This is a summary of the Hudson-Mohawk Birdline reports for the week ending 14 March 2012. Report your sightings in New York's Hudson-Mohawk Region to [email protected]
Seventy-seven species were reported this week. The most-reported species include Killdeer (7 reports), Common Merganser (7), Hooded Merganser (6), Eastern Bluebird (6), Bald Eagle (5), Pileated Woodpecker (5) and Song Sparrow (5). The best birds were: RING-NECKED PHEASANT: Coxsackie Grasslands 3/12. GREAT CORMORANT: Germantown 3/10, 3/12. RED-SHOULDERED HAWK: Saratoga 3/12. MERLIN: Schenectady 3/9, 3/12. BARRED OWL: Powell Preserve 3/8. RUSTY BLACKBIRD: Black Creek Marsh 3/11 (43). RED CROSSBILL: Dresden 3/9. A GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE reported at Fort Miller on 3/3 by Ron Renoni was accidentally omitted from last week's summary. Other notable reports: Snow Goose: Black Creek Marsh 3/11 (~200); Saratoga Battlefield 3/11. Wood Duck: Five Rivers 3/8 (2), Black Creek Marsh 3/11 (5); Guilderland 3/12 (2); Charlton 3/12 (2). Gadwall: Dresden 3/9 (8). American Wigeon: Stanton Pond 3/8; Dresden 3/9, Vischer Ferry 3/10 (24), 3/12. Northern Shoveler: Vischer Ferry 3/10. Northern Pintail: Vosburgh Marsh 3/8; Chatham 3/10; Watervliet Reservoir 3/11. Greater Scaup: Dresden 3/9 (3). Lesser Scaup: Dresden 3/9. Bufflehead: Vischer Ferry 3/10 (6). Ruddy Duck: Coxsackie Reservoir 3/8 (10). Ruffed Grouse: Old Chatham 3/10. Pied-billed Grebe: Snyder's Lake 3/12. Great Blue Heron: Five Rivers 3/8. Black Vulture: Queensbury 3/11; Ravena 3/11 (6). Northern Harrier: Burnt Hills 3/8 (2), Five Rivers 3/8, Coxsackie Flats 3/8 (2), Black Creek Marsh 3/11. American Kestrel: Queensbury 3/9; Rensselaer 3/13. Killdeer: Coxsackie Grasslands 3/8; Stanton Pond 3/8, Queensbury 3/8. American Woodcock: Averill Park 3/8, Black Creek Marsh 3/11(2); Claverack 3/12 (3); West Sand Lake 3/12 (2). Eastern Screech-Owl: Black Creek Marsh 3/11 (2); Colonie 3/11. Great Horned Owl: Black Creek Marsh 3/11. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker: Putnam Station 3/9. Eastern Phoebe: Stockport Flats 3/11; Claverack 3/12; Moreau Lake 3/13; Catskill 3/13. Eastern Kingbird (possible): Malta 3/8. Fish Crow: New Baltimore 3/12 (6). Common Raven: Five Rivers 3/11; East Greenbush 3/11 (2); New Baltimore 3/12; Rensselaer 3/13 (2). Tree Swallow: Niskayuna 3/8; Black Creek Marsh 3/12; Five Rivers 3/12. Carolina Wren: Averill Park 3/9; Stockport Flats 3/11 (2). Winter Wren: Five Rivers 3/8. Northern Mockingbird: Coxsackie Grasslands 3/8, 3/12; Stockport Flats 3/11. Cedar Waxwing: Powell Preserve 3/8 (64). Yellow-rumped Warbler: Dresden Station 3/9; Stockport Flats 3/11. Fox Sparrow: Catskill 3/13 (5-6). Eastern Meadowlark: Five Rivers 3/11. Pine Siskin: Dresden 3/9 (12). Thanks to Phil Whitney (Birdline compiler), Steve Abrahamsen (Saratoga), Lindsey Duval (Queensbury), Larry Federman (Powell Preserve, Catskill), Alan French (Glenville), Dan Furbish (Rensselaer), Elisabeth Grace (Chatham, Old Chatham), Bernie Grossman (Vischer Ferry), Rich Guthrie (New Baltimore, Ravena), David Harrison (Dresden, Dresden Station, Putnam Station),John Hershey (Vischer Ferry), Drew Hopkins (Germantown), Nancy Kern (Stockport Flats), Naomi King (Averill Park 3/9), Bill Lee (Schenectady 3/9), Naomi Lloyd (Snyder's Lake, West Sand Lake), Jackson Mesick (Black Creek Marsh, Five Rivers 3/12), Joyce Miller (Queensbury 3/8), Jeff Nadler (Schenectady 3/12), Marne Onderdonk (Malta), Ellen Pemrick (Colonie), Sue Pierce (Queensbury, Moreau Lake, Saratoga Battlefield), Will Raup (Coxsackie Grasslands, Coxsackie Reservoir, Vosburgh Marsh, Stanton Pond), Alan Schroeder (Guilderland), Brian Smith (Averill Park 3/8, 3/12), Susan Stewart (Burnt Hills),Tom Williams (Niskayuna, Five Rivers 3/8, Black Creek Marsh, Watervliet Reservoir) and Chad Witko (Claverack, Germantown, Coxsackie Flats 3/12). -- 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/ --
