This is a summary of the Hudson-Mohawk Birdline reports for the week ending 4 May 2011. Report your sightings in New York's Hudson-Mohawk Region to birdl...@hmbc.net
One hundred twenty-two species were reported this week including 17 warbler species. Most-reported species include Yellow-rumped Warbler (19 reports), Ruby-throated Hummingbird (18), Rose-breasted Grosbeak (16), Gray Catbird (15), Baltimore Oriole (14) and Ovenbird (13). Note: because of the large number of reports, to keep the summary to a reasonable length we have arbitrarily limited the number of species in the following lists to 25. Best birds of the week: RED-BREASTED MERGANSER: Lake George 5/2 (4). BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON: Catskill 4/29; Vischer Ferry 4/30 (2); Ferry Drive 4/30. MERLIN: Brunswick 4/28. SWALLOW-TAILED KITE: Wolfert's Roost Country Club 4/29 BONAPARTE'S GULL: Ferry Drive 4/30 (2). CASPIAN TERN: Coeymans Landing 5/4 (3). WHITE-EYED VIREO: South Glens Falls 4/30. ORCHARD ORIOLE: Brunswick 4/28, 5/2; Vischer Ferry 5/1. Other reports of interest: Wilson's Snipe: Vischer Ferry 5/3 (2). American Woodcock: Vischer Ferry 4/28; Ghent 5/1; Hudson 5/1. American Coot: Vischer Ferry 4/28, 4/30. Chimney Swift: Cohoes Falls 4/30; Stuyvesant 5/1 (2); Ghent 5/1 (2). Least Flycatcher: Partridge Run 5/1 (2). Yellow-throated Vireo: Vischer Ferry 5/3. Wood Thrush: Vischer Ferry 5/1, 5/2; Stockport 5/1; Stuyvesant 5/1; Ghent 5/1; Colonie 5/3. Brown Thrasher: Vischer Ferry 4/28; Black Creek Marsh 4/30, 5/1; Ghent 5/1. Nashville Warbler: Brunswick 4/29 (2), 4/30 (2); Malta 5/1; Rotterdam 5/3. Northern Parula: Five Rivers 4/30; Brunswick 5/2. Black-throated Blue Warbler: Five Rivers 4/30; Vischer Ferry 5/2; Austerlitz 5/3. Blackburnian Warbler: Malta 5/1; Austerlitz 5/1. Scarlet Tanager: Glenville 5/2. White-crowned Sparrow: Brunswick 4/30; Five Rivers 5/1; Stuyvesant 5/1 (3), Meadowdale 5/1; Glenville 5/2. Indigo Bunting: Five Rivers 5/1. Bobolink: Five Rivers 4/30 (2), 5/1, 5/3 (5). Pine Siskin: Stillwater 4/30; Saratoga 5/3. Thanks to Phil Whitney (Birdline compiler), Steve Abrahamsen (Malta, Five Rivers 4/28), Larry Alden (Meadowdale), Michael Batcher (Buskirk), Susan Beaudoin (Vischer Ferry 5/3, Stillwater 4/30), Mona Bearor (South Glens Falls), Barb Beebe (Delmar), Catherine Bryant (Stillwater4/28), Larry Federman (Palenville, Catskill), Alan French (Glenville), Rich Guthrie (Coeymans Landing), Ken Harper (Vischer Ferry 4/28), John Hershey (Vischer Ferry 4/30, 5/1), Nancy Kern (Austerlitz, Ghent, Stuyvesant, Stockport Flats), Heidi Klinowski (Troy), Priscilla Leonard (Jonesville), Eric Krantz (Lake George), Naomi Lloyd (West Sand Lake), Jim deWaal Malefyt (Poestenkill), Alan Mapes (4-milr Point/ Vosburgh Marsh), David Martin (Partridge Run), Curt Morgan (Vischer Ferry 4/28, West Sand Lake, Cohoes Falls), Jim Mullaney (Saratoga), Jeff Nadler (Malta, Rotterdam), Ellen Pemrick (Colonie), Will Raup (Vischer Ferry 5/2), Alan Schroeder (Schenectady), Brian Smith (Averill Park), Sue Stewart (Burnt Hills), Scott Stoner (Loudonville, Five Rivers 5/1), Brad Walker (Brunswick), Tom Williams (Ferry Drive, Ann Lee Pond, Black Creek Marsh) and Chad Witko (Hudson). -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
