This is a summary of the Hudson-Mohawk Birdline reports for the week ending 9 March 2011. Report your sightings in New York's Hudson-Mohawk Region to [email protected]
Seventy-five species were reported this week. The most-reported species included Red-winged Blackbird (12 reports), Bald Eagle (7), Eastern Bluebird (7), Common Redpoll (7), Horned Lark (6) and Killdeer (5). The best birds of the week were: TUNDRA SWAN: Stafford Bridge 3/6, 3/9. REDHEAD: Fort Miller 3/5 (4); Cheviot 3/8 (9). BLACK VULTURE:Livingston 3/5 (2). GOLDEN EAGLE: Brunswick 3/4; Coxsackie 3/6. RED-SHOULDERED HAWK (probable): Greenwich 3/3. MERLIN: Brunswick 3/9. WILSON'S SNIPE: Burnt Hills 3/3. ICELAND GULL: Cohoes Flats 3/5; Crescent 3/6. GLAUCOUS GULL:Cohoes Flats 3/5; Crescent 3/6, 3/9. WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL: Stephentown 3/5 (2). HOARY REDPOLL (probable): Northville 3/4. Other notable sightings: American Widgeon: Northumberland 3/5; Stillwater 3/6. Northern Pintail:Stillwater 3/5, 3/6. Green-winged Teal: Stillwater 3/6. Greater Scaup: Stillwater 3/3 (3). Lesser Scaup: Stillwater 3/6. Wild Turkey: Austerlitz 3/4 (5); Schenectady 3/5 (7); East Greenbush 3/6 (19); Columbia County 3/8 (5). Great Blue Heron: Albany 3/9. Turkey Vulture: Brunswick 3/4 (2); Vischer Ferry 3/4; East Greenbush 3/7. Northern Harrier: Coxsackie 3/5 (3), 3/6. Cooper's Hawk: Coxsackie 3/6. Rough-legged Hawk: Coxsackie 3/5 (2). Peregrine Falcon: Cohoes Flats 3/5. Killdeer: Coxsackie 3/5 (10), 3/6; Livingston 3/5. American Woodcock: Livingston 3/5. Northern Flicker: Easton 3/3. Fish Crow: Schenectady 3/5. Song Sparrow: Stillwater 3/3, East Greenbush 3/6 (2), 3/9 (2); Cohoes Falls 3/8; Brunswick 3/9. Snow Bunting: Vischer Ferry 3/4 (4). Purple Finch: Austerlitz 3/5 (2). Pine Siskin: Averill Park 3/6; Old Chatham 3/7, Stillwater 3/7 (3). Thanks toPhil Whitney (Birdline compiler), Steve Abrahamsen (Saratoga, Cohoes Flats), Susan Beaudoin (Stafford Bridge 3/9, Stillwater 3/7), Elisabeth Grace (Old Chatham),Bernie Grossman (Rexford Bridge, Charlton, Bentsen), Rich Guthrie (Columbia County Jail), John Hershey (Easton 3/3, Stillwater 3/3, Crescent 3/6), Jesse Jaycox (Stephentown), Nancy Kern (Austerlitz, Cheviot, Columbia County), Heidi Klinowski (Troy), Bill Lee (Stillwater 3/3, Easton, Greenwich, Schenectady 3/5), Larry Main (Stillwater 3/6, Stafford Bridge, Crescent 3/6, Clifton Park), Curt Morgan (Cohoes Falls), Jeff Nadler (Northville), Bob Ramonowski (Schenectady), Will Raup (Coxsackie 3/5, Crescent 3/9, Albany), Gregg Recer (Northumberland 3/6, Stillwater 3/6, Easton 3/6, Fort Miller), Brian Smith (Averill Park), Sue Stewart (Burnt Hills, Schuylerville), Brad Walker (Brunswick), Valerie Wallin (Spencertown), Tom Williams (Coxsackie 3/6, Vischer Ferry) and Will Yandik (Livingston). -- 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/ --
