Notable Bird Sightings: October 15, 2021 – January 30, 2022

By Anthony Macchariola

All of the notable sightings listed below were compiled using eBird.org. eBird is a fantastic website that allows to you to find birds and places to go birding (both locally and while travelling somewhere new), as well as a way to keep track of your bird lists and photos. All of the data you input into eBird contributes to science and to the conservation of birds and their habitat. We encourage everyone to join eBird (it is free, you just need to create an account) and record all of your bird sightings there. And remember, eBird is not just for notable sightings! Please visit ebird.org/about to learn more and to sign up. And visit eBird Putnam County to see Putnam County’s eBird page. 

If you are not registered on eBird yet and you have a notable or interesting bird sighting in Putnam County, we would love to hear about it! Please let us know about your notable sightings, and include any documentation (such as photos, which are strongly encouraged to confirm a rare bird sighting) by emailing us at: PHASbirds@gmail.com

Putnam County:

10/24 Grasshopper Sparrow, Glynwood Farm, Cold Spring

10/27 Surf Scoter, Brant, Hudson River, Cold Spring

10/31 Rusty Blackbird, Ninham Mountain, Kent

11/3 Horned Larks, Glynwood Farm, Cold Spring

11/7 Snow Bunting, Private Location, Carmel

11/9 Iceland Gull, Hudson River, Cold Spring 

11/24 2 Golden Eagles, Glynwood Farm, Cold Spring

12/10 White-winged Scoter, Long-tailed Duck, Canvasback, Red-breasted Merganser, Cold Spring

12/26 Osprey (Very Late!), Lake Casse, Mahopac 12/26

1/9 Western Tanager 1/9, Private Residence, Putnam Valley

Westchester County:

11/6 1-2 LeConte’s Sparrows, Croton Point Park

12/18 Ash-throated Flycatcher, Rockwood Hall, Sleepy Hollow

Dutchess County:

11/16 Northern Gannett, Hudson River, Beacon

11/26 Pink Footed Goose, Wappingers Lake, Wappingers Falls

1/4 Franklins Gull and Black-legged Kittiwake

1/11 Ross’s Goose, Hudson River, Poughkeepsie

1/14 Pink Footed and Greater White-fronted Goose, Diddel Rd, Wappingers Falls

1/28 Barrow’s Goldeneye, Hudson River, Rhinecliff

Ulster County:

1/11 Mountain Bluebird, Esopus Meadows Preserve, Port Ewen

Orange County:

12/4 Snowy Owl, Newburgh Waterfront, Newburgh

1/17 Lark Sparrow, Station Rd W, Rock Tavern