This is a summary of the Hudson-Mohawk Birdline reports for the week ending 25 January 2012.

Fifty-six species were reported this week.

The best birds were:

BARROW'S GOLDENEYE: Fort Miller 1/21.

MERLIN: Schenectady 1/19.

AMERICAN PIPIT: Northumberland 1/20 (4).

SNOW BUNTING: Northumberland 1/20 (~150).

RUSTY BLACKBIRD: Delmar 1/22 (8-10).

BALTIMORE ORIOLE: Niskayuna 1/21.

Other notable reports:

Snow Goose: Northumberland 1/19 (5), 1/20 (~300)

Wood Duck: Athens 1/25.

Greater Scaup: Stillwater 1/19 (2).

Bufflehead: Stillwater 1/19; Lake George 1/23 (15-20).

Common Loon: Lake George 1/19, 1/20, 1/21; Fort Miller 1/20.

Great Blue Heron: Tomhannock 1/21.

Turkey Vulture: South Glens Falls 1/22.

Bald Eagle: Fort Miller 1/20 (2); Northville 1/21; Tomhannock 1/21.

Cooper's Hawk: Austerlitz 1/22.

Rough-legged Hawk: Northumberland 1/19; Coxsackie Grasslands 1/25.

American Kestrel: Meadowdale 1/20.

Great Horned Owl: Colonie 1/21.

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker: East Greenbush 1/22 (2).

Fish Crow: Colonie 1/22 (5).

Common Raven: Austerlitz 1/22 (2).

Horned Lark: Brunswick 1/22 (~100); South Glens Falls 1/22 (~50).

Carolina Wren: Voorheesville 1/19; Burnt Hills 1/21; South Glens Falls 1/22; Malta 1/24; Averill Park 1/24.

Hermit Thrush: Five Rivers 1/21.

White-crowned Sparrow: Delmar 1/21; Malta 1/24.

Thanks to Phil Whitney (Birdline compiler), Larry Alden (Meadowdale), Mona Bearor (Fort Miller 1/21, South Glens Falls), John Hershey (Niskayuna), Naomi King (Averill Park), Eric Krantz (Lake George), Margaret Krolick (Voorheesville), Jim Macione (Tomhannock), Jim de Waal Malefyt (Northumberland 1/20, Fort Miller 1/20, Brunswick), Alan Mapes (Delmar 1/21, 1/22, Five Rivers), Steve Mesick (Delmar 1/22, Athens, Coxsackie Grasslands), Jeff Nadler (Burnt Hills, Northville), Bob Ramonowski (Schenectady), Gregg Recer (Malta), Alan Schroeder (Colonie), Brian Smith (Averill Park) and Tom Williams (Colonie, Delmar 1/21).
Stillwater and Northumberland 1/19 sightings are from Bill Lee's Thursday group.