This is a summary of the Hudson-Mohawk Birdline reports for the week ending 16 March 2011. Report your sightings in New York's Hudson-Mohawk Region to birdl...@hmbc.net
Eighty-three species were reported this week including 25 waterfowl species. The most-reported species include Red-winged Blackbird (9 reports), Common Grackle (9), Killdeer (8), Common Redpoll (7), Eastern Bluebird (7) and Turkey Vulture (6). Best birds were: TUNDRA SWAN: Fort Miller 3/9, 3/12; Schuylerville 3/12, Germantown 3/13 (3). REDHEAD: Fort Miller 3/12 (3); Germantown 3/15. CANVASBACK: Fort Miller 3/12 (3); Germantown 3/13 (~250), 3/15 (150). BARROW'S GOLDENEYE: Fort Miller 3/12. HORNED GREBE: Chatham 3/15. GREAT CORMORANT: Germantown 3/13 (2), 3/15. BLACK VULTURE: Five Rivers 3/12; Brunswick 3/14, 3/15. RED-SHOULDERED HAWK:Stillwater 3/13. ICELAND GULL: Crescent 3/13. GLAUCOUS GULL:Crescent 3/13. RUSTY BLACKBIRD: Vischer Ferry 3/14 (10+). HOARY REDPOLL (probable): Saratoga 3/15. Other notables: Snow Goose: Five Rivers 3/12 (~900); Kiskatom 3/13 (5); Brunswick 3/13 (~40). Mute Swan: Germantown 3/13 (2). Gadwall: Crescent 3/13 (7); 4 Mile Point 3/15. American Widgeon: Ferry Drive 3/13 (2); Claverack 3/15 (25); Germantown 3/15 (4). Northern Pintail: Fort Miller 3/12 (4);Ferry Drive 3/13 (8), Claverack 3/15 (18). Greater Scaup: Fort Miller 3/12 (2); Germantown 3/15. Lesser Scaup: Cheviot 3/13 (20+); Germantown 3/15 (10). Pied-billed Grebe: 4 Mile Point 3/15. Double-Crested Cormorant: Schuylerville 3/12. Bald Eagle: Cohoes Fall 3/12; Germantown 3/13 (4), 3/15 (4); Brunswick 3/15. Northern Harrier: Germantown 3/13 (3); Coxsackie 3/15. Rough-legged Hawk: Kiskatom 3/13. American Kestrel: Burnt Hills 3/12; Germantown 3/13; Coxsackie 3/15 (2). Peregrine Falcon: Rip van Winkle Bridge 3/15. American Woodcock: Austerlitz 3/11 (2); Vischer Ferry 3/12; Germantown 3/13 (5); Claverack 3/14; Coxsackie 3/15. Great Horned Owl:Vischer Ferry 3/12. Fish Crow: Germantown 3/15 (2). Common Raven: : Austerlitz 3/11. Horned Lark: Fort Edward 3/13 (8). Tree Swallow: Ferry Drive 3/13 (2). White-crowned Sparrow: Brunswick 3/13, 3/16. Purple Finch: Austerlitz 3/11, 3/13; Germantown 3/13; Glenville 3/14. Pine Siskin: Stillwater 3/13 (2). Thanks to Phil Whitney (Birdline compiler), Steve Abrahamsen (Saratoga, Stafford Bridge 3/13), Michael Batcher (Stillwater 3/13, Greenwich), Mona Bearor (Schyuylerville, South Glens Falls), Alan Dupuis (Fort Miller 3/12), Larry Federman (Kiskatom), Alan French (Glenville), Elisabeth Grace (Old Chatham), Rich Guthrie (Rip van Winkle Bridge, Germantown), Ken Harper (Fort Miller 3/9), John Hershey (Fort Miller 3/12, Stafford Bridge 3/12, Vischer Ferry 3/12, Crescent, Ferry Drive), Nancy Kern (Austerlitz, Germantown, Claverack, Chatham), Curt Morgan (Colonie), Ellen Pemrick (Fort Edward, Colonie), Will Raup (4 Mile Point, Coxsackie), Sue Stewart (Burnt Hills),Brad Walker (Brunswick), Tom Williams (Five Rivers, Vischer Ferry 3/14), Chad Witko (Ghent, Claverack) and anonymous (Cohoes Falls, Averill Park). -- 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/ --