There is no date on this that I could find, but hoping it is current. This is a link to an American Bird Conservancy survey about requesting the Federal government begin a new Songbird Stamp

Cathy Graichen and I also had a single white-winged scoter on Round Lake yesterday early afternoon. -- gregg recer malta NY

Took a cold paddle around Burden Lake in the late afternoon. Several wood ducks, ring billed gulls, yellow rumped warblers. Saw first group I've seen of bufflehead this season, there was a group of

Quite a few Bluebirds around. A morning walk south turned up a group of 5 and an afternoon walk north featured a group of 6 last week. Almost every walk features a couple. On many days a few are out

I have a friend in Lansingburgh (North Troy) who had an Evening Grosbeak at her feeder today. Positive ID She sent me a photo. None here in Sycaway yet. Heidi Klinowski

I spent an hour looking unsuccessfully for it yesterday. I parked at the south entrance to the National Park and walked west. On the north side of 32, near Durham road is an access gate to SNHP land

I just sat at the top of Durham Rd for 5 minutes and listened and looked around but nothing. It's an awkward spot in front of a house and right next to their mailbox and 32 there is really bad.

I just stopped at Lock 3 and in the marshy part had two American Coots foraging on the edge. A drake Gadwall also briefly showed in a bunch of Mallards. Also, two noisy Greater Yellowlegs and a

Just now had four surf scooters near the entrance to Manning Cove Road on the west side of Saratoga Lake. They were fairly close to shore, visible with the naked eye and easily identifiable with a

Any further sightings? Sent from my phone. Please excuse typos etc.!

Nelson sparrow, No, this afternoon.

I saw the Nelson's Sparrow briefly at the same location just now. It was not far out jn the tall grasses. Craig Driggs

A red-headed woodpecker landed on a tree trunk as I drove by on Route 32 about a half mile west of the southern access And parking are to Saratoga National Historical Park. In addition to the large

Meet at Collins Lake parking lot at 8:00am. We'll check out the lake from two vantage points, then head to the Freeman's Bridge boat launch to walk the bike path there. We will not be carpooling.

About 1:30 PM today I had 5 EVENING GROSBEAKS flyover the Shaker Museum site in New Lebanon, headed north! Easily identifiable by their House Sparrow-like call and I could see the flash of the white

Thanks to Naomi’s sharp eyes, the Thursday group had quite a surprise. We started from Lions Park in Niskayuna and walked west. Just before the Ferry Road bridge, Naomi spotted an unusual looking

based on some word-of-mouth, just checked out the south end of saratoga lake at brown's beach. 16 brant mixed in with a couple hundred canada geese hanging out right at the beach. Scanning out on the

Hello Thursday birders! The glorious fall weather continues and we are well into sparrow season. Let's meet at Lions Park in Niskayuna off Rosendale Rd and walk the bike path. See you at 8:00am in the

Cathy Graichen and I walked into the beach area at Lauderdale Park. the large flock of goldfinches still present at the beach. I'd estimate about 15 or so pine siskins mixed in. maybe an early prelude

Sorry. For those who might not have been following,, I should have stated that the clarification to the directions was in reference to a Fork-tailed Flycatcher found yesterday afternoon at the Ashokan