This is a summary of the Birdline reports for the week ending October 14.
Report your sightings in the Hudson-Mohawk Region (NYSOA region 8) to
[email protected] or by calling 518-439-8080.
The SWAINSON'S HAWK continued to put on a good show at the New
Baltimore Thruway exit (21B), being seen there each day through 10/14.
The most-reported species this week include Blue-headed Vireo (5
reports), Winter Wren (5), Ruby-crowned Kinglet (6), Yellow-rumped
Warbler (7), White-throated Sparrow (9) and White-crowned Sparrow (5).
Here are other highlights:
Snow Goose (blue phase): Loughberry Lake 10/12.
Brant: Meadowdale 10/12; Five Rivers 10/12 (~100).
Blue-winged Teal: Vischer Ferry 10/9 (~14).
Green-winged Teal: Vischer Ferry 10/9 (~35).
Ring-necked Duck: Alcove Reservoir 10/11 (12).
Common Merganser: Ferry Drive 10/13 (3).
Ruddy Duck: Galway Lake 10/11 (18).
Common Loon: Lake George 10/9; Alcove Reservoir 10/11 (2).
RED-NECKED GREBE: Alcove Reservoir 10/11.
Osprey: Vischer Ferry 10/8; Helderberg Hawkwatch 10/8 (2).
Bald Eagle: Helderberg Hawkwatch 10/8; Alcove Reservoir 10/11;
Collins Park 10/14; Lake George 10/14.
Northern Harrier: Helderberg Hawkwatch 10/8.
Cooper's Hawk: Helderberg Hawkwatch 10/8 (3).
NORTHERN GOSHAWK: Helderberg Hawkwatch 10/8 (2).
SWAINSON'S HAWK: New Baltimore daily through 10/14.
American Kestrel: Helderberg Hawkwatch 10/8 (5).
MERLIN: Helderberg Hawkwatch 10/8 (7); Five Rivers 10/12.
Peregrine Falcon: Helderberg Hawkwatch 10/8.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird: Voorheesville 10/12.
Red-eyed Vireo: Fox Hill 10/11.
Common Raven: Helderberg Hawkwatch 10/8; Providence 10/11 (3).
Tree Swallow: Collins Park 10/14.
Carolina Wren: Vischer Ferry 10/9; Colonie 10/10; Ferry Drive 10/13;
Troy 10/13.
Golden-crowned Kinglet: Helderberg Hawkwatch 10/8; Troy 10/11.
Swainson's Thrush: Vischer Ferry 10/8; Providence 10/13.
Hermit Thrush: Five Rivers 10/11, 10/12; Meadowdale 10/12.
Brown Thrasher: Troy 10/11.
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER: Vischer Ferry 10/6.
Magnolia Warbler: Vischer Ferry 10/9 (3).
Palm Warbler: Helderberg Hawkwatch 10/8; Vischer Ferry 10/9; Five
Rivers 10/11, 10/12.
Lincoln's Sparrow: Vischer Ferry 10/9; Meadowdale 10/10 (2).
Rose-breasted Grosbeak: Providence 10/12.
Rusty Blackbird: Five Rivers 10/11.
Thanks to Phil Whitney (compiler), Larry Alden (Meadowdale), Hannah
Bewsher (Troy 10/11), Nancy Castillo (Providence), Ron Harrower
(Vischer Ferry 10/6, Galway Lake, Fox Hill, Providence 10/11), John
Hershey (Vischer Ferry 10/9), Heidi Klinowski (Troy 10/13), Eric
Krantz (Lake George), Margaret Krolick (Voorheesville), Bill Lee
(Helderberg Hawkwatch, Collins Park), Alan Mapes (Five Rivers 10/12),
Ellen Pemrick (Colonie), Barb Putnam (Gansevoort), Will Raup (Alcove
Reservoir) and Tom Williams (Vischer Ferry 108, 10/9, Ferry Drive
10/13). Five Rivers 10/11 sightings are from the HMBC field trip led
by John Kent.
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