- RBA
* New York
* Hudson-Mohawk Region
* August 17, 2005
* NYHM0508.17
- Birds mentioned
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Common Loon G. immer
Double-crested Cormorant P. auritus
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
Great Egret A. alba
Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Mute Swan Cygnus olor
Wood Duck Aix sponsa
Lesser Scaup A. affinis
Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Cooper's Hawk A. cooperii
Red-tailed Hawk B. jamaicensis
American Kestrel Falco sparverius
Peregrine Falcon F. peregrinus
Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
Semipalmated Plover C. semipalmatus
Killdeer C. vociferus
Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
Lesser Yellowlegs T. flavipes
Solitary Sandpiper T. solitaria
Spotted Sandiper Actitis macularius
Semipalmated Sandpiper C. pusilla
Least Sandpiper C. minutilla
Pectoral Sandpiper C. melanotos
Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
BONAPARTE'S GULL L. philadelphia
Great Black-backed Gull L. marinus
Eastern Screech-Owl Otus asio
COMMON NIGHTHAWK Chordeiles mino
Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
Eastern Phoebe Saynoris phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher M. crinitus
Eastern Kingbird T. tyrannus
Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
Cedar Waxwing B. cedrorum
American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
Louisiana Waterthrush S. motacilla
Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
Baltimore Oriole I. galbula
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- Transcript
hotline: Birdline of Eastern New York
sponsor: Hudson-Mohawk Bird Club
date: August 17, 2005
number: (518) 439-8080
to report: (518) 439-8080
compilers: Rich Guthrie
Bill Lee
Dan Welch
Phil Whitney
coverage: Hudson-Mohawk Region, East-Central New York
compiled: August 17, 2005
transcribers: Barb Putnam
Jackie Bogardus
Alison VanKeuren
Phil Whitney
internet: Barb Putnam
homepage: http://hmbc.net
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This is a summary of some of the sightings that sent to the HMBC
birdline during the past week. Call the birdline (518-439-8080) for
the full report. Please call in YOUR sightings or email to
birdline@hmbc.net
Sabbath Day Point, Lake George 7/24: 3 COMMON LOONS
Troy 8/5-8/10: 2 adult and 1 juvenile RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS,
CAROLINA WREN, and 1 adult and 3 fledgling BALTIMORE ORIOLES
Cohoes flats 8/11: ~10 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS, 7 GREAT BLUE
HERONS, 2 GREAT EGRETS, BALD EAGLE, KILLDEER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER,
BELTED KINGFISHER, CHIMNEY SWIFTS, and CEDAR WAXWINGS
Saratoga Sod Farm 8/11: ~25 KILLDEER
Cary Road, Fort Edward 8/11: RED-TAILED HAWK, several AMERICAN
KESTRELS, WILD TURKEY, EASTERN KINGBIRD, and COMMON YELLOWTHROAT
Cohoes flats, Simmons and Van Schaick Islands 8/11: DOUBLE-CRESTED
CORMORANTS, GREAT BLUE HERONS, GREAT EGRET, MUTE SWAN, PEREGRINE
FALCON, numerous LESSER YELLOWLEGS, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 6 SPOTTED
SANDPIPERS, 5 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, BELTED KINGFISHER, CHIMNEY SWIFTS,
and CEDAR WAXWINGS
Dyke Ave. Pond 8/11: GREAT BLUE HERONS, numerous WOOD DUCKS, and a
pair of RED-TAILED HAWKS
Cohoes flats 8/12: PEREGRINE FALCON, and 2 LEAST SANDPIPERS
Hudson River, New Baltimore to Athens 8/12: BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT
HERON, 14 BALD EAGLES (7 adults, 7 immature), SOLITARY SANDPIPER, 6
SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 3 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 1
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL, hundreds of TREE and BARN SWALLOWS, 1
NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW
Gansevoort 8/12: EASTERN PHOEBE, BANK SWALLOW, and ROSE-BREASTED
GROSBEAK
New Salem 8/12: EASTERN SCREECH-OWL
Vischer Ferry NHP (near Ferry Drive entrance) 8/13: 3 GREAT BLUE
HERONS, 5 GREAT EGRETS, 2 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 3 KILLDEER, 1
SOLITARY SANDPIPER, 2 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, 3 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, 1
WILSON'S SNIPE, BELTED KINGFISHER, PILEATED WOODPECKER, and GREAT
CRESTED FLYCATCHER
Gansevoort 8/12: BALTIMORE ORIOLE
New Salem 8/12: COOPER'S HAWK, ~10 RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS,
EASTERN PHOEBE, BARN SWALLOWS, singing WOOD THRUSH, GRAY CATBIRD,
AMERICAN REDSTART, and singing LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH
Gansevoort 8/14: YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, GRAY CATBIRD, and INDIGO
BUNTING
Guilderland, near Black Creek Marsh 8/15: 9 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS
Gansevoort 8/16: 12 WILD TURKEYS
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- End transcript
* New York
* Hudson-Mohawk Region
* August 17, 2005
* NYHM0508.17
- Birds mentioned
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Common Loon G. immer
Double-crested Cormorant P. auritus
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
Great Egret A. alba
Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Mute Swan Cygnus olor
Wood Duck Aix sponsa
Lesser Scaup A. affinis
Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Cooper's Hawk A. cooperii
Red-tailed Hawk B. jamaicensis
American Kestrel Falco sparverius
Peregrine Falcon F. peregrinus
Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
Semipalmated Plover C. semipalmatus
Killdeer C. vociferus
Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
Lesser Yellowlegs T. flavipes
Solitary Sandpiper T. solitaria
Spotted Sandiper Actitis macularius
Semipalmated Sandpiper C. pusilla
Least Sandpiper C. minutilla
Pectoral Sandpiper C. melanotos
Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
BONAPARTE'S GULL L. philadelphia
Great Black-backed Gull L. marinus
Eastern Screech-Owl Otus asio
COMMON NIGHTHAWK Chordeiles mino
Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
Eastern Phoebe Saynoris phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher M. crinitus
Eastern Kingbird T. tyrannus
Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
Cedar Waxwing B. cedrorum
American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
Louisiana Waterthrush S. motacilla
Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
Baltimore Oriole I. galbula
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- Transcript
hotline: Birdline of Eastern New York
sponsor: Hudson-Mohawk Bird Club
date: August 17, 2005
number: (518) 439-8080
to report: (518) 439-8080
compilers: Rich Guthrie
Bill Lee
Dan Welch
Phil Whitney
coverage: Hudson-Mohawk Region, East-Central New York
compiled: August 17, 2005
transcribers: Barb Putnam
Jackie Bogardus
Alison VanKeuren
Phil Whitney
internet: Barb Putnam
homepage: http://hmbc.net
=====================================================================
This is a summary of some of the sightings that sent to the HMBC
birdline during the past week. Call the birdline (518-439-8080) for
the full report. Please call in YOUR sightings or email to
birdline@hmbc.net
Sabbath Day Point, Lake George 7/24: 3 COMMON LOONS
Troy 8/5-8/10: 2 adult and 1 juvenile RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS,
CAROLINA WREN, and 1 adult and 3 fledgling BALTIMORE ORIOLES
Cohoes flats 8/11: ~10 DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANTS, 7 GREAT BLUE
HERONS, 2 GREAT EGRETS, BALD EAGLE, KILLDEER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER,
BELTED KINGFISHER, CHIMNEY SWIFTS, and CEDAR WAXWINGS
Saratoga Sod Farm 8/11: ~25 KILLDEER
Cary Road, Fort Edward 8/11: RED-TAILED HAWK, several AMERICAN
KESTRELS, WILD TURKEY, EASTERN KINGBIRD, and COMMON YELLOWTHROAT
Cohoes flats, Simmons and Van Schaick Islands 8/11: DOUBLE-CRESTED
CORMORANTS, GREAT BLUE HERONS, GREAT EGRET, MUTE SWAN, PEREGRINE
FALCON, numerous LESSER YELLOWLEGS, GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 6 SPOTTED
SANDPIPERS, 5 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, BELTED KINGFISHER, CHIMNEY SWIFTS,
and CEDAR WAXWINGS
Dyke Ave. Pond 8/11: GREAT BLUE HERONS, numerous WOOD DUCKS, and a
pair of RED-TAILED HAWKS
Cohoes flats 8/12: PEREGRINE FALCON, and 2 LEAST SANDPIPERS
Hudson River, New Baltimore to Athens 8/12: BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT
HERON, 14 BALD EAGLES (7 adults, 7 immature), SOLITARY SANDPIPER, 6
SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPERS, 3 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 1
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL, hundreds of TREE and BARN SWALLOWS, 1
NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW
Gansevoort 8/12: EASTERN PHOEBE, BANK SWALLOW, and ROSE-BREASTED
GROSBEAK
New Salem 8/12: EASTERN SCREECH-OWL
Vischer Ferry NHP (near Ferry Drive entrance) 8/13: 3 GREAT BLUE
HERONS, 5 GREAT EGRETS, 2 SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS, 3 KILLDEER, 1
SOLITARY SANDPIPER, 2 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, 3 PECTORAL SANDPIPERS, 1
WILSON'S SNIPE, BELTED KINGFISHER, PILEATED WOODPECKER, and GREAT
CRESTED FLYCATCHER
Gansevoort 8/12: BALTIMORE ORIOLE
New Salem 8/12: COOPER'S HAWK, ~10 RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS,
EASTERN PHOEBE, BARN SWALLOWS, singing WOOD THRUSH, GRAY CATBIRD,
AMERICAN REDSTART, and singing LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH
Gansevoort 8/14: YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, GRAY CATBIRD, and INDIGO
BUNTING
Guilderland, near Black Creek Marsh 8/15: 9 COMMON NIGHTHAWKS
Gansevoort 8/16: 12 WILD TURKEYS
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