This is a summary of the Birdline reports for the week ending August 5.
Report your sightings in the Hudson-Mohawk Region (NYSOA region 8) to
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Forty-nine species were reported this week. Here are the highlights.
Wood Duck: Coxsackie Creek Grasslands 8/2, 8/3.
Great Egret: Niskayuna RR Station 7/31; Scotia 8/5 (2).
Green Heron: Canaan 8/1; Coxsackie Creek Grasslands 8/2 (4), 8/3 (2).
MISSISSIPPI KITE: Ames 8/3.
Bald Eagle: Coxsackie Boat Launch 8/2 (3).
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK: Glenmont 7/30.
American Kestrel: Coxsackie Creek Grasslands 8/2 (3), 8/3 (2).
Virginia Rail: Coxsackie Creek Grasslands 8/2 (2).
Chimney Swift: Schenectady 7/30 (5); Coxsackie Creek Grasslands 8/2 (4).
Northern Flicker: Troy 8/1 (4); Coxsackie Creek Grasslands 8/3 (2).
Pileated Woodpecker: Troy 8/1.
Yellow-throated Vireo: Coxsackie Creek Grasslands 8/2, 8/3.
Fish Crow: Coxsackie Creek Grasslands 8/3 (2); Niskayuna 8/5.
Carolina Wren: Niskayuna 8/1; Coxsackie Creek Grasslands 8/3.
Hermit Thrush: Coxsackie Creek Grasslands 8/3; Limestone Rise 8/4.
Wood Thrush: Coxsackie Creek Grasslands 8/2, 8/3.
Chestnut-sided Warbler: Coxsackie Creek Grasslands 8/2; Pine Bush 8/3.
Prairie Warbler: Pine Bush 8/2.
Black-and-White Warbler: Coxsackie Creek Grasslands 8/2.
Swamp Sparrow: Coxsackie Creek Grasslands 8/3 (2).
Baltimore Oriole: Niskayuna RR Station 7/31; Coxsackie Creek
Grasslands 8/2, 8/3.
Thanks to Phil Whitney (compiler), Rich Guthrie (Coxsackie Boat
Launch, Coxsackie Creek Grasslands), Heidi Klinowski (Troy), Bill Lee
(Niskayuna, Scotia), Anne Magee (Niskayuna RR Station), Alan Mapes
(Glenmont), Andrew Mason (Ames), Bob Ramonowski (Schenectady), David
Trachtenberg (Canaan) and anonymous (Pine Bush, Limestone Rise).
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