Mid-March to mid-May 2008

A warm period in April was followed by a cold & windy May. Drizzle and a low ceiling on May 2-3 produced a real fallout of migrants at the Bashakill.

SNOW GOOSE - 43 at SCCC including 1 blue morph 3/15 (LV); 215 at Rio Res 3/23 (RD MG)
BRANT - 520 Bashakill over the valley in 3 flocks 5/11 (RD MG)
GADWALL - 2 at Bashakill Main Boat launch 3/27 (JH); 10 at Kiamesha L 4/12 (LV)
N SHOVELER - 9 at Bashakill 3/27 (JH AB et al)
CANVASBACK -1 at Bashakill birch trail 3/15-16; 1 main boat launch 3/22 (JH LV SB et al); 3 Yankee L 3/31 John’s 1st record here, 5 on 4/1 to 4/4 (JH)
SURF SCOTER - 1 Yankee L 4/11, the 1st record here (JH AB)
WH-WING SCOTER - 1 at Kiamesha L 4/12 & 2 on 5/8 (LV VF MC)
LONG-TAIL DUCK - 2 Bash 4/5 (JH LV); 4 Neversink Res  4/7, 2 Yankee L 4/8 & 1 4/11, 1 Morningside 4/11 (JH AB)
RED-BR MERG -1 on Kiamesha L 4/12 & 2 on 4/11 (LV JH AB)
RED-THR LOON  - 1 Yankee L, the 1st record here & 1st spring record for the county 4/11 (JH AB)
P-B GREBE - 1 Bashakill Haven Rd 3/14, & 3 on 3/26, 6 on 4/8 (SB JH AB); 3 Bashakill 3/29 & 7 or 8 on 4/5, 4/11 (LV JH AB); 1 Yankee L 4/4,10 Bashakill 4/9 (JH AB et al)
HORNED GREBE - 1 Bashakill 3/14-15; 5 main boat launch 3/22-23, 6 on 3/28 (JH AB LV et al); 2 Yankee L in breeding pl 3/30,1 4/1 & 4/6 (JH); 3 Kiamesha L 4/11(RS)
RED-NECK GREBE - 1 at Bash Birch trail 3/17 (JH AB)
DC CORMORANT - 1 Morningside 4/11, also at Neversink Res, Swan L, & Kiamesha this date (JH AB LV); sev other reports through May
AM BITTERN - 3 Bashakill 4/26-4/27 Haven Rd & Birch trail through 5/11 (LV JH SB et al) & ongoing
GREEN HERON - 2 Wurtsboro South Rd swamp behind Big Valley trl pk; nest 4/25 (JH AB JC et al)
*MISSISSIPPI KITE - 1 adult over the Bashakill 5/25, the 3rd Sullivan Co record (JH AB mob); see article & photo
OSPREY - 1 Bashakill Main Boat launch 4/3; repairing nest on 4/9 (P & SB); 2 Rt 17 Exit 112 cell tower 4/6 (JH)
N HARRIER -1 Liberty Clements Rd 4/11 (LV); 1 Bashakill off & on 4/12 through 5/2 (LV JH RD MG);1 McDonald Rd  5/3 (JH SB LV et al); 1 Deppa Rd  5/11 (RD MG)
N GOSHAWK - 1 Westbrookville fields area 5/3 (JH)
REDTAIL - 1 with all white head & upper body & very pale red tail at Halls Mills 5/6, see photo (MC VF), likely the same bird seen many times since 8/2002
AM KESTREL - 1 at Hunter Rd 3/25 & 8 on 4/12 (JW); more reports than usual in late Mar & April (mob)
MERLIN - 1 Westbrookville perched in tree across from deli, 5/3 (SB VF DH et al); 3 at Bashakill nature trail & main trail, moving north 5/4 (JH LV)
VIRGINIA RAIL - 1 Bashakill Main trail 3/27 (fos) & 4 on 4/24 (JH AB LV et al) & thereafter
SORA - 1 Bashakill Main Trail 5/4, also 5/8 & 5/10 (JH LV AB ED)
C MOORHEN  - 1 Bashakill Main Boat launch 5/2; 3 on 5/5, ongoing (JH LV et al)
AM COOT - 5 Bashakill Haven Rd, the only report 3/27 (JH AB et al)
*SANDHILL CRANE  - 1 Bashakill (Joe Cullen, Mearns BC) 4/26 (JH AB LV SB) and again from Rt 209 boat launch 5/3 & 5/4 (JH AB RD MG)
GR YELLOWLEGS -1 Bashakill Haven Rd, hd before dawn overhead 4/26, also 3 on 5/4 (LV); 26 Bashakill Rt 209 boat launch 5/4 (JH); 1 Briscoe  5/11(RD MG KS BB)
L YELLOWLEGS - 2 Bash Haven Rd 4/30 to 5/2 (JH); 2 Phillipsport 5/3 (VF MC); 1 Briscoe  5/11 (KS BB DL)
*UPLAND SANDP - 1 McDonald Rd in field 5/3, 2nd county record. (LV JH AB VF et al)
LEAST SANDP - 7 at Bashakill Haven Rd 5/2 & 3 on 5/18 (JH); 8 Phillipsport wetlands 5/3 (VF MC); a few other records of 1 or 2
PECTORAL SANDP - 2 at Bashakill  5/11 (JH LV ED BF), the only report
W SNIPE - 1 Bashakill Birch trail 3/27 fos & 2 on 3/30 & 5/11 (JH AB SB)
A WOODCOCK - 1 Liv Manor 3/15 (LV); 3 Liv Manor Ward Rd 4/3 (RD LH); 2 Youngsville Yaun Rd 4/5 (KE)
BONAPARTE'S GULL - unusual number of sightings: 4 Yankee L 4/1 & 6 on 4/6, 6 others on 4/11 (4 w/ black hoods) (JH AB);1 Bashakill Main boat launch 4/5 (LV JH); on 4/12: 28 Neversink Res, 20 Bashakill, & 2 Kiamesha L (LV); 7 at Westbrookville 5/3 in fields (JH LV AB); 68 at Bridgeville over the Neversink River on 5/11, our latest spring record (JH BF LV ED)
WHIP-POOR-WILL - 2 Bashakill Haven Rd fos, hd at 5 am 4/26 (LV); at Upper Pinekill Rd on 5/10 (JH AB RD MG et al); 1 Bashakill on her walkway 5 am at Shawangunk Mt home 5/12 (W Goellner)
RT HUMMINGBIRD - fos: 1 Ellenville Country Club Rd 4/29 fide VF (Barbara Stone); many later reports
ACADIAN FLY -1 Gumaer Falls Rd 5/10-11 & 5/14 (JH PD RD et al); no other reports
FISH CROW - 3 Wurtsboro near ponds 3/5 & 10 on 3/14, then lots daily (AB); 2 Yankee L John's yard 3/24 ongoing (JH); 2 Woodbourne Marie's Park at trash 5/31 (VF MC)
PURPLE MARTIN - 2 Bashakill Haven Rd 5/2 (JH SB) (the only report)
MARSH WREN - 1 at Bashakill Main trail 5/4 & 1 at
Nature trail 5/24 (LV)
R-C KINGLET - 3 Bashakill nature trail 4/12 (LV); 2 Lake Paradise 5/5 (VF MC); last report:1 Fir Brook 5/11 (RD MG)
SWAINSON'S THR - 1 Bashakill nature trail 5/4, 5/10, 5/14 (JH LV AB SB)
GR CATBIRD - 1 Horseshoe L Rd early arrival 4/14, & 2 on 4/30 (KC); 1 Youngsville Stump Pond Rd 5/5 (RD)
BR THRASHER - 1 McDonald Rd fos 4/12 (LV); 1
Bashakill nature trail 4/13 & 4/19 (SB LV)
AM PIPIT - 7 McDonald Rd fields 5/3 (JH SB LV et al); 12 Hunter Rd field 5/6 (VF MC) and 5/11 (KS BB DL)
BLUE-WING W - 9 Bashakill 5/2 to 12 in various locations, ongoing (JH LV)
GOLD-WING W - 1 McDonald Rd linear pk trail west, 5/4 & on 5/8 (JH); 2 Summitville linear pk trail opposite Blue Sky 5/11 (JH LV BF ED)
*LAWRENCE'S W -1 Ellenville Country Club Rd in the valley 5/2, video seen by VF MC (Barbara Stone); 1 McDonald Rd Linear Pk trail E, singing Bl-Wing song 5/10 to 5/14 (JH LV RD AB et al)
TENNESSEE W - 1 Bashakill Main trail 5/3, the only report (SB DH)
NASHVILLE W - 1 Bashakill nature trail fos 5/2 & 5/3 (JH LV); 3 Neversink Gorge Cold Spring entrance 5/18 (JH)
N PARULA - 3 Bashakill nature trail 5/2 (JH LV); 1 McDonald Rd  5/3 JH SB LV et al; 1 Gumaer Fall Rd  5/7 (RD VF)
YELLOW W - 2 Bashakill Nature trail fos 4/20 (P & SB); many thereafter
MAGNOLIA W - 2 Bashakill nature trail 5/2 (SB JH); 7 Bashakill Main trail 5/15 (SB)
CAPE MAY W - 1 Hunter Rd in big Spruces 5/6 (VF MC)
BL-THR BLUE W - 15 Bashakill nature trail 5/2 (JH SB); many reports of smaller numbers
BL-THR GREEN W - 3 Bashakill nature trail 4/30 & 5/2 (SB RD VF MG JH); many later sightings
BLACKBURNIAN - 1 Yankee L fos 4/26 (JH); 2 Gumaer Fs Rd on territory 4/27 & sev 5/7 (LV RD VF et al)
BAY-BREASTED W - 1 Gumaer Falls Rd  5/10 (VF PD MC RM); 1 Bashakill Main trail 5/11 (JH BF LV ED)
BLACKPOLL - 1 Bashakill Nature trail 5/15 (SB); 3
nature trail, 1 Haven Rd 5/24 (LV)
CERULEAN W - 1 Bashakill South Rd 5/10-11 (JH LV AB KS et al); 5 Narrowsburg Evergreen Lane 5/28, same loc as last year (RD MG)
WORM-EATING W - 1 Stonefield 5/11 & pr 5/18 (JH LV BF ED); 1 Bash Nature trail 5/14 & 1 Main trail 5/15 (SB)
LA WATERTHRUSH - 1 Wurtsboro fos 4/11 (AB); 1 Liv Manor at his brook 4/18 (LV); sev later reports
MOURNING W - 1 Bashakill nature trail 5/3 & 1 on 5/26 (JH SB DH LV et al)
HOODED W - 1 Neversink Gorge Cold Spring Rd access 5/11, 2 males 5/18 (JH BF LV ED)
WILSON'S W - 1 Bashakill Main trail 5/15 (SB); 2
Bashakill Nature trail 5/15, also 5/24 (SB LV JH)
CANADA W - 1 L Paradise fos 5/5 & 5/10 (VF MC); 1
Bashakill orchard 5/7 & 1 on 5/18 (JH); 1 Neversink Gorge Cold Spring Rd access 5/11 & 5/18 (JH BF LV ED)
*SUMMER TANAGER 1 Wurtsboro near Perelli's in the village. 1st County record. 4/29 (JH AB RD MG)
CHIPPING SP - fos: 1 Liv Manor his feeder 4/12 (LV); 1 Youngsville Stump Pond Rd same date (RD)
VESPER SP - 1 Westbrookville field across from deli 4/26 & 1 on 5/3 (JH SB LV AB)
*GRASSHOPPER SP - 1 McDonald Rd in field 5/3 & 5/4. Our earliest record (JH LV AB VF et al)
LINCOLN'S SP - 2 Westbrookville fields 5/2, also 5/3 & 5/9 (JH LV AB); 2 McDonald Rd field 5/3 & 1 at Linear Park  5/4 (JH LV AB et al); last reported 5/20 at Bashakill South Rd feeders (SB)
WH-CROWN SP - 1 Bashakill nature trail fos 4/13 (SB); 1 South Rd feeders, the last report 5/20 (SB)
ROSE-BR GROSBEAK - fos: 1 Youngsville Stump Pond Rd 4/30 (RD); 9 Yankee Lake at feeders 5/1 (JH); 17 at
Bashakill South Rd feeders 5/2 (SB); 8 Monticello Hamilton Rd 5/5 (PC)
INDIGO BUNTING - 1 Bashakill at feeders fos 4/25 (SB); 4 Westbrookville fields across from deli 5/4, all males (JH LV); 3 Youngsville Stump Pond Rd 5/7 (RD); 1 Yankee L at feeders 5/15,1st ever there (JH)
E MEADOWLARK - 3 SCCC  3/12 (JH AB); 6 Rubin Rd  3/19 (LV); 8 Monticello SCLF 3/29 & 4 on 4/5 (JH AB);15 Beechwoods Radio Tower Rd & 4 Reum Rd 3/30 (JH AB)
RUSTY BLACKBIRD - 1 Bashakill Haven Rd fos 3/6 (JH); 25 Bashakill Birch trail 3/15 & 6 on 4/8 (JH LV AB); 1 Hurleyville wetlands 5/11, the last reported (KS BB DL)
ORCHARD ORIOLE  - 1 Bashakill orchard area fos 5/3, & 3 on 5/4 (JH LV); 1 Bashakill nature trail 5/21, the last reported (RD VF)
PURPLE FINCH - 15 Ulster Heights Brown Rd 3/20 at feeders (PD); 12 Monticello Hamilton Rd 4/12 (PC); 12 Liv Manor at feeders 4/26 (LV); 14 Parksville Cooley Mt Rd feeders 5/5 (SR); many reports of small numbers
C REDPOLL -10 Kauneonga L & 6 in early Mar, 130 to 200 in early Apr (KB); 55 Black Lake Lemon Brook St  feeders 3/ 10 (GS); 72 Parksville Cooley Mt Rd 3/31 & 60 on 4/4, 8 on 4/6 (SR); 1 Woodbourne Rose Rd 4/5 (RM); 45 Monticello Fisk Ave 4/5 (DM); 3 Stump Pond Rd, the last report this spring 4/19 (RD)
PINE SISKIN - 3 Horseshoe L Rd 4/5  & 11 in early May (KC); 3 Liv Manor at feeders 4/19 (LV); 1 Bashakill South Rd feeders 5/2 (SB); 1 Yankee L at feeders 5/3 (JH); 1 Claryville at a feeder N of village 5/6 (VF MC); 2 Bashakill Main trail 5/10 (JH AB LV ED); 1 Wurtsboro South Rd trailer park feeder 5/10 (VF PD JL RM et al)
EVE GROSBEAK - 12 Kauneonga L Amsterdam Dr in early Mar & 19 in early Apr (KB); 4 Parksville Cooley Mt Rd feeders 4/25, last seen: 7 on 4/28 (SR)

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