This is a summary of the Hudson-Mohawk Birdline reports for the week
ending June30, 2010.
Report your sightings in New York's Hudson-Mohawk Region to
birdl...@hmbc.net
Best of the week:
BLACK VULTURE: Albany 6/24.
MISSISSIPPI KITE: Root 6/27.
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO: Meadowdale 6/23; Kingsbury 6/25.
SEDGE WREN: Fort Edward 6/25, 6/26.
CANADA WARBLER: Fox Hill Road 6/27.
VESPER SPARROW: Fort Edward 6/25, 6/26.
Other birds of interest:
Common Loon: Lake George 6/27 (2), 6/28.
Osprey: Fort Miller 6/24 (nest).
Northern Harrier: Fort Edward 6/25, 6/26; Kingsbury 6/25.
Broad-winged Hawk: Cherry Plains 6/26; Fox Hill Road 6/27.
American Kestrel: Fort Edward 6/26; Fort Ann 6/26; Greenfield Center 6/27.
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker: Cherry Plains 6/25, 6/26; Middle Grove 6/29.
Blue-Headed Vireo: Fort Ann 6/25; Cherry Plains 6/26; Middle Grove 6/29.
Common Raven: Cherry Plains 6/25 (3); Fort Ann 6/26; Greenfield Center
6/27.
Bank Swallow: Fort Ann 6/25, 6/26 (70+; 120-140 nest holes).
Brown Creeper: Fort Ann 6/25.
Winter Wren: Cherry Plains 6/25, 6/26; Fox Hill Road 6/27.
Golden-crowned Kinglet: Hogtown 6/25.
Hermit Thrush: Cherry Plains 6/26; Middle Grove 6/29.
Wood Thrush: Cherry Plains 6/26; Middle Grove 6/29.
Northern Mockingbird: Charleston 6/25; Fort Edward 6/26; Fort Ann 6/26.
Brown Thrasher: Fort Edward 6/26.
Blackburnian Warbler: Fort Ann 6/25; Cherry Plains 6/26; Fox Hill Road
6/27.
Pine Warbler: Hogtown 6/25.
Northern Waterthrush: Greenfield Center 6/27 (2).
Scarlet Tanager: Cherry Plains 6/25, 6/26.
Savannah Sparrow: Fort Edward 6/25, 6/26.
Eastern Meadowlark: Fort Edward 6/25, 6/26 (3).
Purple Finch: Middle Grove 6/29.
Thanks to Phil Whitney (compiler), Steve Abrahamsen (Fort Edward 6/26;
Fort Ann 6/26, Greenfield Center), Larry Alden (Meadowdale), Chris
Connell (Middle Grove), Erica Downs (Charleston), Heidi Klinowski
(Troy), Bob Konowitz* (Root), Jeff Nadler (Fox Hill Road), Bill Purcell
(Fort Edward 6/25, Fort Ann 6/25, Kingsbury, Hogtown), Bob Ramonowski
(Schenectady), Will Raup (Albany) and anonymous (Fort Miller).
Cherry Plains 6/25 reports are from HMBC trip.
* Name unclear on phone recording.
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