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Breeding Season 2002
Hannah Suthers
The 2002 breeding season at Featherbed Lane, Hopewell, started out
wet with cold snaps and an unseasonal freeze that apparantly affected
early nesting, followed by a July of record drought and record number
of consesutive days in the high 90's. Proof of breeding and other
sightings are as follows:
| Double-crested Cormorant | four birds flew over June 30 |
| Turkey Vulture | fledgling on 8 June |
| Red-tailed Hawk | July 5, fledglings July 21, Aug 8 |
| American Kestrel | July 7, Aug 6 |
| Ruffed Grouse | flushed July 28, 29, 4 Aug |
| Wild Turkey | with 5-6 poults June 9, July 21, 27 |
| American Woodcock | foraging holes May 26, flushed July 27 |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | 2-Jun |
| Eastern Screech Owl | June 16, July 21 (two), July 28 (three), Aug 4 (two), Aug 11, Aug 25 (two) |
| Great Horned Owl | June 16, 23,30 (two terr), July 6, 18, 28, Aug 4, 11, 18 (two terr), 25 |
| Chimney Swifts | observed throughout in Hopewell Borough, flyover Featherbed Lane July 21 |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | fledgling banded Aug 18 |
| Hairy Woodpecker | observed June, July 18, 28, |
| Downy Woodpecker | fledgling banded June 30, July 28 |
| Yellow-shafted Flicker | banded June 16, fledgling banded Aug 4, & two observed Aug 18 |
| Pileated Woodpecker | observed weekly through July 9 |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | fledgling June, July; chasing a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Aug 18 |
| Easterm Wood Pewee | observed throughout |
| Eastern Phoebe | nesting in May and June, young banded Aug 11 |
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | 2 migrants banded Aug 25 |
| Great-crested Flycatcher | observed throughout |
| White-eyed Vireo | observed June 30 |
| Yellow-throated Vireo | observed June 2, 30 (two terr), July 18, August 4 |
| Red-eyed Vireo | observed throughout, banded June 2, July 28 |
| Barn Swallow | 4 pairs, 14 fledglings |
| Hybrid Chickadee | banded on June 2, Aug 11 |
| Carolina Chickadee | adults banded, family observed June 2, fledglings banded June 23, July 6, Aug 11, 25 |
| Black-capped Chickadee | adults banded, fledglings banded June 30 |
| Eastern Tufted Titmouse | adults banded, fledglings banded June 23 |
| White-breasted Nuthatches | observed throughout |
| House Wrens | observed throughout, fledglings banded |
| Carolina Wrens | adults banded, fledglings banded June 30, Aug 18 |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | fledglings June 23, 30 |
| Eastern Bluebird | using nest box |
| Veery | several adults banded, fledgling banded July 23 |
| Woodthrush | many adults banded, fledglings banded July 7, Aug 18 |
| American Robin | nest raided by a Crow, June 9, Robins, Gray Catbirds, Tufted Titmice, Northern Cardinal mobbing the Crow |
| Brown Thrasher | observed June 16, 18 |
| Gray Catbird | our most abundant bird, many banded, fledglings banded 18 July and thereafter |
| Cedar Waxwings | observed June 9, 30, July 27, 28 |
| Blue-winged Warbler | fledglings banded June 30, Aug 11, male with fledgling 21 July |
| Yellow Warblers | observed throughout, fledglings June 23, 30 |
| American Redstart | observed June 16, young banded Aug 4, 11, 18, 25 |
| Ovenbird | adults banded, fledglings banded July 18, 21, 28 |
| Northen Waterthrush | observed August 4 |
| Louisiana Waterthrush | observed August 3 |
| Common Yellowthroat | many banded, fledglings banded on July 21 and thereafter |
| Hooded Warbler | female banded Aug 25 |
| Scarlet Tanagers | observed throughout |
| Eastern Towhee | observed throughout, fledglings banded Aug 11, 25 |
| Chipping Sparrows | observed throughout, feeding nestlings June 30 |
| Field Sparrows | three pairs, observed throughout |
| Song Sparrows | observed throughout |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | observed throughout, with fledgling |
| Indigo Bunting | females banded June 9, 16 |
| House Finch | observed throughout |
| American Goldfinch | observed throughout |
| Northern Oriole | male and fledgling observed June 23 |
Hannah Suthers and the Featherbed Lane Banding Station Crew
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