This is a summary of the Hudson-Mohawk Birdline reports for the week
ending August 4, 2010
Report your sightings in New York's Hudson-Mohawk Region to
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Eighty-three species were reported this week.
Best birds of the week:
LEAST BITTERN: Niskayuna RR Station 8/3.
GREAT EGRET: Scotia 7/28, Ferry Drive 7/30 (7), Crescent 8/3 (24);
Niskayuna RR Station 8/3 (9).
SNOWY EGRET: Ferry Drive 7/30; Cohoes Flats 7/30, 7/31.
MISSISSIPPI KITE: Root 7/31 (2).
BONAPARTE'S GULL: New Baltimore 8/1.
CLIFF SWALLOW: Coxsackie Grasslands 7/30.
Also of interest:
Bald Eagle: Coxsackie Boat Launch 8/1 (3); New Baltimore 8/3 (4).
Broad-winged Hawk: Saratoga Battlefield 7/29; Luther Forest 7/31 (2+).
Semipalmated Plover: Cohoes Flats 7/31.
Greater Yellowlegs: Coxsackie Grasslands 8/2.
Lesser Yellowlegs: Coxsackie Grasslands 7/30, 8/3; Cohoes Flats 7/31.
Black-billed Cuckoo: Saratoga Battlefield 7/29
Barred Owl: Luther Forest 7/31; New Baltimore 8/1 (2).
Bank Swallow: Coxsackie Grasslands 7/30 (2).
Carolina Wren: Saratoga Race Course 8/4.
Hermit Thrush: Luther Forest 7/31.
Wood Thrush: Ramshorn -Livingston Sanctuary 7/31 (4).
Brown Thrasher: Ramshorn -Livingston Sanctuary 7/312 (3).
Black-throated Green Warbler: Luther Forest 7/31.
Black-and-White Warbler: Greene Point 7/31.
Canada Warbler: Providence 8/2.
Scarlet Tanager: Ramshorn -Livingston Sanctuary 7/31.
Swamp Sparrow: Ramshorn -Livingston Sanctuary 7/31 (6).
Eastern Meadowlark: Saratoga Battlefield 7/29.
Purple Finch: Coxsackie Grasslands 7/30; Glenville 7/31 (2).
Thanks to Phil Whitney (compiler), Jackie Bogardus (Root), Karen Browne
(Kayaderosseras Creek), Nancy Castillo (Providence), Alan French
(Glenville), Gary Goodness (Cohoes Flats 7/30, Crescent), Cynthia Guile
(Saratoga), Rich Guthrie (Coxsackie Grasslands, Coxsackie Boat Launch,
New Baltimore, Ramshorn -Livingston Sanctuary, Greene Point, Niskayuna
RR Station), John Hershey (Ferry Drive), John Kent: Cohoes Flats 7/31),
Marne Onderdonk (Luther Forest), Bob Ramonowski (Scotia) and Tom
Williams (Saratoga Race Course). . Saratoga Battlefield reports by the
Thursday group.
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