Nutten Hook is a whole "new" place. They've changed the riverfront part and it is now a very "sophisticated" timber platform with railings, large enough for a group to gather on. It promises to be a

Hey Thursday birders! I don't think we've ever gone to Lewis A Swyer Preserve in Columbia Co before. It's a 1/2 mile boardwalk along a freshwater tidal wetland feeding into the Hudson. Parking is

Have seen evidence of fall migration the past few days: In Oakwood Cemetery, 3 days in a row I’ve counted at least 21 KILLDEER all in Section S just inside the Oakwood Avenue entrance east of the

5 great egrets here this morning, with 1 each great blue and green heron. field on the north leg is heavily flooded, but no shorebirds present yet. Gregg Recer gregg_recer@... -- gregg recer malta

Sorry about that. My little finger hit some random key and a message was sent. Chris and I had a Great Egret today in the water under the bridge west of the old railroad station along the bike trail

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Hey Thursday birders! Looking through eBird shows nothing particularly exciting in the area (except Spoonbills, ugh), Vischer Ferry is still buggy, and water levels are still high at Cohoes, so let's

Good morning, Saw a single great egret on Burden Lake two days running. I assume it was the same one. Both times it was in a tree. I also assume it's part of the migration. Brian Web Services

One great egret at Wrights this morning. One adult at the bald eagle nest. Alan Mapes Saratoga

There are at least 18 Great Egrets in the field south of Staats Island Road in Rensselaer County. John Kent Selkirk

Hey Thursday birders! Are you dried out yet? Thursday is supposed to be perfect and they're not forecasting more Biblical floods for Wednesday, so let's give last week's destination another try. Btw

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CANCELLED DUE TO ROADS WASHED OUT ETC There are lots of roads damaged by the rain, creeks are still rising. I think it best to stay off the roads and let emergency crews do their job. Sorry! Naomi

Heads up folks! All of RensCo is under a State of Emergency. We've had 3" to 6"of rain in a few hours, roads are flooded, trees are down, culverts washed out. I have no idea what the road conditions

Hey Thursday birders! It's supposed to be the nicest day of the week (what luck!) but after this week+ of monsoons I'd rather stay off muddy slippery trails. Let's explore part of the new

One way to deal with situations like this is to download mapping apps like Avenza or Google Earth onto your smartphone and then download the free atlas block map layers from the atlas website. This

If you attempt to bird the Granville CE Priority Block, be sure to bring a road map with you and bring a copy of the block map. There is no internet/cell service out there, so no Google maps, no Atlas

Thanks for that information, Scott. Maybe it will be possible to negotiate access to these areas next spring. But Inman Pond is on public land, as is the Pilot Knob Gazebo.-- Zach

Just for the record, Crossett Pond and the Three Ponds are entirely private access only. I will speak with the Camp Ranger at Camp Wakpominee about any possible admittance to the Three Ponds...highly

Due to popular demand, here are some other atlas blocks no one has visited yet. These three blocks are in Washington County, and they aren't the only unvisited blocks in Washington County, but all