I've kind of fallen behind on my posting because of a jammed packed schedule, but I finished catching up this afternoon. Below I have links to my 8/26 Vassar Farm Hike and my 8/27 Stissing Mountain Hike:
8/26/10 - http://deidam.wordpress.com/2010/08/28/082610-vassar-farm-hike/ 8/27/10 - http://deidam.wordpress.com/2010/08/28/082710-thompson-pond-nature-preserve-hike/ 8/26/10 Vassar Farm Sighting List 1. Wood Duck 2. Mallard 3. Wild Turkey (only heard in the field) 4. Great Blue Heron 5. Green Heron 6. Red-Tailed Hawk 7. Mourning Dove 8. Ruby-Throated Hummingbird 9. Belted Kingfisher 10. Red-Bellied Woodpecker 11. Downy Woodpecker 12. Northern Flicker 13. Blue Jay 14. American Crow 15. Barn Swallow 16. Black-Capped Chickadee 17. Eastern Bluebird 18. American Robin 19. Gray Catbird 20. Northern Mockingbird 21. European Starling 22. Cedar Waxwing 23. Song Sparrow 24. Indigo Bunting 25. Red-Winged Blackbird 26. Common Grackle 27. American Goldfinch 8/27/10 Stissing Mountain Sighting List 1. Mute Swan (seen from the tower looking down into the pond) 2. Turkey Vulture 3. Red-Tailed Hawk 4. Ruby Throated Hummingbird (seen roadside where I parked) 5. Downy Woodpecker 6. Common Raven (only heard) 7. Black Capped Chickadee (seen & heard the whole length of the hike) 8. Gray Catbird 9. Cedar Waxwing 10. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 11. Wood Frog 12. Pickerel Frog 13. Toad (don't know what kind yet)
