Awesome!!! I have never seen a Cuckoo before. Only a fake one in my mother in-laws clock. Good luck to everyone who is doing the Century Run tomorrow! Heather...
I know this sounds crazy but I think I just saw a Scott's Oriole. Is is possible that one wandered this far north and east. Not only did I see with my...
Early this morning, just south of the intersection of Barent Winne Rd. and River Rd. in Selkirk, I heard a bird song that I didn't recognize. I recorded it...
Although the song voice sounded much stronger and just different than the Baltimore oriole. It was really a brilliant yellow just like the Scott's M. Marlene...
Hooded Warbler seems to be more commonly detected in our area than in the past. The hooded warbler song John heard and Tom found on xeno-canto is one of the...
A mini-century run this morning produced these plus red-eyed, blue-headed and yellow-throated vireos, white-crowned sparrow and lots of migrating blue jays. 55...
On a kayak trip yesterday into Tivoli Bays, we found a beautiful Caspian Tern feeding, along with a small group of Ring-billed Gulls. As we watched, the bird...
cathy and I spent about 3 hours this morning doing the large VF loop. highlights included: green heron yellow-bellied sapsucker (drumming on a speed limit...
Greetings. Please my tardy reply, Naomi. My farm in Sharon, Schoharie County hosts a large breeding population of Bobolinks. Some of the farm is enrolled in...
While walking on the Wilkerson Trail, Tom and I heard a Black-billed Cuckoo calling from what sounded like the area below Stop 1. This is the same area a B-b...
We often see Bobolinks in the fields along Ridge Road just north of Washout. While we did not see one on today's walk, we did hear one. Clear skies, Alan ...
John Kent, Zach Schwartz-Weinstein, and I began a very full morning of birding at Black Creek Marsh, where we began the day greeted by the familiar faces of...
I forgot to mention that we also heard a Black-billed Cuckoo giving its "cu-cu-cu-cu" call at Schodack Island this morning. Tristan Lowery [Non-text portions...
My husband & I were leaving Tupper Lake headed to Lake Placid on Rte 30&3 this afternoon about 3pm when we spotted a large white Heron on our left in some...
I did a solo run today, beginning at Black Creek Marsh, and ending at Ann Lee Pond. I observed from my yard before and after the field segment. First bird was...
Just a quick heads-up - there was a nice BLACK TERN at Stanton Pond this afternoon. At least two groups out running their respective Century Runs happened upon...
Saturday morning I spotted a Brown Thrasher in my yard, carrying nesting material! When it flew, it joined a second thrasher (presumably its mate) on the...
HMBC Supreme Ruler Jory Langner, Rich Guthrie and I did a bit of a Century Run yesterday. We certainly were not in it, to win it and as such we let a lot of...
Yesterday I did a solo Century Run in Schenectady County with a goal of surpassing the 100 species mark within the county boundaries. The pre-dawn weather was...
We completed our Century Run yesterday, covering primarily Albany and Saratoga Counties, starting at 5:30 am and finishing about 9 pm. The five-member team...
cathy and I covered the loop around eddy and tower roads, plus the hudson at corinth and saratoga airport this morning. highlights included: c. merganser...
The HMBC trip to the Malta Tech Park took place this morning, May 19h, with 16 birders in attendance and a total of 48 species seen or heard. It was a mostly...
In the wet shrubby woods adjacent my backyard (one) and in wet shrubs along a nearby road (one), plus early AM on Lake Desolation road today (four), I've seen...
All the talk about Bobolink prompted me to take a drive through Schenectady county airport today looking for Them. I was happy to see about 15 males flying...
