Hudson-Mohawk Birdline

[David Martin-21]

This is a summary of the Birdline reports for the week ending October 28.

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Sixty-nine species were reported this week.  The most notable were:

CACKLING GOOSE: Coxsackie Boat Launch 10/27 (6).

SURF SCOTER: New Baltimore 10/22.

RED-THROATED LOON: Hudson 10/25.

GOLDEN EAGLE: Five Rivers 10/25.


Here are other highlights:

Brant: Stockport 10/25.

Blue-winged Teal: Vischer Ferry 10/22.

Northern Pintail: Vischer Ferry 10/22 (3).

Ruddy Duck: Coxsackie Reservoir 10/25 (40).

Black Vulture: New Scotland 10/23 (7).

Bald Eagle: Cohoes Flats 10/21; Stockport 10/25.

Peregrine Falcon: Cohoes Flats 10/21.

Virginia Rail: Vischer Ferry 10/22.

Solitary Sandpiper: Vischer Ferry 10/22.

Lesser Yellowlegs: Vischer Ferry 10/22.

Semipalmated Sandpiper: Vischer Ferry 10/22.

Barred Owl: Glenville 10/23.

Common Raven: Austerlitz 10/25.

Brown Creeper: Niskayuna 10/22; Coxsackie Reservoir 10/25; Delmar
10/25 (2); Austerlitz 10/25.

Carolina Wren: Vischer Ferry 10/22.

Golden-crowned Kinglet: Delmar 10/25 (2); Austerlitz 10/25.

Eastern Bluebird: Vischer Ferry 10/22 (8-10); Austerlitz 10/25.

Hermit Thrush: Vischer Ferry 10/22.

Nashville Warbler: Ferry Drive/Lock 19 10/22.

Yellow-rumped Warbler: Vischer Ferry 10/22; Coxsackie Reservoir 10/25
(8), Delmar 10/25 (3); Austerlitz 10/25.

Palm Warbler: Coxsackie Reservoir 10/25.

Fox Sparrow: Vischer Ferry 10/22 (3); Ferry Drive/Lock 19 10/22;
Delmar 10/25 (4).

White-crowned Sparrow: Vischer Ferry 10/22; Glenville 10/23.

Rusty Blackbird: Vischer Ferry 10/22 (8-10); Ferry Drive/Lock 19 10/22.

Thanks to Phil Whitney (compiler), Deb Ferguson (Delmar), Alan French
(Glenville), Rich Guthrie (Coxsackie Reservoir, Coxsackie Boat
Launch, New Baltimore), John Kent (Five Rivers), Nancy Kern
(Austerlitz), Bill Lee (Vischer Ferry), Alan Mapes (Hudson,
Stockport), Curt Morgan (Cohoes Flats), Elayne Ryba (Niskayuna), Jim
Suozzo (New Scotland) and Tom Williams (Ferry Drive).

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