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Winter 2000
Hannah Suthers
At the Featherbed Lane Bird Banding Station, the
Christmas Count on 17 Dec. 2000 and frequent counts (15 in Jan, 12 in
Feb 2001) yielded 47 species wintering over or foraging in the area.
Highlights were:
| American Woodcock | first displaying male on 19 Feb |
| Turkey Vultures | throughout (there's a roost of about 70 in Hopewell Borough) |
| Black Vultures | 5 on 17 Dec, 1 on 1 & 2 Jan |
| Redtailed Hawk | throughout |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | adult, 1 & 2 Jan |
| Cooper's Hawk | 18-Feb |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | 2-Feb |
| American Kestrel | female frequently in Feb |
| Ruffed Grouse | 29-Jan |
| Wild Turkey | 30 on 17 Dec. (HS), tracks on 29 Jan (HS) , 5 toms, 14 Feb (JS) |
| Great-horned Owl | 25-Jan |
| Screech Owl | 16-Feb |
| Hairy Woodpecker | 21 Jan, 23 Jan, 13 Feb |
| Pileated Woodpecker | male roadkill on 24 Oct, now a skin at Princeton University (HS). Both male and female sighted frequently in Jan & Feb 2001 (HS & JS) |
| Common Flicker | 17 Dec, 6 Jan, 2 Feb |
| both Black-capped and Carolina Chickadees | throughout |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | 17-Dec |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | 2 on 19 Feb (JS) |
| Eastern Bluebird | 17 Dec, 2 Jan, 15 Jan, 28 Jan, 18 Feb, 24 Feb, 27 Feb |
| Hermit Thrush | 17 Dec, 4 Jan, 15 Jan, 21 Jan |
| American Robins | throughout |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | 4-Jan |
| Eastern Towhee | 4 Jan, 22 Jan |
| American Tree Sparrow | 3 Jan, 4 Jan, 6 Jan, 21 Jan, 26 Jan, 17 Feb |
| Song Sparrow | throughout |
| White-throated Sparrows and Juncos | throughout |
| Fox Sparrow | 3 Jan, 4 Jan |
| Purple Finch | flock of 8, 17 Dec, 2 birds 1 Jan, 5 birds 6 Jan, 1 bird 22 Jan, 26 Jan (singing), 17 Feb |
| Redwinged Blackbirds | 2 birds 21 Jan, 75 birds 24 Jan, 100 birds 6 Feb, and present thereafter |
| Common Grackle | 17 Dec, 17 Jan, 6 on 22 Jan, 125 on 23 Jan, 800 on 24 Jan, 1000 on 29 Jan, and present thereafter |
Hannah Suthers and the Featherbed Lane Banding Station Crew
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