Date: June 15-16, 2013 The NYC Audubon overnight birding trip to Orange (Sterling Forest), Sullivan (Bashakill, Neversink) and Ulster (Shawangunks NWR) Counties was very successful with 79 species seen by most members of our 9 person group. Conditions were good for birding at Sterling, Neversink and Shawangunks, but Bashakill was mostly flooded with Haven Road closed, and the walking side trails mostly underwater. We did not record Virginia Rail or American Bittern as those areas were not accessible. The bird song at Neversink and easy finding of 4 Upland Sandpipers at Blue Chip Farm (Shawangunk) made up for it.Some highlights were: Golden-winged Warbler ( Ironwood Dr. Sterling) Bald Eagle Common Moorhen Whip-poor-will Pileated Woodpecker Bank Swallow Winter Wren Eastern Bluebird Brown Creeper Blue-headed Vireo Blackburnian Warbler (many) Black-throated Green Warbler (many) Hooded Warbler Indigo Bunting (at almost every stop) Bobolink Eastern Meadowlark Best, Joe Giunta --
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