This is a summary of the Hudson-Mohawk Birdline reports for the week ending February 9, 2011. Report your sightings in New York's Hudson-Mohawk Region to [email protected]
Forty-one species were reported this week. Best birds of the week: NORTHERN SHRIKE: Five Rivers 2/8. SNOW BUNTING: Millerton* 2/4; Brunswick 2/7 (40-50). WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL: Saratoga 2/5 - 2/7. Other notable reports: Common Goldeneye: Green Island 2/5 (30+); Cohoes 2/5 (5+). Wild Turkey: Austerlitz 2/2; Colonie 2/5 (4); Lake George 2/7 (3); East Greenbush 2/8 (14). Bald Eagle: Saratoga Lake 2/5 (2); Colonie 2/6; Troy 2/8 (3). Sharp-shinned Hawk: Troy 2/7. Cooper's Hawk: Colonie 2/4. Peregrine Falcon: Green Island 2/5 (2). Barred Owl: Colonie 2/4). Common Raven: Lake George 2/7. Horned Lark: Millerton* 2/4; Brunswick 2/7 (2). Brown Creeper: Austerlitz 2/2. Carolina Wren: Colonie 2/5, 2/6, New Baltimore (daily) Northern Mockingbird: Saratoga 2/3; Schenectady 2/5. Purple Finch: Austerlitz 2/2 (3). Common Redpoll: Austerlitz 2/2(2); Glenville 2/7 (10). *Millerton is just outside region 8 in Dutchess County. Thanks to: Phil Whitney (Birdline compiler), Steve Abrahamsen (Saratoga 2/3), Alan French (Glenville), Betty Grindrod (Millerton), Nancy Kern (Austerlitz), Heidi Klinowski (Troy 2/7), Eric Krantz (Lake George), Bill Lee (Green Island, Cohoes), Curt Morgan (Troy 2/8), Bud Nevins (Five Rivers), Ellen Pemrick (Colonie 2/4), Bob Ramonowski (Schenectady), Beth Reinke (Colonie 2/4, 2/6), Marlene Vidibor (Ghent),Tom Williams (Colonie 2/5) and 2 anonymous reports (Saratoga 2/7, Saratoga Lake). -- 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/ --
