I decided to do my own New Year's Day bird count up and down the road. Hopefully I'll have a few more visitors at the feeders. Location: Cooper's Pond ...
Went to Fort Edward today in search of Snowy Owl and sure enough, there he was! I was able to walk up to within 100 ft of him. Took pictures and now am very...
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ScottJStoner@...
Jan 1, 2009 9:33 pm
Start out the New Year with an in-depth look at America's first national park! Free and open to the public, refreshments served. Hope to see you there! Monday,...
I was surprised to see 13 Eastern bluebirds taking turns at the feeder and lined up in my maple tree this afternoon around 4 pm. The previous record was 7...
I bundled myself up this afternoon for a walk in the Pine Bush, and it was well worth it... not for the variety of birds I saw, but for the sheer enjoyment of...
Priscilla, I use both Webshots and Snapfish to share photos. They both are easy to use and work well. By the way, what do you put in your feeders to attract...
I would second the request for info on attracting Bluebirds. We see them in our neighborhood, but have never had any at our feeders. Shelley in Poughkeepsie ...
For the bluebirds, I provide sunflower hearts. Of course, all the other backyard birds love them as well, but I put up with the expense of feeding everyone,...
Last winter, my feeders were inundated day after day with hundreds of redpolls. I had never seen anything like it. I had never even had redpolls before, and...
This morning there is a snowy owl on the church on North Pearl St., between the Hampton Inn and the Palace Theater. It has been there for over an hour, being...
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Gerald Colborn
gdcolbor@...
Jan 2, 2009 3:14 pm
The Snowy Owl is currently perched within view of the DEC Building. Folks up on the 5th floor have scopes set up next to the windows. The is perched on the...
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Gerald Colborn
gdcolbor@...
Jan 2, 2009 3:18 pm
The link attached should take you there if you have google earth. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Hi Pricilla & Kelly, I'd love to have the recipe. I'm willing to go to some lengths .... even if they have to share with all the other birds. I'm also going...
Just had what looked like a juv. female Yellow-bellied Sapsucker come to the feeders (Still had some dusky brown feathers on its back, but full red cap and...
Had 10 Pine Siskins today. They are eating both sunflower hearts and nyger seed with slight preference for the nyger. Alos many Goldfinch too and both fly...
For those who may be interested, I've posted my complete Vischer Ferry list for 2008 in the "Files" section of this forum's website along with a few photo...
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Gerald Colborn
gdcolbor@...
Jan 2, 2009 9:42 pm
At sunset today, the Snowy Owl remained on the perch it was first seen on this morning. There is some speculation as to whether this might be the bird that was...
Hello All, Due to some technical difficulties (Ok my computer not wanting to work), I can't get the video of the Owl up on the site yet... However I did put...
Whle stuck in surprising traffic on Wolf Road around 3:45pm this afternoon, Danika and I watched a Merlin hunting from a lightpost in the parking lot close to...
Hello all Sorry for the cross posting. Congratulations all to the find of the Northern Hawk Owl - a bird I know from my native Sweden, but only from a few ...
Hi Stephen (And please excuse me cc NY lists, but I think you will probably find Stephens post so intriguing that the answer shall interest you...but Stephen -...
Forgot. It was Fernando Angulo's (not Solano) first visit to Abra Patricia then. I feel it is important to let locals interested in birds have the opportunity ...
I put up a Nijer sock 2 days ago in hopes of seeing some Pine Siskins and lo and behold, today there they were. I have seen about 3-4 of them so far but...
The large flock of Eastern bluebirds returned for the third day in a row. Today, however, I witnessed some very aggressive behavior. There was at least 1...
Greetings all, I made the trek to Peru on Saturday in search of the Northern Hawk Owl. High winds and cold temperatures kept the owl at bay, probably held up...
Hi all, Just a few minutes ago, while cutting some branches off of our Christmas tree, I heard and then saw a single RAVEN flying west over my house. It ...
I decided to take a walk up the street to see if there were any new birds around (and to scare the neighbors apparently, but that's a story for another time)....
