Hudson-Mohawk Birdline

This is a summary of the Birdline reports for the week ending July 8.

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Eighty-seven species were reported this week.  Here are the highlights:

Ruffed Grouse: Ames 7/4.

Double-crested Cormorant: Cohoes 7/8 (12).

LEAST BITTERN: Black Creek Marsh 7/4 (2).

MISSISSIPPI KITE: Ames reported each day through 7/7, 11 reports in
all, at least 2 birds present.

Northern Harrier: Ames 7/3 (2), 7/4; Knox 7/5 (2).

Cooper's Hawk: Ames 7/6.

RED-SHOULDERED HAWK: Dyken Pond 7/3.

American Kestrel: Ames 7/3, 7/4; Knox 7/5 (4).

MERLIN: Ames 7/6.

Virginia Rail: Black Creek Marsh 7/4 (2).

UPLAND SANDPIPER: Ames 7/3.

Wilson's Snipe: Ames 7/3.

Blue-headed Vireo: Dyken Pond 7/3; Tongue Mountain 7/5.

Horned Lark: Saratoga County Airport 7/5.

Northern Rough-winged Swallow: Normanskill Preserve 7/6 (2); Cohoes 7/8 (40).

Carolina Wren: Troy 7/5.

Winter Wren: Tongue Mountain 7/5.

SWAINSON'S THRUSH: Tongue Mountain 7/5.

Hermit Thrush: Dyken Pond 7/3; Tongue Mountain 7/5.

Wood Thrush: Normanskill Preserve 7/6 (2).

Brown Thrasher: Ames 7/3; Saratoga Spa SP 7/5.

Nashville Warbler: Dyken Pond 7/3.

Chestnut-sided Warbler: Taconic Ridge 7/5.

Black-throated Blue Warbler: Tongue Mountain 7/5.

Prairie Warbler: Five Rivers 7/3.

Louisiana Waterthrush: Five Rivers 7/3.

CANADA WARBLER: Dyken Pond 7/3.

Indigo Bunting: Troy CC 7/3 (2).

Baltimore Oriole: Five Rivers 7/3 (2)

Thanks to Phil Whitney (compiler),  Larry Alden (Ames 7/5), Mona
Bearor (Ames 7/7), Deb Ferguson (Normanskill Preserve), Rich Guthrie
(Ames 7/3, Cohoes), Ken Harper (Ames 7/6), Ron Harrower (Ames 7/4,
7/5, Saratoga Spa SP, Saratoga County Airport), John Hershey (Dyken
Pond, Tongue Mountain), Catherine Klatt (Knox), Heidi Klinowski
(Troy, Troy CC), Liz Martens (Ames 7/4), David Martin (Ames 7/2),
Curt Morgan (Ames 7/5), Bill Purcell (Ames 7/6), Will Raup (Ames
7/3), Bob Ramonowski (Schenectady), Lillian Samuelson (Ames 7/3),
Charley Town (RPI), Tom Williams (Black Creek Marsh, Five Rivers) and
Clint ____ (Taconic Ridge).

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