This is a summary of the Birdline reports for the week ending February 17, 2010
Report your sightings in New York's Hudson-Mohawk Region to birdl...@hmbc.net.
Only thirty species were reported this week.
The most interesting were:
ICELAND GULL: Crescent 2/13; Coxsackie Boat Launch 2/14 (2), 2/15.
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL: Coxsackie Boat Launch 2/14.
SHORT-EARED OWL: Saratoga Battlefield 2/14 (2).
NORTHERN SHRIKE: Charlton 2/13.
Other highlights:
Gadwall: Cohoes Falls 2/15 (2).
Ring-necked Duck: Stillwater 2/15 (6).
Common Goldeneye: Stillwater 2/15 (75).
Great Blue Heron: Albany 2/11.
Turkey Vulture: Ravena 2/12 (2).
Bald Eagle: Stillwater 2/11; Lake George 2/14.
Northern Harrier: Coxsackie Grasslands 2/12, 2/14; Amsterdam 2/14.
Sharp-shinned Hawk: Coxsackie 2/14; Amsterdam 2/14.
Cooper's Hawk: Colonie 2/11; Coxsackie 2/14.
Rough-legged Hawk: Coxsackie Grasslands 2/14; Amsterdam 2/14.
American Kestrel: Amsterdam 2/14.
Peregrine Falcon: Troy 2/13.
Eastern Screech-Owl: Colonie 2/15.
Great Horned Owl: Loudonville 2/13.
Barred Owl: Rensselaerville 2/13; Warrensburg 2/13.
Northern Flicker: Rexford 2/11.
Fish Crow: Schenectady 2/15.
Common Raven: Brunswick 2/13 (2).
Carolina Wren: Rexford 2/11 (2).
Eastern Bluebird: Stillwater 2/11 (6).
Northern Mockingbird: Charlton 2/13.
Cedar Waxwing: West Sand Lake 2/16 (flock).
Thanks to Phil Whitney (compiler), Cathie Bryant (Stillwater 2/11),
Gerry Colborn (Rensselaerville, Crescent), Bernie Grossman (Rexford),
Rich Guthrie (Ravena, Coxsackie Boat Launch 2/14, Coxsackie,
Coxsackie Grasslands 2/14), David Harrison (Cohoes Falls,
Warrensburg, Saratoga Battlefield, Stillwater 2/15), Peg Hasselwander
(Albany), Eric Krantz (Lake George), Anne Magee (Albany 2/11), Curt
Morgan (Coxsackie Grasslands 2/12), Jeff Nadler (Charlton, Coxsackie
Boat Launch 2/15), Pat Newman (Stillwater 2/14, Saratoga
Battlefield), Ellen Pemrick (Colonie), Bob Ramonowski (Schenectady),
George Steele (Amsterdam), Scott Stoner (Loudonville), Brad Walker
(Brunswick) and two anonymous reports (Troy, West Sand Lake).
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