This is a summary of the Birdline reports for the week ending
November 18, 2009.
Report your sightings in the Hudson-Mohawk Region to [email protected].
Fifty one species were reported this week.
The most interesting were:
BARROW'S GOLDENEYE: Tomhannock 11/12.
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER: Coxsackie Boat Launch 11/16 (2).
RED-THROATED LOON: Tomhannock 11/11, 11/12 (2-3), 11/15
HORNED GREBE: Tomhannock 11/15 (3).
RED-NECKED GREBE: Tomhannock 11/15 (4).
MERLIN: New Baltimore 11/12.
NORTHERN SHRIKE (imm): Black Creek Marsh 11/15.
Other highlights:
Brant: Collins Lake 11/15.
Gadwall: Vischer Ferry NHP 11/13.
American Wigeon: Vischer Ferry NHP 11/13.
Northern Pintail: Vischer Ferry NHP 11/13 (3).
Common Goldeneye: Tomhannock 11/12, 11/15.
Ruddy Duck: Tomhannock 11/12, 11/15.
Common Loon: Tomhannock 11/12 (2), 11/15.
Bald Eagle: Tomhannock 11/12 (2); 11/15 (2).
Sharp-shinned Hawk: Schenectady 11/11; Vischer Ferry NHP 11/13 (2).
Eastern Screech-Owl: Vischer Ferry NHP 11/13.
Carolina Wren: New Salem 11/12.
Marsh Wren: Vischer Ferry NHP 11/13.
Golden-crowned Kinglet: Tomhannock 11/15.
Eastern Bluebird: Glenville 11/13 (6); Tomhannock 11/15; Black Creek
Marsh 11/15.
Fox Sparrow: Vischer Ferry NHP 11/13; Old Chatham 11/14 (2).
Eastern Meadowlark: Pittstown 11/12.
Purple Finch: Old Chatham 11/14.
Thanks to Phil Whitney (compiler), Dave Baim (New Salem), Alan French
(Glenville), Elizabeth Grace (Old Chatham), Rich Guthrie (Coxsackie
Boat Launch, New Baltimore), John Kent (Tomhannock 11/15), Larry Main
(Vischer Ferry), David Martin (Black Creek Marsh), Joe Peters
(Tomhannock 11/11), Bob Ramonowski (Schenectady), Neil Reilly
(Collins Lake) and Tom Williams (Vischer Ferry). Tomhannock 11/12 and
Pittstown sightings by Bill Lee's Thursday group.
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