The Hudson-Mohawk Birdline distributed yesterday (12/31) had the
wrong date. Here is the corrected version.
This is a summary of the Birdline reports for the week ending December 30
Report your sightings to birdl...@hmbc.net.
Seventy-one species were reported this week.
plus partial results (1 section missing) from the Southern Rensselaer CBC.
The most interesting reports were:
NORTHERN GOSHAWK: SRCBC (2).
MERLIN: Coxsackie 12/28.
ICELAND GULL: Coxsackie Boat Launch 12/29; SRCBC.
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL: Crescent 12/28 (2).
GLAUCOUS GULL: Crescent 12/28; SRCBC.
SHORT-EARED OWL: Minden (Montgomery Co.) 12/24 (2).
HORNED LARK: SRCBC (Poestenkill) (~500).
HERMIT THRUSH: South Glens Falls 12/27.
Other highlights:
Snow Goose: SRCBC
Ruffed Grouse: SRCBC
Wild Turkey: SRCBC (107).
Common Loon: Lake George 12/24 (2).
Bald Eagle: South Glens Falls 12/27; SRCBC.
Northern Harrier: Coxsackie 12/28; SRCBC (6).
Cooper's Hawk: Troy 12/28; SRCBC (6).
Rough-legged Hawk: Duanesburg 12/23.
Eastern Screech-Owl: SRCBC.
Great Horned Owl: East Greenbush 12/25 (2); Jonesville 12/28; SRCBC.
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker: SRCBC
Northern Flicker: SRCBC (3).
Common Raven: Lake George 12/24; SRCBC (2).
Carolina Wren: South Glens Falls 12/27; SRCBC (3).
Eastern Bluebird: SRCBC (30).
Northern Mockingbird: Colonie 12/27; Troy 12/28; SRCBC (2).
Cedar Waxwing: SRCBC (44).
Savannah Sparrow: SRCBC.
Snow Bunting: Duanesburg 12/23 (~50).
Purple Finch: SRCBC (2).
Common Redpoll: SRCBC (3).
Thanks to Phil Whitney (compiler), Mark Claydon (Glenville), Lindsey
Duval (South Glens Falls), David Harrison (Crescent), Heidi Klinowski
(Troy), Eric Krantz (Lake George), Priscilla Leonard (Jonesville),
George Steele (Duanesburg, Florida, Minden), Chad Witko (Coxsackie,
Coxsackie Boat Launch) and Donna Zimmerman (Colonie).
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