===================================================================== Highlights: Great Egret A. alba * Bonaparte's Gull L. philadelphia Red-bellied...
For the last time this summer, I made my final forray into Coeymans Hollow in Southern Albany County on 7/31/02. Not much to talk about BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD ...
Since reporting seeing the 3 Peregrine falcons in Glens Falls last Friday, July 26th, I have seen them every day. However, it wasn't until yesterday that I was...
Today, Saturday August 3, 2002 my wife reported two Egrets on Stanton Pond. She said they were right next to each other and were of two completely different...
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Gerald Colborn
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Aug 5, 2002 2:31 pm
Yesterday, Sunday Aug. 4th, I had 2 Great Egrets in the Dyke Ave pond in Cohoes along with a single Great Blue Heron. There are still a few Woodduck broods...
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Gerald Colborn
gdcolbor@...
Aug 6, 2002 9:52 pm
Monday evening, the shorebirds that I mentioned in my previous post were joined by a single Greater Yellowlegs, a single Semi-palmated Sandpiper, and a single...
Hi all - It's almost the season for hawk watching! We'll be starting on Sept 5th and running through November 18th. At this moment, the following dates have ...
Hi all - For some reason, there has been very little response to signing up this past week. Last year I got a great response through email. Before giving the...
* New York * Hudson-Mohawk Region * August 22, 2002 Highlights: Snowy Egret Egretta thula * Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis * Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus...
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Gerald Colborn
gdcolbor@...
Aug 23, 2002 1:27 pm
Seen yesterday ( 8/22/02 ) in Cohoes: Dyke Ave Pond: 2 Great Blue Herons 1 Black-crowned Night-Heron 18 Wood Ducks Black-and-white Warbler Flats below New...
HMBirders - Don't forget to watch for the nighthawks now - I saw three last night (8/23) about 6:30pm over my house. They were flying low and very easy to id ...
Apologies for the late post, At the Dyke Ave Pond on the 24th: 4 Black-crowned Night-Herons ( 3 imm., 1 ad) 2 Great Blue Heron Over I-787 from Dyke Ave to...
Quick stop at the flats showed much higher water levels, inundating most of the exposed areas. Still 1 Snowy Egret along the rocks below the spillway, 2 GBH's,...
It was certainly worth the 2 hour drive to the Dead Creek WMA on Sunday. The number of species and number of birds was amazing. I put together a small...
HMBirders - Just letting you know that all September dates have been filled at the Hawk Watch but there are October and November dates open. You can "go ...
This woodecker appears to be either a juvenile downy or yellow- bellied sapsucker, after looking at Sibley's. I am not sure. Any opinions? ...
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Gerald Colborn
gdcolbor@...
Aug 28, 2002 1:43 pm
Hey Jeff, First of all, awesome shot as usual. This is young Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, male or female, I'm not sure, but I would guess female. Note first the...
Thanks Gerry: This bird is in the same tree every day, so I may be able to get additional shots. I may also return to Dead Creek. I left at noon that day and...
Other than a single bird this Monday (8/26), I've seen no Common Nighthawks in migration yet. This despite a good crop of winged ants (also on Monday). Is...
Is it just me or have everybody else's hummingbirds moved on the last few days? I had 4-6 regulars feeding their faces for the last couple weeks and it's been...
Hummingbirds were still hitting our feeders regularly today, in the steady rain. Sometimes one may seem to be a little confused by the feeder, which suggests...
Just got done watching a Merlin enjoying a delightful repast of passerine in a tree over the Clark St. boat launch ( a block down fron New St.) in Cohoes....
There was a second Black-crowned Night-Heron at the Dyke Ave pond at sunset. The other 2 are likely around as well. The Merlin was still on the same tree at...
I had a group of 6 nighthawks this morning at 9:30 a.m.circling and feeding over my house (Meadowdale, Guilderland). I also enjoyed the antics of my Kestrel...
September 1, 2002 - I was very happy to see a kettle of about 60 unCommon Nighthawks over Schenectady this evening. The kettle formed near Union College at...
HMBirders - The latest gossip. According to my sources these splits will take place "officially" in December: Tufted Titmouse - tufted (ours) and black-crested...
At breakfast this morning, I looked up to see a Sharpie descending from the area of one of our feeders, (the central one, more in the open than the others)...
