I walked around Peebles Island this morning. Along the trail from the parking lot near the end of the chain-link fence I found a very lively hotspot of...
Yesterday there was a rare bird alert for an American White Pelican seen in Fairfield, Connecticut. Wonder if this was "our Pelican." Check out the report at...
I watched seven Common Nighthawks hunting over the parking lot at Evergreen Commons, East Greenbush at about 7:00 pm tonight. Their wing markings were...
I watched a flock of a dozen COMMON NIGHTHAWKS foraging over the ponds and fields at the Coxsackie Grasslands last evening and again this evening. Certainly...
Hi all, While visiting some family today, I decided to take a walk to Moules Lake along Daisy Lane in Wynantskill. There wasn't much action at the lake, but on...
This is a summary of the Hudson-Mohawk Birdline reports for the week ending 31 Aug 2011. Report your sightings in New York's Hudson-Mohawk Region to...
Hi Jory- I too saw my first 2 bats for this year flying around tonight. They seemed good sized and plump. I wonder if they are migrating south. It is sad,...
I hope they post a photo so we could see if it looks like "ours". I hope it is because it has reached the coast and will hopefully go south. Nancy Kern ... ...
I emailed CT Audubon to see if they have more info. Their sighting was not on September 1, it was actually on the day after Irene came through--August 29. I...
Curt- Good idea. That should give them a chuckle. Wasn't ours seen after Irene was over, near the Vischer's Ferry Power Plant area? Nancy ... [Non-text...
The pelican was seen here on the morning of the 29th. Someone should contact the RBA and ask what time of day the CT pelican was seen. Steve & Brett Abrahamsen...
I have no more details other than the statement, "a White Pelican was seen in East Hampton on Thursday [9/1]," from the New York Rare Bird Alert: (212) 979 -...
I visited Five Rivers EEC this morning. I was disappointed (but not terribly surprised) to find the Vlomanskill Trail closed. Other trails appeared to be in...
Also keep in mind that 2 White Pelicans were seen at Jamaica Bay today. There are more than 1 White Pelican around. American White Pelican occurs frequently...
A non exhaustive search of American White Pelican in our area, turned up one older report, June 3-6, 1993 at the Colonie Town Park along the Mohawk River, not...
A Common Nighthawk displayed some impressive aerial manouvers this evening at Oxford Dr. (Saratoga), swooping and diving perhaps at the many dragonflies...
Mr. Raup, I have John Bull's 1974 book, and also the 1998 "Bull's Birds of New York State" [Levine, ed.], but what does one do to find more recent records? I...
Mr. Mason, Thank you. I guess that I will have to wait to join the NYSOA in order to access those records. In the meantime I will enjoy the Annual Reports of...
I saw a white pelican on Lake George one spring (maybe 20 years ago). I remember it was spring time because the pelican had the breeding protuberance on the...
About 10 years ago, my wife claims that she encountered a Brown Pelican at the City of Hudson's waterfront. At the time, she didn't know who to report it to...
Hi all, I encountered my first flock of migrants in my neighborhood today. All of the "interesting" birds were moving together in the yard where I usually find...
The HMBC field trip this morning (postponed from last Sunday) at Cohoes Flats and Peebles Island was rather quiet, birdwise, compared with the many exciting...
