Buttercup Farm Audubon SHARP-SHINNED HAWK  RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER  COOPER’S HAWK  DOWNY WOODPECKER  Sanctuary RED-SHOULDERED HAWK  HAIRY WOODPECKER  Bird Check List BROAD-WINGED HAWK  NORTHERN FLICKER  RED-TAILED HAWK  PILEATED WOODPECKER  These birds have been seen at Buttercup Farm ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK  Flycatchers  or near the boundaries. GOLDEN EAGLE EASTERN WOOD PEWEE Some rare birds have been left off this list.   A star () indicates nesting has occurred. Falcons  WILLOW FLYCATCHER  AMERICAN KESTREL  LEAST FLYCATCHER  Trip #1 MERLIN  EASTERN PHOEBE  PEREGRINE FALCON  GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER  Trip #2 Partridges, Grouse & Turkeys  EASTERN KINGBIRD  RUFFED GROUSE Vireos  Trip #3  WILD TURKEY  WHITE-EYED VIREO  Sandpipers & Allies  YELLOW-THROATED VIREO  Loons & Grebes  KILLDEER  BLUE-HEADED VIREO  PIED-BILLED GREBE  SOLITARY SANDPIPER  WARBLING VIREO  Bitterns & Herons  1 2 3 SPOTTED SANDPIPER  PHILADELPHIA VIREO  AMERICAN BITTERN  COMMON SNIPE  RED-EYED VIREO  GREAT BLUE HERON  AMERICAN WOODCOCK  Swallows  GREAT EGRET  Gulls & Terns  PURPLE MARTIN  GREEN HERON  RING-BILLED GULL  TREE SWALLOW  Vultures  HERRING GULL  NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW  TURKEY VULTURE  GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL  BANK SWALLOW  BLACK VULTURE  Pigeons & Doves  CLIFF SWALLOW  Swans, Geese & Ducks  ROCK DOVE  BARN SWALLOW  SNOW GOOSE  MOURNING DOVE  Jays & Crows  CANADA GOOSE  Cuckoos  BLUE JAY  MUTE SWAN  BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO  AMERICAN CROW  WOOD DUCK  YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO  COMMON RAVEN  GREEN-WINGED TEAL  Typical Owls  Chicakadees & Titmice  GADWALL  EASTERN SCREECH OWL  BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE  AMERICAN WIGEON  GREAT HORNED OWL  TUFTED TITMOUSE  AMERICAN BLACK DUCK  BARRED OWL  Nuthatches  MALLARD  Goatsuckers  RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH  BLUE-WINGED TEAL  WHIP-POOR-WILL  WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH  NORTHERN PINTAIL  Swifts  Creepers  RING-NECKED DUCK  CHIMNEY SWIFT  BROWN CREEPER  HOODED MERGANSER  Hummingbirds  Wrens  COMMON MERGANSER  RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD  CAROLINA WREN  Kites, Eagles & Hawks  Kingfishers  HOUSE WREN  OSPREY  BELTED KINGFISHER  WINTER WREN 

BALD EAGLE  Woodpeckers & Allies  Kinglets & Gnatcatchers  NORTHERN HARRIER  YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER  GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET  RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET  CHIPPING SPARROW  Buttercup Farm Audubon Sanctuary is 641 BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER  FIELD SPARROW  acres comprised of old farm fields, shrub-scrub Thrushes  SAVANNAH SPARROW  habitat, and wetlands along the Wappinger Creek. Bisected by Route 82, the sanctuary EASTERN BLUEBIRD  FOX SPARROW  offers the visitor varied birding opportunities. VEERY  SONG SPARROW  SWAINSON’S THRUSH SWAMP SPARROW   Easily accessible old railroad beds on the HERMIT THRUSH  WHITE-THROATED SPARROW  sanctuary's west side follow the Wappinger WOOD THRUSH  WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW  Creek where long-legged waders as well as AMERICAN ROBIN  DARK-EYED JUNCO  rails, ducks, and peeps can be seen. A scenic Mimic Thrushes  overlook on the east side gives visitors a GRAY CATBIRD  Cardinals, Grosbeaks & Allies  commanding view of Stissing Mountain and the NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD  NORTHERN CARDINAL  valley below. Continue on the trail through an old orchard, keeping watch for Baltimore BROWN THRASHER  ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK  Orioles and Brown Thrashers, as you loop back Starlings  INDIGO BUNTING  to the parking area. EUROPEAN STARLING  Blackbirds & Allies  Waxwings  BOBOLINK  Over a dozen warbler species have been seen CEDAR WAXWING  RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD  here, especially during spring migration. These Wood Warblers  EASTERN MEADOWLARK  include Golden-winged, Bay-breasted and BLUE-WINGED WARBLER  RUSTY BLACKBIRD  Blackpoll Warblers. Look for vireos throughout NASHVILLE WARBLER  COMMON GRACKLE  the sanctuary, especially Yellow-throated Vireo that can be seen up close along the creek. NORTHERN PARULA  BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD  White-eyed Vireos have been tallied here as YELLOW WARBLER ORCHARD ORIOLE   well. Look for field birds, such as Bobolink, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER  BALTIMORE ORIOLE  Eastern Meadowlarks, and Field, Savannah, MAGNOLIA WARBLER  Finches  and Song sparrows. BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER  PURPLE FINCH  YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER  HOUSE FINCH  Raptors that call Buttercup home include BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER  AMERICAN GOLDFINCH  American Kestrel and Broad-winged, Red- BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER   tailed, Red-shouldered, Sharp-shinned, and Coopers Hawks. Also seen are the occasional PINE WARBLER  Old World Sparrows  Bald Eagles all year and, in the winter, Golden PRAIRIE WARBLER  HOUSE SPARROW  Eagles. Listen for Barred and Eastern Screech- PALM WARBLER  Owls throughout the sanctuary. An extensive BAY-BREASTED WARBLER  bluebird trail is maintained at the sanctuary.  BLACKPOLL WARBLER  NEW FOR LIST BLACK & WHITE WARBLER   AMERICAN REDSTART   OVENBIRD   NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH  

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WILSON’S WARBLER   Tanagers   For more information and directions go to SCARLET TANAGER  http://ny.audubon.org/rheinstrom-hill Sparrows & Allies  EASTERN TOWHEE  AMERICAN TREE SPARROW 