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Winter 2001
Hannah Suthers
Wintering-over birds (Dec - Feb) were abundant, with
on and off (mostly off) cold weather, and an abundance of wild fruits,
of which crabapples and multiflora rose were still available in March.
Forty-eight species were sighted. Highlights were:
| Black Vulture | Jan 14 and 27 |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | Jan 20, 27, Feb 4 |
| Ruffed Grouse | 16-Dec |
| American Woodcock | 26-Feb |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Dec 11, 15, 17, 29, 30, Jan 2 |
| Pileated Woodpecker | regular |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | pair daily at 4 View Point Dr. |
| Brown Creeper | at 4 View Point, Dec 17 |
| American Robin | flocks up to 200, regular (the northern subspecies, T. M. nigrideus, wintering over in NJ) |
| Cedar Waxwing | Dec. 16, 29, Jan 12, 17, 22 |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | Dec 16, 29, 30, Jan 2, 7 |
| American Tree Sparrow | Dec 16, 29, 30, Jan 15, 20, 23 27, Feb 16, 18, 26 |
| Fox Sparrow | Dec 11, 13, 14, 16, Jan 10, 20, 27, 16 Feb |
| Purple Finch | Dec nearly daily, Jan 2, 10, 14, 23, 27, Feb 16 |
| Common Redpoll | 29-Dec-30 |
Hannah Suthers and the Featherbed Lane Banding Station Crew
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