This is a summary of the Birdline reports for the week ending January 13, 2010.
Report your sightings in the Hudson-Mohawk region to [email protected].
Sixty-two species were reported this week.
The most interesting sightings were:
REDHEAD: Stillwater 1/7 (2).
ICELAND GULL: Coxsackie Boat Launch 1/9 (2), 1/11, 1/13.
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL: Coxsackie Boat Launch 1/7, 1/9, 1/11, 1/13.
GLAUCOUS GULL: Coxsackie Boat Launch 1/8, 1/9, 1/11.
SHORT-EARED OWL: Amsterdam 1/10.
NORTHERN SHRIKE: Coxsackie 1/7, 1/8, 1/9; Fort Edward 1/10.
LAPLAND LONGSPUR: Easton 1/10; Schagticoke 1/12 (4), 1/13 (2).
SNOW BUNTING: Coxsackie Boat Launch 1/9 (30+); Easton 1/10 (300+),
1/13 (150); Cambridge 1/12 (25).
Other highlights:
Lesser Scaup: Coxsackie Boat Launch 1/9.
Bufflehead: Stillwater 1/7.
Great Blue Heron: Albany 1/12.
Bald Eagle: Schagticoke 1/12 (2), 1/13.
Northern Harrier: Coxsackie 1/7 (6), 1/8 (8), 1/9, 1/11.
Rough-legged Hawk: Coxsackie 1/7 (8), 1/8 (8), 1/9, 1/11; Fort Edward
1/10 (18).
American Kestrel: Amsterdam 1/10.
Eastern Screech-Owl: 4-mile Point 1/9.
Barred Owl: 4-mile Point 1/7.
Common Raven: Wilton 1/7; Coxsackie 1/11 (3).
Horned Lark: Waterford 1/9 (24), 1/12 (15-20); Easton 1/10 (~75);
Fort Edward 1/10; Schagticoke 1/12, 1/13 (~75); Cambridge 1/12 (~170).
Carolina Wren: East Greenbush 1/13 (2).
Winter Wren: 4-mile Point 1/9.
Marsh Wren: Vischer Ferry 1/8.
Eastern Bluebird: Coxsackie 1/8 (3); Niskayuna 1/11 (2).
Savannah Sparrow: Coxsackie 1/7.
Fox Sparrow: Ghent 1/7; Voorheesville 1/8.
Thanks to Phil Whitney (compiler), Hope Batcheller (Coxsackie Boat
Launch 1/8, Coxsackie 1/8, Schagticoke 1/12, Cambridge), Deb Ferguson
(Delmar), Rich Guthrie (Coxsackie Boat Launch 1/9), Ken Harper
(Waterford 1/12), Peg Hasselwander (Albany), John Hershey (Vischer
Ferry, Coxsackie Boat Launch 1/11), Nancy Kern (Ghent), Margaret
Krolick (Voorheesville), Bill Lee (Wilton), Alan Mapes (Schagticoke
1/13, Easton 1/13), Marne Onderdonk (Saratoga), Ellen Pemrick
(Waterford 1/9), ___ Peters (Fort Edward), Will Raup (Coxsackie 1/9,
1/11, 4-mile Point 1/9, Stillwater 1/10, Easton 1/10), Jim Ries
(Stillwater 1/7), Lillian Samuelson (Niskayuna), George Steele
(Amsterdam), and Chad Witko (Coxsackie 1/7, Coxsackie Boat Launch
1/7, 1/13, 4-mile Point 1/7).
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