This is a summary of the Hudson-Mohawk Birdline reports for the week
ending August 18, 2010.
Report your sightings in New York's Hudson-Mohawk Region to
[email protected]
Sixty-two species were reported this week.
This week's best birds were:
LITTLE BLUE HERON (imm): Myosotis Lake 8/14, 8/15, 8/16, 8/17.
MISSISSIPPI KITE: Root 8/11 (3), 8/15, 8/17 (2).
BLACK TERN: Myosotis Lake 8/14, 8/15.
Also of interest:
Common Loon: Pack Forest Lake 8/17 (3).
Great Egret: Vischer Ferry 8/15 (15), 8/18; Colonie 8/17 (20),.
Osprey: Partridge Run/Huyck Preserve 8/15.
Bald Eagle: Menands 8/12; Partridge Run/Huyck Preserve 8/15; Myosotis
Lake 8/17.
Northern Harrier: Root 8/17.
Cooper's Hawk: Brunswick 8/14; Root 8/17.
Broad-winged Hawk: Partridge Run/Huyck Preserve 8/15.
American Kestrel: Coxsackie Grasslands 8/14 (2); Partridge Run/Huyck
Preserve 8/15; Root 8/17 (32).
Peregrine Falcon (chasing a Bald Eagle!): Menands 8/12.
Lesser Yellowlegs: Partridge Run/Huyck Preserve 8/15, Myosotis Lake 8/15
(3); Vischer Ferry 8/18 (2).
Common Nighthawk: Albany 8/12; Meadowdale 8/14 (4).
Common Raven: Feura Bush 8/15; Pack Forest Lake 8/17; Root 8/17 (2).
Carolina Wren: New Scotland 8/12; Albany 8/14 (4).
Hermit Thrush: Pack Forest Lake 8/17 (3).
Blackburnian Warbler: Myosotis Lake 8/15.
Black-and-White Warbler: Colonie 8/13.
Northern Waterthrush: Greenfield Center 8/13.
Baltimore Oriole: Vischer Ferry 8/18.
Purple Finch: Saratoga 8/13.
Thanks to Phil Whitney (compiler), Steve Abrahamsen (Greenfield Center,
Saratoga, Pack Forest Lake), Larry Alden (Meadowdale), Rich Guthrie
(Coxsackie Grasslands , Myosotis Lake 8/15, Root 8/11), Ken Harper
(Colonie 8/17), John Hershey (Vischer Ferry 8/15), Tim Judge (Menands),
Jory Langner (Myosotis Lake 8/16), Jerry Lazarczyk (Myosotis Lake 8/17),
Alan Mapes (New Scotland), Jeff Nadler (Root 8/15), Ellen Pemrick
(Colonie 8/13), Will Raup (Albany, Myosotis Lake 8/15, Partridge
Run/Huyck Preserve, Feura Bush, Root 8/17), Sue Stewart (Burnt Hills),
Brad Walker (Brunswick), Tom Williams (Vischer Ferry 8/18) and T. Lloyd
Williams (Myosotis Lake 8/14, 8/15).
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