This is a summary of the Hudson-Mohawk Birdline reports for the week
ending September 15, 2010.
Report your sightings in New York's Hudson-Mohawk Region to
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One hundred-one species were reported this week
Best birds of the week:
LESSER SCAUP: Empire State Plaza 9/14, 9/15.
MERLIN: Albany 9/8.
PECTORAL SANDPIPER: Myosotis Lake 9/11 (2), 9/12 (2).
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER: 4-mile Point 9/12.
PHILADELPHIA VIREO: Saratoga Battlefield 9/11.
AMERICAN PIPIT: Saratoga County Airport 9/12.
CAPE MAY WARBLER: Rotterdam 9/12.
WILSON'S WARBLER: Ferry Drive 9/10; Brunswick 9/14 (2); Coxsackie
Grasslands 9/14.
LINCOLN'S SPARROW: Five Rivers 9/13.
Other notable sightings:
Blue-winged Teal: Vischer Ferry 9/9.
Great Egret: Vischer Ferry 9/9; Gateway Landing 9/10; Watervliet
Reservoir 9/13; Stockport 9/15 (5).
Osprey: Brunswick 9/10; Saratoga Battlefield 9/11; Watervliet Reservoir
9/13; Corning Preserve 9/11.
Bald Eagle: Myosotis Lake 9/11, 9/12; Brunswick 9/13 (2); Stockport 9/15
(3).
Sharp-shinned Hawk: Brunswick 9/13, 9/14 (2)..
Cooper's Hawk: Brunswick 9/10, 9/13 (2), 9/14 (2)..
Broad-winged Hawk: Saratoga Battlefield 9/11; Brunswick 9/13 (12), 9/14
(7).
American Kestrel: Saratoga Battlefield 9/11; Brunswick 9/13, 9/14.
Semipalmated Plover: Myosotis Lake 9/11.
Solitary Sandpiper: Brunswick 9/10; Myosotis Lake 9/11 (6); Five Rivers
9/13 (2); Watervliet Reservoir 9/13.
Greater Yellowlegs: Myosotis Lake 9/11.
Lesser Yellowlegs: Myosotis Lake 9/11 (2).
Great Horned Owl: Meadowdale 9/12.
Common Nighthawk: Five Rivers 9/13.
Warbling Vireo: Gateway Landing 9/10; Brunswick 9/13, 9/14.
Common Raven: New Baltimore 9/8; Saratoga 9/11.
Horned Lark: Saratoga County Airport 9/12 (14).
Carolina Wren: Meadowdale 9/12; Brunswick 9/13.
Hermit Thrush: Saratoga Battlefield 9/11.
Tennessee Warbler (possible): Glenville 9/15.
Nashville Warbler: Five Rivers 9/13; Glenville 9/15.
Magnolia Warbler: Ferry Drive 9/10; 4-mile Point 9/12; Brunswick 9/13 (3).
Black-throated Blue Warbler: Brunswick 9/13.
Blackpoll Warbler: Ferry Drive 9/10; Five Rivers 9/13.
Scarlet Tanager: Saratoga Battlefield 9/11.
Vesper Sparrow (possible): Saratoga Battlefield 9/11.
Purple Finch: Coxsackie Grasslands 9/10 (2).
Thanks to Phil Whitney (compiler), Steve Abrahamsen (Saratoga County
Airport, Saratoga Battlefield, Saratoga), Larry Alden (Meadowdale), Alan
French (Glenville), Rich Guthrie (4-mile Point, Coxsackie Grasslands,
New Baltimore), John Hershey (Myosotis Lake 9/12, Ferry Drive), Jeremy
Kirchman (Empire State Plaza ), Bill Lee (Gateway Landing, Corning
Preserve), Malcolm Morris (Myosotis Lake 9/11), Jeff Nadler (Rotterdam),
Will Raup (Albany, Five Rivers), Alan Schroeder (Watervliet Reservoir),
Scott Stoner (Stockport), Steven Sulzer (Claverack) and Brad Walker
(Brunswick).
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