This is a summary of the Birdline reports for the week ending
November 11, 2009.
Report your sightings in the Hudson-Mohawk Region to [email protected].
Eighty-five species were reported this week including twenty-five
waterfowl species.
The most interesting reports this week were:
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER: Loughberry Lake 11/8.
RED-THROATED LOON: Tomhannock 11/7, 11/11; Saratoga Lake 11/8.
HORNED GREBE: : Saratoga Lake 11/9 (4), 11/10.
WHITE-EYED VIREO: Tomhannock 11/11.
HORNED LARK: Buskirk 11/10 (3).
AMERICAN PIPIT: Tomhannock 11/11 (25).
SNOW BUNTING: Greeneville 11/6 (3).
Other highlights:
Snow Goose: Tomhannock 11/11 (10).
Brant: Collins Lake 11/6 (2), 11/8, 11/11; Stanton Pond 11/7 (2), 11/8 (2).
Gadwall: Stanton Pond 11/7; Loughberry Lake 11/8, 11/10.
American Wigeon: Stanton Pond 11/7, 11/8.
Northern Pintail: Stanton Pond 11/7, 11/8.
Greater Scaup: Saratoga Lake 11/9.
Lesser Scaup: Tomhannock 11/7 (2), 11/11 (2); Saratoga Lake 11/8 (2), 11/9.
Bufflehead: Lake George 11/5 (16), 11/7 (12); Saratoga Lake 11/8 (7),
11/9 (12),11/10 (15); Tomhannock 11/11 (4); Nassau Lake 11/11 (3).
Ruddy Duck: Tomhannock 11/7; 11/11 (25); Nassau Lake 11/11 (10+).
Common Loon: Tomhannock 11/7 (3), 11/11 (4); Saratoga Lake 11/8 (14),
11/9 (7-9), 11/10; Lake George 11/9 (2).
Pied-billed Grebe: Saratoga Lake 11/8, 11/9 (22), 11/10 (15)..
Black Vulture: Ravena 11/6 (2); Guilderland 11/11 (2).
Osprey: Lake George 11/7.
Bald Eagle: Lake George 11/5; Collins Lake 11/8; Saratoga Lake 11/8 (2).
Northern Harrier: Wright's Loop 11/5; Northumberland 11/5 (2).
Peregrine Falcon: Troy 11/10; Rensselaer 11/11 (2).
Eastern Screech-Owl: Meadowdale 11/10.
Common Raven: Lake George 11/5; Tomhannock 11/11.
Brown Creeper: Rexford 11/5; Loughberry Lake 11/8; Vischer Ferry 11/9.
Carolina Wren: Vischer Ferry 11/8; Ramshorn/Livingston Sanctuary
11/10 (2); Tomhannock 11/11 (2).
Winter Wren: Five Rivers 11/8; Vischer Ferry 11/9.
Marsh Wren: Black Creek Marsh 11/5.
Golden-crowned Kinglet: Vischer Ferry 11/8; Ramshorn/Livingston
Sanctuary 11/10; Tomhannock 11/11 (7).
Hermit Thrush: Tomhannock 11/11 (2).
Northern Mockingbird: Greeneville 11/6; Vischer Ferry 11/9.
Yellow-rumped Warbler: Tomhannock 11/7.
Fox Sparrow: Glenville 11/6; Vischer Ferry 11/8, 11/9.
White-crowned Sparrow: Tomhannock 11/11.
Rusty Blackbird: Wright's Loop 11/5 (2); Black Creek Marsh 11/5 (18);
Ramshorn/Livingston Sanctuary 11/10 (11).
Thanks to Phil Whitney(compiler), Larry Alden (Meadowdale,
Guilderland, Tomhannock 11/11), Hope Batcheller (Buskirk), Jim Coe
(Ravena), Larry Federman (Ramshorn/Livingston Sanctuary), Alan French
(Glenville), Bernie Grossman (Rexford), Rich Guthrie (Greeneville,
Stanton Pond 11/7, Saratoga Lake 11/10, Loughberry Lake 11/10), Ron
Harrower (Saratoga Lake 11/8, Loughberry Lake 11/8), John Kent
(Rensselaer), Eric Krantz (Lake George), Bill Lee (Collins Pond
11/6,11/11, Wright's Loop, Northumberland, Saratoga Lake 11/9), Curt
Morgan (Troy), Ellen Pemrick (Vischer Ferry 11/8), Will Raup (Stanton
Pond 11/8), Neil Reilly (Collins Lake 11/8) and Tom Williams (Black
Creek Marsh, Five Rivers, Vischer Ferry 11/9). Tomhannock 11/7 data
from HMBC trip led by Larry Alden.
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