This is a summary of the Hudson-Mohawk Birdline reports for the week ending September 8, 2010. Report your sightings in New York's Hudson-Mohawk Region to [email protected]
Ninety four species were reported this week, as migrants continue to move through the region. The best birds of the week were: SNOWY EGRET: New Baltimore 9/4; Coxsackie Grasslands 9/7. BLACK VULTURE: Thacher Park 9/5. MERLIN: Myosotis Lake 9/5. PECTORAL SANDPIPER: Myosotis Lake 9/2 - 9/7. SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER: Coxsackie Grasslands 9/6 (3). CASPIAN TERN: New Baltimore 9/4. PHILADELPHIA VIREO: Coxsackie Grasslands 9/2, 9/3 (2); Partridge Run 9/5, 9/6. CLIFF SWALLOW: Cohoes Flats 9/5. TENNESSEE WARBLER: Partridge Run 9/6 (3). NORTHERN PARULA: Partridge Run 9/3, 9/5, 9/6. CAPE MAY WARBLER: Partridge Run 9/6 (2). BAY-BREASTED WARBLER: Partridge Run 9/6. MOURNING WARBLER: Meadowdale 9/7. WILSON'S WARBLER: Coxsackie Grasslands 9/6, 9/7; Myosotis Lake 9/6. LINCOLN'S SPARROW: Partridge Run 9/3. Other notable sightings: Gadwall: 4-mile Point/ Vosburgh Marsh 9/5; Stanton Pond 9/5. American Wigeon: Stanton Pond 9/5 (35). Blue-winged Teal: 4-mile Point/ Vosburgh Marsh 9/5 (4); Stanton Pond 9/5 (4). Ruffed Grouse: 4-mile Point/ Vosburgh Marsh 9/5. Great Egret: Coxsackie Grasslands 9/3; Crescent 9/5; Vischer Ferry 9/5 (5); 4-mile Point/ Vosburgh Marsh 9/5 (5); Five Rivers 9/5. Osprey: 4-mile Point/ Vosburgh Marsh 9/5. Bald Eagle: 4-mile Point/ Vosburgh Marsh 9/5 (2); Cohoes Flats 9/5. Cooper's Hawk: Schenectady 9/6. Broad-winged Hawk: Guilderland 9/5; Saratoga 9/6; Thacher Park 9/6 (3). Semipalmated Plover: Stanton Pond 9/5 (2). Greater Yellowlegs: Coxsackie Grasslands 9/3. Lesser Yellowlegs: Coxsackie Grasslands 9/3 (3); Stanton Pond 9/5 (3). Eastern Screech-Owl: 4-mile Point/ Vosburgh Marsh 9/5. Yellow-throated Vireo: Partridge Run 9/5. Common Raven: Thacher Park 9/5. Horned Lark: Saratoga County Airport 9/5 (7). Northern Rough-winged Swallow: Cohoes Flats 9/5 (3). Bank Swallow: Cohoes Flats 9/5; 4-mile Point/ Vosburgh Marsh 9/5 (12). Carolina Wren: Guilderland 9/5; 4-mile Point/ Vosburgh Marsh 9/5 (2). Palm Warbler: Partridge Run 9/6. Purple Finch: Partridge Run 9/3; 4-mile Point/ Vosburgh Marsh 9/5 (2). Thanks to Phil Whitney (compiler), Steve Abrahamsen (Saratoga County Airport, Partridge Run 9/3, Myosotis Lake 9/3, Saratoga), Larry Alden (Thacher Park, Meadowdale), Rich Guthrie (New Baltimore, Coxsackie Grasslands, 4-mile Point/ Vosburgh Marsh, Myosotis Lake 9/6), Bob Ramonowski (Schenectady), Will Raup (Stanton Pond 9/5), Alan Schroeder (Guilderland, Cohoes Flats, Crescent, Vischer Ferry) and T. Lloyd Williams (Stanton Pond 9/5, Myosotis Lake 9/5, 9/6, Partridge Run 9/5, 9/6). -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
