This is a summary of the Birdline reports for the week ending December 9, 2009.
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Forty-three species were reported this week. The most interesting were:
ICELAND GULL: Coxsackie Boat Launch 12/8 (3), 12/9 (3).
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL: Coxsackie Boat Launch 12/8 (1).
SNOWY OWL: Rotterdam 12/4.
NORTHERN SHRIKE: Galway 12/7.
SNOW BUNTING: Fort Edward 12/7.
PINE GROSBEAK: Chatham 12/5 (8).
Other highlights:
Snow Goose: Schoharie 12/5 (~50).
Gadwall: Vischer Ferry 12/2.
American Wigeon: Vischer Ferry 12/2.
Northern Shoveler: Vischer Ferry 12/2.
Northern Pintail: Vischer Ferry 12/2, 12/4; Saratoga Lake 12/8.
Bufflehead: Lake George 12/8; Saratoga Lake 12/8.
Common Loon: Lake George 12/2, 12/6; Saratoga Lake 12/8 (2).
Bald Eagle: Rexford 12/6.
Great Horned Owl: Five Rivers 12/6 (2).
Barred Owl: Five Rivers 12/6.
Common Raven: Brunswick 12/4.
Brown Creeper: West Middleburgh 12/5 (3).
Carolina Wren: Colonie 12/8.
Marsh Wren: Vischer Ferry 12/4 (2).
Northern Mockingbird: Queensbury 12/6.
Fox Sparrow: Vischer Ferry 12/4.
Thanks to Phil Whitney (compiler), Susan Beaudoin (Saratoga Lake),
Bernie Grossman (Rexford), Rich Guthrie (Coxsackie Boat Launch,
Vischer Ferry 12/2, Collins Lake), John Hershey (Vischer Ferry 12/4),
Nancy Kern (Chatham), Eric Kranyz (Lake George, Queensbury), Alan
Mapes (Five Rivers), Curt Morgan (Fort Edward), Jeff Nadler
(Rotterdam), Ellen Pemrick (Colonie), Brad Walker (Brunswick), Kurt
Weiskotten (Galway), and Tom Williams (West Middleburgh, Schoharie).
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