This is a summary of the Birdline reports for the week ending March 24, 2010
Report your sightings in New York's Hudson-Mohawk Region to [email protected].
Ninety-two species were reported this week including 23 waterfowl species.
The most-reported species were Common Merganser (10 reports), Song
Sparrow (8), Green-winged Teal (7), Bald Eagle (7), American Woodcock
(7), Tree Swallow (6), Killdeer (5), Fox Sparrow (5) and Eastern Phoebe (5).
Most interesting reports:
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER: Coxsackie Boat Launch 3/21.
BLACK SCOTER: Coxsackie Boat Launch 3/18.
HORNED GREBE: Coxsackie Boat Launch 3/20; SE Columbia County 3/21.
GREAT CORMORANT: 4-mile Point 3/21; Cheviot 3/21 (3), 3/22.
BLACK VULTURE: Columbia County 3/21.
GOLDEN EAGLE: Greenport 3/22.
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK: Lock 19 3/21.
ICELAND GULL: Coxsackie Boat Launch 3/21.
RUSTY BLACKBIRD: Tomhannock 3/21; Columbia County 3/21 (5); Vischer
Ferry 3/18, 3/21.
EVENING GROSBEAK: Gansevoort 3/22.
Other highlights:
Mute Swan: Cheviot 3/21.
Gadwall: Vischer Ferry 3/21 (3); Tomhannock 3/21.
Blue-winged Teal: Vischer Ferry 3/23 (2).
Northern Shoveler: Vischer Ferry 3/21 (6); 4-mile Point 3/21 (6).
Canvasback: Cheviot (?) 3/21.
Greater Scaup: Collins Lake 3/24 (4).
Lesser Scaup: Niskayuna 3/19 (2); Cheviot 3/21; Brunswick 3/21 (2).
Ruddy Duck: Vischer Ferry 3/18 (4); Coxsackie Reservoir 3/21 (2).
Common Loon: Niskayuna 3/18 (2).
Pied-billed Grebe: Cheviot 3/21.
Wilson's Snipe: Coxsackie Grasslands 3/21 (3).
Great Horned Owl: Voorheesville 3/16.
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker: Meadowdale 3/21.
Northern Flicker: Five Rivers 3/20; 4-mile Point 3/21.
Carolina Wren: Coeymans Hollow 3/21; Ann Lee Pond 3/23.
Golden-crowned Kinglet: Brunswick 3/20, 3/21.
Yellow-rumped Warbler: Coeymans Hollow 3/21.
Field Sparrow: Five Rivers 3/20; East Greenbush 3/24.
Eastern Meadowlark: Florida 3/18, 3/19.
Purple Finch: Meadowdale 3/18, 3/21; East Greenbush 3/19 (3);
Coxsackie Reservoir 3/21.
Thanks to Phil Whitney (compiler), Larry Alden (Meadowdale), Nancy
Castillo (W Saratoga Co.), Linda Eastman (Sacandaga Lake), Deb
Ferguson (SE Columbia Co.),Rich Guthrie (Coxsackie Boat Launch, New
Baltimore, 4-mile Point), John Hershey (Clifton Park, Vischer Ferry
3/21, Lock 19), Nancy Kern (Cheviot 3/21, Columbia Co., Ghent), Bill
Lee (Vischer Ferry 3/18, Florida 3/19, Princetown, Collins Lake
3/24), Anne Magee (Niskayuna 3/18), Larry Main (Vischer Ferry 3/23),
Barb Putnam (Gansevoort), Bob Ramonowski (Five Rivers 3/20), Will
Raup (Cheviot 3/21, 4-mile Point , Coxsackie Boat Launch 3/21,
Coxsackie Grasslands, Stanton Pond, Alcove Reservooir, Coeymans
Hollow), Jeffrey Scherer (Voorheesville), Alan Schroeder , George
Steele (Florida 3//18), Sue Stewart (Burnt Hills), Scott Stoner
(Colonie, Albany), Alan Schroeder Brad Walker (Brunswick), Tom
Williams (Niskayuna 3/19, Five Rivers 3/20, Tomhannock, Ann Lee
Pond), and Chad Witko (Cheviot 3/22, Claverack, Greenport).
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