Returning migrants in the yard this morning: Song Sparrow - singing (YEA !) Red-winged Blackbirds - not singing - yet Starling - singing (well, OK - nice to...
Found the Barnacle Goose in South Egremont around 2:00 this afternoon. It was on the shore on the far side of the pond mixed in with a large group of Canada...
Goose Chasers, Aside from bad weather off and on lately, I've been really sick and haven't taken the time to chase the Barnacle Goose, let alone make it to...
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yugruguru@...
Mar 2, 2010 11:45 am
Chad and others - There was a Barnacle Goose in northern NJ (Hunterdon County) for much of the winter which was thought to be a legitimate non escapee - maybe...
Chad's point about escaped waterfowl is a good one. NYSARC has received 18 reports for Barnacle Goose but accepted only 4 of them, and all of those were in...
I emailed the secretary of the Massachusetts Avian Records Committee. He responded that they have not reviewed the South Egremont Barnacle Goose, but "I think...
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Gerald Colborn
gdcolbor@...
Mar 2, 2010 3:07 pm
I would think that part of the reason that recent birds are more likely to be accepted is the increased knowledge of collectors and captive birds. Most...
My Barnacle Goose report, of March 14th, 2004, is a victim of the "Origin Uncertain" categorizing of Barnacle Goose reports in NYS. Hence it was one of those...
Ashokan Reservoir Tuesday am. A lot of common birds out there as well including red breasted and white breasted nuthatches, tufted titmouse, crows, blue jays,...
Greetings, First off, thanks to all who weighed in on my inquiry and thanks to all who gave me their well wishes for my health. I'm feeling better, if ever so...
Went to Coxsackie yesterday hoping to find some Rough-legs but not much of those, at least not any good photo-ops. Did find this red-tailed hawk sitting on...
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Gerald Colborn
gdcolbor@...
Mar 3, 2010 1:51 pm
Chad, Thanks for sharing your findings with us. Lots of information I was unaware of. Gerry Colborn ... Greetings, First off, thanks to all who weighed in on...
Yesterday midday, we went for a walk at the Battlefield in the area where the owls have been sighted. Although there was nothing especially unusual - red...
Well, it's been real slow winter at the feeders in my yard. This morning as I was getting into my car to go to work, I nearly did a double-take when I saw a...
http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=907437&category=STRANGENEWS In case the link doesn't work, this AP story from Stonington CT tells of a...
This is a summary of the Birdline reports for the week ending March 3, 2010 Report your sightings in New York's Hudson-Mohawk Region to birdline@.... Only...
The Thursday Morning Group found a female BARROW'S GOLDENEYE late this morning in the Hudson River just south of the sign at the Fort Edward Town line on Fort...
I heard several bluebirds "Cheer cheerful charmer"-ing around 8 o'clock this morning while picking up my grandaughter at Hudson Preserve Apts, near St Pat's...
To all the soon-to-be Goldeneye chasers out there. There is a great and informative read on female goldeneye identification from David Sibley on his website. I...
I went back to Fort Miller this morning to see if I could get a better look and some better pictures of the female Barrow's (or whatever else it might be)...
The northern shrike in Charlton seems to have departed and now the mockingbird is hanging out in the same shrubs. This was the last photo that I took of the...
Today, Friday March 5th, at the sanctuary in Catskill, Greene County, we had 3 Black Vultures fly over the marsh but the best bird of the day was an immature...
I was running errands this morning and stopped where Black Creek crosses Meadowdale Road to look for a possible Northern Shrike (no luck), but then saw a...
Caught a look at a rough-legged hawk in flight over Route 30 at the intersection of 30 and Route 161 this afternoon. George Steele [Non-text portions of this...
