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- RBA
* New York
* Hudson-Mohawk Region
* May 25, 2006
* NYHM0605.25

- Highlights
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Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
American Bittern
LEAST BITTERN
Brant
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER
Osprey
Northern Harrier
GOLDEN EAGLE
Peregrine Falcon
Virginia Rail
Sora
Common Moorhen
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
American Woodcock
Black Tern
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Eastern Screech-Owl
COMMON NIGHTHAWK
OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Blue-headed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Common Raven
Horned Lark
Purple Martin
Winter Wren
Marsh Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Blue-winged Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
CERULEAN WARBLER
WORM-EATING WARBLER
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush
Bobolink
Purple Finch

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hotline: Birdline of Eastern New York
sponsor: Hudson-Mohawk Bird Club
phone: (518) 439-8080
reports: birdline@hmbc.net
coverage: Hudson-Mohawk Region, East-Central New York
compiled: May 25, 2006
homepage: http://hmbc.net

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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

Coxsackie Grasslands 5/17: KILLDEER with fledglings, GREATER
YELLOWLEGS, 2 SPOTTED SANDPIPERS, BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, 7+
RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS, ALDER FLYCATCHER, NORTHERN PARULA, ~15
YELLOW WARBLERS, YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, and
SCARLET TANAGER

Five Rivers EEC 5/17: BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO

Meadowdale 5/17: COMMON LOON

Black Creek Marsh 5/17: Several large flocks of BRANT

Black Creek Marsh 5/18: GREEN HERON, GREAT BLUE HERON, WOOD DUCK,
OSPREY, AMERICAN KESTREL, VIRGINIA RAIL, SORA, CHIMNEY SWIFT,
RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, NORTHERN FLICKER, PILEATED WOODPECKER,
WILLOW FLYCATCHER, LEAST FLYCATCHER, GREAT CRESTED FLYCATCHER,
EASTERN KINGBIRD, WARBLING VIREO, MARSH WREN, BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER,
VEERY, WOOD THRUSH, BROWN THRASHER, BLUE-WINGED WARBLER,
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, PRAIRIE WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART, SWAMP
SPARROW, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, and numerous BALTIMORE ORIOLES

Southern Albany and northern Greene Counties 5/18: GREAT BLUE HERON,
GREEN HERON, BRANT, GADWALL, BALD EAGLE, GOLDEN EAGLE (at Stanton
Pond), CHIMNEY SWIFT, RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, NORTHERN FLICKER,
EASTERN KINGBIRD, NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW, WOOD THRUSH, YELLOW
WARBLER, CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER,
PRAIRIE WARBLER, OVENBIRD, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, SCARLET TANAGER,
EASTERN TOWHEE, FIELD SPARROW, ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, BOBOLINK, and
BALTIMORE ORIOLE

Schenectady 5/18: 3 CHIMNEY SWIFTS and a NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD

Scotia, Western Gateway Bridge 5/19: The nesting RED-TAILED HAWKS
have 3 nestlings close to fledging

West Sand Lake 5/20: YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO

Albany 5/20: PEREGRINE FALCON

Black Creek Marsh & vicinity 5/20: AMERICAN BITTERN, LEAST BITTERN,
GREEN HERON, WOOD DUCK, BALD EAGLE, AMERICAN KESTREL, RUFFED GROUSE,
VIRGINIA RAIL, SORA, BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, GREAT HORNED OWL, COMMON
NIGHTHAWK, ALDER FLYCATCHER, WILLOW FLYCATCHER, YELLOW-THROATED
VIREO, WARBLING VIREO, BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER, CEDAR WAXWING, and
NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH

Blossom Hill Road 5/20: WORM-EATING WARBLER

Brunswick 5/20: AMERICAN KESTREL

Coeymans 5/20: OSPREY, WORM-EATING WARBLER

Cohoes (New St.) 5/20: BALD EAGLE, COMMON NIGHTHAWK

Cole Hill 5/20: PURPLE FINCH

Five Rivers EEC 5/20: BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, EASTERN SCREECH-OWL,
PRAIRIE WARBLER, and LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH

Myosotis Lake 5/20: COMMON LOON

"Northway" 5/20: BROAD-WINGED HAWK

Papscanee Island (including Staats Island Road) 5/20: GREATER
YELLOWLEGS, LESSER YELLOWLEGS, PECTORAL SANDPIPER, SOLITARY
SANDPIPER, YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, BANK SWALLOW, BLACKPOLL WARBLER,
and CERULEAN WARBLER

Partridge Run 5/20: GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET, WHITE-THROATED SPARROW,
and PURPLE FINCH

Petersburg 5/20: AMERICAN WOODCOCK, YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO, BARRED OWL,
WARBLING VIREO, NASHVILLE WARBLER, AMERICAN REDSTART, OVENBIRD,
INDIGO BUNTING, and PURPLE FINCH

Rensselaerville 5/20: NORTHERN HARRIER, SAVANNAH SPARROW, and EASTERN
MEADOWLARK

Saratoga County Airport 5/20: HORNED LARK

Saratoga Lake 5/20: 6 COMMON LOONS, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER, 6-8 BLACK
TERNS, and PURPLE MARTIN

Stanton Pond 5/20: GADWALL

Thacher Park 5/20: COOPER'S HAWK, BLUE-HEADED VIREO, COMMON RAVEN,
WINTER WREN, HERMIT THRUSH, BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER,
YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER, BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, BLACKBURNIAN
WARBLER, OVENBIRD, and SCARLET TANAGER

Tomhannock Reservoir 5/20: DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT

Vischer Ferry NHP 5/20: PIED-BILLED GREBE, AMERICAN BITTERN, LEAST
BITTERN, COMMON MOORHEN, AMERICAN WOODCOCK, BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO, and
COMMON NIGHTHAWK

Petersburgh 5/22: OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER

West Sand Lake 5/24: An albino BLUE JAY photographed

Colonie, Mohawk River bike path 5/24: BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO

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