This is a summary of the Hudson-Mohawk Birdline reports for the week
ending September 29, 2010.
Report your sightings in New York's Hudson-Mohawk Region to
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One-hundred nine species were reported this week. Among the most
reported species this week were Yellow-rumped Warbler (10 reports),
Cedar Waxwing (9), Blue-headed Vireo (8), Black-throated Green Warbler
(7), Eastern Phoebe (7), Purple Finch (7), Carolina Wren (7), Brown
Creeper (6) and Ruby-crowned Kinglet (5).
Best birds of the week:
MERLIN: Vischer Ferry 9/26; West Sand Lake 9/27.
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER: Myosotis Lake 9/23.
LAUGHING GULL: Lake George 9/27.
BONAPARTE'S GULL: Lake George 9/26.
PHILADELPHIA VIREO: Partridge Run 9/26.
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH: Partridge Run 9/26 (2).
SWAINSON'S THRUSH: Granite Lake 9/25; Vischer Ferry 9/26.
AMERICAN PIPIT: Myosotis Lake 9/23.
GOLDEN-WINGED WARBLER: Burnt Hills 9/29.
TENNESSEE WARBLER: Myosotis Lake 9/23; Partridge Run 9/25.
CAPE MAY WARBLER: Saratoga Spa State Park 9/26 (2).
Also of interest:
Pied-billed Grebe: Halfmoon 9/22; Vischer Ferry 9/26.
Great Egret: Halfmoon 9/22; Vischer Ferry 9/22 (3).
Bald Eagle: Cohoes Flats 9/23 (2).
Semipalmated Plover: Stony Creek Reservoir 9/24 (8).
Greater Yellowlegs: Vischer Ferry 9/22 (8); Cohoes Flats 9/23 (7).
Lesser Yellowlegs: Vischer Ferry 9/22 (2); Cohoes Flats 9/23 (4);
Vischer Ferry 9/24 (4).
Pectoral Sandpiper: Halfmoon 9/22 (2), 9/23 (~15), 9/24 (16), 9/25 (13);
Myosotis Lake 9/23 (2).
Wilson's Snipe: Vischer Ferry 9/22.
Great Horned Owl: Meadowdale 9/23(3)
Barred Owl: Saratoga Spa State Park 9/26.
Common Raven: Saratoga 9/24 (3); Granite Lake 9/25; Lake George 9/26 (2).
Horned Lark: Saratoga County Airport 9/26 (15).
Golden-crowned Kinglet: Providence 9/25; Christman Preserve 9/26.
Brown Thrasher: Brunswick 9/23.
Northern Parula: Partridge Run 9/25.
Palm Warbler: Partridge Run 9/25.
Blackpoll Warbler: Pine Bush 9/24 (2); Vischer Ferry 9/26.
Northern Waterthrush: Granite Lake 9/25.
Canada Warbler: Peebles Island 9/23.
Scarlet Tanager: Brunswick 9/23.
Lincoln's Sparrow: Brunswick 9/23, 9/25 (2), 9/27 (4); Vischer Ferry
9/26; Saratoga 9/28.
White-crowned Sparrow: Saratoga Battlefield 9/29 (5).
Indigo Bunting: Brunswick 9/26 (2).
Thanks to Phil Whitney (compiler), Steve Abrahamsen (Saratoga, Saratoga
County Airport , Granite Lake, Lake George 9/26), Susan Beaudoin
(Saratoga Battlefield), Nancy Castillo (Providence), Ron Harrower
(Halfmoon 9/22, Vischer Ferry 9/22, Saratoga Spa State Park), John
Hershey (Halfmoon 9/23, 9/25, Myosotis Lake 9/23, Vischer Ferry 9/26),
Nancy Kern (Austerlitz), Bill Lee (Cohoes Flats, Peebles Island, Stony
Creek Reservoir, Viacher Ferry 9/24), Steve Mesick (Myosotis Lake 9/23),
Curt Morgan (West Sand Lake), Marne Onderdonk (Christman Preserve),
Ellen Pemrick (Colonie), Jim Ries (Lake George 9/27), Sue Stewart (Burnt
Hills), Brad Walker (Brunswick), T. Lloyd Williams (Partridge Run) and
Tom Williams (Pine Bush).
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