This is a summary of the Birdline reports for the week ending March 10, 2010
Report your sightings in New York's Hudson-Mohawk Region to [email protected].
Sixty-four species were reported this week.
Most notable sightings:
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE: : Fort Miller 3/4.
BLACK VULTURE: Catskill 3/5 (3); Mechanicville 3/6 (2); New Baltimore
Thruway rest stop 3/10 (10).
NORTHERN GOSHAWK: Ramshorn/Livingston Sanctuary 3/5.
SHORT-EARED OWL: Saratoga Battlefield 3/5 (9), 3/6 (5).
MARSH WREN: Vischer Ferry 3/9.
RED CROSSBILL: Burnt-Rossman Hills SF 3/8 (2).
Most-reported species included Red-Winged Blackbird (8 reports), Fish
Crow (8), Common Grackle (7), Eastern Bluebird (7), Common Merganser
(7), Bald Eagle (7), and Red-tailed Hawk (6) including a pair nesting
near Western Gateway Bridge for the 16th consecutive year.
Other highlights:
Gadwall: Collins Lake 3/10.
American Wigeon: Collins Lake 3/10 (6); Ferry Drive 3/10.
Northern Pintail: Collins Lake 3/9, 3/10 (4); Ferry Drive 3/10.
Greater Scaup: Fort Miller 3/4 (2).
Ruffed Grouse: Ferry Drive 3/10.
Turkey Vulture: Ravena 3/4 (4); East Greenbush 3/8.
Rough-legged Hawk: Florida 3/6.
Peregrine Falcon: Green Island 3/4; Cohoes Falls 3/5.
Killdeer: Meadowdale 3/6; Livingston 3/7; Kinderhook 3/9; Burnt Hills 3/9.
American Woodcock: Livingston 3/6.
Northern Flicker: Niskayuna 3/2; Easton 3/4.
Eastern Phoebe: Stillwater 3/6.
Brown Creeper: Burnt Hills 3/9.
Carolina Wren: Peebles Island 3/9; Collins Lake 3/9.
Cedar Waxwing: Ghent 3/9.
White-crowned Sparrow: Niskayuna 3/9 (2).
Thanks to Phil Whitney (compiler), Larry Alden (Meadowdale), Mona
Bearor (South Glens Falls), Gerry Colborn (Peebles Island), Larry
Federman (Catskill, Ramshorn/Livingston Sanctuary 3/5), Rich Guthrie
(Ravena, New Baltimore), Ken Harper (Green Island), Ron Harrower
(Saratoga Springs 3/7), Rob Hayes (W Gateway Bridge, Albany), John
Hershey (Fort Miller), John Kent (Albany), Heidi Klinowski (Latham),
Bill Lee (Stillwater 3/4, Easton, Fort Miller), Priscilla Leonard
(Jonesville, Clifton Park), Naomi Lloyd (West Sand Lake), Anne Magee
(Albany 3/7, Niskayuna 3/9), Larry Main (Ferry Drive), Curt Morgan
(Crescent), Jeff Nadler (Charlton, Collins Lake), Pat Newman
(Stillwater 3/7, Niskayuna 3/8), Marne Onderdonk (Saratoga Springs
3/9), Bob Ramonowski (Schenectady), Elayne Ryba (Niskayuna 3/7), Alan
Schroeder (Guilderland), George Steele (Florida), Sue Stewart (Burnt
Hills), Marlene Vidibor (Ghent), Tom Williams (Vischer Ferry, Ferry
Drive, Ramshorn/Livingston Sanctuary 3/7), Chad Witko (Kinderhook),
Will Yandik (Livingston), Donna Zimmerman (Colonie, Burnt-Rossman
Hills SF) and anonymous (Saratoga Battleflield, Cohoes Falls).
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