On Sept 25, a flock of 4 white-winged scoters flew low over the lake past our camp in Willsboro, 1.5 mi S of the mouth of the Boquet. On the 26th, while I was...
All, A few additional sightings from a hike on the Upper Dam Trail into Hitchins Pond on Monday, Sept. 30th: Common Loon - 2 on Horseshoe Lake Turkey Vulture ...
All, My 7 year old son and I took a short walk on the N-P trail off Route 28 in Long Lake yesterday, Oct. 2nd, in late afternoon. When my son took to counting...
7:30, 6 Oct 2002. One KING EIDER flying between two White-winged Scoters southbound near the west shore of Grand Isle Vermont. 8:00 King Eider diving with at...
sr71blbrd@...
Oct 6, 2002 4:11 pm
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7:30, 6 Oct 2002. One KING EIDER flying between two White-winged Scoters southbound near the west shore of Grand Isle Vermont. 8:00 King Eider diving with at...
sr71blbrd@...
Oct 6, 2002 4:42 pm
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A friend found a dead white pigeon in the road shortly after seeing it walking around (apparently hit by a car). One leg band said BID 2002 0424 (I don't know...
Evelyn Greene
greenes@...
Oct 9, 2002 2:32 pm
1932
Afternoon everyone - Hope everyone had a great summer. A friend & I were driving along the Hudson River near Spier Falls in South Glens Falls for some shots of...
Have no idea. ... From: Evelyn Greene <greenes@...> To: <Northern_NY_Birds@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 10:25 AM Subject: homing...
Sally Murray
swmurray@...
Oct 9, 2002 8:07 pm
1934
Evelyn
This is not exactly related to bogs you know, but the bird belongs to a
member of the Biddeford (as in Maine) Racers. Here is a contact number....
Greetings All, I have not posted in a long while...but I do drop in from time to time to check up on things.... Had some great fun watching the waves of autumn...
Jeff, Looks like a first year female Yellow-rumped- Very common right now and often the last to move through. A few hang on every winter in the warmer parts of...
All, I went birding early yesterday morning (10/16) before the rain started. Fortunately, the rain held off, so I stayed out longer than planned. I'll list a...
I have a second hand report of an osprey was on Lake Colby on October 17. It caught a 12 inch brook trout. There's an interesting article entitled "Foraging...
A tour of the Champlain Valley from Westport to Essex on 10/19 produced few birds in the Magic Triangle-Essex hamlet, except for a pair of Mallards on...
We found adult goldfinches still feeding young this morning, October 19th, on our land in Dannemora. Is this unusal? This area is about 1600 feet in ...
Judy, I looked up the dates from the last Atlas. The "Fledglings" dates given are 8/17 to 10/10. Looks like your sighting will provide an update to that ...
The Syracuse RBA report repeated on this list lately reports ... from the near side of marker 1 along the Wildlife Drive. There were 2 negative reports on...
Richard Guthrie
gaeltic@...
Oct 20, 2002 3:20 pm
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10/20/02 A nice walk through the WMA found the following species: P-b Grebe G-b Heron R-b Merganser Can. Goose Snow Goose Mallard Bufflehead Redhead Scaup L.....
10/27/02 Within hours after reading "ID Yourself: Corvids" by Erik A.T. Blom in the most recent edition of Birdwatcher's Digest, which states that Am. Crows ...
It is NOT reliable at all. American Crows readily perch on wires. The ONLY safe way to tell them apart is by voice. Dave Russell CVAS Statistician NY...
As far as I know, Fish Crows and American Crows will sit on wires, if they so choose to. Only Ravens I think are a bit big to sit on a wire. Will Raup Albany,...
10/27/02 Today I observed a group of ~7 C. Loons just offshore at Port Kent. Seemed to be two adults in transition plumage and the remainder immatures. 2...
While looking for waterfowl in the King's Bay area we were startled to find a Prairie Warbler with a group of Chickadees and Kinglets. This was Sunday, October...
Today I picked up a copy of Sibley's "Birding Basics". When I saw the ads for it recently, I assumed it was a book geared toward novices and backyard birders....
Your words echo my thoughts. I also picked the book up recently and was impressed the same way you were. There is a lot of information and a wealth of tips...
