July
21, 2010
Ninety species were reported this week.
Best birds of the week:
GREAT EGRET: Cohoes Flats 7/19
(5); Niskayuna RR Station 7/21 (6).
SNOWY EGRET: Cohoes Flats 7/19
MISSISSIPPI KITE: Root 7/18.
CLIFF SWALLOW: Glen 7/18.
CANADA WARBLER: Rural Grove SF
7/18.
Other birds of interest:
Hooded Merganser: Cohoes Power Dam 7/20 (2).
Pied-Billed Grebe: Logtown Marsh 7/18.
Osprey: Cohoes Flats 7/15.
Bald Eagle: Cohoes Flats 7/15; New Baltimore 7/15 (2), 7/19 (4), 7/21;
Coxsackie Boat Launch 7/19 (2).
Broad-winged Hawk: Rural Grove SF 7/18.
Virginia Rail: Logtown Marsh 7/18.
Common Moorhen: Logtown Marsh 7/18.
Greater Yellowlegs: Cohoes Flats 7/19
Lesser Yellowlegs: Cohoes Flats 7/15 (2), 7/19 (2).
Least Sandpiper: Cohoes Flats 7/15 (12+), 7/17 (2).
Black-billed Cuckoo: Saratoga Battlefield 7/18 (2)
Eastern Screech-Owl: New Salem 7/20.
Great Horned Owl: New Salem 7/21.
Barred Owl: Hadley 7/17; Rural Grove SF 7/18 (3).
Fish Crow: New Baltimore 7/19 (8), 7/21 (3).
Common Raven: Amsterdam 7/18.
Horned Lark: Saratoga County Airport 7/18 (6).
Carolina Wren: Cohoes Flats 7/15; New Baltimore 7/19, 7/21.
Hermit Thrush: Hadley 7/17 (3); Rural Grove SF 7/18.
Wood Thrush: Schuylerville 7/16.
Brown Thrasher: Root 7/18.
Blue-winged Warbler: Cohoes Flats 7/15.
Magnolia Warbler: Rural Grove SF 7/18.
Savannah Sparrow: Schuylerville 7/16; Coxsackie Grasslands 7/16;
Saratoga Battlefield 7/21.
Eastern Meadowlark: Saratoga Battlefield 7/21 (5).
Thanks to Phil Whitney (compiler), Steve Abrahamsen (Hadley,
Saratoga County Airport, Schuylerville), Dave Baim (New Salem), Susan
Beaudoin (Saratoga Battlefield), Deb Ferguson (Cohoes Flats 7/17), Gary
Goodness (Cohoes Flats 7/19), Rich Guthrie (Coxsackie, Coxsackie Boat
Launch, Coxsackie Grasslands, Root, New Baltimore, Cohoes Power Dam),
David Harrison (Logtown Marsh, Rural Grove SF, Glen, Amsterdam), John
Hershey (Cohoes Flats 7/19) and Tom Williams (Niskayuna RR
Station). Cohoes Flats 7/15 sightings by the Thursday group led
by Bill Lee.
July
14, 2010
Sixty-seven species were reported this
week.
Best of the week:
LONG-TAILED DUCK: Lake George
7/8.
RING-NECKED PHEASANT:
Queensbury 7/7.
LEAST BITTERN: Black Creek
Marsh 7/11.
CASPIAN TERN: Cohoes Flats
7/10; Coeymans 7/11 (2).
NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL:
Rensselaerville 7/11.
PURPLE MARTIN: Lake Lonely
7/10.
CLIFF SWALLOW: Schoharie Creek*
7/11.
Other birds of interest:
Blue-winged Teal: Coxsackie Grasslands 7/8.
Bald Eagle: Cohoes 7/12; Schenectady 7/14.
Cooper's Hawk: Scotia 7/14.
Broad-winged Hawk: New Salem 7/8.
Virginia Rail: Black Creek Marsh 7/11 (2 juveniles).
Least Sandpiper: Coxsackie Grasslands 7/8 (10); Cohoes Flats 7/12 (2).
Northern Rough-winged Swallow: Wilton Wildlife Preserve 7/9 (2).
Hermit Thrush: Wilton Wildlife Preserve 7/9 (3).
Wood Thrush: New Salem 7/8.
Black-throated Blue Warbler: Wilton Wildlife Preserve 7/9 (2).
Blackburnian Warbler: Wilton Wildlife Preserve 7/9.
Louisiana Waterthrush: New Salem 7/8.
Savannah Sparrow: Schoharie Creek* 7/11; Saratoga 7/11.
Indigo Bunting: Wilton Wildlife Preserve 7/9 (2).
* At Route 7 bridge.
Thanks to Phil Whitney (compiler), Steve Abrahamsen (Black Creek Marsh,
Schoharie Creek, Lake Lonely, Saratoga), Dave Baim (New Salem), Gerry
Colborn (Rensselaerville, Cohoes, Cohoes Flats 7/12); Deb Ferguson
(Cohoes Flats 7/10), Rich Guthrie (Coxsackie Grasslands, Coeymans),
Eric Krantz (Lake George), Marne Onderdonk (Wilton Wildlife Preserve)
and Bob Ramonowski (Schenectady, Scotia).
July
7, 2010
Best of the week:
LEAST BITTERN: Greenport 7/1;
Black Creek Marsh 7/3 (2).
UPLAND SANDPIPER: Root 7/5.
CLIFF SWALLOW: Schoharie Creek*
7/4.
NORTHERN PARULA: Sprakers 7/3.
VESPER SPARROW: Saratoga County
Airport 7/2.
ORCHARD ORIOLE: Fort Edward
6/30.
Other notable sightings:
Pied-billed Grebe: Rural Grove** 7/3 (2).
Northern Harrier: Root 7/5.
American Kestrel: Ames 7/3.
Virginia Rail: Greenport 7/1; Rural Grove** 7/3; Black Creek Marsh 7/3
(4).
Common Moorhen: Rural Grove** 7/3 (2).
Solitary Sandpiper: Schoharie Creek* 7/4.
Least Sandpiper: Coxsackie Grasslands 7/2.
Yellow-billed Cuckoo: Black Creek Marsh 7/3; Meadowdale 7/5.
Great Horned Owl: Amsterdam 7/3; Schoharie Creek* 7/4.
Barred Owl: Luther Forest 7/5.
Yellow-throated Vireo: Sprakers 7/3 (3).
Northern Rough-winged Swallow: Schoharie Creek* 7/4.
Bank Swallow: Schoharie Creek* 7/4.
Carolina Wren: Schoharie Creek* 7/4.
Marsh Wren: Black Creek Marsh 7/3 (3).
Hermit Thrush: Black Creek Marsh 7/3.
Brown Thrasher: Black Creek Marsh 7/3; Ames 7/3.
Prairie Warbler: Black Creek Marsh 7/3.
Scarlet Tanager: Sprakers 7/3; Glenville 7/3.
Savannah Sparrow: Saratoga County Airport 7/2; Ames 7/3.
* between Route 7 and Route 20.
** Montgomery County
Thanks to Phil Whitney (compiler), Steve Abrahamsen (Saratoga County
Airport), Larry Alden (Meadowdale, Root), Alan French (Glenville), Rich
Guthrie (Coxsackie Grasslands), David Harrison (Rural Grove, Sprakers,
Ames), T. O'Connor (Greenport), Marne Onderdonk (Luther Forest), John
Ozard (Fort Edward), George Steele (Schoharie Creek) and Tom Williams
(Black Creek Marsh).
June
30, 2010
Best of the week:
BLACK VULTURE: Albany 6/24.
MISSISSIPPI KITE: Root 6/27.
YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO:
Meadowdale 6/23; Kingsbury 6/25.
SEDGE WREN: Fort Edward 6/25,
6/26.
CANADA WARBLER: Fox Hill Road
6/27.
VESPER SPARROW: Fort Edward
6/25, 6/26.
Other birds of interest:
Common Loon: Lake George 6/27 (2), 6/28.
Osprey: Fort Miller 6/24 (nest).
Northern Harrier: Fort Edward 6/25, 6/26; Kingsbury 6/25.
Broad-winged Hawk: Cherry Plains 6/26; Fox Hill Road 6/27.
American Kestrel: Fort Edward 6/26; Fort Ann 6/26; Greenfield Center
6/27.
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker: Cherry Plains 6/25, 6/26; Middle Grove 6/29.
Blue-Headed Vireo: Fort Ann 6/25; Cherry Plains 6/26; Middle Grove
6/29.
Common Raven: Cherry Plains 6/25 (3); Fort Ann 6/26; Greenfield Center
6/27.
Bank Swallow: Fort Ann 6/25, 6/26 (70+; 120-140 nest holes).
Brown Creeper: Fort Ann 6/25.
Winter Wren: Cherry Plains 6/25, 6/26; Fox Hill Road 6/27.
Golden-crowned Kinglet: Hogtown 6/25.
Hermit Thrush: Cherry Plains 6/26; Middle Grove 6/29.
Wood Thrush: Cherry Plains 6/26; Middle Grove 6/29.
Northern Mockingbird: Charleston 6/25; Fort Edward 6/26; Fort Ann 6/26.
Brown Thrasher: Fort Edward 6/26.
Blackburnian Warbler: Fort Ann 6/25; Cherry Plains 6/26; Fox Hill Road
6/27.
Pine Warbler: Hogtown 6/25.
Northern Waterthrush: Greenfield Center 6/27 (2).
Scarlet Tanager: Cherry Plains 6/25, 6/26.
Savannah Sparrow: Fort Edward 6/25, 6/26.
Eastern Meadowlark: Fort Edward 6/25, 6/26 (3).
Purple Finch: Middle Grove 6/29.
Thanks to Phil Whitney (compiler), Steve Abrahamsen (Fort Edward 6/26;
Fort Ann 6/26, Greenfield Center), Larry Alden (Meadowdale), Chris
Connell (Middle Grove), Erica Downs (Charleston), Heidi Klinowski
(Troy), Bob Konowitz* (Root), Jeff Nadler (Fox Hill Road), Bill Purcell
(Fort Edward 6/25, Fort Ann 6/25, Kingsbury, Hogtown), Bob Ramonowski
(Schenectady), Will Raup (Albany) and anonymous (Fort Miller).
Cherry Plains 6/25 reports are from HMBC trip.
* Name unclear on phone recording.
June
23, 2010
This week's highlights:
MISSISSIPPI KITE: Root 6/18,
6/20.
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK: Grafton
Lakes SP 6/19.
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER:
Hunter Mountain 6/21.
MOURNING WARBLER: Hunter
Mountain 6/21.
CANADA WARBLER: Hunter Mountain
6/21.
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW: Saratoga
County Airport 6/20.
Other birds of interest:
Gadwall: Stanton Pond 6/19.
Common Loon: New Baltimore 6/17.
Osprey: Vischer Ferry 6/17.
Broad-winged Hawk: Saratoga County Airport 6/20 (2).
American Woodcock: Grafton Lakes SP 6/19 (2).
Barred Owl: Saratoga 6/19; Mountain Top Arboretum* 6/19.
Horned Lark: Saratoga County Airport 6/20.
Common Raven: Mountain Top Arboretum* 6/19.
Bank Swallow: Vischer Ferry 6/17 (2+).
Winter Wren: Dyken Pond 6/20; Hunter Mountain 6/21.
Golden-crowned Kinglet: Hunter Mountain 6/21.
Swainson's Thrush: Hunter Mountain 6/21.
Hermit Thrush: Mountain Top Arboretum (near Tannersville) 6/19; Hunter
Mountain 6/21.
Wood Thrush: Bennett Hill 6/19; Hunter Mountain 6/21.
Brown Thrasher: Bennett Hill 6/19.
Magnolia Warbler: Dyken Pond 6/20.
Black-throated Blue Warbler: Hunter Mountain 6/21.
Blackburnian Warbler: Mountain Top Arboretum* 6/19; Dyken Pond 6/20;
Hunter Mountain 6/21.
Blackpoll Warbler: Hunter Mountain 6/21.
Northern Waterthrush: Greenfield Center 6/18.
Scarlet Tanager: Bennett Hill 6/19; Dyken Pond 6/20.
Savannah Sparrow: Stanton Pond 6/19; Saratoga County Airport 6/20.
Thanks to Phil Whitney (compiler), Steve Abrahamsen (Greenfield Center,
Saratoga County Airport, Saratoga), Rich Guthrie (Root 6/20, Bennett
Hill, Clarksville, Stanton Pond), John Hershey (Hunter Mountain), Nancy
Kern (New Baltimore, Root 6/18), Bill Lee (Vischer Ferry), Jim de Waal
Malefyt (Grafton Lakes) and Tom Williams (Mountain Top Arboretum, Dyken
Pond**)
** led HMBC field trip
June
16, 2010
Best birds this week.:
AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN: opp.
Schodack Island 6/10; Coeymans 6/11.
MISSISSIPPI KITE: Root 6/10,
6/12.
RED-SHOULDERED HAWK: Rensselaer
Forest Tract 6/9.
UPLAND SANDPIPER: Root 6/10 (3).
CLIFF SWALLOW: Coxsackie
Grasslands 6/13.
CERULEAN WARBLER: Schodack
Island 6/12 (2).
HOODED WARBLER: New Salem 6/11
(2).
CANADA WARBLER: Rensselaer
Forest Tract 6/9 (5).
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW: Saratoga
County Airport 6/15.
ORCHARD ORIOLE: Root 6/10.
Other highlights:
Ruffed Grouse: Dyken Pond 6/15.
Common Loon: New Baltimore 6/16.
Osprey: Lake George 6/14.
Bald Eagle: Rensselaer Forest Tract 6/9; New Baltimore 6/16 (6).
Broad-winged Hawk: Dyken Pond 6/15; Bachelerville 6/15; Lake Desolation
6/15.
Barred Owl: Rensselaer Forest Tract 6/9 (2).
Common Raven: Rensselaer Forest Tract 6/9 (2).
Horned Lark: Saratoga County Airport 6/15 (5)
Bank Swallow: Coxsackie Grasslands 6/13.
Brown Creeper: Rensselaer Forest Tract 6/9 (9); Saratoga Battlefield
6/11.
Carolina Wren: Troy 6/10.
Winter Wren: Rensselaer Forest Tract 6/9 (3); Dyken Pond 6/15; Lake
Desolation 6/15.
Hermit Thrush: Rensselaer Forest Tract 6/9 (8); Saratoga Battlefield
6/11; Dyken Pond 6/15 (3).
Wood Thrush: Rensselaer Forest Tract 6/9 (6); Saratoga Battlefield 6/11
(5).
Brown Thrasher: Root 6/10 (6+).
Nashville Warbler: Rensselaer Forest Tract 6/9.
Magnolia Warbler: Rensselaer Forest Tract 6/9 (4).
Blackburnian Warbler: Rensselaer Forest Tract 6/9 (9).
Scarlet Tanager: Rensselaer Forest Tract 6/9 (6); Saratoga Battlefield
6/11; Dyken Pond 6/15 (2).
Savannah Sparrow: Root 6/10; Coxsackie Grasslands 6/13; Saratoga County
Airport 6/15 (4).
Purple Finch: Rensselaer Forest Tract 6/9 (8); East Greenbush 6/13;
Bachelerville 6/15 (2); Lake Desolation 6/15 (2)
Thanks to Phil Whitney (compiler), Dave Baim (New Salem), Hope
Batcheller (Rensselaer Forest Tract), Lou DeSorbo (Schodack Island
6/12), Alan French (Glenville), Rich Guthrie (Coxsackie Grasslands,
Coeymans, New Baltimore, Saratoga County Airport, Broadalbin,
Bachelerville, Lake Desolation), John Hershey (Root 6/10 for the
Thursday group), Heidi Klinowski (Troy), Eric Krantz (Lake George),
Bill Lee (Root 6/10; Sharon Springs), Vince McGrath (Schodack Island
6/10), Marne Onderdonk (Saratoga Battlefield), Elayne Ryba (Niskayuna)
and Donna Zimmerman (Albany)
June
9, 2010
This week's best birds:
HORNED GREBE: Lake George 6/2.
MISSISSIPPI KITE: Root 6/2,
6/5, 6/6, 6/7
NORTHERN GOSHAWK: Partridge Run
6/2, 6/3.
UPLAND SANDPIPER: Sharon
Springs 6/2.
RUDDY TURNSTONE: Lake George
6/1.
BLACK TERN: Saratoga Lake 6/6
(2).
WHIP-POOR-WILL: Cold Spring
Road 6/6.
MOURNING WARBLER: Petersburgh
6/8.
HOODED WARBLER: New Salem 6/7.
CANADA WARBLER: Sand Lake 6/8
(2).
YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT: Vischer
Ferry 6/5.
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW: Saratoga
County Airport 6/6 (2).
Other highlights:
Common Loon: Lake George 6/2 (2), 6/5 (2).
Green Heron: Colonie 6/6.
Bald Eagle: Colonie 6/4; Watervliet Reservoir 6/8.
Cooper's Hawk: Colonie 6/6.
American Kestrel: Root 6/2; Northway Exit 12 6/5.
Least Sandpiper: Lake George 6/5.
American Woodcock: Petersburgh 6/8 (3).
Great Horned Owl: Five Rivers 6/7.
Yellow-throated Vireo: Petersburgh 6/8.
Common Raven: Petersburgh 6/8 (2); Sand Lake 6/8 (2).
Horned Lark: Saratoga County Airport 6/6.
Hermit Thrush: Cold Spring Road 6/6.
Wood Thrush: Petersburgh 6/8; Delmar 6/8.
Brown Thrasher: Root 6/2.
Chestnut-sided Warbler: Petersburgh 6/8 (12).
Magnolia Warbler: Colonie 6/6; Petersburgh 6/8.
Black-throated Blue Warbler: Petersburgh 6/8.
Blackburnian Warbler: Petersburgh 6/8.
Purple Finch: Saratoga 6/5; Petersburgh 6/8 (4); Sand Lake 6/8.
Thanks to Phil Whitney (compiler), Steve Abrahamsen (Vischer Ferry,
Cold Spring Road, Saratoga County Airport), Dave Baim (New Salem), Hope
Batcheller (Petersburgh), Barb Beebe (Root 6/7), Deb Ferguson (Delmar),
Michael Gaige (Saratoga Lake), Rich Guthrie (Root 6/2, Sharon Springs),
Eric Krantz (Lake George), Jory Langner (Five Rivers), Bill Lee
(Partridge Run 6/2, 6/3), Jim de Waal Malefyt (Sand Lake), Jenny
Murtaugh (Root 6/6), Ellen Pemrick (Colonie 6/6), Alan Schroeder
(Colonie 6/4, Guilderland, Huyck Preserve), Scott Stoner (Root 6/5),
and Tom Williams (Colonie 6/6).
The lateness of this report is due to me (D. Martin) not our compiler
Phil Whitney.
June
2, 2010
Most Notable:
BRANT: New Baltimore 5/28,
Cohoes Flats 5/29
AMERICAN BITTERN: Sharon
Springs 5/31
MISSISSIPPI KITE: Town of Root
- Donato Rd 5/31
BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER: Cohoes
Flats 5/27
SEMIPALMATED PLOVER: Cohoes
Flats 5/27, 5/28, 5/29
RUDDY TURNSTONE:
Halfmoon/Crescent Park 5/30
SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER: Cohoes
Flats 5/29
DUNLIN: Cohoes Flats 5/27
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE: Coxsackie
Grasslands 5/27
BLACK TERN: Cohoes Flats 5/29
RED CROSSBILL: Burnt-Rossman
Hill State Forest 5/29
EVENING GROSBEAK: Saratoga
Springs
Other highlights [ # of reports in brackets]:
Wild Turkey [1]
Common Loon [1]
Green Heron [1]
Osprey [1]
Bald Eagle [3]
American Kestrel [2]
Peregrine Falcon [2] nesting on Troy & Dunn bridges
Spotted Sandpiper [4]
Solitary Sandpiper [2]
Least Sandpiper [3]
Yellow-billed Cuckoo [1]
Barred Owl [2]
Ruby-throated Hummingbird [5]
Belted Kingfisher [1]
Red-bellied Woodpecker [3]
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker [2]
Pileated Woodpecker [4]
Eastern Wood-Pewee [4]
Alder Flycatcher [2]
Willow Flycatcher [3]
Great Crested Flycatcher [5]
Eastern Kingbird [3]
Yellow-throated Vireo [2]
Blue-headed Vireo [1]
Warbling Vireo [2]
Common Raven [1]
Northern Rough-winged Swallow [1]
Carolina Wren [1]
Marsh Wren [1]
Golden-crowned Kinglet [1]
Eastern Bluebird [4]
Veery [3]
Hermit Thrush [2]
Wood Thrush [3]
Brown Thrasher [4]
Cedar Waxwing [6]
Blue-winged Warbler [1]
Magnolia Warbler [2]
Black-throated Blue Warbler [2]
Black-throated Green Warbler[1]
Blackburnian Warbler [3]
Pine Warbler [2]
Prairie Warbler [3]
Black-and-White Warbler [5]
Louisiana Waterthrush [1]
Scarlet Tanager [2]
Eastern Towhee [3]
Field Sparrow [2]
Savannah Sparrow [1
Swamp Sparrow [1]
White-throated Sparrow [2]
Dark-eyed Junco [1]
Indigo Bunting [1]
Bobolink [2]
Eastern Meadow Lark [1]
Orchard Oriole [1]
Thanks to Don Grescens (compiler), Tom
Williams (Sharon Springs 5/31, Pine Bush 5/28, Burnt-Rossman Hills
SF)
5/31), Gerry Colborn (Cohoes Flats 5/27), Alan Mapes (Cohoes Flats
5/28),Rich Guthrie (Coxsackie Grasslands 5/27, New Baltimore 5/28),
Will Raup (Coxsackie Grasslands 5/28), Steve & Brett Abrahamsen
(Black Creek Marsh, Saratoga Springs, Fox Hill Rd & Lake
Desolation), Bernie Grossman (Lake George), Jeff Nadler (Burnt-Rossman
Hills SF 5/29 ), Matt Young ( Burnt-Rossman Hills SF), John Kent
( 5
Rivers), John Hershey (Halfmoon/Crescent Park), Mark DeDea (Town Of
Root), David Martin/HMBC field trip (Bennet Hill 5/29), Karen Browne
(Round Lake 5/31),Larry Alden (Meadowdale), Bob Ramonowski (5 Rivers
5/31), David Gibson (Anthony Kill 5/31), Thursday group (Hannacroix
Preserve 5/27, Bennet Hill 5/27), Nancy Castillo (Saratoga Springs)
May
26, 2010
This week's report includes results from 5 Century Run teams and
individuals.
[number of reports in brackets]
150 species were reported this week including 23 warbler species, 8
shorebird species (Killdeer [4], Semipalmated Plover [2], Spotted [3],
Solitary [2], Semipalmated [3] and Least [4] Sandpipers and both
Greater [2] and Lesser [1]Yellowlegs) and six Swallows.
Most notable:
RED-THROATED LOON: Coxsackie
Boat Launch 5/22.
BLACK VULTURE: Crescent 5/22.
NORTHERN GOSHAWK: Partridge Run
5/22.
SORA: Black Creek Marsh 5/21,
5/22.
COMMON MOORHEN: Black Creek
Marsh 5/22.
BARRED OWL: Holt Preserve 5/20;
Saratoga Spa SP 5/22 (3); Galway 5/22; Jackson Summit 5/22.
COMMON NIGHTHAWK: Albany 5/20;
Albany County 5/22; Saratoga County Airport 5/22; Guilderland 5/23.
WHIP-POOR-WILL: Albany County
5/22; Cold Spring Road 5/22.
PURPLE MARTIN: Saratoga Lake
5/22.
CLIFF SWALLOW: Alcove Reservoir
5/22; Perth 5/22; North Blenheim 5/22.
CAPE MAY WARBLER: Brunswick
5/21.
WORM-EATING WARBLER: Holt
Preserve 5/20.
MOURNING WARBLER: Jackson
Summit 5/22 (4).
HOODED WARBLER: Holt Preserve
5/20; New Salem 5/21; Thacher State Park 5/22.
CANADA WARBLER: Max Shaul SP
5/23; Jackson Summit 5/22
VESPER SPARROW: Saratoga County
Airport 5/22.
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW: Saratoga
County Airport 5/22.
ORCHARD ORIOLE: Five Rivers
5/21; Rensselaer Tech Park 5/22 (2).
Other highlights :
Brant [5] (including flocks of ~50 and ~100 and two of ~150, most
recently 5/23)
Common Loon [5]
Osprey [3]
Bald Eagle [2]
Peregrine Falcon: Dunn Bridge 5/22.
Virginia Rail [6]
American Woodcock: Albany County 5/22.
Yellow-billed Cuckoo: Holt Preserve 5/20.
Horned Lark: Saratoga County Airport 5/22.
Swainson's Thrush: Albany 5/21; Lock 8 5/22.
Brown Thrasher [2]
Chestnut-sided Warbler [10] (this week's most-reported species)
Magnolia Warbler [3]
Black-throated Blue Warbler [5]
Blackburnian Warbler [5]
Scarlet Tanager [7]
Indigo Bunting [6]
Purple Finch [5]
Thanks to Phil Whitney (compiler), Steve Abrahamsen, Larry Alden*
(Albany County), Dave Baim (New Salem), Rich Guthrie (Coxsackie Boat
Launch, New Baltimore), David Harrison* (Galway, Jackson Summit, Perth,
Black Creek Marsh 5/22), Ron Harrower* (Saratoga Springs SP), John
Hershey* (Black Creek Marsh 5/22, Saratoga County Airport, Saratoga
Lake, Thacher Park, Partridge Run, Dunn Bridge, Crescent, Cold Spring
Road, Alcove Reservoir, ), Eric Krantz, Alan Mapes (Five Rivers), Bill
Lee (Holt Preserve), Bob Ramonowski (Albany 5/20), Will Raup (Albany
5/21), Gregg Recer* (Saratoga County Airport), Alan Schroeder
(Guilderland, Black Creek Marsh 5/21), Scott Stoner, Brad Walker
(Brunswick), Kurt Weiskotten and Tom Williams (Max Shaul SP, North
Blenheim).
* reporting Century Run results
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