This is a summary of the Hudson-Mohawk Birdline reports for the week
ending October 27, 2010.
Report your sightings in New York's Hudson-Mohawk Region to
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Ninety species were reported this week.
The best birds of the week were:
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER: Saratoga Lake 10/24.
RED-NECKED GREBE: Tomhannock 10/24 (2); Saratoga Lake 10/24.
BLACK VULTURE: Claverack 10/21 (7).
SWAINSON'S HAWK: Saratoga 10/23.
MERLIN: Brunswick 10/23, 10/24.
SHORT-EARED OWL: Five Rivers 10/23.
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD: Ballston Lake 10/24-26.
PURPLE MARTIN: Copake Lake 10/22.
RUSTY BLACKBIRD: Ghent 10/20 (10); Black Creek Marsh 10/23 (400-500);
Livingston 10/2 (3).
EVENING GROSBEAK: Galway 10/24 (3).
Other notable sightings:
Snow Goose: Brunswick 10/22 (45).
Brant: Nutten Hook 10/20 (70), 10/23 (6).
Greater Scaup: Loughberry Lake 10/24.
Lesser Scaup: Loughberry Lake 10/24 (8).
Ring-necked Pheasant: Ghent 10/20.
Ruffed Grouse: 4-mile Point/ Vosburgh Marsh 10/23.
Common Loon: Tomhannock 10/24 (2); Saratoga Lake 10/24 (3-4).
Pied-billed Grebe: Bell's Pond 10/23.
Osprey: Brunswick 10/26.
Bald Eagle: 4-mile Point/ Vosburgh Marsh 10/23.
Northern Harrier: Ghent 10/20; Papscanee 10/23.
Peregrine Falcon: Troy 10/25.
American Coot: Collins Lake 10/22 (2), 10/24.
Eastern Screech-Owl: New Baltimore 10/23.
Barred Owl: Saratoga 10/23.
Common Raven: Ghent 10/20 (2); Stuyvesant 10/23.
Carolina Wren: Stockport Flats 10/23; Claverack 10/23.
Winter Wren: Ghent 10/20; Saratoga 10/21.
Golden-crowned Kinglet: Ghent 10/20; Saratoga 10/21 (20, 10/23.
Ruby-crowned Kinglet: Five Rivers 10/23.
Hermit Thrush: Five Rivers 10/23.
Savannah Sparrow: Five Rivers 10/23.
Fox Sparrow: Saratoga 10/22; Five Rivers 10/23 (4).
Purple Finch: Ghent 10/20 (4); Five Rivers 10/23 (2); Gansevoort 10/23
(4); East Greenbush 10/25 (4).
Pine Siskin: Five Rivers 10/23 (2); Gansevoort 10/23 (2); Chatham 10/24
(6); Galway 10/24 (2); Lake George 10/24 (6+); East Greenbush 10/26 (6).
Thanks to Phil Whitney (compiler), Steve Abrahamsen (Saratoga, Saratoga
Lake, Loughberry Lake, Stockport Flats, Stuyvesant, Papscanee, Claverack
10/23), Bernie Grossman (Rexford), Rich Guthrie (New Baltimore, Ballston
Lake, Copake Lake 10/23, Bell's Pond, 4-mile Point/ Vosburgh Marsh ,
Coxsackie Boat Launch), Ken Harper (Collins Lake), John Hershey
(Tomhannock), Nancy Kern (Chatham, Ghent, Nutten Hook, Copake Lake
10/22, Claverack 10/21), Eric Krantz (Lake George), Curt Morgan (Troy),
Barb Putnam (Gansevoort), Will Raup (Ballston Lake), Brad Walker
(Brunswick), Kurt Weiskotten (Galway), Tom Williams (Five Rivers), Will
Yandik (Livingston) and Marian Zimmerman (Black Creek Marsh).
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