This is a summary of the Birdline reports for the week ending September 16
Report your sightings in the Hudson-Mohawk Region (NYSOA region 8) to
birdl...@hmbc.net.
Ninety-eight species were reported this week. Here are the highlights.
Mute Swan: 4-Mile Point/Vosburgh Marsh 9/12 (5).
Great Egret: Coxsackie Grasslands 9/11, 9/12, 9/14, 9/15; Vischer
Ferry 9/14 (3).
Osprey: Saratoga Battlefield 9/10; Brunswick 9/10; Helderberg hawkwatch 9/15
Bald Eagle: Waterford 9/12; 4-Mile Point/Vosburgh Marsh 9/12 (2);
Five Rivers 9/12; New Baltimore 9/14 (3); Niskayuna 9/14 (2).
Northern Harrier: Saratoga Battlefield 9/10; Coxsackie Grasslands 9/11.
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK: 4-Mile Point/Vosburgh Marsh 9/12.
Broad-winged Hawk: Saratoga Battlefield 9/10; Vischer Ferry 9/14 (2);
Helderberg hawkwatch 9/15 (246).
American Kestrel: Coxsackie Grasslands 9/12; Helderberg hawkwatch 9/15 (6).
MERLIN: Holt Preserve 9/13.
Peregrine Falcon: Coxsackie Grasslands 9/11, 9/12.
Virginia Rail: Coxsackie Grasslands 9/12.
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER: Coxsackie Grasslands 9/12.
Greater Yellowlegs: Coxsackie Grasslands 9/11, 9/12.
Lesser Yellowlegs: Coxsackie Grasslands 9/11 (4), 9/12 (3), 9/14 (2), 9/15.
American Woodcock: Meadowdale 9/9.
Black-billed Cuckoo: Helderberg hawkwatch 9/15
Great Horned Owl: Meadowdale 9/9.
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker: Petersburgh 9/14.
Warbling Vireo: Coxsackie Grasslands 9/11.
PHILADELPHIA VIREO: Five Rivers 9/12; Vischer Ferry 9/14; Petersburgh 9/14.
Common Raven: Saratoga Battlefield 9/10; Coxsackie Grasslands 9/11
(2); Holt Preserve 9/13 (2).
CLIFF SWALLOW: Coxsackie Grasslands 9/11.
Brown Creeper: Saratoga Battlefield 9/10; Petersburgh 9/14.
Carolina Wren: Niskayuna 9/11; Five Rivers 9/12; Schenectady 9/13.
Marsh Wren: Coxsackie Grasslands 9/12.
Ruby-crowned Kinglet: Five Rivers 9/12.
SWAINSON'S THRUSH: New Salem 9/14; Petersburgh 9/14.
Brown Thrasher: Five Rivers 9/10, 9/12.
Nashville Warbler: Vischer Ferry 9/14.
Chestnut-sided Warbler: Guilderland 9/11.
Magnolia Warbler: Saratoga Battlefield 9/10; Five Rivers 9/12 (2);
Coxsackie Riverside Cemetery 9/16.
CAPE MAY WARBLER: Coxsackie Riverside Cemetery 9/16.
Black-throated Blue Warbler: Saratoga Battlefield 9/10; Petersburgh 9/14.
Black-throated Green Warbler: : Five Rivers 9/12 (3); Petersburgh
9/14; Coxsackie Grasslands 9/16.
Ovenbird: Saratoga Battlefield 9/10; Coxsackie Grasslands 9/14.
Scarlet Tanager: Saratoga Battlefield 9/10; Coxsackie Grasslands 9/11, 9/16.
Savannah Sparrow: Coxsackie Grasslands 9/11 (3), 9/12 (4), 9/14 (2), 9/15.
LINCOLN'S SPARROW: Coxsackie Grasslands 9/12 (2), 9/16 (2).
White-throated Sparrow: Providence 9/11; Coxsackie Grasslands 9/14, 9/16.
Purple Finch: Petersburgh 9/14.
Thanks to Phil Whitney (compiler), Larry Alden (Meadowdale), Dave
Baim (New Salem), Hope Batcheller (Petersburgh), Nancy Castillo
(Providence), Rich Guthrie (Coxsackie Grasslands, 4-Mile
Point/Vosburgh Marsh, Coxsackie Riverside Cemetery), John Hershey
(Vischer Ferry), Bill Lee (Helderberg hawkwatch, Niskayuna), Neil
Manning (Waterford), Steve Mesick (Five Rivers 9/10), Bob Ramonowski
(Scotia), Will Raup (Holt Preserve), Alan Schroeder (Guilderland),
Brad Walker (Brunswick), and Anonymous (Niskayuna). Saratoga
Battlefield sightings are from the Thursday group led by Bill Lee.
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