This is a summary of the Hudson-Mohawk Birdline reports for the week ending 7 March 2012. Report your sightings in New York's Hudson-Mohawk Region to birdl...@hmbc.net
Seventy-two species were reported this week. The most-reported species include Eastern Bluebird (8 reports), Red-winged Blackbird (8), Common Grackle (6), Bald Eagle (6) and Killdeer (5). Note: "HR South" refers to the HMBCwaterfowltrip. GREAT CORMORANT: Catskill 3/7 (2); Germantown 3/7 (3). RED-SHOULDERED HAWK: Catskill 3/7. MERLIN: Colonie 3/2. SHORT-EARED OWL: Coxsackie Flats 3/2 (2); Coxsackie 3/5. SNOW BUNTING: Colonie 3/1 (~100), Nassau 3/2, Saratoga Airport 3/4 (2); Stillwater 3/4 (2); West Charlton 3/5 (flock). Snow Goose: Fort Miller 3/3. Mute Swan: Tomhannock 3/3 (3); Germantown 3/7 (2). Wood Duck: HR South 3/4. American Wigeon: Halfmoon 3/5 (2); Vischer Ferry 3/5. Northern Shoveler:Saratoga Lake 3/4; Halfmoon 3/5. Northern Pintail: Fort Miller 3/3; HR South 3/4 (10); Halfmoon 3/5.. Greater Scaup: Saratoga Lake 3/4 (25) Lesser Scaup: Saratoga Lake 3/4 (16). Bufflehead: Fort Miller 3/3; Vischer Ferry 3/5. Ruffed Grouse: HR South 3/4;Swyer Preserve 3/7 (2). Black Vulture: Hudson 3/1 (3); Colonie 3/2 (2). Northern Harrier: Coxsackie Flats 3/2 (7); Coxsackie 3/5; Germantown 3/7. Wilson's Snipe: Hudson 3/4. American Woodcock: Coxsackie 3/5. Belted Kingfisher: Fort Miller 3/3. Tree Swallow: Albany 4/7 Common Raven: Burnt Hills 3/5, Saratoga Airport 3/4. Horned Lark: Brunswick 3/2 (20), Saratoga Airport 3/4 (3), 3/5 (12). Carolina Wren: Fort Miller 3/3; Voorheesville 3/3, 3/5; Saratoga 3/4. Northern Mockingbird: Fort Miller 3/3; HR South 3/4; Vischer Ferry 3/5; Germantown 3/7. Yellow-rumped Warbler: Coxsackie 3/5. Eastern Meadowlark: Coxsackie 3/3; Vischer Ferry 3/5 (2). Thanks toPhil Whitney (Birdline compiler), Bruce Dudek (Colonie), Lindsey Duval (Fort Miller), Larry Federman (Coxsackie Flats 3/2), Dan Furbish (Albany, Saratoga Airport, Saratoga Lake), Elisabeth Grace (Chatham, Nassau), Don Gresens (HR South), David Harrison (Catskill), Ron Harrower (Saratoga Lake 3/4, Saratoga,Stillwater, Saratoga Airport 3/4), Drew Hopkins (Hudson, Stockport), John Kent (Albany), Nancy Kern (Germantown), Naomi King (Averill Park), Margaret Krolick (Voorheesville), Jim de Waal Malefyt (Brunswick, Tomhannock), Jackson Mesick (Halfmoon, Vischer Ferry), Steve Mesick (Swyer Preserve), Curt Morgan (Colonie), Ellen Pemrick (West Charlton), Alan Schroeder (Guilderland),Susan Stewart (Burnt Hills), Colleen Williams (Coxsackie 3/3) and Chad Witko (Harlemville, Coxsackie 3/5) -- 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/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/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/ --
