This is a summary of the Hudson-Mohawk Birdline reports for the week ending 31 Aug 2011. Report your sightings in New York's Hudson-Mohawk Region to birdl...@hmbc.net
Sixty-five species were reported this week. The best birds were: MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD: Hudson 8/28. AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN: Cohoes Flats 8/24-8/28; Vischer Ferry Power Plant 8/29. GLOSSY IBIS: Cohoes Flats 8/25. BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON: Schenectady 8/27 (2). RED-SHOULDERED HAWK: Saratoga 8/30. MERLIN: Cohoes Flats 8/25. WILLET (Western ssp.): Cohoes Flats 8/26-8/28. RUDDY TURNSTONE: Vischer Ferry Power Plant 8/30 (2). YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER: Saratoga 8/27. CLIFF SWALLOW: Meadowdale 8/25 (2). Other notable reports: Blue-winged Teal: Coxsackie Grasslands 8/26. Great Egret: Ferry Drive 8/25 (2); Cohoes Flats 8/27; Vischer Ferry Power Plant 8/30 (4); Schenectady 8/27. Osprey: Cohoes Flats 8/24, 8/27. Bald Eagle: Cohoes Flats 8/24, 8/27. Peregrine Falcon: Empire State Plaza 8/25 (3). Semipalmated Plover: Cohoes Flats 8/27. Greater Yellowlegs: Cohoes Flats 8/27 (2). Lesser Yellowlegs: Cohoes Flats 8/27. Semipalmated Sandpiper: Cohoes Flats 8/27 (2). Barred Owl: Saratoga 8/25, 8/27. Common Nighthawk: Slingerlands 8/25 (11); Guilderland 8/25 (3), Saratoga 8/25; South Glens Falls 8/26 (45); Brunswick 8/27 (2); Niskayuna 8/27 (6). Least Flycatcher: Albany 8/30. Common Raven: Saratoga 8/29 (3). Carolina Wren: Rexford 8/25 (2); Guilderland 8/25; Old Chatham 8/26. Northern Parula: Saratoga 8/31. Magnolia Warbler: Saratoga 8/29, 8/31. Black-throated Blue Warbler: Saratoga 8/29 (2). Black-throated Green Warbler: Stillwater 8/27; Saratoga 8/29, 8/31. Pine Warbler: Saratoga 8/30. Thanks to Phil Whitney (Birdline compiler), Steve Abrahamsen (Saratoga), Larry Alden (Meadowdale), Mona Bearor (South Glens Falls), Susan Beaudoin (Stillwater), Bruce Dudek (Cohoes Flats ), Elisabeth Grace (Old Chatham), Bernie Grossman (Cohoes Flats , Ferry Drive, Rexford), Rich Guthrie (Cohoes Flats, Coxsackie Grasslands), John Hershey (Cohoes Flats ), Jesse Jaycox (Stephentown), John Kent (Empire State Plaza), Nancy Kern (Cohoes Flats, Vischer Ferry Power Plant), Heidi Klinowski (Troy), Eric Krantz (Lake George), Bill Lee (Cohoes Flats, Niskayuna), Larry Main (Vischer Ferry Power Plant), Jackson Mesick (Cohoes Flats ), Steve Mesick (Slingerlands), Curt Morgan (Cohoes Flats), Timothy O'Connor (Hudson), Will Raup (Cohoes Flats, Albany), Alan Schroeder (Guilderland), Brad Walker (Brunswick) and anonymous (Schenectady). -- 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/ --
