Her name is "Broken Feather"

Mike W

Continuing flock of about 40 Red-winged Blackbirds hanging out on Normanside Drive off of New Scotland. They've been there off and on all winter. Feeders nearby. Today they were singing. Nearby

FYI, an update from the Finch Network and a heads up that Matt will be our May program speaker! https://finchnetwork.org/winter-finch-forecast-update-the-return-begins Scott Stoner, HMBC program

Hi Cynthia, There have been several flickers overwintering in the park this winter. My daughter and I also saw a Merlin in the park last week. Between 2015 and 2017 a pair of Merlins nested in the

Yesterday Chris and I were surprised to see at least 4 Northern Flickers while walking around Washington Park in the afternoon. I wondered if these might be early migrators or winter hardies? We had

following up on Ron H's report, Cathy G and I took a spin this afternoon through some of the farm roads south of SR 29 and east of saratoga lake down to US 4. We had one large flock of roughly 150

Outside the entrance we saw an immature eagle (5 others along the way, 2 across the Hudson at the blockhouse which scared many of the ducks away). As we walked we saw a barred owl, it was there

The pleasant surprise on Statts Island Road this afternoon was the presence of two Killdeer. Alison Van Keuren

HMBC Program Notice Taking in Flycatchers Monday, March 1, 2021, 6:30PM via Zoom meeting Hello HMBC Members: This is a reminder that the HMBC March program will be held via a Zoom meeting on Monday

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> > shoulder. They were spooked a couple of times by cars passing and initially came back to same spot, then they took off and I thought that they were done, only to see them swing back to the

Chris and I walked along the Mohawk-Hudson Bike Trail from Lion's Park in Niskayuna this morning. The trail is cleared for some distance so easy walking. We saw at least 9 Common Redpolls feeding in

I have a Sharp-shinned Hawk nesting nearby -- have to chase him away from feeders regularly. Yesterday, he was parked 15 feet from my front door devouring a Mourning Dove (I think). He didn't mind me

Yesterday afternoon (Feb 21) Denise and I enjoyed watching 7 Short-eared Owls at the Washington County grasslands, along with Rough-legged and Red-tailed Hawks. Scott Stoner, Loudonville Sent from

Hi, we were there late afternoon, no bluebirds, but also saw hooded merganser couple, and a greater (or lesser) scaup couple, plus two bald eagles. There is one less duck, we saw one eagle keep

This afternoon: Vischer Ferry: 74 common merganser, 100+ mallard, two immature and two mature bald eagles, great black backed gull, and four bluebirds in the sumac next to the parking lot. Crescent:

sorry for the delay. Tuesday 16th we had Red crossbills at the Madison Ave. pinelands, trailhead 7, a group of 6 and a single individual, all flyovers. Albany Pine Bush preserve. yesterday 17th, 3

Nancy Kern 3567-3571 County Road 21, Stuyvesant, New York, US (42.43, -73.728), Columbia, New York, US Feb 16, 2021 4:54 PM - 5:28 PM Protocol: Traveling 4.77 mile(s) Checklist Comments:

The Pine Grosbeak flock continues this morning (2/17) at the Katherine / Woodside intersection in Burnt Hills. They look even better in the bright sunlight! David