This is a summary of the Birdline reports for the week ending March 31, 2010
Report your sightings in New York's Hudson-Mohawk Region to [email protected].
Sixty species were reported this week.
The most interesting were:
GREAT EGRET: Collins Lake 3/27.
VARIED THRUSH*: Wilton/Gansevoort 3/26, 3/31.
PINE WARBLER: Spencertown 3/27.
RUSTY BLACKBIRD: Vischer Ferry 3/25 (3); Schodack Island SP 3/27 (8).
PINE SISKIN: Galway 3/30 (2).
EVENING GROSBEAK: Gansevoort 3/27.
Other highlights:
Mute Swan: 4-mile Point 3/29 (2).
Gadwall: Ferry Road 3/25 (2); 4-mile Point 3/29 (4).
American Wigeon: 4-mile Point 3/29 (6).
Blue-Winged Teal: Vischer Ferry 3/25.
Northern Shoveler: Vischer Ferry 3/25.
Northern Pintail: Vischer Ferry 3/25 (2).
Bufflehead: Vischer Ferry 3/25 (2); Chatham 3/25 (2); Nassau Lake 3/31 (6).
Ruddy Duck: Collins Lake 3/27.
Pied-billed Grebe: Vischer Ferry 3/25.
Osprey: Athens 3/25.
Bald Eagle: Vroman's Nose 3/28; Mill Kill SP 3/28 (3).
Peregrine Falcon: Vroman's Nose 3/28; Rip Van Winkle Bridge 3/29.
American Woodcock: Claverack 3/29 (several).
Eastern Phoebe: Vischer Ferry 3/25; Schodack Island SP 3/27; 4-mile
Point 3/29 (2).
Tree Swallow: Vischer Ferry 3/25; New Salem 3/25 (4); Brunswick 3/27 (7).
Carolina Wren: Ferry Road 3/25; Burnt Hills 3/30.
Eastern Towhee: Livingston 3/28.
Purple Finch: Burnt Hills 3/30; East Greenbush 3/30 (2).
* location details and photo posted on HMBirds.
Thanks to Phil Whitney (compiler), Dave Baim (New Salem), Karen
Browne (Schodack Island SP), Larry Federman (Athens), Deb Ferguson
(Delmar), Alan French (Glenville), Elisabeth Grace (Chatham), Don
Gresens (Collins Lake), Rich Guthrie (4-mile Point), Roberta Hynes
(Wilton/Gansevoort), Nancy Kern (Spencertown), Bill Lee (Vischer
Ferry, Ferry Road), Roger Miller (Galway), Frank Palmer (Burnt
Hills), Barb Putnam (Gansevoort), Bob Ramonowski (Schenectady), Brad
Walker (Brunswick), Tom Williams (Vromans Nose, Mill Kill SP), and
Chad Witko (Claverack, Livingston, RVW Bridge).
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