Many of the places were visited are regular spots for our monthly bird walks including Hubbard Preserve, Glynwood Farm, Little Stony Point, Constitution Marsh, and Fahnestock State Park. It was a full circle moment, in the fact that we bird all of these local spots year around, however have never challenged ourselves to hit them in one- day to see how many species we could get. It was an exercise of all of our knowledge inclusive of small tips and tricks that we learned from Putnam birders long before our time.

We had some great moments on the Birdathon that really made the day worth it. At one point in the morning we got hit with a quick and aggressive rainstorm. We drove through the rain, in hopes the storm dropped some migrating birds onto the Hudson River. We arrived at Cold Spring Gazebo and quickly got on a large migrating flock of Brant. This waterfowl/goose species spends its winter in coastal habitats and migrates back to nest on the northern tundra. Sometimes this species will make a short cut and fly directly north up the Hudson River, which we were lucky enough to see right after the rainstorm.