[BIRDEAST] Hudson-Mohawk Birdline
Subject: [BIRDEAST] Hudson-Mohawk Birdline
From: David Martin
Date: Wed, Feb 8, 2012, 9:08 AM
This is a summary of the Hudson-Mohawk Birdline reports for the week
ending 1 February 2012*. Report your sightings in New York's
Hudson-Mohawk Region to (email address filtered)
Forty-four species were reported this week. Most-reported species were
Bald Eagle (13 reports, 22 individuals), Red-tailed Hawk (7 reports) and
Common Goldeneye (5).
The best birds were:
BARROW'SGOLDENEYE: Fort Miller 1/31.
BLACK VULTURE: Hudson 1/28 (3)
*GOLDEN EAGLE*: Fort Miller 1/26.
RUSTY BLACKBIRD: Delmar 2/1 (2).
Other notable reports:
Snow Goose: Fort Miller 1/26, 1/29, 1/31 (~120).
Mute Swan: Nassau 1/27 (5).
Northern Pintail: Fort Miller 1/26 (5).
Greater Scaup: Stillwater 1/26 (2).
Lesser Scaup: Stillwater 1/26.
Wild Turkey: Valatie 1/27; Glenville 2/1 (7); Delmar 2/1 (21).
Common Loon: Lake George 1/30 (2).
Black Vulture: Hudson 1/28 (3).
Turkey Vulture: Valatie 1/27.
Northern Harrier: Coxsackie Grasslands 1/29 (5); Fort Edward 1/29 (11).
Rough-legged Hawk: Fort Miller 1/29; Fort Edward 1/29 (2).
American Kestrel: Fort Edward 1/29.
Peregrine Falcon: Troy 1/28.
Fish Crow: Troy 1/26.
Carolina Wren: Greenport 1/28.
Eastern Bluebird: Greenport 1/29.
*Distribution of this report was significantly delayed by problems with
my computer. -- DM.
Thanks to Phil Whitney (Birdline compiler), Alan French (Glenville),
Elisabeth Grace (Nassau), Rich Guthrie (New Baltimore, Coxsackie
Grasslands, Coxsackie Boat Launch, 4-mile Point), Ken Harper (Fort
Edward), John Hershey (Fort Miller 1/26), Drew Hopkins (Hudson,
Greenport, Troy 1/26, Valatie), Nancy Kern (Fort Miller 1/31), Eric
Krantz (Lake George), Bill Lee (Stillwater, Easton, Fort Miller 1/26,
Clarks Mills), Priscilla Leonard (Salem), Alan Mapes (Delmar), Curt
Morgan (Troy 1/28, North Troy, Fort Miller 1/29, Fort Edward ), Jeff
Nadler (Fort Miller 1/29), Bob Ramonowski(Taghkanic, Schenectady), Brian
Smith (Burden Lake) and Scott Stoner (Fort Edward).
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