This is a summary of the Hudson-Mohawk Birdline reports for the week ending 4 January 2012. Report your sightings in New York's Hudson-Mohawk Region to [email protected]
Eighty-six species were reported, including results from the Fort Plain (FPCBC, 12/30) andTroy (TCBC, 12/31) CBCs. Most-reported species include Bald Eagle (11 reports), Northern Harrier (7), Eastern Bluebird (6) and Mute Swan (6). The best birds were: BARROW'S GOLDENEYE: Fort Miller 12/31. RED-BREASTED MERGANSER: Tomhannock 12/29 (3); TCBC. BLACK VULTURE: Hudson 1/2 (3). MERLIN: FPCBC (2); TCBC (2); Peebles Island 1/2. SANDHILL CRANE: FPCBC. WILSON'S SNIPE: TCBC. ICELAND GULL: Crescent 12/31. GLAUCOUS GULL: TCBC. NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL: FPCBC (2). PINE GROSBEAK: FPCBC. Other notable reports: Snow Goose: FPCBC; TCBC (3); Five Rivers 1/1. Gadwall: Tomhannock 12/29 (22); TCBC (2). Northern Pintail: TCBC (2). Greater Scaup: TCBC. Lesser Scaup: TCBC . Ruddy Duck: Copake Lake 1/2 (50). Ruffed Grouse: Fort Edward 12/29; FPCBC (3), TCBC. Common Loon: Lake George 12/29, 12/31; TCBC. Great Blue Heron: FPCBC (2); TCBC (9). Rough-legged Hawk: Fort Edward 12/29, 1/4; Greenwich 12/29; FPCBC (12). Peregrine Falcon: TCBC (2). American Coot: Copake Lake 1/2 (40). Eastern Screech-Owl: FPCBC (5); TCBC (2). Great Horned Owl: Colonie 12/29 (2); FPCBC (2); TCBC. Barred Owl: FPCBC; TCBC. Short-eared Owl: Coxsackie Grasslands 12/29 (2); FPCBC (5); Fort Edward 1/1 (6-8), 1/4 (3). Horned Lark: FPCBC (605). Carolina Wren: FPCBC (5); TCBC (9); Five Rivers 1/1. Golden-crowned Kinglet: FPCBC (6). Gray Catbird: TCBC. Northern Mockingbird: Fort Edward 12/29 (3); Five Rivers 1/1 (3); Germantown 1/2; Copake 1/2. Field Sparrow: TCBC (4). White-crowned Sparrow: FPCBC. Snow Bunting: FPCBC (3). Brown-headed Cowbird: Greenwich 12/29 (25),TCBC (263); Livingston 1/4 (650). Purple Finch: FPCBC; TCBC. Thanks to Phil Whitney (Birdline compiler), Larry Alden (TCBC), Mona Bearor (South Glens Falls), Adam Elbrecht (Cohoes Falls, Peebles Island 1/1), Alan French (Glenville), Bernie Grossman (Fort Edward 1/4), Rich Guthrie (Coxsackie Grasslands), Ron Harrower (Galway), John Hershey (Crescent), Drew Hopkins (Hudson, Valatie), Nancy Kern (Tomhannock 12/29, Fort Miller, Fort Edward 12/29, Greenwich, Copake, Copake Lake, Germantown, Nassau Lake, Chatham), Eric Krantz (Lake George), Naomi Lloyd (Peeble Island 1/2), James Macione (Tomhannock 1/2), Curt Morgan (Cohoes, West Sand Lake), Ellen Pemrick (Colonie), Tom Salo (FPCBC), Scott Stoner (Fort Edward 1/1) and Will Yandik (Livingston) Five Rivers reports are from the New Years Day count hosted by Craig Thompson. -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
