Warm temperatures and only a little rain made for an interesting Christmas Bird Count for the Troy count circle on Saturday December 31. Seven field parties...
Hairy Woodpecker drumming and Tufted Titmouse calling in the yard both made me smile after recording the European Starling as my First of Year bird. Why did I...
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short-eared owl 6 to 8 (all but 1 on Fitzpatrick ) N. Harrier 5 (4 on Fitzpatrick ) Red-tailed hawk 6 Am. Tree sparrow 2 Great way to start the new year! Scott...
With a limited birding time budget, Iwent out to Galway to start my 2012 Saratoga County List. With no snow yet, birds were generally dispersed, but I had some...
Got to peebles about an hour after sunrise. Around 36 degrees with a light mist falling and I didn't see much on my first trip around the perimeter. Some...
There's a nice article today on the Snowy Owl picked up in Rotterdam GE Tuesday. Unfortunately, the Schenectady Gazette does not share their features with the...
We made a quick stop at Peebles Island late this afternoon and were rewarded by a long look at a female or imm. Merlin who flew into a dead tree at the south...
colleen and i drove around the reservoir today, saw a few different people birding but no one wrote a report? No ice except in southern boundary of the lake,...
Following are the results of the 12/30/2011 Ft Plain CBC compiled by Bob Donnelly: GB Heron-2 Canada Goose-8897 Snow Goose-1 Black Duck-26 Mallard-612 Common...
"Our" Wild Turkeys have returned - 14 of them just made an appearance in my yard. Not a tame one in the bunch... Ellen P. Colonie [Non-text portions of this...
I know this is OT, but suspect many folks here might enjoy this. For those of us in the Capital District and surrounding region, the International Space...
We just had about 100 Robins fly high over the backyard and over the tree line, with a few stopping briefly in the treetops. They came through in several...
I too had a white throated sparrow at the feeder today, along with the black capped chickadees, and black eyed juncos. They are staying well fed. Marlene in...
We just returned from a quick dash to Ft. Edward. A light phased Rough-legged Hawk was hovering over the fields along Rt. 197. Turning off Plum Rd., we had a...
A friend is hoping to visit Point Pelee, Ontario in spring of 2012. Have any of you been there recently? Can anyone offer any information of planning a trip...
Nancy Kern Saratoga Lake, Saratoga, US-NY Jan 5, 2012 2:30 PM - 3:15 PM Protocol: Traveling 15.0 mile(s) Comments: Most of the lake was iced over. 9...
The Clement Checklist is available as a downloadable Excel sheet at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist Just click...
I'm not real practiced at estimating large numbers, but I'd guess there must be 10,000 Canada Geese on the Hudson from River Rd to Fort Miller Rd to N. River...
Nancy Kern Fort Miller, Washington, US-NY Jan 6, 2012 12:10 PM - 1:45 PM Protocol: Traveling 5.0 mile(s) Comments: Most geese I have ever seen here on the...
Char and I birded along the Hudson River down to Athens today. Four small crows were at the Coeyman's Landing boat launch. They kept quite silent until I...
This is a summary of the Hudson-Mohawk Birdline reports for the week ending 4 January 2012. Report your sightings in New York's Hudson-Mohawk Region to...
