Bird Data | Broadwinged Hawk Data | Flower Data | Morning Notes | Field Trip Notes
From 1971-74 I kept track of many of my sightings of birds, focusing on the arrival dates of migrants and sightings of rare species. I also kept similar records for one year (1973-74) for wildflowers.
Key to abbreviations in the remarks column: SPR = Semi-permanent Resident; PR = Permanent Resident; T = Transient; WR = Winter Resident; SR = Summer Resident. Designations were based on whether I saw these birds on a regular basis around our home, not whether they were residents of southern New York State.
| Type of Bird | Arrival or Date Seen | Where Seen | Remarks |
| Purple finch | 11/20/71 | At front bird feeder | Male and female stayed 1 day (T) |
| Red-bellied woodpecker | 11/21/71 | On suet | One male; female came 4/4/72 (SPR) |
| Carolina wren | 11/25/71 | At window feeder | No remarks (WR) |
| Evening grosbeak | 1/8/72 | At window feeder | 15 or 20, 1 day (T) |
| Brown creeper | 1/22/72 | On oak outside south window | One (WR) |
| Pine siskin | 1/26/72 | Near feeder | 4 on 26th; after that quite a few, stayed til mid-May (T) |
| Redpoll | 2/24/72 | Near feeder | Small amount on 24th, later about 60 (T) |
| Woodcock | 3/4/72 | Goose landing by our lake | One bird (SR) |
| Redwing/grackle | RW: 3/1/72; Grackle 3/2/72 | Near goose landing | Nested, as usual (SR) |
| Yellow-billed cuckoo | 6/4/72 | In dead hickory near house | Two birds! One at Brinton Brook Sanctuary (T) |
| Bohemian waxwing | 3/30/72 | By window feeder | Amazing! With cedar waxwings (T) |
| Hooded merganser | 3/30/72 | In lake | Male and female (T) |
| Ruby-crowned kinglet | 10/19/72 | In gray birch near house | Many (T) |
| Slate colored junco | 10/17/72 | At feeder | No remarks (WR) |
| Evening grosbeak | 10/31/72 | Everywhere | Many, 250-300 (T) |
| Siskin and redpoll | 10/31/72 | Near Lake Woodrock | Not very many (T) |
| Bittern | 11/4/72 | By lake | One, not bad!! (T) |
| Red-breasted nuthatch | 11/5/72 | On hemlock near house | One, later a few more (WR) |
| White-winged crossbill | 11/7/72 | On Spruce Lane in a hemlock | One female (T) |
| Red crossbill | 11/7/72 | On Brook Lane near bridge, in hemlock | Six of them, males and females (T) |
| Red-bellied woodpecker | 11/26/72 | On suet | Male; female a few days later (SPR) |
| Vesper sparrow | 12/7/72 | Bird feeder | Good sight! (T) |
| Redwing | 2/24/73 | Near house | Spring's here! (SR) |
| Grackle | 3/1/73 | Near house | Spring's here! (SR) |
| Redpoll | 3/3/73 | Near tomato garden | One male (T) |
| Flicker | 3/4/73 | Near tomato garden and lake | Pair (M&F) on ground (SR) |
| Kingfisher | 3/8/73 | By lake | Lake still frozen! (SPR) |
| Great horned owl | 3/10/73 | By house | Two of them at 5:30-6:05 am!! (PR) |
| Cowbird | 3/13/73 | By bird feeder | One female (SR) |
| Wood duck | 3/15/73 | Flying above lake | Heard, not seen (SR) |
| Hooded merganser | 3/17/73 | In lake | two, male and female (T) |
| Fox sparrow | 3/18/73 | At bird feeder | My mother has seen these for a few weeks but this is the first date I could pin on them (T) |
| Phoebe | 3/31/73 | Around lake | Two on 3/31 (SR) |
| Tree swallow | 4/12/73 | Lake Woodrock | Many (SR) |
| Ruby-crowned kinglet | 4/16/73 | Mt. Airy Road by Woodybrook Lane | One (T) |
| Barred owl | 4/21/73 | Woods near home | Heard, not seen (PR) |
| Towhee | 4/21/73 | Brinton Brook Sanctuary | Several, more than usual (SR) |
| Louisiana waterthrush | 4/21/73 | Brinton Brook Sanctuary | Good sighting. Was singing, too (SR) |
| Brown thrasher | 4/21/73 | Woods near home | Singing a lot (SR) |
| Myrtle warbler | 4/23/73 | Furnace Brook Lake | Large flock (T) |
| Wood thrush | 4/29/73 | Furnace Brook Lake | Several (SR) |
| Blue-winged warbler | 4/29/73 | Near Hickory Lane | One, male, sang later, very common (T) |
| House wren | 4/29/73 | Brinton Brook Sanctuary | One, sang (SR) |
| Baltimore oriole | 5/2/73 | At home | Usual (SR) |
| Catbird | 5/3/73 | At home | Usual (SR) |
| Black and white warbler | 5/5/73 | Brinton Brook | One, later several (T) |
| Rose-breasted grosbeak | 5/6/73 | Furnace Dock Road near Hickory Lane | Male and female (SR) |
| Redstart | 5/6/73 | Furnace Dock Road near Hickory Lane | Male (T) |
| Yellow warbler | 5/6/73 | Furnace Brook Lake | Very, very many (SR) |
| Indigo bunting | 5/19/73 | Brinton Brook Sanctuary | Good sighting (SR) |
| Veery | 5/19/73 | Brinton Brook Sanctuary | Good sighting (SR) |
| Red-tailed hawk | 7/30/73 | Furnace Woods Elementary School | One, glided over the school (PR) |
| Slate-colored junco | 10/8/73 | Inwood Lane | Many of them (WR) |
| Ruby-crowned kinglet | 10/21/73 | Gray birch near house | See 10/19/73 for comparison date (T) |
| Cedar waxwing | 11/4/73 | Over patio/tennis court | seven of them (T) |
| Evening grosbeak | 11/4/73 | Flying over yard | Flying high, many (T) |
| Redwing | 2/14/74 | Con Ed trail west of Furnace Brook Lake | Singing, only one (SR) |
| Grackle | 2/24/74 | Near house | Singing (SR) |
| Flicker | 2/28/74 | Heard, near lake | Normal (SR) |
| Mallard duck | 3/2/74 | In lake | Only small portion of water on lake (T) |
| Mute swan | 3/21/74 | Lake Woodrock | Pair (T) |
| Ruby-crowned kinglet | 9/7/74 | Gray birch outside window | Same place as last two years (T) |
| Blue goose | 9/29/74 | In lake with 25 Canada geese | A lifer, really unusual sight for us! (T) |