This is a summary of the Hudson-Mohawk Birdline reports for the week
ending October 13, 2010.
Report your sightings in New York's Hudson-Mohawk Region to
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Ninety-seven species were reported this week. The most-reported species
included Yellow-rumped Warbler (15 reports), White-throated Sparrow
(12), Northern Flicker (11), Turkey Vulture (10), Purple Finch (9),
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (9), Cooper's Hawk (8) and Ruddy Duck (8).
Best birds of the week:
CACKLING GOOSE: Brunswick 10/8, 10/12?.
PACIFIC LOON (possible): Tomhannock 10/10.
PECTORAL SANDPIPER: Tomhannock 10/11, 10/12, 10/13
BONAPARTE'S GULL: Vischer Ferry Power Plant 10/9 (3).
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER: Austerlitz 10/10.
BAY-BREASTED WARBLER: Tomhannock 10/12.
RUSTY BLACKBIRD: Vischer Ferry 10/7 (4); Tomhannock 10/11 (2).
Also of interest:
Snow Goose: Kinderhook/Stuyvesant 10/7; Brunswick 10/7; Greenwich 10/10
(15).
Brant: New Baltimore 10/10 (15).
American Wigeon: Tomhannock 10/13 (2).
Ruffed Grouse: Austerlitz 10/10; Tomhannock 10/13..
Common Loon: Tomhannock 10/12.
Pied-billed Grebe: Bog Meadow Brook 10/9 (2); Tomhannock 10/12.
Great Egret: Tomhannock 10/13.
Osprey: Five Rivers 10/7.
Bald Eagle: Troy 10/7; Brunswick 10/8; Vischer Ferry Power Plant 10/9;
Waterford 10/10; New Baltimore 10/10 (2); Tomhannock 10/12 (2).
Northern Harrier: : Kinderhook/Stuyvesant 10/7; Copake 10/9 (5).
Broad-winged Hawk: Brunswick 10/8.
Peregrine Falcon: Troy 10/7
Merlin: Albany 10/13.
American Coot: Collins Lake 10/8.
Solitary Sandpiper: East Greenbush 10/7; Tomhannock 10/11.
Eastern Screech-Owl: 4-mile Point/Vosburgh Marsh 10/9.
Blue-headed Vireo: Brunswick 10/7, 10/12; Pine Bush 10/8 (6); Clifton
Park 10/10; New Baltimore 10/10.
Fish Crow: Greenport 10/11.
Tree Swallow: Copake 10/9 (20); Tomhannock 10/10 (~600), 10/11, 10/13.
Carolina Wren: Brunswick 10/8, 10/12; New Baltimore 10/10; Clifton Park
10/10; Greenport 10/11.
Swainson's Thrush: Austerlitz 10/7, 10/10; Clifton Park 10/10.
Hermit Thrush: Austerlitz 10/7; Pine Bush 10/8 (2); Bog Meadow Brook
10/9; Clifton Park 10/10.
Magnolia Warbler: Ghent 10/10.
Palm Warbler: Five Rivers 10/7; Meadowdale 10/7 (8), 10/8 (5); Pine Bush
10/8 (4).
Fox Sparrow: Clifton Park 10/10; Providence 10/13 (2)..
White-crowned Sparrow: Brunswick 10/7, 10/11; East Greenbush 10/10,
10/12; Clifton Park 10/10 (4).
Indigo Bunting: Five Rivers 10/7; Brunswick 10/8.
Thanks to Phil Whitney (compiler), Larry Alden (Meadowdale), Nancy
Castillo (Providence), Chris Connell (Middle Grove, Bog Meadow Brook),
Bernie Grossman (Rexford), Rich Guthrie (New Baltimore, 4-mile
Point/Vosburgh Marsh, Tomhannock 10/10, Greenwich, Albany 10/13), John
Hershey (Vischer Ferry, Vischer Ferry Power Plant, Clifton Park), John
Kent (Tomhannock 10/11), Nancy Kern (Kinderhook/Stuyvesant , Austerlitz
, Ghent, Copake), Bill Lee (Helderberg Hawkwatch, Collins Lake,
Tomhannock 10/12), Ellen Pemrick (Colonie), Will Raup (Tomhannock
10/13); Brad Walker (Brunswick), Tom Williams (Pine Bush), Diane ____
(Waterford) and anonymous (Greenport).
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