alice Holmes, to the best of my knowledge. There had been some talk about forming a bird club, but nothing came of it until one morning, when Nelle Van Vorst and I were walking through the Vale Cemetary on our way to work, according to our usual custon. At that time Nelle said to me, in effect, that if there was ever a good time to found a bird club it was right then, because so many had become interested in birds because of my classes. And that's how it all came about. DIAL-A-BIRD NEEDS YOUR SIGHTINGS Chairman Bill Lee requests your bird sightings for DIAL-A-BIRD! It is only as good as the information you provide. Bob Yunick is now compiling the messages left on the tape each day. However, you are reminded that this is not a Rare Bird Alert, since it cannot act quickly enough for that purpose. FEATHERS WINTER 1985 S. RENSSELAER COUNT ADDS WILSON»S WARBLER AND MERLIN TO HMBC COMPOSITE LIST (continued from first page) Later in the day, Dick Philion spotted a horned grebe in Averill Park and Monte Gruett observed a merlin in North Greenbush, and just to show that lightning can strike thrice, also located a pintail and 4 goldeneyes on a nearby pond. These sightings bring our all-time composite species total to 107. Due in large part to the abundance of open water, 11 species of waterfowl and gulls were counted. Lesser scaup was seen for only the second time. Birds of prey were well-represented but numbers of kestrels were below average. Rough-legged hawks were no doubt scarce due to the unusual season. While meadowlarks were missed again (perhaps due to increasing development and brush growth on open land in the territory?), rusty blackbirds were reported for the fourth time. Numbers of evening grosbeaks were far below normal. Purple finches were moderately abundant. Goldfinches were the only other winter finches reported. Amazingly, no other straggling warblers accompanied our lone Wilson's. It was interesting to note, however, that several observers reported the presences of various airborne insects throughout the day. Several other Christmas counts did report warblers, and so the lone observation is somewhat curious. The count area consists of a circle 15 miles in diameter centered in Best at the intersection of Highway 152 and Best-Luther Road. Included are East Greenbush, North Greenbush, Sand Lake, Rensselaer, and parts of Troy, Poestenkill, Nassau, Schodack and a narrow belt of Albany County west of the Hudson River. KEY TO GROUPS GROUP 1: East Greenbush. Monte Gruett, Jory Langner, and Eric Molho. GROUP 2; Schodack, Nassau. Ed Cummings, and Bill Lee. GROUP 3: Poestenkill. Sam Madison and Walt Sabin. GROUP 4: Averill Park. Richard Philion and Franklin Gubitz. GROUP 5: Schodack and Hudson River. Paul Connor and Michael Kuhrt. GROUP 6: East Greenbush and Rensselaer. William Gorman and David Gorman. GROUP 7: Hudson River, West Shore. Richard Guthrie, Robert Budliger, Bill Cook and Alice Ross. GROUP 8: Feeder observers. Donna Gruett, Noel Albertson, Dave Messer, Mrs. Robert Don, Edna Gorman, Frank DuFour, Richard Pearce, and Chris Carabateas. FEATHERS WINTER 1985 SOUTHERN RENSSELAER COUNTY CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT DECEMBER 22, 1984 SPECIES 1 6 B 10 TOTALS HORNED EREBE 1 6REAT BLACK-BKD GULL 1 1 HERRING GULL 4 2 100 11 117 RING-BILLED BULL 1 26 60 191 278 COKffiN KER6AKSER 48 (8 KALLARD 22 S8 14 60 154 AMERICAN BLACK DUCK 1 9 2 6 IB NORTHERN PINTAIL 1 1 LESSER SCAUP 1 1 COfflOK B&DENEYE 4 4 CANADA 50QSE IS 1 16 RUFFED GROUSE 1 1 5 7 RING-NECKED PHEASANT 1 1 ROCK DOVE 140 SS 34 100 58 no 38 535 KOURNINE DOVE BS 40 10 10 64 25 61 23 31B NORTHERN HARRIER 1 1 2 SHARP-SHINNED HANK 1 1 2 NORTHERN SOSKfiKK 1 1 RED-TAILED HANK 1 a 4 1 10 9 9 42 ROUSH-LEGGED HAKK 1 1 A1ERICAM KESTREL 2 1 3 6 KERLIN 1 1 EASTERN SCREEBHML 2 3 5 EREAT HCRHEQ OiL 3 3 BELTED KIN6FISHER 3 1 4 KfllRY WODPEOER 3 3 1 4 6 5 22 DflKMY IKJBDPECKER IS 16 S 10 s B 22 10 01 PILEATED WOBPECKER 1 1 2 NORTHERN FLICKER 1 1 2 2 2 3 11 HORNED LARK 48 4 90 142 BLUE JAY 83 • B? 66 20 30 30 51 26 395 AMERICAN CRDN 24 164 55 10 52 SO 34 9 39B EUROPEAN STARL1N6 488 752 217 BS 280 10000 174 201 12197 BROWHEAOED COHBIRD 100 100 RED-ttlNGED BLACKBIRD 20 1 21 RUSTY BLACKBIRD 1 1 cmm crackle 2 2 EVENIN& GROSBEAK 70 6 12 88 PURPLE FINCH 29 4 1 2 40 76 HOUSE FINCH 128 16 3 1 49 BO 54 5 336 AMERICAN GOLDFINCH 34 65 16 10 12 2 35 13 207 KHITE-TKRGAT SPARRflH 13 2 2 4 23 44 Affifl. TREE SPARROH 10 74 3 36 14B 25 157 6 459 DARK-EYED JUNCQ 59 83 7B 30 16 12 61 35 374 SONG SPARROH 3 5 3 3 2 12 2B SMAflP SPARRTO 1 1 2 4 NORTHERN CARDINAL 11 5 3 2 23 4 17 9 74 CEDAR KAXHIN& 44 4 7 22 77 WILSON'S KARBLER 1 I HOUSE SPftRROH 116 59 75 40 65 SO 240 IS 640 NORTHERN K0CKIN6BIRD 5 1 7 1 4 2 20 HINTER KREN 1 1 BROHN CREEPER 3 1 1 2 1 B HHITE-BRSTD NUTHATCH 12 13 4 10 6 3 12 7 67 RED-BREASTD NUTHATCH 2 2 TUFTED TITMOUSE S 1 6 5 10 8 19 54 BLACK-CAP. CHICKADEE 136 101 IB 40 66 30 BO ' 60 531 6QL0EM-CRHKD KINGLET 6 1 1 4 5 3 20 AKERICAN ROBIN 1 2 9 2 3B 2 1 55 EASTERN BLUEBIRD 2 2 SPECIES-60 1520 1697 611 507 1105 10792 1409 49( 18137 FEATHERS WINTER 10,85 THREE NEW SPECIES SEEN ON TROY CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT William W.
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