Hey all, Last Saturday, five of us from the group did the World Series of Birding in NJ. A full report is on my blog (http://fledglingbirding.blogspot.com/)...
Congratulations to the amazing Razorbills!!! 176 (or 175) species is a terrific showing. It puts you in 10th place when we look at ALL the teams competing! And...
I forgot to include this in my last note.....the complete 2009 WSB results are at http://www.birdcapemay.org/downloads/wsb09/2009-final-results.pdf And great...
Hello Everyone. Yesterday, I saw a Blue Grosbeak. It is common in the southern U.S., but is occaisional where I live. It was the best sight on a 4 hour...
Hey Daniel, Lila Fried and I regularly bird that part of Riverside. Did you run into Lila? She lives nearby. Hopefully we'll run into each other. Lila's seen...
Hello. This summer I will be going to Alaska to visit family and I'm wondering if anybody has visited Alaska. If so, where is the best place to go birding...
Lou has been severely under the weather so I'm filling in for him today. The Adirondacks field trip is coming up in 2 weeks (Sunday June 7th). For planning...
The note below was posted to NYSBIRDS-L and may be of interest to you. My apologies to those who have already gotten this note. I watched the video and filled...
Young Birders, Just wanted to give you a few details about our trip coming up May 30. The trip is being sponsored by the Huntington Audubon Society and our...
Well I just got back from our trip to Muttontown Preserve. It was great. We had our largest young birder turnout yet and the weather was perfect. We had a...
Hi all, The NYS Young Birders Club had a great trip led by Joan Collins to Massawepie Mire this morning. We had 70 species, highlights including Black-backed...
Hi Everyone, The June 7 trip will be a tough act to follow with its record breaking (at least for NYSYBC trips) number of species (70) but if any place can...
This is a sweet-sounding trip. As a second reminder, today happens to be June 12th: the day registration for this trip is due. Please make Lou's life easier by...
Hi Everyone, Well the plans for our August field trip have just been finalized. We will be heading to Jamaica Bay on August 22. The trip will be sponsored by...
What can I say? Another great trip. This time it was to Doodletown. A place with some interesting history and some great birds. We had a total of 47 species...
Hey all, My, this list has been dead lately. How's everybody's summer been? Camp Chiricahua and Cascades people: How was (or is, I suppose, in the case of the...
Yeah, there haven't been any posts yet this summer really. I am guessing there are 2 reasons: 1) It's summer, and nobody is seeing any birds. 2) Everybody is...
I also went to coastal Massachusetts, and got back on Saturday. I had a lifer on a whale watch out of Provincetown which was Leach's Storm-Petrel. Also, we...
Camp Cascades just ended this morning. It was a blast. It was less hectic than Chiricahua was last year, due to the fewer and more localized target species....
I'm currently in the market for a new spotting scope. I was thinking either the Vortes Skyline 80ED or Bushnell Elite ED 80. Both seem to be OK scopes. ...
I have the vortex and am 100% happy with the optical quality for the price. I have had problems with the scope become loose on the tripod mount but I think...
Btw, when I say 100% happy, I don't mean it's swarovski quality, but I'm happy with it for $700. The eyepiece goes from 20-60x, and after ~40x the image...
I have the Nikon Fieldscope III 60ED straight, and it has been a great scope, it is very clear even in the poorest of conditions... I paid 600 for it but I got...
Hey all, I hope everybody's enjoying school (HACK gag if you're anything like me, you'd rather be birding :-b). Most of you probably got the note from Lou ...
Hey all, I hope everyone's enjoying the fall birding! I was just in Westhampton for the weekend, and thankfully got in a morning of birding at Cupsogue....
Hi all, This is my pitch for the Braddock Bay trip. It has been very wet here the past couple of weeks but there have been many good bird sightings. In the...
Hey all, Haven't posted here in a while (haven't been out birding much lately ) , but just wanted to tell you that there is a very reliable Rufous Hummingbird...
In case anyone has an overwhelming desire to travel somewhere tropical this spring..... --Hope ... From: Laurence Clarfeld <lclarfeld@...> Date: Mon, Nov...