Hello fellow birders, A friend sent me these photos today asking what kind of bird this is nesting in the wreath on her front door. It does not look at all like a house finch. To me it looks like a

Thanks to Lindsey Duval for her recent post about birds at Bog Meadow Brook Trail. Chris and I walked the trail on Weds and it was delightful. Among the 30 species we counted were16 Swamp Sparrows

Join Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society via Zoom on Friday, April 16, 7:30 p.m. for very special program with Scott Weidensaul. Since the dawn of human imagination, we have been

In our yard in Albany County, today, Denise and I had two Hermit Thrushes in the backyard, and pairs of Yellow-bellies Sapsuckers and Red-breasted Nuthatches. - Scott Stoner, Loudonville, NY

Saturday, April 17, 2021- Normanskill Farm (8:00 am) Sparrows and swallows frequent this location. Perhaps some early sandpipers, Hermit Thrushes, or Yellow-rumped Warblers will have also arrived

Gregg Recer, Denise, and I birded and Atlased a portion of the Zim Smith Trail west of Coons Crossing Rd. in Saratoga County this morning, with a slightly delayed start due to traffic from the closure

nice alternate-plumage horned grebe in view toward the south end of round lake. Gregg Recer gregg_recer@... -- gregg recer malta NY

There is currently a Common Loon on Round Lake and not much else. Good luck with the traffic jams.

Rain and 45 degrees - nope. At least a good soaking rain should provide stopover points for shorebirds which are beginning to touch down in our area - watch those wet fields! Better luck next week

Only one this morning, and one killdeer - south end of the pond. Alan Mapes Saratoga

I've noticed a BG Gnatcatcher reported by Donald Slick at the Dwaas Kill Nature Preserve in Clifton Park and easily found the super noisy bird this morning not far into the south entrance! Lindsey D.

5 Rivers Env Ed Cntr,.Delmar, Albany County. highlights included brown thrasher, pine warbler, winter wren, swamp sparrow, Louisiana waterthrush. Scott Stoner, Loudonville NY Sent from my Verizon,

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Found a trio of Northern Shovelers at Tivoli Lake Preserve in the city of Albany this morning. Also a Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Craig D

Highlights earlier today on the Tomhannock Reservoir in Rensselaer County include a Caspian Tern, also 4 Bonaparte Gulls. A lone Horned Grebe was seen at the north end. Robert and Rita Reed East

In addition to most of the returning species found in abundance around the area (especially Swamp Sparrows), at Bog Meadow Brook Trail right now I've also had Virginia Rail, two Purple Finches, about

I posted Gregg’s and Naomi’s photos of the Wigeon to eBird reviewer Slack yesterday to double-check my feeling that the bird was a hybrid Eurasian Wigeon x American Wigeon. The sole response thus

Hi John - this sounds like a junco with a condition called “leucism”. Here is a link to an explanation on Audubon’s website: https://www.audubon.org/news/why-bird-half-white Cheers, Alan

Denise and I birded Five Rivers EEC this morning; highlights included FOY (for us, at least) Swamp Sparrow (wild turkey trail), Pine Warbler - at least 4 individuals, both along the Vlomankill trail

It sounds like a leucistic Junco, meaning having lots of white in places that normally would have typical species coloration. It’s different from albinism, where the entire bird is white and the