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Re: Possible Little Blue Heron
gregg_recer
now 2 immature little-blues present on the east side above the dam. greenish legs, heavy-ish bill with blue-grayish base grading into darker tip.
at 8:30 this morning none was in view here. I ran down to Cohoes briefly, and returning at about 10:00 Alison v-k was just leaving and had the birds along with a great blue for size comparison. I was able to get right on them the 2nd try. -- gregg recer malta NY
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Possible Little Blue Heron
Naomi Lloyd
Distant looks from Champlain Canal Lock 2. Bird is on the RensCo side. Naomi
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Re: Black-bellied Plover, Cohoes Flats- 8/9
zach schwartz-weinstein
I’ll post some photos of the BBPL to eBird later. It was an interesting-looking adult female (I think) that had lost most of its dark plumage. In addition to the BBPL this morning, I found a semipalmated plover and several least sandpipers. Yesterday a semipalmated sandpiper was present in a small flock of leasts, as were four lesser yellowlegs. Caspian Terns have been moving through the region over the last few days, and we should be on the lookout for Black Tern as well.
This morning Zach S-W and I observed a Black-bellied Plover fairly close to shore on the Cohoes side of the Flats. It later relocated to the far side of the water along Second Island, where it was foraging with Killdeer. It had a very pale head color, some retained black patches on the underside, and showed black 'armpits' during short flights. --
Zach Schwartz-Weinstein 203 500 7774
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more egrets at wright's loop
gregg_recer
viewing 20 great egrets currently at far end of the field north of the loop. (alas, no storks or spoonbills in evidence.)
-- gregg recer malta NY
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Black-bellied Plover, Cohoes Flats- 8/9
This morning Zach S-W and I observed a Black-bellied Plover fairly close to shore on the Cohoes side of the Flats. It later relocated to the far side of the water along Second Island, where it was foraging with Killdeer. It had a very pale head color, some retained black patches on the underside, and showed black 'armpits' during short flights.
Tom Williams Colonie
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Caspian Terns, Selkirk
John Kent
Four Caspian Terns have flown by Henry Hudson Park in Selkirk in the past few minutes, heading south along the Hudson. John Kent Selkirk
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Wood Stork in Ghent Yes Friday 8/6/2021
neal.reilly
The Wood Stork continues at 141 German Church Road in Ghent, Columbia County on Friday 8/6/2021 at 230pm
Good Birding! Neal Reilly
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wood stork in Ghent
gregg_recer
still present this afternoon, perched in distant dead tree the whole time I was there Gregg Recer gregg_recer@...
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Re: Ghent Wood Stork
brendastiffen
The juvenile stork came down to right in front of the fence and foraged for what ever was in that flooded area. Also a killer, great egret and a solitary sandpiper.
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Ghent Wood Stork
Bird still in a tree. Good scope views and binocs, in branches and distant for photos.
Nancy Kern
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Wood stork
Naomi Lloyd
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Wood stork, Columbia county.
zach schwartz-weinstein
Larry Steele reported a Wood stork today on German Church Road in Columbia County:
Zach Schwartz-Weinstein 203 500 7774
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Re: This week's destination: 8/5
bill.lee3771
Naomi, Rich, et al, Would love to join you, as I'm back from a month at Marha's Vineyard, but the last week of that month was in the M.V. Hospital with an infected toe bone which I can walk on only for a limited
time and distance. The month of July was a month from hell with almost daily fog, cold temps especially at night, many rainy days, including a tropical storm (Elsa), rock cobble on the beach, a leaky roof which had to be replaced, and on and on. I hope former
Pres. Obama, who is there now, has much better weather! Hope to recover quickly enough to rejoin the group soon.
From: naomi lloyd <naomi_kestrel@...>
Sent: Tuesday, August 3, 2021 9:35 PM To: webln@... <webln@...>; suzy.nealon@... <suzy.nealon@...>; crystalynn57@... <crystalynn57@...>; jjjazz5@... <jjjazz5@...>; jeanh46@... <jeanh46@...>; wjgood3@... <wjgood3@...>; wchapman@... <wchapman@...>; saayer@... <saayer@...>; pennylockwood15@... <pennylockwood15@...>; Nancy Slack <nancyslack7@...>; jschoonmaker <j.schoonmaker@...>; goodale1966 <goodale1966@...>; ladeyss <ladeyss@...>; aev12159 <aev12159@...>; katherinestorms <katherinestorms@...>; naomiking <naomiking@...>; richardpguthrie <richardpguthrie@...>; PDweyer333 <pdwyer333@...>; jorylangner <jory.langner@...>; antespaul <antes.paul@...>; ljpigalley233 <ljpigalley@...>; silphidae <silphidae@...>; Stanphoto <stanleywblanchard@...>; honeyhol <honeyhol@...>; dlkelliher <dlkelliher@...>; DeniseHStoner <denisehstoner@...>; jtaft3 <j.taft3@...>; kharper <kharper@...>; hersheyj <hersheyj@...>; cblackwell <cblackwell@...>; nancykarm <nancy.karm@...>; goodness <goodness@...>; beaudoinsusan <smbeaudoin1@...>; Tmarkops <tmarkops@...>; hhstebbins <hhstebbins@...>; tristanlowery@... <tristanlowery@...>; egee1 <egee1@...>; shuang1 <shuang1@...>; fallline <fallline@...>; trwdsd <trwdsd@...>; snichols1 <snichols1@...>; dgresens <dgresens@...>; philnps <philnps@...>; alanmapes <alanmapes@...>; emwboston <emwboston@...>; ingeo.zimmerman@... <ingeo.zimmerman@...>; markfitz <mark15fitz@...>; yugruguru <stvmesick@...>; dcowley99@... <dcowley99@...>; suestew68@... <suestew68@...>; drmortonmd <drmortonmd@...>; capteagleeyes1@... <capteagleeyes1@...>; twberne <twberne@...>; pwhitney <prmlwhitney59@...>; mushka_81 <mushka_81@...>; e1223468@... <e1223468@...>; Peter Feinberg <peter.feinberg@...>; Tom Anderson <lamokavosburg@...>; Ken Roinos <kroinos@...>; Deb Shaw <ritzshaw@...>; Larry Alden <overlook@...>; R Pine <rpine56@...>; James Dewaalmalefyt <dewaalmalefyt@...>; Peter (DPS)Sheehan <peter.sheehan@...>; Bryan L. Swift <bryanlswift@...>; jbetlejeski@... <jbetlejesk@...>; William J. Lee <bileej@...>; naomi lloyd <naomi_kestrel@...> Cc: hmbirds@groups.io <hmbirds@groups.io> Subject: This week's destination: 8/5 Hey Thursday birders! I don't think we've ever gone to Lewis A Swyer Preserve in Columbia Co before. It's a 1/2 mile boardwalk along a freshwater tidal wetland feeding into the Hudson. Parking is along 9J *exactly* where the GPS point is dropped, about
500 feet north of the actual start of the trail. If you go under an old RR trestle, you've gone a bit too far south. Meet at 8:00am
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Lewis+A.+Swyer+Preserve/@42.4179843,-73.7713505,779m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x89dde93f8f50304b:0xdcba7219587c158f!8m2!3d42.4179804!4d-73.7691565?hl=en&authuser=0 If people want we could then go 5 miles further south and check out Nutten Hook, where we will have a HMBC field trip on Sept 25. Tide permitting, we might be able to get to the riverside. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Nutten+Hook+Tidal+Wetlands+Area/@42.3573523,-73.7882374,1552m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m22!1m16!4m15!1m6!1m2!1s0x89dde93f8f50304b:0xdcba7219587c158f!2sLewis+A.+Swyer+Preserve,+1599+NY-9J,+Stuyvesant,+NY+12173!2m2!1d-73.7691565!2d42.4179804!1m6!1m2!1s0x89ddeba0cc9fc88f:0x6d639ca1bc2e2544!2sNutten+Hook+Tidal+Wetlands+Area,+New+York!2m2!1d-73.7874983!2d42.356795!3e0!3m4!1s0x89ddeba0cc9fc88f:0x6d639ca1bc2e2544!8m2!3d42.356795!4d-73.7874983?hl=en&authuser=0 Naomi
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Turkey Vultures in Troy
Heidi
8/4/21- Just passed a large group (a wake?) of Turkey Vultures circling west of Pawling Avenue just north of Winter Street Ext.
Counted at least 17!!! Heidi Klinowski Troy
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Re: This week's destination: 8/5
Naomi Lloyd
Nice! I haven't been to Nutten Hook in two years. The changes sound interesting. I think if we park in on an angle, we could get a dozen cars in at Swyer. People tend to park kind of sloppy. Naomi Naomi
On Tuesday, August 3, 2021, 10:43:59 PM EDT, Richard Guthrie <richardpguthrie@...> wrote: Nutten Hook is a whole "new" place. They've changed the riverfront part and it is now a very "sophisticated" timber platform with railings, large enough for a group to gather on. It promises to be a very good river watch viewing location. From my observations from across the river, it is very under-utilized with only the occasional angler or two or car parked. (It seems to be a favorite for local cops and sheriff deps. to hang out). (I hope to join y'all on Thursday. As I recall, the number of available parking spots at the Sawyer Preserve are very limited) Rich Guthrie New Baltimore The Greene County On Tue, Aug 3, 2021 at 9:35 PM naomi lloyd <naomi_kestrel@...> wrote:
Richard Guthrie
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Re: This week's destination: 8/5
Richard Guthrie
Nutten Hook is a whole "new" place. They've changed the riverfront part and it is now a very "sophisticated" timber platform with railings, large enough for a group to gather on. It promises to be a very good river watch viewing location. From my observations from across the river, it is very under-utilized with only the occasional angler or two or car parked. (It seems to be a favorite for local cops and sheriff deps. to hang out). (I hope to join y'all on Thursday. As I recall, the number of available parking spots at the Sawyer Preserve are very limited) Rich Guthrie New Baltimore The Greene County
On Tue, Aug 3, 2021 at 9:35 PM naomi lloyd <naomi_kestrel@...> wrote:
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This week's destination: 8/5
Naomi Lloyd
Hey Thursday birders! I don't think we've ever gone to Lewis A Swyer Preserve in Columbia Co before. It's a 1/2 mile boardwalk along a freshwater tidal wetland feeding into the Hudson. Parking is along 9J *exactly* where the GPS point is dropped, about 500 feet north of the actual start of the trail. If you go under an old RR trestle, you've gone a bit too far south. Meet at 8:00am https://www.google.com/maps/place/Lewis+A.+Swyer+Preserve/@42.4179843,-73.7713505,779m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x89dde93f8f50304b:0xdcba7219587c158f!8m2!3d42.4179804!4d-73.7691565?hl=en&authuser=0 If people want we could then go 5 miles further south and check out Nutten Hook, where we will have a HMBC field trip on Sept 25. Tide permitting, we might be able to get to the riverside. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Nutten+Hook+Tidal+Wetlands+Area/@42.3573523,-73.7882374,1552m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m22!1m16!4m15!1m6!1m2!1s0x89dde93f8f50304b:0xdcba7219587c158f!2sLewis+A.+Swyer+Preserve,+1599+NY-9J,+Stuyvesant,+NY+12173!2m2!1d-73.7691565!2d42.4179804!1m6!1m2!1s0x89ddeba0cc9fc88f:0x6d639ca1bc2e2544!2sNutten+Hook+Tidal+Wetlands+Area,+New+York!2m2!1d-73.7874983!2d42.356795!3e0!3m4!1s0x89ddeba0cc9fc88f:0x6d639ca1bc2e2544!8m2!3d42.356795!4d-73.7874983?hl=en&authuser=0 Naomi
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Fall Migration in Troy
Heidi
Have seen evidence of fall migration the past few days:
In Oakwood Cemetery, 3 days in a row I’ve counted at least 21 KILLDEER all in Section S just inside the Oakwood Avenue entrance east of the pond. In my yard (near St Mary’s Cem) I’ve had several HUMMINGBIRDS fattening up with multiple feeder visits A large flock (est 2 dzn) of Common Grackles incl several juveniles And today had a juvenile ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK at the sunflower feeder. Also the RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH has returned. Heidi Klinowski Troy/Brunswick line
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great egrets - wright's loop
gregg_recer
5 great egrets here this morning, with 1 each great blue and green heron. field on the north leg is heavily flooded, but no shorebirds present yet.
Gregg Recer gregg_recer@... -- gregg recer malta NY
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Re: Great Egret on Burden Lake in Averill Park/Nassau
Cynthia Edwardson
Sorry about that. My little finger hit some random key and a message was sent. Chris and I had a Great Egret today in the water under the bridge west of the old railroad station along the bike trail from Lion's Park in Niskayuna. A great blue heron was close by acting a bit territorial. Two green herons in the water near the railroad station. Cindy Edwardson Albany
On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 2:13 PM Cynthia Edwardson <cjredwardson@...> wrote:
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