Today, no joke: Iceland Gull, 1 at Coeymans, 1 at Coxsackie; Bonaparte's Gull: 7 at 4-Mile Point; Eastern Meadowlark: 1 singing River Road, Coxsackie; Bald...
Does anyone know if bird banding is still being done at Crown Point State Park in the spring. Any info would be appreciated. Paul Saffold capasa@... ...
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Richard Guthrie
gaeltic@...
Apr 2, 2005 1:34 pm
In the steady rain, a flock of Purple Finches, both males and females, descended onto my sunflower seed feeder as if they knew exactly where they were going...
N. Rough-winged Swallow moments ago. Despite the rain, there's a lot of bird song out there - White-throats, Song, Tree, Sparrows; Goldfinches, Robins, Jays,...
Atlas Block 3875D--Ballston Lake Loop(ice persists edges-Outlet 'liquid' for a few yards to lake) Susan Stewart w/Honey Hollen 03-31-05, 2-4Pm, 55*, overc,...
The rain stopped long enough this afternoon to allow for some birding at Vischer Ferry Preserve. The ice is mostly all melted. Duck highlights and estimates...
Runoff on local waterways is substantial enough that the stream on my property in Rensselaerville has breached it's banks in a number of places. Further up the...
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ScottJStoner@...
Apr 4, 2005 12:15 am
Today, along and in the vicinity of the flooding river in Saratoga and Washington counties, highlights of Denise and my afternoon included Am. Black Duck,...
Scott/all: our paths must have crossed as I visited the same destinations today. (perhaps you were in the van ahead of me) Of interest was that River Road in...
My Father had a female Downy woodpecker hit one of his windows. She was quite stunned but alive. He sent me a picture of it sitting on his woodpile on his...
On Sunday April 3, 2005 my wife and I had planned to look for waterfowl on the Hudson from Albany to Catskill. However our plans ended, due to the River...
I forgot to mention that on April 3, 2005, I nearly hit a female Northern Harrier flying only a couple of feet off the ground on Rt. 32 just across the New...
Took another ride up River Road this morning (was there yesterday also). There were several groups of Ringneck Ducks and a few pairs of Bufflehead and one pair...
Poor thing. As you know we get our fair share of window hitters in our skylight. Then there are the birds that come down our chimney into the wood stove. As...
HMBirders - I went over to the Hudson River (between Fort Edward and Schuylerville) both this morning and again this afternoon. Unfortunately, I could find ...
Barb, I guess my last attempt to post did not make it. Anyway, if you get a chance to look at the photo I posted under photos, Ken H., please let me know what...
Hi friends, I have just spent 3 days with my dear friend and mentor, Artie Morris in St. Petersburg, FL. Three days of GREAT birds, people, photography and of...
I had a Northern Cardinal pair outside this A.M. The male was foraging on the ground while the female sat in a tree. He flew up and fed her, it was so...
The Hudson-Mohawk Bird Club will have a morning instructional field trip on Saturday, April 9 to Vischer Ferry Nature and Historic Preserve. Meet at the main...
Got my first tick of the season today. Be careful out there. Jory Langner...
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Richard Guthrie
gaeltic@...
Apr 5, 2005 10:14 pm
One very white ICELAND GULL posed next to one very black FISH CROW on a decorative bollard at the Coeymans Boat Landing. They both joined in for the tossed...
Burnt Hills TREE SWALLOW on wire-beautiful in sun. Brown-headed Cowbird at feeder, Song Sparrow under feeder, AMGO changing to full yellow. BCCH pair- high...
Had my fos Winter Wren on my land in Rensselaerville. Also, my fos Fox Sparrow at the feeders. Gerry Colborn Cohoes and Rensselaerville [Non-text portions of...
I took a look at the photo in the photo's section, and the bird looks like a GWFG to me. It looks too 'dark' and 'lean' to be one of the domestic geese which...
On Tuesday 4/5/2005, I headed out to Coeymans Hollow in Southern Albany County to look for some early and new arrivals. I was not dissapointed. While putting...
HMBirders - I have checked "the loop" between Ft Ed and Schuylerville four times this week and haven't found a white-fronted goose. There were about 200 Canada...
Will, Thanks for taking a look at the pic. I keep comparing it to what is in my books and it looks just like the book pics. Anyway checked River Road 2 or...
