This is a summary of the Hudson-Mohawk Birdline reports for the week ending December 15, 2010. Report your sightings in New York's Hudson-Mohawk Region to birdl...@hmbc.net
This report includes partial results of the Catskill-Coxsackie Christmas Bird Count (C-C CBC) on 12/14. Best birds of the week: REDHEAD: Tomhannock 12/11. ICELAND GULL: C-C CBC 12/14 (2). SHORT-EARED OWL: Fort Edward 12/14. BOHEMIAN WAXWING: Saratoga 12/12 (1 in a flock of Cedar Waxwings). PINE GROSBEAK: Saratoga 12/10 (6). EVENING GROSBEAK: Schodack 12/8 (2); Stony Creek 12/9 (30+). Other notable sightings: Snow Goose: Brunswick 12/9 (2500+), 12/14 (~1500); Coxsackie Boat Launch 12/13 (3); C-C CBC 12/14 (3500+). Wood Duck: C-C CBC 12/14 (3) Northern Pintail C-C CBC 12/14 (1). Green-winged Teal C-C CBC 12/14. Greater Scaup C-C CBC 12/14 (12). Lesser Scaup C-C CBC 12/14. Red-breasted Merganser C-C CBC 12/14. Bufflehead: Lake George 12/10. Ruffed Grouse: Stony Creek 12/9. Double-crested Cormorant C-C CBC 12/14 (25). Turkey Vulture C-C CBC 12/14. Bald Eagle: Tomhannock 12/7, 12/11; Northumberland 12/10 (2); Cohoes Falls 12/11; Lake George 12/11. Northern Harrier: Fort Edward 12/10, 12/14; Northumberland 12/10; Coxsackie Grasslands 12/13 (3); Brunswick 12/14. Sharp-shinned Hawk: Northumberland 12/10 (2); Colonie 12/10; Saratoga 12/11,C-C CBC 12/14 (9). Cooper's Hawk: Fort Edward 12/10; Colonie 12/10, 12/11,C-C CBC 12/14 (8). Rough-legged Hawk: Brunswick 12/14. American Kestrel: Northumberland 12/10; Montgomery County 12/11 (5), C-C CBC 12/14. Merlin: C-C CBC 12/14. Peregrine Falcon: Fort Edward 12/10; Saratoga 12/11; Rip Van Winkle Bridge 12/13. Barred Owl: Stephentown 12/12. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker: C-C CBC 12/14 (5). Common Raven: Stony Creek 12/9; Lake George 12/10, C-C CBC 12/14 (19). Horned Lark: Fort Edward 12/14*. Carolina Wren: Brunswick 12/10; New Scotland 12/11, C-C CBC 12/14 (25). Winter Wren: Brunswick 12/10, C-C CBC 12/14 (2). Golden-crowned Kinglet: Gansevoort 12/12. Ruby-crowned Kinglet: C-C CBC 12/14. Gray Catbird: C-C CBC 12/14. Northern Mockingbird: Brunswick 12/10; New Scotland 12/11. Snow Bunting: Coxsackie Grasslands 12/13; Fort Edward 12/14*; Glenville 12/15 (~25).. Brown-headed Cowbird: Buskirk 12/14 (20-35). Baltimore Oriole: C-C CBC 12/14 Common Redpoll: C-C CBC 12/14. Pine Siskin: Stony Creek 12/9. * mixed flock (hundreds) of larks and buntings. Thanks to Phil Whitney (compiler). Steve Abrahamsen (Saratoga 12/12), Michael Batcher (Buskirk), Mark Fitzsimmons (Tomhannock 12/7), Alan French (Glenville), Rich Guthrie (Saratoga 12/11, New Baltimore), Ken Harper (Cohoes Falls),Ron Harrower (Saratoga 12/10), Lynn Huntington (Schodack), Roberta Hynes (Gansevoort), Nancy Kern (Tomhannock 12/11, Coxsackie Grasslands, Coxsackie Boat Launch, Rip Van Winkle Bridge), Eric Krantz (Lake George), Bill Lee (Stony Creek, for the Thursday group), Alan Mapes (New Scotland), Curt Morgan (Cohoes Falls), Marne Onderdonk (Saratoga 12/11), Billy Orbit (Stephentown), Ellen Pemrick (Colonie 12/10, 12/11), Jim Ries (Fort Edward), Elayne Ryba (Glenville 12/15); Brad Walker (Brunswick), Tom Williams (Colonie 12/10), Chad Witko (Coxsackie Grasslands, Coxsackie Boat Launch) and Bob Yunick (Fort Edward 12/10, Northumberland, Montgomery County). -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
