Saturday morning I went to the grand opening of a new nature preserve, privately owned but open to the public in association with the Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy: Strawberry Fields Farm & Nature

Jackie Bogardus, Steve Chorvas, and I did a Century Run yesterday and identified 121 species all across Albany County. Highlights were: White-winged Scoters and Common Loon on the Alcove Reservoir,

Fransje and I met at 6 am at Five Rivers First thing I heard this morning after waking was a barred owl in my yard. We attempted to find the worm-eating warbler at Deer Mountain Trail with no

There were lots of large dragonflies along the Hudson River this evening. One of their favorites. Nancy Kern

If anyone is birding on the lake tomorrow -- This afternoon I saw a flock of 8 loons, 7 Common in breeding plumage and one looking different. Probably just in alternate plumage but it actually looked

A beautiful spring day ended with a pair of nighthawks peenting faster than I'm used to hearing and moving fast and low over bender lane at dusk. I can count my local spring nighthawk sightings one

Had an amazing day of Birding yesterday at Lake Lauderdale, thus, it warranted another visit. New this morning was a Tennessee Warbler about 100 yards from the parking lot. Vocalizations of so many

13 brant currently swimming north from Jennings Landing. Basically everything else was a redstart. Corning Preserve May 20, 2017 2:20 PM Traveling 4.20 miles 282 Minutes All birds reported?

American Oil Road May 20, 2017 4:26 PM Traveling 2.00 miles 60 minutes All birds reported? Yes Comments: Temperature 72 F Windy sunny 4 Mallard 1 American Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) 2

Town of Schodack May 19, 2017 7:39 PM Stationary 5 minutes All birds reported? Yes Comments: Temperature 66 F calm. 35 Bank Swallow -- Holes in large sand banks on east side of Rt. 9J. Birds

Schodack Island SP IBA May 19, 2017 4:27 PM Traveling 2.00 miles 125 minutes All birds reported? Yes Comments: Temperature at start was 82 F went down to 70. Windy sunny boats out fishing. 8

This is a reminder that tomorrow is the HMBC’s 72nd Guy Bartlett Century Run, where teams of birders try to find as many species of birds as they can in a single day within the eleven county NYS

> Bog Meadow Brook Nature Trail, Saratoga, New York, US > May 19, 2017 9:30 AM - 11:15 AM > Protocol: Traveling > 1.5 mile(s) > Comments: Took a very slow walk out to the bench at the 3/4 mile

Eichybush Rd.--Grassland, Kinderhook May 19, 2017 2:06 PM Traveling 2.00 miles 15 minutes All birds reported? Yes Comments: Temperature 84 F windy cloudy some sun. 1 Great Blue Heron (Blue

Colleen and I, along with Bernie and Chris G., will be leading this Sunday's field trip, while Naomi convalesces. If you are attending the trip, be advised that you can meet the group at the park, or

Birdered the parking lot and walked back past the landfill. Best birds were N PARULA heard from the parking lot and TENNESEE Warbler singing in a tree just past the rail fence at the end of the old

Just getting the word out that I found a Mourning Warbler singing in the honeysuckle by the skeeter bowl. Earlier Tom W, Jane A. And I found a Wilson's and a Canada along the service road by the

Had a fantastic day of Birding yesterday afternoon (Thursday) with Carolina Wren, Canada Warbler, and Black-billed Cuckoo as highlights. Best showing of the day was an Olive-sided Flycatcher right

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The advantage of sitting on our upstairs deck: just saw a Blackpoll Warbler high up in a tree. Probably a first for my yard. Ellen West Charlton