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Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 The Hudson Valley Landscape; A Land Shaped by Glaciers; A Land Changed by Humans; The River, Its Tributaries and Shoreline; The Uplands; The Physical Setting of Today's Hudson Valley; The River; The Land; 2 In the beginning, There Was Birdwatching; Tools for Getting Started; Binoculars for Birding; Field Guides; Bird Feeders as a Stepping-Stone to Birding; Feeding Birds Responsibly; Learning to Bird at a Feeder; 3 From Birdwatcher to Birder; Before You Go-Staying Safe While Birding the Hudson Valley The Annual CycleFind the Food, Find the Bird; Birds, Migration, and Weather; Some Important Bird Habitats in the Hudson Valley; Forests; Grasslands, Pastures, and Agricultural Lands; Scrublands and Successional Old Fields; Wetlands; Open Waters and Mudflats; Coastal Habitats; A Monthly Guide to Birding the Hudson Valley; 4 Step Up Your Birding Game; Listen to the Birds-Learning Songs and Calls; Mnemonics; Recordings and Apps; Description and Visualization; Tips for Learning Bird Vocalizations; Tap Into the Birding Community; Bird Clubs and Field Trips; Social Networking for Birders Activities to Build Your Birding SkillsSeeing, Finding, Reporting, and Documenting Rare Birds; Ethical Birding and Conservation; 5 Introduction to Birding Sites; Public Land Ownership in the Hudson Valley; About the Birding Sites; 6 The Upper Hudson Valley; Albany County; Cohoes Flats; Ann Lee Pond and Bauer Environmental Park; Albany Pine Bush Preserve; John Boyd Thacher and Thompson's Lake State Parks; Normanskill Farm; Five Rivers Environmental Education Center; Huyck Preserve and Biological Research Station; Deer Mountain Nature Trail; Rensselaer County; Lock 4 Canal Park Tomhannock ReservoirDyken Pond Environmental Education Center; Taconic Crest Trail, Petersburg Pass to Berlin Mountain; Papscanee Island Nature Preserve; Schodack Island State Park; Mud Pond Preserve; Greene County; Hannacroix Creek Preserve and Hudson River Interpretive Trail; Coxsackie Creek Grassland Preserve; Four-Mile Point Preserve and Vosburgh Swamp Wildlife Management Area; Hunter Mountain; Mountain Top Arboretum; RamsHorn-Livingston Sanctuary; Columbia County; Lewis A. Swyer Preserve at Mill Creek; Wilson M. Powell Wildlife Sanctuary; Hand Hollow Conservation Area; Stockport Flats Ooms Conservation Area at Sutherland PondBeebe Hill and Harvey Mountain State Forests; Greenport Conservation Area and Harrier Hill Park; Olana; Lake Taghkanic State Park; Harlem Valley Rail Trail, Copake Falls to Under Mountain Road; 7 The Mid-Hudson Valley; Ulster County; Great Vly Wildlife Management Area; Esopus Bend Nature Preserve; Esopus Meadows Preserve and Lighthouse Park; Balsam Lake Mountain; Kenneth L. Wilson Campground; Falling Waters Preserve; Shaupeneak Ridge; Minnewaska State Park Preserve; Nyquist-Harcourt Wildlife Sanctuary; Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge |
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