On a ride up to Ft. Miller/Ft. Edward area yesterday I observed that at least one Osprey has returned to the area and was standing on the nest on platform on...
This is a summary of the Hudson-Mohawk Birdline reports for the week ending 30 March 2011. Report your sightings in New York's Hudson-Mohawk Region to ...
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Alan Mapes
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Apr 1, 2011 4:57 pm
It was nice to see a big bright Fox Sparrow at our feeder on Wednesday and Thursday this week (March 30 and 31). We missed this species over the past year. ...
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Alan Mapes
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Apr 1, 2011 5:08 pm
Yesterday, Char and I poked around the Coxsackie area, finding a late Rough-legged Hawk on Lawrence Ave. and our FOS Eastern Phoebe on the river bank at Four...
A brown creeper awakens John Thaxton from a reverie of childhood memories ... http://blog.timesunion.com/adirondacks/jeepers/768/ Phil Brown Lost Pond Press ...
I just saw (7:00 PM) my FOS Eastern Phoebe in the backyard. Looked like he was bug-hunting in the air, but since it's snowing I don't know what he was...
Morning All - The Snow Goose is still at the Crossings in Colonie as of 7:30 am today. It was on the main pond in front of the pavilion as you drive in (on...
There were plenty of Gadwalls at Vischer Ferry Preserve this morning along the towpath, so I got a chance to study some of them through the scope. It's easy...
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ScottJStoner@...
Apr 3, 2011 12:11 am
Annual Meeting and Dinner -- Program: "Tropical Birds Do the Coolest Things" - with Mark Garland HMBC members should have received a paper mailing about the...
My wife and I did a quick tour of the grasslands yesterday afternoon. The main sightings were 5 American kestrels, 1 ring-necked pheasant, tree swallows moving...
Just a quick stop this morning . . . looks like I missed the duck assortment from prior days and only found ring-necked ducks this morning along the canal....
A quick stop at Round Lake this morning found about 250 Common Mergansers: 100 on the west side and 150 on the east (the center, and indeed most all, of the...
Here in Texas off Corpus Christi, I just saw a hummingbird that I would have called a male ruby throat except that above its red throat was a distinct black...
Motivated by Alan Mapes' post from Friday (#11329) John Pipkin and I visited Vosburgh Marsh/Swamp on Four Mile Pt rd south of Coscackie this AM. At the marsh,...
There was a RED-NECKED GREBE and 2 COMMON LOONS at the Coxsackie Boat Launch this evening. I'll post a photo of the grebe on the HM birds site. Also, AMERICAN...
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Alan Mapes
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Apr 4, 2011 1:52 am
Great photos of the Great Egret, Bruce. From my experience, this is indeed an unusual sighting. Early, yes, and the egrets are normally seen post-breeding...
Saw 5 Common Loons this afternoon in Hodson from West River Road. Three together north just before road curves away from river just before boat launch entrance...
Will Raup just phoned: he is looking at 5 RED-BREASTED MERGANSERS and a PIED-BILLED GREBE at 4-Mile Point south of Coxsackie, the Greene County Rich Guthrie ...
Birdline received the following email, entitled "Possible Cackling Goose" this morning: Today (3/5) on my way to HVCC, I spotted two Canada geese in a wooded...
First off thanks to Rich Guthrie for passing on the Red-breasted Merganser report. Danika and I first headed down to the Coxsackie area, where along River Rd....
Nice birds on the Hudson today... many Ring-necked ducks seen from both east and west sides; also many Wood Ducks, Tree Swallows, and Bufflehead. Still a few...
