This is a summary of the Hudson-Mohawk Birdline reports for the week
ending January 19, 2011.
Report your sightings in New York's Hudson-Mohawk Region to
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Sixty-one species were reported this week. The most-reported species
included Snow Bunting (9 reports), Horned Lark (9), Bald Eagle (7) and
Common Redpoll (7).
The best birds of the week were:
NORTHERN GOSHAWK: Fort Edward 1/13.
ICELAND GULL: Coxsackie Boat Launch 1/14; Crescent Power Plant 1/15, 1/17.
GLAUCOUS GULL: Crescent Power Plant 1/15 (2), 1/17.
EASTERN PHOEBE: Northumberland 1/14.
NORTHERN SHRIKE: Fort Edward 1/15.
LAPLAND LONGSPUR: Northumberland 1/13, 1/15 (2), 11/16 (3).
WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL: Colonie 1/13.
Other notable reports:
Snow Goose: Northumberland 1/13 (12); Stillwater 1/14, 1/15.
Green-winged Teal: Schenectady 1/15 (4).
Lesser Scaup: Fort Miller 1/13.
Great Blue Heron: Stillwater 1/15.
Northern Harrier: Athens 1/16; Coxsackie Grasslands 1/16..
Sharp-shinned Hawk: Waterford 1/15.
Cooper's Hawk: Niskayuna 1/12; Waterford 1/15; New Baltimore 1/16.
Rough-legged Hawk: Coxsackie 1/16.
Peregrine Falcon: Troy 1/15; Cohoes Falls 1/16, 1/17.
Great Horned Owl: Burnt Hills 1/18.
Barred Owl: Fort Edward 1/15; Colonie 1/16.
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker: Slingerlands 1/14; Old Chatham 1/15.
Common Raven: Fort Edward 1/13.
Fish Crow: Crescent Power Plant 1/17.
Carolina Wren: Guilderland 1/16 (2); Old Chatham 1/17; Ballston Lake
1/19; Troy 1/19 (2).
Eastern Bluebird: Guilderland 1/16 (4); Glenville 1/17 (5).
Northern Mockingbird: Saratoga 1/18.
Savannah Sparrow: Fort Edward 1/13; Northumberland 1/16 (2).
White-crowned Sparrow: Delmar 1/14 (5).
Thanks to Phil Whitney (compiler), Steve Abrahamsen (Northumberland
1/15, Saratoga), Susan Beaudoin (Northumberland 1/14, Stillwater 1/14),
Gretchen DeKalb (Charlton), Larry Federman (Palenville), Mark
Fitzsiummons (White Creek), Allan French (Glenville), Elisabeth Grace
(Old Chatham), Rich Guthrie (Coxsackie Boat Launch, Athens, New
Baltimore, Crescent Power Plant 1/17), John Hershey (Northumberland
1/13, Crescent Power Plant 1/15), oHeidi Klinowski (Troy), Jory Langner
(Fort Edward 1/17), Bill Lee (Fort Edward 1/13, Fort Miller,
Northumberland 1/16), Alan Mapes (Delmar), Steve Mesick (Slingerlands),
Curt Morgan (Cohoes 1/13), Jeff Nadler (Cohoes 1/16, Northumberland
1/18, Burnt Hills), John Ozard (Greenville), Ellen Pemrick (Colonie
1/16), Bob Ramonowski (Schenectady), Will Raup (Stillwater 1/13, 1/15,
Fort Edward 1/15, Crescent Power Plant 1/17), Jim Ries (Fort Edward
1/13), Alan Schroeder (Niskayuna, Guilderland), Jean Walters (Ballston
Lake), Tom Williams (Colonie 1/13), Chad Witko (Philmont, Claverack,
Coxsackie 1/16, Coxsackie Grasslands 1/16) and Bob Yunick (Troy, Cohoes
1/15, Schenectady).
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