This is a summary of the Hudson-Mohawk Birdline reports for the week ending January 26, 2011. Report your sightings in New York's Hudson-Mohawk Region to [email protected]
Fifty-eight species were reported this week. The most-reported species was COMMON REDPOLL (7 reports). The best birds of the week were: MERLIN: Brunswick 1/23; Delmar 1/26. NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL: Cherry Plains 1/23; New Baltimore 1/25. EVENING GROSBEAK: Stony Creek 1/22 (4); Cherry Plains 1/23; also a report of 3 at a feeder with no location given. Other notable reports: Snow Goose: 4-mile Point 1/20. Bald Eagle: Esperance 1/22; New Baltimore 1/21 (2); 1/22 (3), 1/25 (2); Stillwater 1/25 (2). Northern Harrier: Fort Edward 1/25. Sharp-shinned Hawk: Albany 1/20. Rough-legged Hawk: Coxsackie 1/20. American Coot: Fish Creek 1/25. Eastern Screech-Owl: Ghent 1/20 (in a chimney). Great Horned Owl: Five Rivers 1/26. Barred Owl: Saratoga 1/22; Saratoga Battlefield 1/25. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker: Troy 1/25. Common Raven: Stony Creek 1/22; New Baltimore 1/25. Horned Lark: Coxsackie Grasslands 1/20. Brown Creeper: New Baltimore 1/20. Carolina Wren: Old Chatham 1/21; Schuylerville 1/23 (2), Troy 1/25 (2). Golden-crowned Kinglet: Partridge Run 1/20. Eastern Bluebird: Niskayuna 1/23 (4). Northern Mockingbird: Colonie 1/23; Saratoga 1/26. Swamp Sparrow: Galway 1/25. Snow Bunting: Coxsackie Grasslands 1/20. Red-winged Blackbird: 4-mile Point 1/20 (3). Pine Siskin: Palenville 1/26. Thanks to Phil Whitney (Birdline compiler), Steve Abrahamsen (Saratoga, Cherry Plains), Mona Bearor (South Glens Falls), Jack Bigelow (Esperance), Cathy Bryant (Saratoga Battlefield, Stillwater), Pat Castledine (Saratoga 1/22), Linda Eastman (Broadalbin), Larry Federman (Palenville), Elisabeth Grace (Old Chatham), Rich Guthrie (New Baltimore ), Sue Hendler (Edinburg), John Hershey (Stony Creek), Heidi Klinowski (Troy), Bill Lee (Delmar, Coxsackie 1/20, 4-mile Point), Alan Mapes (Five Rivers, Delmar 1/26), Steve Mesick (Fort Edward, Fish Creek), Ellen Pemrick (Colonie1/21), Bob Ramonowski (Schenectady), Will Raup (Albany, Delmar, Partridge Run, Coxsackie Grasslands, Coxsackie Boat Launch), Bill Schneider (Stuyvesant Falls), Alan Schroeder (Niskayuna, Guilderland), Sue Stewart (Ballston Lake ), Brad Walker (Brunswick), Valerie Wallin (Ghent, Spencertown), Kurt Weiskotten (Galway) and Tom Williams (Colonie 1/23). -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
