The Hudson-Mohawk Birdline distributed yesterday (12/31) had the wrong date. Here is the corrected version. This is a summary of the Birdline reports for the...
From an upstate backyard (on the Hudson River about 125 miles north of NYC): The year started out in darkness, just after midnight, with a chatting of a bunch...
Chris and I have been out looking around the Rexford area to start our 2010 list. Beside the usual suspects, the best sighting so far is a dark phase...
First Bird of the Decade! I had better luck than Rich Guthrie - I had a Great Horned Owl about 10 minutes past midnight. First bird upon awakening this...
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yugruguru@...
Jan 1, 2010 6:09 pm
My first was just a junco but the third was a Carolina Wren, so that is nice. I have a general question if people want to respond off list - has anyone been to...
I went down to the Coxsackie Boatlaunch this morning. There was one ICELAND GULL in with about a thousand Herring Gulls and a few Great-black backed Gulls ...
Sherpa John and I made a late-morning excursion to the Battlefield: first, so I could try out some new snowshoes, and, second, to recover from holiday p.i.s.s....
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scottjstoner
ScottJStoner@...
Jan 1, 2010 9:09 pm
Monday, January 4, 2010 7:00 PM at the William K. Sanford (Colonie) Town Library Bird Quiz: A Test of Your Identification Skills - Bill Danielson Bill...
It was a rather long delay, but my local SCREECH OWL finally decided to answer back to my whistled calls. It was just past midnight, New Year's Eve/Day, when I...
Along with this Horned Lark, I saw a Black and also a White Winged Scoters, Snow Buntings, Northern Harrier, Dark morph Rough-legged Hawk, Northern Pintails,...
And baby new year brought me another new yard bird, a Red-bellied Woodpecker! He too was making good use of the tail prop. Mark Claydon Glenville, NY...
A sharp-shinned hawk appears to be setting up a winter territory around our house and feeders in Rexford. It has made several passes through the back yard...
Despite snow and wind, 17 birders braved the cold to tally 66 species plus 2 count week species. Highlights are birds seldom seen on this count, birds seen by...
A Cooper's Hawk has been frequenting our bird feeders since before Thanksgiving. Sometimes we see it perched in the yard after unsuccessful attempts to grab...
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Alan Mapes
aamapes@...
Jan 4, 2010 2:39 am
Thirteen Pirates made a raid on the queen of Adirondack lakes on the first (Adirondack Pirate Paddlers in kayaks). The day's booty included: Common Goldeneye ...
Headed to the Betar Byway in South Glens Falls at lunchtime and saw the adult bald eagle having a hearty meal of something very bloody on the edge of the ice...
The 2009 season at the Franklin Mt. Hawkwatch in Oneonta came to its traditional New Years Day close on Friday. Persistent snow made for poor visibility, but...
Very cool! Mary Esch From: CurtM <pcmjr54@...> Subject: [HMBirds] Meet Leucy, the Leucistic Red-tailed Hawk To: hmbirds@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday,...
This Sunday, January 10th, the PBS series Nature will air an episode titled Hummingbirds: Magic in the Air. The time is 8pm on WMHT. Mark Claydon Glenville, NY...
There was a NORTHERN SHRIKE in Coxsackie, The Greene County, this afternoon. It, an adult, was perched in one of the taller shrubs in the tree line parallel to...
Greetings, Birding around Coxsackie today produced two Iceland Gulls at the Coxsackie Boat Launch (1 adult, 1 juvenile) among the hundreds of Herring Gulls, 1...
Marlene Vidibor wildbraidart.com ... From: Marion Ulmer <marionulmer@...> Subject: Fw: Rare hawk found in Chicago-area train yard To: "Williams, Sandy"...
A stop several days ago at Cohoes Falls turned up a merlin perched on a utility pole, one adult bald eagle flyover, and the common gulls but no white-winged...
While sitting at my desk, I managed to pick up a few yard birds via my outdoor monitor: Common Raven - from across the river. Pileated Woodpecker - nearby...
Just got a call from my wife Danika, who is watching a WINTER WREN of all things on our suet in Albany. My backyard is about the furthest thing from typical...
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Alan Mapes
aamapes@...
Jan 6, 2010 10:10 pm
Char and I birded and lunched around Coxsackie today At the boat launch: Glaucous Gull -1 (resembling 2nd winter bird in Sibley, except for more light color at...
Greetings, Did some birding today in the Coxsackie area before and after work with moderate results. Coxsackie Boat Launch: Lesser Black-backed Gull- 1 (1st...
Jeff, Great blog and best photos for 2009--amazing! I especially love the Cerulean Warbler and the Snowy with the pink background (and the one in flight). ...
This is a summary of the Birdline reports for the week ending January 6, 2010. Report your sightings to birdline@.... Sixty-flour species were reported...
