According to the birding forecast, found here at www.birdcapemay.org/bfma, not much in numbers of migrants till the long weekend's over (I can endorse that...
At Great Kills today I had a great day, one which included 1 life bird, plus 3 additional NY State birds! Wow. The highlights: AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER -the...
Hi all, This past weekend, I went to the NYSOA meeting in Batavia, NY. Birding highlights were 4 Eared Grebes and lots of other stuff at the Batavia Wastewater...
Spent the morning at Great Kills today here in Staten island. It was evident that a big push of birds has come through lately, because I saw a LOT of migrants...
Today after school I made a short visit to the JFK Sanctuary at Tobay Beach. Migration was evident, with no less than 10 White-crowned Sparrow (all immature),...
ok so due to switching cell phones and not having access to certain information, I don't know my password to get back onto yahoo (shows you how much I use...
In the same vein as Jackson, some recent highlights from Binghamton: October 2: Ely Park- LINCOLN'S SPARROW, Savannah Sparrow, 18 Eastern Bluebirds. ...
Well, October's proven fun so far. Just today I finally got Eastern Meadowlark and Northern Pintail for my Nassau yearlist, and Vesper Sparrow, although on the...
I go to Bates College, which is in the middle of Lewsiton or Lewiston-Auburn.? It's not that big, but it's actually the second biggest city in Maine or...
I don't think there's been a 24 hour gap between a visit of mine to Jones this year and a report of a Clay-colored Sparrow. Nonetheless, they won't show for...
Saw my first Saw-whet today at Ft. Tilden, Queens. My friend and owl- finding expert Dennis Guinney found and showed me the bird late this afternoon - I never...
...Because if I did I could shoot by Jamaica Bay after school tomorow and see if I can get my year Avocet. Oh well, I'll have to settle for some Staten Island...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the NYSyoungbirders group: Are you a member of NYSOA? (random question that might be helpful for...
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Went to GK today and actually got a really good look at a NELSON'S. I would think this is late for them; there was only one bird around today compared to the...
Hi all, So here's an outline/draft of the written proposal I'll be presenting to the NYSOA board of directors on Saturday. Please comment on it...I want your ...
...I actually got out and did some real birding.? so yeah saturday, I got to stop at a couple lakes and such.? first stop was at a marsh on one side lake on...
I was unable to go to the saw-whet banding place, but, Hope, the person's name was Judy. input on the draft thing to come when I have more time to read it... ...
Add Birding Articles, such as ID discussions and tutorials OF ALL LEVELS (since this is ostensibly for young birders, which will undoubtedly include a wide...
Hi all! Yesterday I attended the NYSOA Board of Directors meeting to present the written proposal (final version below). I also had a letter of support signed...
What an awesome day! I had 5 life birds, and 2 more year birds onto of that. The lifers were: AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN (still around since mid-August), TUNDRA...
This afternoon I spent about an hour birding at Robert Moses and Captree State Parks. There wasn't much going on at Robert Moses besides 2 Northern Harriers,...
I ill-advisedly stayed up until dawn this morning and then decided to go out birding (So I haven't slept in 33+ hours). I birded a couple of spots in Broome...
Today I ventured out to Montauk in order to search for the Barnacle Goose that was reported there last week. Highlights included: Montauk Point (40 mph NE...
Hey all, I posted a new quiz at: www.groups.yahoo.com/group/nysyoungbirders I had 2 Pine Siskins fly over my house on Friday...yard bird! Also on Friday, I...
Bushtit? Went down to Jones Beach early this morning. Hundreds of finches, mostly goldfinches, some House and 3 Purple. Nothing unusual, but it was pretty hard...
Today I went to Franklin Mountain Hawkwatch with high expectations with the predicted 10-12mph NW winds. In the end the raptor flight was disappointing (1...