Birdline summary for week ending June 12 10 reports, 64 species reported Best of the week: GREAT EGRET: Wrights Loop 6/6 WORM-EATING WARBLER: Keir WMA 6/8 MOURNING WARBLER: Saratoga NHP 6/10 HOODED WA

Birdline summary for week ending June 5 10 reports; 67 species reported of the week Best of the week: BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK: Albany 6/4 OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER: Pine Bush 6/1 CLAY-COLORED SPARRO

Birdline summary for week ending May 29 16 reports; 89 species reported Best of the week: GLOSSY IBIS: Blenheim-Gilboa Res. 5/28 BLACK TERN: Schagticoke 5/28 BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO: Five Rivers 5/25; Sel

Birdline summary for week ending May 22 18 reports; 109 species reported, 27 warbler species Best of the week: LEAST BITTERN: Black Creek 5/18 BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO: Normanskill Farm 5/20; Salem 5/20 CO

Birdline summary for week ending May 15: 33 reports; 118 species reported including 28 warbler species Best of the week: RED-NECKED GREBE: Fort Miller 5/15 SWAINSONS THRUSH: Austerlitz 5/11; Pine Bush

Birdline summary for week ending May 8 45 reports; 124 species reported including 21 warbler species Best of the week: LONG-TAILED DUCK: Saratoga Lake 5/2; Basic Creek 5/4 (5) RED-NECKED GREBE: Sarato

Birdline summary for week ending May 1: 25 reports; 88 species reported Best of the week: LONG-TAILED DUCK: Saratoga Lake 4/30 (12) RED-BREASTED MERGANSER: Saratoga Lake 4/29 (2) PACIFIC LOON: Saratog

Birdline summary for week ending April 24 26 reports; 87 species reported Best of the week: AMERICAN BITTERN: Black Creek 4/18 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON: Black Creek 4/18 GLOSSY IBIS: Pittstown 4/20 V

Birdline summary for week ending April 17: 28 reports; 70 species reported Best of the week: RED-BREASTED MERGANSER: Snyders Lale 4/12; New Baltimore 4/13 COMMON EGRET (aka GREAT EGRET): Brunswick 4/1

Pine Siskins have been everyday visitors to our feeders since Dec. 21. This morning 5 were fighting over the sunflower hearts until chased off by a Sharp-shinned Hawk (no known casualties). Phil Whitn

Birdline summary for week ending April 10 22 reports, 70 species reported Best of the week: GREEN-WINGED TEAL (Eurasian form) : Wrights Loop 4/6 LONG-TAILED DUCK: Selkirk 4/8 (7) RED-BREASTED MERGANSE

Birdline summary for week ending April 3, 2019 20 reports; 56 species reported Best of the week: REDHEAD: Big Bay 4/1 HORNED GREBE: Collins Lake 4/1 NORTHERN SAW-WHET OWL: Big Bay 4/1 Other notables:

Birdline summary for week ending March 27: 9 reports; 37 species reported Best of the week: MERLIN: Salem 3/23 (3) Other notables: American Wigeon: Averill Park 3/26 Lesser Scaup: 4 Mile Point 3/24 Co

Birdline summary for week ending March 20: 14 reports; 45 species reported Best of the week: NORTHERN GOSHAWK: Hebron 3/16 AMERICAN WOODCOCK: Meadowdale 3/15 ICELAND GULL: Colonie 3/15 RUSTY BLACKBIRD

Birdline summary for week ending March 13: 17 reports, 41 species reported Best of the week: COMMON REDPOLL: Turner Road 3/7 (5); Niskayuna 3/9 (8); Thacher 3/9 (2); Salem 3/10 (8); West Charlton 3/13

Small groups (4-5 birds) and occasional larger flocks (previously reported) of Pine Siskins have been at our feeders nearly every day since about December 20. Most of the birds show little or no yello

Birdline summary for week ending March 6 9 reports; 13 species reported Best of the week: LONG-EARED OWL: Fort Edward 3/3 (3) SHORT-EARED OWL: Fort Edward 3/3 NORTHERN SHRIKE: Fort Edward 3/2, 3/3 (2)

Birdline summary for week ending February 27. 13 reports; 27 species reported Best of the week: LONG-TAILED DUCK: Cohoes 2/24 RED-THROATED LOON: Albany 2/22-2/24 RED-NECKED GREBE: Albany 2/24 LESSER B

Birdline summary for week ending February 20 13 reports; 28 species reported Best of the week: RED-THROATED LOON: Albany 2/17-2/20 GOLDEN EAGLE: Copake 2/15 (2) TOWNSENDS SOLITAIRE: Copake 2/15-2/17 L

Birdline summary for week ending February 13 12 reports; 37 species reported Best of the week: REDHEAD: Fort Edward 2/9 (3) CANVASBACK: Fish Creek 2/10 (4) BLACK VULTURE: Coeymans 2/8 (22); Fort Edwar