Susan, Kathryn-- This went out to the bird lists around the state and to our hawkwatch contacts today. Feel free to use on the web site and/or Facebook. It will also be in

Today ended the 39th consecutive season of monitoring migrating raptors at the Franklin Mt. Hawkwatch, near Oneonta in NY's northern Catskill Mountains. No birds were

2:30 PM: Snowy no, Peregrine no. John Kent Selkirk

Snowy-no. Peregrine-yes on the Slater as of 2pm. ? Chased it off. Eric

Just had an adult Bald Eagle fly over our yard in nice light...Scott and Denise, Loudonville

There was one on the radar antenna on the USS Slater at about 11:30 this morning. Sorry for the delayed report. Rich Guthrie

Field marks I didn't know to look for... Naomi

At this time of year, a goshawk at VF isn’t that out of the question. Did you get a glimpse of tjrnUndertail coverts? They‘re unstreaked on cooper’s but not on Goshawk. Goshawks show buffy

Not to go all Nelson Briefer on you, but I'd like to hear thoughts on the likelihood of a Northern Goshawk at Vischer Ferry. I saw the bird twice-- first in flight away from me maybe 10 feet off the

I wish everyone a Happy New Year - good birding in 2020! Hope to see you Monday night - NOTE THE NEW TIME AND LOCATION !!! Monday January 6: :Program at 6:30 PM : Aerial Insectivorous Birds, with Joe

Thanks to everyone who responded and viewed this email. I also thought it was a leucistic Red-tailed Hawk, but wanted to get the community to help confirm. Much obliged and Happy New Year to

> > Northumberland farmland, Saratoga, New York, US > Jan 1, 2020 11:35 AM - 2:15 PM > Protocol: Traveling > 22.0 mile(s) > Checklist Comments: Once again, I choose to do a travelogue of a larger

Did a long drive on this wind-chilled day (January 1st, 2020) and found a bunch of birds...finally! The Greater White-fronted Goose is still hanging out on the outlet of Cossayuna Lake and got great

Greetings All, The ninth annual Ulster/Dutchess(NYUD) Christmas Bird Count was conducted on Saturday, December 28th. Conditions were favorable with temperaturesranging from a low of 30 degrees

Happy New Year and new year list! did everyone stay up to watch your eBird list clear at midnight? Let's meet at Tibbits Ave in Green Island at 9:00 and check the ice shelves along the Mohawk. Ron had

> Crescent Park, Saratoga, New York, US > Dec 31, 2019 12:42 PM - 12:56 PM > Protocol: Traveling > 0.5 mile(s) > Checklist Comments: I drove down the river from Klamsteam Tavern to the Crescent

I haven't used the Count Circle app but if you're cheap (as I am), you can just look up count circle center coordinates at the Audubon CBC map and then punch them into a circle-generating site like

If you want to maximise your participation in CBCs, NYSOA does a list of all the NY state counts every year. If you like travelling, it was possible to do 11 this

There is also a handy little app available for CBC use. It's called Count Circle and shows you where you are located within any CBC circle. We used it while we were just out birding and found count

Hi All, At one of the previous CBC compilations, there was interest in seeing a map of all the CBC areas in NY. I was curious too and I found an interactive map of all the active Christmas Bird Count