This is a summary of the Hudson-Mohawk Birdline reports for the week
ending November 10, 2010.
Report your sightings in New York's Hudson-Mohawk Region to
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Ninety species were reported this week including 27waterfowl species.
Most-reported species included Bald Eagle (12 reports), Common Loon
(10), Pine Siskin (8) and Black Scoter (7 ).
Best birds of the week were:
LONG-TAILED DUCK: Saratoga Lake 11/6; Nassau Lake 11/6 (3).
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER: Cossayuna Lake 11/6 (4); Ferry Drive 11/7;
Saratoga Lake 11/7.
RED-THROATED LOON: Tomhannock 11/7, 11/9, 11/10; Nassau Lake 11/8 (2).
PACIFIC LOON: Tomhannock 11/7, 11/9.
RED-NECKED GREBE: Tomhannock 11/10.
GOLDEN EAGLE: Gilboa 11/6.
MERLIN: Cohoes Flats 11/4.
BONAPARTE'S GULL: Tomhannock 11/7.
NORTHERN SHRIKE: Gilboa 11/6; Rensselaerville 11/6.
AMERICAN PIPIT: Papscanee 11/4 (30).
WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL: Gansevoort 11/9.
EVENING GROSBEAK: Berne 11/6 (2); Providence 11/9 (3).
Other notable sightings:
Snow Goose: Tomhannock 11/6 (2).
Mute Swan: Germantown 11/5 (4).
Gadwall: Stanton Pond 11/5 (~20).
Northern Pintail: Stanton Pond 11/5 (3).
Greater Scaup: Cossayuna Lake 11/6 (2); Tomhannock 11/8, 11/10..
Lesser Scaup: Saratoga Lake 11/4 (2); Loughberry Lake 11/6 (5);
Tomhannock 11/8, 11/10..
Surf Scoter: Tomhannock 11/9.
White-winged Scoter: Saratoga Lake 11/4; Tomhannock 11/7 (2), 11/10 (2).
Ring-necked Pheasant: Germantown 11/5.
Ruffed Grouse: Ghent 11/6; Galway 11/7.
Northern Harrier: Eichybush Road 11/4 (2); Henry Hudson Park 11/5.
Rough-legged Hawk: Germantown 11/5.
Peregrine Falcon: Empire State Plaza 11/9.
Spotted Sandpiper: Coxsackie Boat Launch 11/5.
Wilson's Snipe: Rensselaerville 11/6.
American Woodcock: Galway 11/7.
Eastern Screech-Owl: Vosburgh Marsh 11/5.
Common Raven: Saratoga 11/6; Lake George 11/6; Tomhannock 11/8 (3).
Horned Lark: Rensselaerville 11/7 (30).
Tree Swallow: Tomhannock 11/6; 11/7 (7).
Carolina Wren: Troy 11/4; Coeymans Landing 11/5; Saratoga 11/6. 11/7.
Golden-crowned Kinglet: Saratoga 11/4.
Hermit Thrush: Henry Hudson Park 11/5.
American Tree Sparrow: Vischer Ferry 11/6; Brunswick 11/6; Galway 11/7;
Ghent 11/8.
Fox Sparrow: Ghent 11/6 (3) 11/8 (2); Brunswick 11/6; Glenville 11/7;
Galway 11/7 (10).
Snow Bunting: Carter Pond WMA 11/6 (~50); Whitehall 11/9..
Purple Finch: Troy 11/4.
Thanks to Phil Whitney (compiler), Steve Abrahamsen (Saratoga, Saratoga
Lake 11/4, 11/7; Carter Pond, Cossayuna Lake), Karen Browne (Clifton
Park), Alan French (Glenville), Nancy Castillo (Providence), Jason
Goldsmith (Whitehall), Bernie Grossman (Lock 7), Rich Guthrie
(Tomhannock 11/7), Ron Harrower (Saratoga Lake 11/6, Loughberry Lake
11/6), Peg Hasselwander (albany), John Hershey (Saratoga Lake 11/6;
Loughberry Lake 11/6, Ferry Drive), John Kent (Empire State Plaza),
Nancy Kern (Papscanee, Eichybush Road, Ghent, Nassau Lake, Chatham,
Germantown, Tomhannock 11/6, 11/9), Heidi Klinowski (Troy), Eric Krantz
(Lake George), Bill Lee (Tomhannock 11/7), Priscilla Leonard
(Jonesville), Larry Main (Vischer Ferry, Vischer Ferry dam), Curt Morgan
(Cohoes Flats); Kathleen Morrison (Basic Creek), Marne Onderdonk
(Saratoga 11/7), Ellen Pemrick (Colonie), Barb Putnam (Gansevoort),Will
Raup (Henry Hudson Park, Coeymans Landing, Coxsackie Boat Launch,
Vosburgh Marsh, Stanton Pond, Tomhannock 11/8, 11/9, 11/10), Phil Seward
(Vischer Ferry), Brad Walker (Brunswick), Kurt Weiskotten (Galway), Tom
Williams (Colonie 11/7) and T. Lloyd Williams (Rensselaerville, Gilboa,
Myosotis Lake, Berne). Tomhannock 11/6 reports include results of HMBC
trip led by Larry Alden.
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