- RBA
* New York
* Hudson-Mohawk Region
* May 4, 2006
* NYHM0605.04
- Highlights
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Double-crested Cormorant
American Bittern
Green Heron
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Green-winged Teal
Hooded Merganser
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Broad-winged Hawk
American Kestrel
Ruffed Grouse
Virginia Rail
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandiper
Wilson's Snipe
American Woodcock
Chimney Swift
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Least Flycatcher
Blue-headed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Fish Crow
Purple Martin
Bank Swallow
Winter Wren
Marsh Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Brown Thrasher
Blue-winged Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Pine Warbler
Palm Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
white-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Rusty Blackbird
ORCHARD ORIOLE
Baltimore Oriole
Purple Finch
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hotline: Birdline of Eastern New York
sponsor: Hudson-Mohawk Bird Club
phone: (518) 439-8080
coverage: Hudson-Mohawk Region, East-Central New York
compiled: May 4, 2006
homepage: http://hmbc.net
=====================================================================
This is a summary of some of the sightings that were sent to the
Birdline of Eastern New York this past week. Call the birdline
(518-439-8080) for the full report. Please call in YOUR sightings
or email to birdline@hmbc.net
In Rensselaer Tech Park (4/26): ORCHARD ORIOLE
In Albany (4/27): RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW,
DARK-EYED JUNCOS
At Lake Cossayuna (4/27): immature BALD EAGLE
In Niskayuna (4/27): ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK
In Guilderland (4/27): LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH and BLUE-WINGED
WARBLER, EASTERN BLUE-BIRD nest with six eggs
In New Baltimore (4/27): WARBLING VIREO
In Halfmoon, (4/27): WHITE-THROATED SPARROW
At Five Rivers EEC (4/28): CANADA GOOSE (WITH YOUNG), WOOD DUCK,
MALLARD, GREAT BLUE HERON (3), MOURNING DOVE, BELTED KINGFISHER (2),
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, DOWNY WOODPECKER, NORTHERN FLICKER, EASTERN
PHOEBE, BLUE JAY, AMERICAN CROW, TREE SWALLOW, BLACK-CAPPED
CHICKADEE, TUFTED TITMOUSE, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, WHITE-BREASTED
NUTHATCH, HOUSE WREN, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET,
EASTERN BLUEBIRD (WITH COWBIRDS ENTERING NEST BOX), AMERICAN ROBIN,
EUROPEAN STARLING, CHIPPING SPARROW, FIELD SPARROW (ABUNDANT), SONG
SPARROW, SWAMP SPARROW, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, DARK-EYED JUNCO,
NORTHERN CARDINAL, RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD, COMMON GRACKLE,
BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD, AMERICAN GOLDFINCH AND HOUSE SPARROW
In Saratoga Springs (4/28): Two BALD EAGLES over Saratoga Independent
School
In New Baltimore (4/28): LEAST FLYCATCHER
In New Baltimore at the grasslands ponds off 9W (4/28): A pair of
NORTHERN SHOVELERS; 4 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 1
SOLITARY SANDPIPER
At Vischer Ferry NHP (4/29): 2 GREAT BLUE HERON, CANADA GOOSE, WOOD
DUCK, 4 AMERICAN WIGEON, MALLARD, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 2 GREEN-WINGED
TEAL, OSPREY, 1 VIRGINIA RAIL, MOURNING DOVE, CHIMNEY SWIFT, DOWNY
WOODPECKER, HAIRY WOODPECKER, PILEATED WOODPECKER, RED-BELLIED
WOODPECKER, 2 NORTHERN FLICKERS, EASTERN PHOEBE, WARBLING VIREO,
YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, AMERICAN CROW, WARBLING VIREO, TREE SWALLOW,
BANK SWALLOW, BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE, TUFTED TITMOUSE, 1
WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, RUBY-CROWNED
KINGLET, BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, AMERICAN ROBIN, GRAY CATBIRD, 3
YELLOW WARBLER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, PALM WARBLER, SONG SPARROW,
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, SWAMP SPARROW, COMMON GRACKLE, BROWN-HEADED
COWBIRD, BALTIMORE ORIOLE, AMERICAN GOLDFINCH
At Black Creek Marsh and vicinity (4/29): AMERICAN BITTERN, TURKEY
VULTURE, CANADA GOOSE, WOOD DUCK, AMERICAN BLACK DUCK, MALLARD,
HOODED MERGANSER, RED-TAILED HAWK, AMERICAN KESTREL, WILD TURKEY,
VIRGINIA RAIL, KILLDEER, ROCK PIGEON, MOURNING DOVE, RED-BELLIED
WOODPECKER, YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, DOWNY WOODPECKER, HAIRY
WOODPECKER, NORTHERN FLICKER, PILEATED WOODPECKER, BLUE-HEADED VIREO,
BLUE JAY, AMERICAN CROW, TREE SWALLOW, BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE, TUFTED
TITMOUSE, WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH, HOUSE WREN, MARSH WREN,
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, EASTERN BLUEBIRD,
AMERICAN ROBIN, GRAY CATBIRD, EUROPEAN STARLING, EASTERN TOWHEE,
CHIPPING SPARROW, SONG SPARROW, SWAMP SPARROW, WHITE-THROATED
SPARROW, DARK-EYED JUNCO, NORTHERN CARDINAL, RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD,
COMMON GRACKLE, PURPLE FINCH, HOUSE FINCH, AMERICAN GOLDFINCH, HOUSE
SPARROW
In the grasslands preserve in New Baltimore (4/30): 3 GREEN HERONS,
KILLDEER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, WILSON'S SNIPE, RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER,
MARSH WREN, VESPER SPARROW, SWAMP SPARROW, RUSTY BLACKBIRDS
In Coeymans Hollow (4/30): CANADA GOOSE (FLYOVER), RUFFED GROUSE
(DRUMMING), WILD TURKEY, TURKEY VULTURE, KILLDEER, AMERICAN WOODCOCK
(peenting at dusk), MOURNING DOVE, RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, DOWNY
WOODPECKER, HAIRY WOODPECKER, EASTERN PHOEBE, BLUE JAY, AMERICAN
CROW, TREE SWALLOW, BARN SWALLOW, BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE, TUFTED
TITMOUSE, WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, AMERICAN
ROBIN, BROWN THRASHER, EUROPEAN STARLING, SONG SPARROW,
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, NORTHERN CARDINAL, RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD,
COMMON GRACKLE, PURPLE FINCH AND AMERICAN GOLDFINCH
In Rensselaer Tech Park (4/30): 37 species including BLUE-WINGED
WARBLER AND male EASTERN TOWHEE
At Black Creek Marsh (5/1) GREAT BLUE HERON, TURKEY VULTURE, RUFFED
GROUSE, BELTED KINGFISHER, EASTERN PHOEBE, BARN SWALLOW, EASTERN
BLUEBIRD, YELLOW WARBLER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, FIELD SPARROW, RUSTY
BLACKBIRD, HOUSE FINCH
At Vischer Ferry NHP (5/1): WARBLING VIREO, BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER,
AMERICAN ROBIN, NORTHERN CARDINAL, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, YELLOW
WARBLER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER
At Vischer Ferry NHP (5/2): DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, GREAT BLUE
HERON, CANADA GOOSE, WOOD DUCK, MALLARD, GREAT-BLACK BACKED GULL,
MOURNING DOVE, BELTED KINGFISHER, RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, DOWNY
WOODPECKER, EASTERN PHOEBE, EASTERN KINGBIRD, WARBLING VIREO,
YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, BLUE JAY, AMERICAN CROW, FISH CROW (flyover,
calling), TREE SWALLOW, BANK SWALLOW, BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE, TUFTED
TITMOUSE, WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, BLUE-GRAY
GNATCATCHER, AMERICAN ROBIN, GRAY CATBIRD, BROWN THRASHER, AMERICAN
REDSTART, YELLOW WARBLER, several YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, CHIPPING
SPARROW, SONG SPARROW, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW,
NORTHERN CARDINAL, RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD, COMMON GRACKLE, BROWN-HEADED
COWBIRD, BALTIMORE ORIOLE AND AMERICAN GOLDFINCH
At Camp Saratoga in the Wilton Wildlife Preserve & Park (5/2):
BROAD-WINGED HAWK, BELTED KINGFISHER, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, WINTER
WREN, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, PINE WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER,
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW
In Schenectady (5/2): CANADA GEESE, CHIPPING SPARROW, BROWN-HEADED
COWBIRD, NORTHERN CARDINAL
In Rensselaer Tech Park behind the Children's Museum (5/2): ORCHARD
ORIOLE AND BALTIMORE ORIOLE
In Town of Glen (5/2): 6 PURPLE MARTINS
In Guilderland (5/3) : BROAD-WINGED HAWK, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK
In New Baltimore (5/3): NORTHERN HARRIER, MARSH WREN, RUSTY
BLACKBIRD, BALTIMORE ORIOLE
In Slingerlands (5/3): 5 BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS
In Rensselaer Tech Park behind the Children's Museum (5/3): 3 ORCHARD
ORIOLES AND BALTIMORE ORIOLE
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- End
* New York
* Hudson-Mohawk Region
* May 4, 2006
* NYHM0605.04
- Highlights
=====================================================================
Double-crested Cormorant
American Bittern
Green Heron
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Green-winged Teal
Hooded Merganser
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Broad-winged Hawk
American Kestrel
Ruffed Grouse
Virginia Rail
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandiper
Wilson's Snipe
American Woodcock
Chimney Swift
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Least Flycatcher
Blue-headed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Fish Crow
Purple Martin
Bank Swallow
Winter Wren
Marsh Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Brown Thrasher
Blue-winged Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Pine Warbler
Palm Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush
Eastern Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
white-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Rusty Blackbird
ORCHARD ORIOLE
Baltimore Oriole
Purple Finch
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hotline: Birdline of Eastern New York
sponsor: Hudson-Mohawk Bird Club
phone: (518) 439-8080
coverage: Hudson-Mohawk Region, East-Central New York
compiled: May 4, 2006
homepage: http://hmbc.net
=====================================================================
This is a summary of some of the sightings that were sent to the
Birdline of Eastern New York this past week. Call the birdline
(518-439-8080) for the full report. Please call in YOUR sightings
or email to birdline@hmbc.net
In Rensselaer Tech Park (4/26): ORCHARD ORIOLE
In Albany (4/27): RUBY-CROWNED KINGLETS, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW,
DARK-EYED JUNCOS
At Lake Cossayuna (4/27): immature BALD EAGLE
In Niskayuna (4/27): ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK
In Guilderland (4/27): LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH and BLUE-WINGED
WARBLER, EASTERN BLUE-BIRD nest with six eggs
In New Baltimore (4/27): WARBLING VIREO
In Halfmoon, (4/27): WHITE-THROATED SPARROW
At Five Rivers EEC (4/28): CANADA GOOSE (WITH YOUNG), WOOD DUCK,
MALLARD, GREAT BLUE HERON (3), MOURNING DOVE, BELTED KINGFISHER (2),
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, DOWNY WOODPECKER, NORTHERN FLICKER, EASTERN
PHOEBE, BLUE JAY, AMERICAN CROW, TREE SWALLOW, BLACK-CAPPED
CHICKADEE, TUFTED TITMOUSE, RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, WHITE-BREASTED
NUTHATCH, HOUSE WREN, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET,
EASTERN BLUEBIRD (WITH COWBIRDS ENTERING NEST BOX), AMERICAN ROBIN,
EUROPEAN STARLING, CHIPPING SPARROW, FIELD SPARROW (ABUNDANT), SONG
SPARROW, SWAMP SPARROW, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, DARK-EYED JUNCO,
NORTHERN CARDINAL, RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD, COMMON GRACKLE,
BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD, AMERICAN GOLDFINCH AND HOUSE SPARROW
In Saratoga Springs (4/28): Two BALD EAGLES over Saratoga Independent
School
In New Baltimore (4/28): LEAST FLYCATCHER
In New Baltimore at the grasslands ponds off 9W (4/28): A pair of
NORTHERN SHOVELERS; 4 GREATER YELLOWLEGS, 1 LESSER YELLOWLEGS, 1
SOLITARY SANDPIPER
At Vischer Ferry NHP (4/29): 2 GREAT BLUE HERON, CANADA GOOSE, WOOD
DUCK, 4 AMERICAN WIGEON, MALLARD, BLUE-WINGED TEAL, 2 GREEN-WINGED
TEAL, OSPREY, 1 VIRGINIA RAIL, MOURNING DOVE, CHIMNEY SWIFT, DOWNY
WOODPECKER, HAIRY WOODPECKER, PILEATED WOODPECKER, RED-BELLIED
WOODPECKER, 2 NORTHERN FLICKERS, EASTERN PHOEBE, WARBLING VIREO,
YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, AMERICAN CROW, WARBLING VIREO, TREE SWALLOW,
BANK SWALLOW, BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE, TUFTED TITMOUSE, 1
WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH, GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, RUBY-CROWNED
KINGLET, BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, AMERICAN ROBIN, GRAY CATBIRD, 3
YELLOW WARBLER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, PALM WARBLER, SONG SPARROW,
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, SWAMP SPARROW, COMMON GRACKLE, BROWN-HEADED
COWBIRD, BALTIMORE ORIOLE, AMERICAN GOLDFINCH
At Black Creek Marsh and vicinity (4/29): AMERICAN BITTERN, TURKEY
VULTURE, CANADA GOOSE, WOOD DUCK, AMERICAN BLACK DUCK, MALLARD,
HOODED MERGANSER, RED-TAILED HAWK, AMERICAN KESTREL, WILD TURKEY,
VIRGINIA RAIL, KILLDEER, ROCK PIGEON, MOURNING DOVE, RED-BELLIED
WOODPECKER, YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER, DOWNY WOODPECKER, HAIRY
WOODPECKER, NORTHERN FLICKER, PILEATED WOODPECKER, BLUE-HEADED VIREO,
BLUE JAY, AMERICAN CROW, TREE SWALLOW, BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE, TUFTED
TITMOUSE, WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH, HOUSE WREN, MARSH WREN,
RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, EASTERN BLUEBIRD,
AMERICAN ROBIN, GRAY CATBIRD, EUROPEAN STARLING, EASTERN TOWHEE,
CHIPPING SPARROW, SONG SPARROW, SWAMP SPARROW, WHITE-THROATED
SPARROW, DARK-EYED JUNCO, NORTHERN CARDINAL, RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD,
COMMON GRACKLE, PURPLE FINCH, HOUSE FINCH, AMERICAN GOLDFINCH, HOUSE
SPARROW
In the grasslands preserve in New Baltimore (4/30): 3 GREEN HERONS,
KILLDEER, SPOTTED SANDPIPER, WILSON'S SNIPE, RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER,
MARSH WREN, VESPER SPARROW, SWAMP SPARROW, RUSTY BLACKBIRDS
In Coeymans Hollow (4/30): CANADA GOOSE (FLYOVER), RUFFED GROUSE
(DRUMMING), WILD TURKEY, TURKEY VULTURE, KILLDEER, AMERICAN WOODCOCK
(peenting at dusk), MOURNING DOVE, RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, DOWNY
WOODPECKER, HAIRY WOODPECKER, EASTERN PHOEBE, BLUE JAY, AMERICAN
CROW, TREE SWALLOW, BARN SWALLOW, BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE, TUFTED
TITMOUSE, WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, AMERICAN
ROBIN, BROWN THRASHER, EUROPEAN STARLING, SONG SPARROW,
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, NORTHERN CARDINAL, RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD,
COMMON GRACKLE, PURPLE FINCH AND AMERICAN GOLDFINCH
In Rensselaer Tech Park (4/30): 37 species including BLUE-WINGED
WARBLER AND male EASTERN TOWHEE
At Black Creek Marsh (5/1) GREAT BLUE HERON, TURKEY VULTURE, RUFFED
GROUSE, BELTED KINGFISHER, EASTERN PHOEBE, BARN SWALLOW, EASTERN
BLUEBIRD, YELLOW WARBLER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, FIELD SPARROW, RUSTY
BLACKBIRD, HOUSE FINCH
At Vischer Ferry NHP (5/1): WARBLING VIREO, BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER,
AMERICAN ROBIN, NORTHERN CARDINAL, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, YELLOW
WARBLER, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER
At Vischer Ferry NHP (5/2): DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT, GREAT BLUE
HERON, CANADA GOOSE, WOOD DUCK, MALLARD, GREAT-BLACK BACKED GULL,
MOURNING DOVE, BELTED KINGFISHER, RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER, DOWNY
WOODPECKER, EASTERN PHOEBE, EASTERN KINGBIRD, WARBLING VIREO,
YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, BLUE JAY, AMERICAN CROW, FISH CROW (flyover,
calling), TREE SWALLOW, BANK SWALLOW, BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE, TUFTED
TITMOUSE, WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, BLUE-GRAY
GNATCATCHER, AMERICAN ROBIN, GRAY CATBIRD, BROWN THRASHER, AMERICAN
REDSTART, YELLOW WARBLER, several YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS, CHIPPING
SPARROW, SONG SPARROW, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW,
NORTHERN CARDINAL, RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD, COMMON GRACKLE, BROWN-HEADED
COWBIRD, BALTIMORE ORIOLE AND AMERICAN GOLDFINCH
At Camp Saratoga in the Wilton Wildlife Preserve & Park (5/2):
BROAD-WINGED HAWK, BELTED KINGFISHER, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, WINTER
WREN, RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, PINE WARBLER, BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER,
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW
In Schenectady (5/2): CANADA GEESE, CHIPPING SPARROW, BROWN-HEADED
COWBIRD, NORTHERN CARDINAL
In Rensselaer Tech Park behind the Children's Museum (5/2): ORCHARD
ORIOLE AND BALTIMORE ORIOLE
In Town of Glen (5/2): 6 PURPLE MARTINS
In Guilderland (5/3) : BROAD-WINGED HAWK, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK
In New Baltimore (5/3): NORTHERN HARRIER, MARSH WREN, RUSTY
BLACKBIRD, BALTIMORE ORIOLE
In Slingerlands (5/3): 5 BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLERS
In Rensselaer Tech Park behind the Children's Museum (5/3): 3 ORCHARD
ORIOLES AND BALTIMORE ORIOLE
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- End