A nice evening on the creek with the ADK paddle group. An Orchard Oriole was singing where the paddling dead-ends at Staats Island Road. Some other birds of...
The nesting area on Stockport Middleground Island, just across from Four Mile Pt. Road is also strong this year. I would say over 50 nest holes. Alan Mapes ......
We took a short walk down the road, and saw quite a few birds, including Eastern Bluebird, Eastern Kingbird, Baltimore Oriole, Northern Flicker, Cedar Waxwing,...
An early morning stop on the way to work, looking for shorebirds, turned up 2 least sandpipers. Here's a photo, the high angle due to shooting out the car...
We have had a Red-breasted Nuthatch coming to the feeders the last two days. (Lydius St., Guilderland). Based on the very pale plumage my guess would be a...
boy, this guy is very unpredictable, no rhyme or reason for sightings, looks healthy.... ate suet & took off Elayne Niskayuna -- [Non-text portions of this...
Over the past few evenings, I've been visiting what had been reliable spots to scan the twilight skies for Nighthawks. No luck at all. I certainly miss hearing...
Last Tuesday evening I had one Nighthawk cruising up the Hudson River at the Lansingburgh access site with 8 Chimney Swifts at lower, housetop elevation. Jim...
Yes - that's exactly the problem.. There should have been twenty-one nighthawks over Lansingburgh last evening (or at least twenty-one reports of multiple...
Birdline summary for week ending May 23: 29 reports; 146 species reported with 22 warbler species, including results from two century run teams and two...
I had a pair of Cedar Waxwings flying around the trees in front of my house Wednesday evening. At one point, I watched one bird feeding its mate. This...
This morning a green heron flew over our open field in Esperance. I have several sightings of these in the area every year, always in flight. - Gabrielle...
HMBC has two bird walks on the schedule for this weekend. Sat. May 26 Susan & Tom Beaudoin will host a walk at the Malta Tech Park. This is a new trip for the...
Made a quick after-work stop at this tick-infested shrubby field and conifer plantation. A great place for many in-the-open prairie warblers, indigo buntings,...
Yesterday's walk revealed a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (why are they fond of phone poles?). This morning a wild Turkey was in the back yard near the feeder. ...
bird eradication techniques being used at the outdoor sales area at Lowe's on Freemans Bridge road in Scotia. I first noticed what was going on laat week when...
A reminder, the Malta Tech Park trip will be held tomorrow morning at 8AM. The meeting place is at the Exit-12 Park and Ride in Malta (shows up in Google...
Has anyone checked for these birds in the Town of Root or Ames this year? There have been some unusual sparrows in the Ames area in years past, also. John...
Male http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hmbirds/photos/album/630365065/pic/2114625910/view?picmode=original&mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=461&dir=asc Male Singing:...
HMBirds now has over 500 members who generate many postings every day, and it is time to remind members of the HMBirds guidelines. The guidelines are designed...
The HMBC trip to the Malta Tech Park took place this morning, May 26th with 15 birders in attendance. We walked on two trail systems and along the wide...
This morning while driving a back road near East Durham, Greene County, I saw a hawk fly across a small pond. I stopped and took a longer look and saw that it...
Finally dragged ourselves out of the house this morning for a first-time paddle on Lens Lake, a hidden gem in Stony Creek, near Warrensburg. The lake is about...
A late afternoon visit to my in-laws in Coeymans Hollow, Albany County to celebrate my wife's birthday, I got a chance to do some local birding. There were 2...
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Yesterday the Club had a trip to Fort Edward, to the grasslands that are part of the IBA. It was a joint trip with Friends of the IBA, and led in the field by...
In case anyone hasn't heard: there is/are Mississippi Kite(s) building a nest at the Sterling Forest State Park in Rockland County. The action is very visible...
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Adirondack Birds through the lens of Warren Greene Programs Leader or Speaker: Warren Greene Location of Event: Colonie Library Date: June 4, 2012 - 7:00pm -...