This is a summary of the Birdline reports for the week ending February 24, 2010
Report your sightings in New York's Hudson-Mohawk Region to [email protected].
Forty-two species were reported this week.
The most interesting were:
LAUGHING GULL: Coxsackie Boat Launch 2/22.
ICELAND GULL: Coxsackie Boat Launch 2/20, 2/22 (2).
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL: Coxsackie Boat Launch 2/22.
SHORT-EARED OWL: Coxsackie 2/18; Saratoga Battlefield 2/20 (2).
HORNED LARK: Slingerlands 2/24 (3).
LAPLAND LONGSPUR: Schagticoke 2/18.
RED CROSSBILL: West Fulton 2/22.
Other highlights:
Wild Turkey: Colonie 2/21 (3-4).
Turkey Vulture: Albany 2/20.
Bald Eagle: Coxsackie 2/18; Catskill 2/18 (3); Vischer Ferry 2/23.
Northern Harrier: Coxsackie 2/18 (2).
Rough-legged Hawk: Coxsackie 2/18, 2/22.
American Kestrel: Coxsackie 2/22.
Peregrine Falcon: Troy 2/23.
Northern Flicker: New Scotland 2/24 (3).
Fish Crow: New Baltimore 2/22 (2).
Common Raven: Willard Mountain 2/20 (2); West Fulton 2/22.
Golden-crowned Kinglet: Delmar 2/24.
Eastern Bluebird: Colonie 2/21 (4).
Northern Mockingbird: Coxsackie 2/22.
Savannah Sparrow: Coxsackie 2/18 (20+).
Red-winged Blackbird: West Sand Lake 2/18; 4-mile Point 2/20
(several); Florida 2/22 (6); Albany 2/24.
Common Grackle: Florida 2/22; Albany 2/24 (2).
Thanks to Phil Whitney (compiler), Deb Ferguson (Delmar), Bernie
Grossman (Vischer Ferry), Rich Guthrie (Coxsackie Boat Launch, 4-mile
Point, New Baltimore), Ron Harrower (Willard Mountain), Peg
Hasselwander (Albany 2/24), John Hershey (Schagticoke), Alan Mapes
(Coxsackie 2/18, Catskill, Slingerlands, New Scotland), David Martin
(West Fulton), Roger Miller (Florida), Curt Morgan (Coxsackie 2/22;
Troy), Ellen Pemrick (Colonie), Will Raup (Albany), Clint ____
(Saratoga Battlefield) and anonymous (West Sand Lake).
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