This is a summary of the Hudson-Mohawk Birdline reports for the week
ending December 29, 2010.
Report your sightings in New York's Hudson-Mohawk Region to
birdl...@hmbc.net
Forty-four species were reported this week.
BLACK VULTURE: Hudson 12/26 (5).
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK: Guilderland 12/23.
MERLIN: Papscanee 12/23.
NORTHERN SHRIKE: Gansevoort 12/26.
EVENING GROSBEAK: Clarksville 12/29 (5-8).
Other notable sightings:
Great Blue Heron: Niskayuna 12/23; Voorheesville 12/23.
Northern Harrier: Papscanee 12/23; Burnt Hills 12/24; Five Rivers 12/24
(2).
Sharp-shinned Hawk: Saratoga 12/26.
Cooper's Hawk: Albany 12/27.
Belted Kingfisher: Nutten Hooke 12/26; Albany 12/28.
Common Raven: Papscanee 12/23.
Horned Lark: Quaker Springs 12/28 (5).
Carolina Wren: Albany 12/27; Saratoga 12/27.
Northern Mockingbird: Papscanee 12/23; Saratoga 12/29..
Fox Sparrow: Schenectady County 12/28.
Brown-headed Cowbird: Coxsackie 12/29 (15).
Red-winged Blackbird: Meadowdale12/29.
Snow Bunting: West Sand Lake 12/26; Quaker Springs 12/28 (~55).
Common Redpoll: Voorheesville 12/23; Austerlitz 12/26 (13), 12/27 (21);
Burnt Hills 12/26 (~150); Slingerlands 12/27; Glenville 12/28;
Providence 12/29 (20); Colonie 12/29 (2); East Greenbush 12/29 (15+);
New Baltimore 12/29 (35).
Thanks to Phil Whitney (compiler), Steve Abrahamsen (Quaker Springs,
Saratoga 12/29), Larry Alden (Meadowdale), Nancy Castillo (Providence),
Alan French (Glenville), Rich Guthrie (New Baltimore, Coxsackie), Peg
Hasselwander (Albany 12/27), John Kent (Albany 12/28), Nancy Kern
(Austerlitz, Hudson, Nutten Hooke), Kevin Kister (Clarksville), Margaret
Krolick (Voorheesville), Bill Lee (Papscanee, Niskayuna), Alan Mapes
(Five Rivers), Steve Mesick (Guilderland, Slingerlands), Curt Morgan
(West Sand Lake), Marne Onderdonk (Saratoga 12/27), Ellen Pemrick
(Colonie), Barb Putnam (Gansevoort), Sue Stewart (Burnt Hills) and
anonymous (Schenectady County).
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