The low clouds and rain obviously put some birds down this morning. While taking the dog out, the backyard was alive with bird activity for about 15-20...
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Oct 1, 2011 3:38 pm
The following is posted on behalf of Laurie Lafond, IBA Friends group president FYI: "Raptor Rapture" - great new event coming to the New York State Museum on...
Hi all, The rain brought down a few groups of migrants around the pond. The highlights were a SPOTTED SANDPIPER and a pair of PALM WARBLERS (a first for me at...
An afternoon stroll through the backyard yielded a few more species including: 1 male Wilson's Warbler 2 Magnolia Warblers 1 Black-throated Green Warbler 1...
October 1st and a female hummer is still coming to the feeder several times a day. Priscilla Jonesville [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
The Pine Bush/Great Dune bird trip was a cool damp success. Six birders braved the weather to spend the morning between rain drops to find 34 species. The main...
A small yet intrepid and determined group of birders gathered at the Saratoga Battlefield this morning for what we had hoped would be a rain-free outing. The...
I met up with Corey and Wes Finger at the bright an early time of 1pm at the Coxsackie Grasslands. October is the month for Sparrows and we were not...
Hi All, Carol and I have been birding The Crossings park for the past 3 days. Inaddtion to warblers and sparrows flitting about, we have seen pectoral...
In addition to Will & Corey's findings at Coxsackie Grasslands, I came across a Great-blue Heron, BLACKPOLL WARBLER (first of the season for me), Hairy,...
Visited the Crossings this afternoon and found only a Greater Yellowlegs and a Lesser Yellowlegs as far as shorebirds. There were also 3 Cormorants on the...
Hi all, I have posted a photo of the shorebird with believe is a Dunlin. Bruce the photographer emailed that his research suggests that the bird is consistent...
As Jim indicated, I got some photos of the Dunlin (and companions) at The Crossings on an overcast/wet Oct 3 AM: http://www.picasaweb.com/bcdudek (should be...
Both the pictures you posted and the ones Jim posted are of a winter plumaged DUNLIN. Dunlin are one of the last shorebirds to migrate through, with some...
It was another very active morning in the backyard. This weather pattern of rather dry days and cloudy/rainy nights has been perfect for slowing down migrants...
Hi all, The fall migrants around the pond have changed from warblers to sparrows over the past few days. Yesterday brought the first LINCOLN'S SPARROW with two...
Dry days?? WHAT dry days, Will? I was actually wondering whether the unsettled weather pattern that we've been experiencing in the northeast over the last few...
Red-eyed Vireos will linger into early October relatively frequently, especially in Albany and points south. Scarlet Tanagers, on the other hand, are rare here...
Avg. Departure date of Scarlet Tanager is around 30 of September, so reports the first few days of October are within the Normal departure of this species....
Hi all, I took a walk in between rain showers this morning and found several very active groups of migrants feeding. YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLERS are getting more...
A list of birds spotted while driving around west Glenville on Sunday : Large flock of Eastern Bluebirds with sparrows mixed in 4 Eastern Phoebe's 1...
A much quieter morning. In the rain, only 3 Warbler species were found: Blackpoll, Magnolia and a gorgeous Blackburnian Warbler. Also both Red-eyed and...
The first two shorebirds are blurred, but from what we can tell they are either Black-bellied or American Golden Plovers. The next set of photos is of a...
Hi all, I decided to take another walk when a mixed feeding flock popped up in my front yard which included: BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER, BLUE-HEADED VIREO...
Things are still pretty active in the backyard, but there was a noticable shift in birds this morning compared to the last couple of days. Only 2 Warbler...
Hi all, There were much fewer migrants moving around this morning but still a nice variety. Like Will, I had several high flying groups of Canada Geese flying...
