This is a summary of the Hudson-Mohawk Birdline reports for the week
ending October 20, 2010.
Report your sightings in New York's Hudson-Mohawk Region to
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Eighty-two species were reported this week.
Best birds of the week:
CACKLING GOOSE: Brunswick 10/16, 10/19 (2+), 10/20 (4).
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON: Waterford 10/19.
GOLDEN EAGLE: Eagle Bridge 10/14.
NORTHERN GOSHAWK: Partridge Run 10/14.
MERLIN: Waterford 10/19.
WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER: Tomhannock 10/14, 10/17.
PECTORAL SANDPIPER: Tomhannock 10/14; Rensselaerville 10/20.
BONAPARTE'S GULL: Saratoga Lake 10/16.
NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL: Berne 10/18.
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER: Partridge Run 10/14.
Other notable sightings:
Greater Scaup: Loughberry Lake 10/15 (2).
Black Scoter: Tomhannock 10/16 (6); Round Lake 10/16 (23).
Ruffed Grouse: Middle Grove 10/14.
Common Loon: Tomhannock 10/14.
Great Egret: Tomhannock 10/16; Waterford 10/19.
Osprey: Saratoga Lake 10/16; Collins Lake 10/18, 10/19.
Bald Eagle: Cohoes Falls 10/13; Tomhannock 10/14 (2); Round Lake 10/16 (2).
Northern Harrier: Tomhannock 10/14; Brunswick 10/18.
Sharp-shinned Hawk: Brunswick 10/18 (4).
Cooper's Hawk: Albany 10/18; Brunswick 10/18.
American Kestrel: Tomhannock 10/17.
American Coot: Collins Lake 10/19 (2).
Wilson's Snipe: Rensselaerville 10/20 (2).
Eastern Screech-Owl: New Baltimore 10/18.
Chimney Swift: Albany 10/18.
Carolina Wren: Scotia 10/18 (2).
Eastern Bluebird: Tomhannock 10/17 (4); East Greenbush 10/18 (12+);
Saratoga 10/20.
Hermit Thrush: Lisha Kill 10/17 (3).
American Pipit: Rensselaerville 10/17 (6).
Palm Warbler: Meadowdale 10/17.
Savannah Sparrow: Coxsackie Grasslands 10/17 (15).
White-Crowned Sparrow: East Greenbush 10/14 (3); Brunswick 10/18 (2).
Purple Finch: Brunswick 10/18 (3); East Greenbush 10/19 (2); Saratoga
10/20.
Pine Siskin: East Greenbush 10/19.
Thanks to Steve Abrahamsen (Saratoga, Saratoga Lake, Larry Alden
(Meadowdale), Loughberry Lake, Tomhannock 10/16; Brunswick 10/16),
Michael Batcher (Eagle Bridge), Gerry Colborn (Rensselaerville 10/20),
Chris Connell (Middle Grove), Judy Dietz (Scotia, Collins Lake 10/18),
Rich Guthrie (New Baktimore, Coxsackie Grasslands), John Hershey
(Tomhannock 10/17), Bill Lee (Lisha Kill), Alan Mapes (Waterford), Curt
Morgan (Cohoes Falls), Jeff Nadler (Collins Lake 10/19), Will Raup
(Albany), Alan Schroeder (Brunswick 10/18, Tomhannock 10/18), Brad
Walker (Brunswick 10/16, 10/18, 10/19) and T. Lloyd Williams
(Rensselaerville 10/17, Partridge Run, Berne). Tomhannock 10/14
sightings by the Thursday group led by Bill Lee.
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