Led by: Bear Mountain League of Naturalists - Trudy Battaly and Drew Panko with assistance from James Vellozzi.
Participants: Fred Cohane, John Deans, Doris Metraux, Lee Philkins, Bob Senerchia, Carol Weiss, Alan Wells, Della Wells.
Location: Met Trudy and Drew at 7:30 AM at the Lemmon Road gate along Seven Lakes Drive. They proceeded to drive to the banding area to set up the nets. The rest of the group met at the pull-off along Route 9W just north of Iona Island causeway south of Bear Mountain at 8 AM. Trip ended at approximately 12:30 PM.
Weather: Hot and sticky! Heavy overcast and high humidity. Brief rain showers later in the day (after demonstration).
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Time |
Temperature °F |
Humidity % |
Dew Pt. °F |
Wind mph |
Wind Direction |
Heat Index °F |
Pressure in Hg |
Rain inches |
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8:00 |
73.7 |
90 |
70.6 |
1 |
S |
76.1 |
30.201 |
0 |
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9:00 |
75.1 |
87 |
71.0 |
2 |
N |
78.3 |
30.212 |
0 |
|
10:00 |
76.7 |
82 |
70.8 |
1 |
N |
79.9 |
30.206 |
0 |
|
11:00 |
77.7 |
79 |
70.7 |
3 |
N |
80.8 |
30.210 |
0 |
|
12:00 |
78.6 |
77 |
70.8 |
1 |
SSW |
81.8 |
30.210 |
0 |
|
13:00 |
78.8 |
78 |
71.4 |
2 |
N |
82.2 |
30.205 |
0 |
Trip Highlights: The introduction to bird banding graciously provided by League of Naturalist members Trudy Battaly and Drew Panko was truly exceptional. Several mist nets were erected in the Lemmon Road area a short distance from the Doodletown Reservoir. The day’s catch:
1 ♂ Eastern Towhee, 1 ♀ House Wren (with egg in oviduct), 1 ♂ Hooded Warbler, 1 ♂ Blue-winged Warbler (not banded), 1 young-of-year Hooded Warbler of undetermined sex. Thank you, Trudy and Drew!
League members inspecting the mist net.
Trudy Battaly and James
Vellozzi demonstrating bird banding techniques.
An important aspect of Trudy’s work is the study of the tick
parasites of birds. Here, she is searching for ticks on a young Hooded
Warbler.
A male Eastern Towhee registers its displeasure with the %$#^%$
process.
This female House Wren was about to lay an egg. Consequently, it was
released quickly.
Plants
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Common Name |
Comments |
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Depford Pink |
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Black Swallowwort |
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Dames Rocket |
A few still in bloom |
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Cow Vetch |
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Common Milkweed |
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Butterflies (12 species)
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Common Name |
Comments |
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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail |
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Red-spotted Purple |
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Cabbage White |
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Dun Skipper ? |
very dark |
Odonata (6 species)
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Common Name |
Comments |
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Clamp-tailed Emerald |
♀ caught in mist net |
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Common Whitetail |
Several along path |
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Slaty Skimmer |
2 ♂ patrolling shoreline of reservoir |
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Variable Darner |
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Birds (27 species)
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Common Name |
Comments |
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American Goldfinch |
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American Redstart |
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Black and White Warbler |
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Black Vulture |
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Blue Jay |
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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
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Blue-winged Warbler |
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Carolina Wren |
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Cedar Waxwing |
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Cerulean Warbler |
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Chipping Sparrow |
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Downy Woodpecker |
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Eastern Phoebe |
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Gray Catbird |
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Hooded Warbler |
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Indigo Bunting |
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Northern (?) Waterthrush |
AW only, on branch over dam; sides and supercillium very yellow |
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Northern Cardinal |
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Northern Flicker |
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Northern Wood Pewee |
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Pileated Woodpecker |
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
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Tufted Titmouse |
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Turkey Vulture |
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White-breasted Nuthatch |
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Worm-eating Warbler |
Heard by Bob and Carol only |
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Yellow-throated Vireo |
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Others: Eastern Chipmunk
A handsome ♂ Hooded Warbler.
Record keeping is a critical part of the study!