This is a summary of the Birdline reports for the week ending October 21.
Report your sightings in the Hudson-Mohawk Region to birdl...@hmbc.net.
Seventy-two species were reported this week. Here are the highlights:
Brant: Coxsackie Boat Launch. 10/20; Stockport 10/21 (flock).
Mute Swan: Nassau Lake 10/18 (6).
Wood Duck: Tomhannock 10/15 (5-6); Loughberry Lake 10/18 (24).
Blue-winged Teal: Tomhannock 10/15.
Northern Pintail: Tomhannock 10/15 (2); Vischer Ferry 10/21.
Ring-necked Duck: Tomhannock 10/15 (2); Ann Lee Pond 10/15; Collins
Pond 10/17 (40-50); Loughberry Lake 10/18 (350+); Coxsackie Reservoir
10/20 (6).
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER: Saratoga Lake 10/18 (14).
Hooded Merganser: Tomhannock 10/15 (5-7); Loughberry Lake 10/18 (4).
Ruddy Duck: : Tomhannock 10/15 (10); Coxsackie Reservoir 10/20 (~100).
Common Loon: Tomhannock 10/15; Saratoga Lake 10/18.
Pied-billed Grebe: Tomhannock 10/15 (2); Saratoga Lake 10/18 (2).
HORNED GREBE: Saratoga Lake 10/18.
RED-NECKED GREBE: Saratoga Lake 10/18 (2).
Osprey: Collins Pond 10/17.
Bald Eagle: Tomhannock 10/15 (2); Coxsackie Reservoir 10/20; Edinburg
10/20 (4); Stockport 10/21 (5).
American Kestrel: Collins Pond 10/17.
MERLIN: Saratoga Lake 10/18; ); Stockport 10/21.
Peregrine Falcon: Tomhannock 10/15.
Dunlin: Stockport 10/21
Wilson's Snipe: Tomhannock 10/15.
RED PHALAROPE: East Greenbush 10/17.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird: Albany 10/20.
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker: Meadowdale 10/14.
Eastern Phoebe: Meadowdale 10/14.
Tree Swallow: Tomhannock 10/15 (large flock).
Brown Creeper: Ferry Drive 10/15.
Carolina Wren: Vischer Ferry 10/21 (2).
House Wren: Vischer Ferry 10/17 (2).
Winter Wren: Vischer Ferry 10/17.
Marsh Wren: Vischer Ferry 10/21.
Ruby-crowned Kinglet: Ferry Drive 10/15 94); Vischer Ferry 10/17 (2), 10/21.
Eastern Bluebird: Meadowdale 10/14 (7); Vischer Ferry 10/17 (4),
Vischer Ferry 10/21 (2).
Hermit Thrush: Vischer Ferry 10/17, 10/21 (3).
Yellow-rumped Warbler: Meadowdale 10/14 (20); Ann Lee Pond 10/15;
Vischer Ferry 10/17 (12), 10/21 (9)
Palm Warbler: Meadowdale 10/14 (2).
Field Sparrow: Meadowdale 10/14 .
Fox Sparrow: Ann Lee Pond 10/15; Providence 10/20 (4).
White-crowned Sparrow: Meadowdale 10/14 (3); Vischer Ferry 10/21 (3).
RUSTY BLACKBIRD: Vischer Ferry 10/21 (6).
Thanks to Phil Whitney (compiler and East Greenbush), Larry Alden
(Meadowdale), Nancy Castillo (Providence), Rich Guthrie (Coxsackie
Reservoir, Coxsackie Boat Launch), Ron Harrower (Saratoga Lake,
Loughberry Lake), Rob Hayes (Collins Pond), Bill Lee (Tomhannock),
Jeff Nadler (Stockport), Will Raup (Albany), Alison VanKeuren
(Vischer Ferry) and Tom Williams (Ann Lee Pond, Ferry Drive, Vischer Ferry).
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