This is a summary of the Birdline reports for the week ending March 3, 2010
Report your sightings in New York's Hudson-Mohawk Region to birdl...@hmbc.net.
Only thirty-four species were reported this week.
The most interesting were:
CANVASBACK: Germantown 2/27 (37), 2/28 (55).
GREAT CORMORANT: Germantown 2/27, 2/28.
ICELAND GULL: Coxsackie Boat Launch 2/27.
NORTHERN SHRIKE (probable, immature): Feura Bush 3/3.
SNOW BUNTING: West Sand Lake 2/25 (~12); Vischer Ferry 2/26 (25);
Coxsackie 2/26 (~25), Florida 2/26; Hudson 2/27.
Other highlights:
Mute Swan: Ghent 2/27 (2).
Bald Eagle: Rexford 2/25; Stillwater 2/28; Cohoes Falls 3/1.
Northern Harrier: Hudson 2/27; Fort Edward 2/28; Saratoga Battlefield 3/3 (2).
Red-tailed Hawk (leucistic): Troy 3/1.
Rough-legged Hawk: Hudson 2/27; Fort Edward 2/28.
American Kestrel: Florida 2/26; Fort Edward 2/28.
Fish Crow: Schenectady 2/26.
Common Raven: Florida 2/26.
Horned Lark: Coxsackie 2/26; Minaville 2/26; Easton 2/28.
Carolina Wren: Clarks Mills 2/28.
Savannah Sparrow: Hudson 2/27.
Thanks to Phil Whitney (complier), Susan Beaudoin (Saratoga
Battlefield), Hannah Bewsher (Troy), Bernie Grossman (Rexford), Rich
Guthrie (Coxsackie, New Baltimore), Peg Hasselwander (Albany), John
Hershey (Vischer Ferry 2/26; Germantown 2/28), Nancy Kern (Germantown
2/27, Ghent, Hudson, Coxsackie Boat Launch), Naomi Lloyd (West Sand
Lake), Curt Morgan (Cohoes Falls), Marne Onderdonk (Saratoga
Battlefield), Bob Ramonowski (Schenectady), Gregg Recer (Fort Edward,
Stillwater, Easton, Clarks Mills), George Steele (Florida,
Minaville), Craig Thompson (Feura Bush) and Tom Williams (Vischer Ferry 3/1).
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