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Oriole
Heidi
I had a female Baltimore Oriole in my yard on July 25, eating insects on a hanging plant right next to my oriole feeder which she ignored. Heidi Klinowski Troy
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July 26 Birdline
philwhitney17
Birdline summary for week ending July 26:
12 reports; 73 species reported
Best of the week:
LEAST BITTERN: Stillwater 7/22 (2), 7/23 (2)
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON: Colonie 7/24, 7/25
VESPER SPARROW: Saratoga County Airport 7/26
Other notables:
Green Heron: Colonie 7/24, 7/25 (4); Hudson Crossing 7/26
Barred Owl: Stillwater 7/22 (4)
American Kestrel: Kinderhook 7/25 (2)
Merlin: Glens Falls 7/21 (2)
Yellow-throated Vireo: Hudson Crossing 7/26
Winter Wren: Lake Desolation SF 7/26 (2)
Eastern Bluebird: Ballston Spa 7/24 (2)
Hermit Thrush: Lake Desolation SF 7/26 (3)
Wood Thrush: West Charlton 7/21; Kinderhook 7/25
Brown Thrasher: Kinderhook 7/25
Scarlet Tanager: West Charlton 7/21; Ballston Spa 7/24
Indigo Bunting: Kinderhook 7/25
Purple Finch: Lake Desolation SF 7/26
Thanks to Mona Bearor (Glens Falls, Stillwater), Susan Beaudoin (Stillwater), Jim Elbrecht (Colonie), Ron Harrower (Ballston Spa, Lake Desolation SF, Saratoga County AP), Nancy Kern (Kinderhook), Curt Morgan (Colonie), Ellen Pemrick (West Charlton), Gregg Recer (Stillwater), Zach Schwartz-Weinstein (Colonie), Scott Varney (Hudson Crossing), and Tom Williams (Colonie)
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eBird Report - Saratoga County Airport, Jul 26, 2017
Ronald Harrower
Saratoga County Airport, Saratoga, New York, US
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eBird Report - Lake Desolation SF, Jul 26, 2017
Ronald Harrower
Lake Desolation SF, Saratoga, New York, US
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Hudson Crossing bird activity
Scott Varney
I promised my dog a little walk today, so I headed over to Hudson Crossing...I gotta get something out of this promise too! Birds were extremely vocal along the upper canal path and I was excited to get 3 warbler species and 3 vireo species...all with great looks. I was hoping for some hummingbirds to photo but they had different plans today. A beautiful sunny day!
American Redstart Black and White Warbler Yellow-rumped Warbler Red-eyed Vireo Yellow-throated Vireo Warbling Vireo Green Heron Scott Varney Salem, NY
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Tomorrow's destination, 7/27
Naomi Lloyd
Hi folks!
I suggest tomorrow we meet and explore a spot that's probably new to most of us - the Stillwater Schools Nature Trail. It has an expansive open marsh on one side of the path, more water on the other, and woodlands between the wetland and the Hudson. Rather like a smaller Vischer Ferry. When I was there a few days ago the bugs were not too troublesome in the woods. Recent visitors there have heard and seen Least Bittern, including one feeding young. From there we could go on to the Battlefield. Wright's Loop has been unproductive lately, overgrown and drying up. Turn off Rt 4 in Stillwater at the road to the school complex, and drive to the end. The trail starts at a chainlink gate. See you there at 8am! https://www.google.com/maps/search/stillwat+er+schools/@42.9481663,-73.6386236,778m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en&authuser=0 Naomi
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Re: Littles Lake Menands Tern?
Will Raup
non-breeding Spotted Sandpiper.
Will Raup
Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S®6 active, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
-------- Original message --------
From: "Brian Smith brijsmith@... [hmbirds]"
Date: 7/26/17 1:48 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: "HM Birds (Hmbirds@Yahoogroups)"
Subject: [HMBirds] Littles Lake Menands Tern?
Hi,
Was checking out FB when I saw a pic of this bird at Littles Lake in Menands.
What kind of bird is this? Some tern?
Brian Smith
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Littles Lake Menands Tern?
Brian Smith
Hi,
Was checking out FB when I saw a pic of this bird at Littles Lake in Menands.
What kind of bird is this? Some tern?
Brian Smith
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eBird -- Eichybush Rd. Grassland, Kinderhook -- Jul 25, 2017
Eichybush Rd. Grassland, Kinderhook Jul 25, 2017 3:36 PM Traveling 2.00 miles 40 minutes All birds reported? Yes Comments: Temperature 66 F overcast sprinkles of rain.
4 Canada Goose 9 Wood Duck -- On a farm pond. 1 Wild Turkey 2 Great Blue Heron (Blue form) -- Flying 2 Red-tailed Hawk 3 Mourning Dove 1 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2 American Kestrel 2 Eastern Wood-Pewee 1 Eastern Phoebe 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Eastern Kingbird 1 Blue Jay 3 American Crow 11 Tree Swallow 7 Barn Swallow (American) 1 Wood Thrush 4 American Robin 4 Gray Catbird 1 Brown Thrasher 30 European Starling 1 Common Yellowthroat 1 Savannah Sparrow 4 Song Sparrow 1 Northern Cardinal 1 Indigo Bunting 4 Red-winged Blackbird 1 Common Grackle 1 House Finch 9 American Goldfinch
Number of Taxa: 30
Sent from my LG Mobile
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Black-crowned Night-Heron- yes
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Re: Crossings - ?young heron?
James Elbrecht
Thank you! Funny, I'd been trying to identify him for an hour or
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two and was wondering why nobody had mentioned him here- Thanks- Jim
On Mon, 24 Jul 2017 22:35:05 +0000, you wrote:
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Re: Crossings - ?young heron?
zach schwartz-weinstein
Hi, That's a juvenile Black-Crowned Night Heron, distinguishable from Yellow-Crowned by the size of the spots and extent of yellow on the bill. A good find for Albany County. Presumably this is the same bird Curt Morgan reported earlier. Best ZSW
-- Zach Schwartz-Weinstein 203 500 7774
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Crossings - ?young heron?
James Elbrecht
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1523mXupzHE9nUaVPgVmeNhiKzRX082crrw
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1sCqdxDiVifwVP1aGImY1AYL-YyY3XvOywQ These aren't the best photos - but he had a bright yellow beak and orange eyes. We watched him fish for an hour or so Sunday afternoon, right down by the pavilion. Is there enough there to say what kind of heron-- or ??. There was also a pair of cormorants thinning the goldfish 'herd' at the other end of the lake. Thanks, Jim
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eBird Report - 147 Church Avenue, Ballston Spa, Jul 24, 2017
Ronald Harrower
147 Church Avenue, Ballston Spa, Saratoga, New York, US
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Black-crowned Night Heron and Green Heron at The Crossings Park today at Noon
curtmorgan@rocketmail.com
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Re: Least Bittern and Barred Owls -- stillwater elementary school trail
ConserveBirds
We all have Lindsey Duval to thank for finding this special spot. I wish I lived closer because I think this will prove to be a very productive birding place.
Mona From: hmbirds@yahoogroups.com [mailto:hmbirds@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of gregg_recer@alum.rpi.edu [hmbirds] Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2017 8:29 PM To: hmbirds@yahoogroups.com Subject: [HMBirds] Re: Least Bittern and Barred Owls -- stillwater elementary school trail thanks susan and mona for cluing us in on this nice marsh access in stillwater. Cathy Graichen and I took a walk down there this evening for about an hour. We had glimpses of 2 least bitterns -- one briefly flying across the open marsh, and then one flying out of the marsh on the north side and crossing the trail to the heavier vegetation on the south side. Also of note were a green heron, and many E. pheobes and E. kingbirds. remarkable that we had no idea this trail and marsh area existed. It has the look of a compact version of vischer ferry, with nice forest between the marsh and the river. Look like a good place to check out during migration. gregg recer malta
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Re: Least Bittern and Barred Owls -- stillwater elementary school trail
gregg_recer
thanks susan and mona for cluing us in on this nice marsh access in stillwater. Cathy Graichen and I took a walk down there this evening for about an hour. We had glimpses of 2 least bitterns -- one briefly flying across the open marsh, and then one flying out of the marsh on the north side and crossing the trail to the heavier vegetation on the south side. Also of note were a green heron, and many E. pheobes and E. kingbirds.
remarkable that we had no idea this trail and marsh area existed. It has the look of a compact version of vischer ferry, with nice forest between the marsh and the river. Look like a good place to check out during migration. gregg recer malta
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Least Bittern and Barred Owls
Susan
Thanks to Mona B., I went to the nature trail behind Stillwater Elementary, which is located off of Rt 4, in search of Least Bitterns. I was unsuccessful on my way out, but on my return, with the entrance gate visible, one flew past me headed towards the school. It veered north and landed on the edge of the pond. While I could no longer see it, it began calling and I could still hear it when I reached my car. I was very surprised to learn of the existence of this trail, as it's in my district and certainly wasn't there when my kids went to school. It's lovely. The large pond area to the north is filled with water lilies, small shrubs, large dead trees and the expected bird species. The wetland continues on the south side, but is not as open. The wide trail continues to the Hudson where it then turns left and follows the river through a deciduous forest. I didn't go to the end. Last night around dusk I could hear the high pitched, raspy sound of Barred Owlets in my yard. When I went out it seemed like there were owls flying everywhere. There were at least four and at least two of them were immature. I had good looks as they were perched rather low. They still had some downy feathers on their shoulders, but otherwise looked like adults. I got to watch as a parent delivered dinner of a vole or mole to one of the young while the other continued screeching - very cool! Susan Beaudoin Stillwater Stillwater School Nature Trail Stillwater NY, Saratoga, New York, US
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West Charlton report 7/21/2017
Ellen
From a walk this evening:
A Chestnut-sided Warbler foraging in a tree, closely followed by a begging youngster - a much larger Cowbird! Scarlet Tanager, the first one I've heard here in weeks Veery - 2 singing Wood Thrush singing Eastern Kingbird with young Barn Swallow Multiple Eastern Wood-Pewees -Ellen West Charlton
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July 19 Birdline
philwhitney17
Birdline summary for week ending July 19:
5 reports; 64 species reported
Best of the week:
BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO: Chatham 7/15 (2)
Other notables:
Ruffed Grouse: Austerlitz 7/16
Black Vulture: Austerlitz 7/16
Osprey: Cohoes Flats 7/15 (3); Fort Edward 7/17 (2)
Bald Eagle: Austerlitz 7/16
American Kestrel: Fort Edward 7/17
Bank Swallow: Staats Island Road 7/18 (50)
Eastern Bluebird: Austerlitz 7/16 (2); Fort Edward 7/17 (4)
Wood Thrush: Austerlitz 7/16; Fort Edward 7/17
Pine Warbler: Chatham 7/15
Scarlet Tanager: Austerlitz 7/16
Indigo Bunting: American Oil Road 7/18
Bobolink: Fort Edward 7/17 (30)
Thanks to Nancy Kern (American Oil Road, Staats Island Road, Fort Edward, Austerlitz) and Naomi Lloyd (Cohoes Flats, Chatham)
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