4/3/21 - Liberty Loop Trail, Wallkill River NWR, Pine Island/Sussex, NY/NJ
Time: 5pm to darkObserver: Andrew Block
several Canada Geese (plus 2 dead ones near each other, not good)8+ Mute
Swansseveral Wood Ducks4 American Wigeons7 American Black Ducksmany Mallards7
Blue-winged Tealsmany Green-
6/26/20 - Liberty Loop Trail, Wallkill River NWR, Pine Island/Vernon Twp., NY/NJ
many Wood Ducks (of all ages)several Mallards6 Canada Geese1 Pied-billed Grebe1
Yellow-bellied Cuckoo1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird1 Virginia Rail8+ Common
Gallinules4 SANDHILL CRANES (including 2 little cranelings:-),
6/13/20 - Liberty Loop Trail, Wallkill River NWR, NY/NJ
1 Sandhill Crane (male was in same place as last time and eventually walked
over to where the female is on her nest)2 Least Bitterns100+ Wood Ducks (of all
different ages all in southern most impoundment)1 Brown Thrasher3 Bobolinks4
Marsh W
2/23/20 - Liberty Loop, Wallkill River NWR, NY
1 Snow Goosemany Canada Geese1 Mute Swanseveral American Black Ducksseveral
Mallards130+ Northern Pintails4 Mourning Doves2 Great Blue Herons1 Black
Vulture5 Turkey Vultures2 Red-tailed Hawks2 Northern Harriers1 Red-bellied
Woodpeckerseveral America
11/3/19 - Liberty Loop and Wood Duck Trails, Wallkill River NWR, NY/NJ
many Canada Geeseseveral Mallardsmany American Black Ducksmany Green-winged
Teals3 SANDHILL CRANES2 Short-billed Dowitchers3 Great Blue Herons3 Great
Egrets2 Turkey Vultures2 Bald Eagles4 Red-tailed Hawks1 Cooper's Hawk2 North
2/20/18 - Wallkill River N.W.R. area to Shawangunk N.W.R., Orange Co., NY
several Black and Turkey Vulturesmany Canada Geeseseveral Mallards
4 Ring-necked Ducks1 Hooded Merganserseveral Common Mergansers2 Bald Eagles
(Wallkill River just s. of the village)10+ Northern Harriers1 Cooper's
Hawksever
7/17/11 - Wallkill River NWR, Sussex, NJ
Time: 7:15am to 3pm
Observers: Andrew Block
25+ Great Blue Herons
3 Great Egrets
1 Green Heron
1 WHITE IBIS (juv. seen well after scared up by idiot in very low flying Cessna)
2 Turkey Vultures
several Canada Geese
several Wood Ducks
several Mallards
1 R