I came into work this AM and (being known as the "bird guy") one of the nurses came to me and asked me to look at a picture of a bird she saw on her lawn...
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Alan Mapes
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May 1, 2009 1:40 pm
Rose-breasted Grosbeak and Orchard Oriole (young male) in the apple tree by my feeders this AM. At Black Creek Marsh, Chimney Swift, Sora, Eastern Kingbird,...
This morning in a very bried visit to Vischer Ferry Preserve I found a YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH, and, thanks to Larry M., an AMERICAN...
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Alan Mapes
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May 1, 2009 8:54 pm
Just a quick reminder that the friends group for the Pine Bush Discovery Center is holding a bird walk at 8:00 AM, a free brunch at 10:00, and a program by...
Greetings, This afternoon, returning home for the weekend from working at Westover Air Reserve Base in Chicopee, MA, I had two FOY birds in the yard: a...
After returning from the Birds & Brunch outing at the Albany Pine Bush Preserve today, I went for a short walk in the woods behind my house where I had a nice...
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Alan Mapes
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May 2, 2009 10:01 pm
Highlights from the Friends of the Pine Bush walk this morning include: Eastern Towhee (everywhere) Brown Thrasher (only one) Prairie Warbler Field Sparrow ...
Once again Gary Goodness did an excellent job leading the Peebles Island HMBC trip this morning (5/2). He gave some wonderful tips and info as we went along,...
ahem....as I was saying: Less than 5 minutes after we got home from the Peebles Island trip, there was a gorgeous male Rose Breasted Grosbeak on our...
I was at Five Rivers late Friday afternoon and again early Sunday morning. Some of the highlights: Wood Duck - a pair on the Vlomankill Sunday American Kestrel...
Just an addenda to Saturday's list at 5 Rivers - a very cooperative Cape May Warbler in the spruce tree just south of the feeders, seen during an odonate...
... I also saw a pair of Martins, although David and Sandy don't qualify as the purple kind! _____________ I can add a few species from my yard from earlier in...
On the way down I-787 an Adult Bald Eagle was in the grass on the old asbestos landfill in green island. Dennis Donohue Watervliet, NY...
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Alan Mapes
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May 3, 2009 4:59 pm
Two of these handsome sparrows are at my feeder just now. Rose-breasted Grosbeak continues - three days now. Baltimore Oriole gave us good looks at Five Rivers...
I was delighted to see my first hummingbird at my feeder on Sunday, at 4:00 pm! Feels like the start of summer! -- Best Regards, Dodi Luther Forest, Malta...
Peebles Island is a wonderful place to go birding, even if the birds aren't cooperating. The island is so pretty with a variety of habitats nestled between...
Hiked Wakely Mt. 3,744ft. today near Indian Lake with two friends. After climbing the 80ft. Fire Tower at the summit we ate lunch by the cabin and heard a...
Since about March I've been intrigued by the Edmund Niles Huyck Preserve, listed in my "Birding New York's Hudson-Mohawk Region" book (published by the HMBC...
Marne, The hawk is a Broad-winged Hawk - and not a very happy one at that. The thrush is a Swainson's Thrush - the key field mark being the buff "spectacles"....
After having resident Mockingbirds in the vicinity of my yard for several years, they have been absent for the past few. Today, while working in my back...
Some first of season birds at the Rock Farm today included Lesser Yellowlegs, Cliff Swallow, Gray Catbird, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, White-crowned Sparrow and...
The Rotterdam bike path south of 5S has been a good spot for songbird migrants and some breeding birds, including many yellow warblers and American redstart....
We too had FOS WC Sparrows yesterday, and 4 magnificent male Rose-breasted Grosbeaks at the feeders. We seem to have only one or two females. They are doing...
Bunting at our feeder 9am, thrush singing in the woods adjacent to the yard, Palenville, Greene County. Larry Federman Education Coordinator Audubon New York ...
