This is a summary of the Hudson-Mohawk Birdline reports for the week
ending September 1, 2010.
Report your sightings in New York's Hudson-Mohawk Region to
[email protected]
Sixty-two species were reported this week, including 4 vireo species and
16 warbler species.
Best birds of the week:
PIED-BILLED GREBE:Partridge Run WMA 9/1.
MISSISSIPPI KITE: Root 8/29 (2+).
PHILADELPHIA VIREO: Vischer Ferry 9/1.
NORTHERN PARULA: Vischer Ferry 8/30.
BAY-BREASTED WARBLER: Partridge Run 8/28.
TENNESSEE WARBLER: Partridge Run9/1.
CAPE MAY WARBLER: Partridge Run 9/1.
MOURNING WARBLER: Partridge Run 8/28.
WILSON'S WARBLER: Vischer Ferry 8/27; Brunswick 8/29.
Other notable sightings:
Wood Duck: Vischer Ferry 8/30 (12).
Blue-winged Teal*: Vischer Ferry 8/30, 9/1.
Wild Turkey: Partridge Run 8/28 (60+).
Common Loon: Canada Lake 8/28 (5); Lake George 8/30.
Great Egret: Vischer Ferry 8/27 (3), 8/30.
Cooper's Hawk: Vischer Ferry 9/1
Broad-winged Hawk: Partridge Run 8/28; Peck Lake 8/28.
Lesser Yellowlegs: Stony Creek Reservoir 8/30.
Semipalmated Sandpiper: Stony Creek Reservoir 8/30.
Least Sandpiper: Stony Creek Reservoir 8/30.
Barred Owl: Saratoga 8/27.
Common Nighthawk: Saratoga 8/31 (4).
Yellow-throated Vireo: Vischer Ferry 8/27.
Warbling Vireo: Grafton Lakes SP 8/28 (3); Vischer Ferry 8/30, 9/1.
Golden-crowned Kinglet: Partridge Run 8/28.
Nashville Warbler: Vischer Ferry 8/27.
Magnolia Warbler: Vischer Ferry 8/30.
Blackburnian Warbler: Grafton Lakes SP 8/28 (2); Vischer Ferry 8/30,
Partridge Run 9/1(4).
Blackpoll Warbler: Grafton Lakes SP 8/28; Brunswick 8/29.
Black-and White Warbler: Partridge Run 9/1
Canada Warbler: Partridge Run 9/1
Purple Finch: Saratoga 8/28 (4).
* including a leucistic (probable) BWTE.
Thanks to Phil Whitney (compiler), Steve Abrahamsen (Saratoga, Canada
Lake, Peck Lake), Susan Beaudoin ( Stony Creek Reservoir, Vischer Ferry
8/30), Eric Krantz (Lake George), Will Raup: Partridge Run), Scott
Stoner (Root), Brad Walker (Grafton Lakes, Brunswick) and T. Lloyd
Williams (Partridge Run, 9/1), Tom Williams (Vischer Ferry 8/27, 8/30,
9/1).
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