This is a summary of the Birdline reports for the week ending December 2, 2009.
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Fifty-five species were reported this week. The most interesting were:
REDHEAD: Galway Lake 11/27 (3), 11/28.
RED-NECKED GREBE: Tomhannock 11/29.
MERLIN: Delmar 11/30.
ICELAND GULL: Galway Lake 11/27; Coxsaclie Boat Launch 11/27, 11/30 (2).
NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL: Galway 11/29.
NORTHERN SHRIKE: Meadowdale 11/26.
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT: Vischer Ferry 12/1.
Other highlights:
Snow Goose: Galway Lake 11/27, 11/28 (blue morph), Vischer Ferry
11/28; Tomhannock 11/29 (~300).
American Wigeon: Galway Lake 11/29 (2); Vischer Ferry 11/29 (4), 12/1 (2).
Northern Shoveler: Vischer Ferry 11/28, 12/1.
Northern Pintail: Galway Lake 11/29; Vischer Ferry 11/28 (3), 11/29
(10), 12/1 (4).
Lesser Scaup: Galway Lake 11/27 (2), 11/29 (2).
Bufflehead: Galway Lake 11/29 (2); Tomhannock 11/29, Lake George 11/30 (5).
Ruddy Duck: Galway Lake 11/27 (50), 11/29 (30+).
Wild Turkey: Rexford 12/2 (9).
Pied-billed Grebe: Austerlitz 11/29.
Osprey: Galway Lake 11/28.
Bald Eagle: Galway Lake 11/27, 11/28; Collins Lake 11/28, Brunswick
11/28 (3); Tomhannock 11/29.
Great Horned Owl: Saratoga 11/29.
Golden-crowned Kinglet: West Sand Lake 12/2 (2).
Eastern Bluebird: Meadowdale 11/26 (3); Vischer Ferry 11/29.
Fox Sparrow: Vischer Ferry 11/28, 12/1.
Thanks to Phil Whitney (compiler), Larry Alden (Meadowdale), Bernie
Grossman (Rexford), Rich Guthrie (Coxsaclie Boat Launch, Vischer
Ferry 11/29), David Harrington (Galway Lake 11/27, 11/28), Ron
Harrower (Galway, Galway Lake 11/29), Nancy Kern (Austerlitz), Jory
Langner (Delmar), Steve Mesick (Tomhannock), Cheryl Tucker (Lake
George), Brad Walker (Brunswick), Tom Williams (Tomhannock, Vischer
Ferry 12/1), Naomi ___ (West Sand Lake) and anonymous (Saratoga).
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