now 2 immature little-blues present on the east side above the dam. greenish legs, heavy-ish bill with blue-grayish base grading into darker tip. at 8:30 this morning none was in view here. I ran

Distant looks from Champlain Canal Lock 2. Bird is on the RensCo side. Naomi

I’ll post some photos of the BBPL to eBird later. It was an interesting-looking adult female (I think) that had lost most of its dark plumage. In addition to the BBPL this morning, I found a

viewing 20 great egrets currently at far end of the field north of the loop. (alas, no storks or spoonbills in evidence.) the only shorebirds visible presently are killdeer Gregg Recer

This morning Zach S-W and I observed a Black-bellied Plover fairly close to shore on the Cohoes side of the Flats. It later relocated to the far side of the water along Second Island, where it was

Four Caspian Terns have flown by Henry Hudson Park in Selkirk in the past few minutes, heading south along the Hudson. John Kent Selkirk

The Wood Stork continues at 141 German Church Road in Ghent, Columbia County on Friday 8/6/2021 at 230pm Good Birding! Neal Reilly

still present this afternoon, perched in distant dead tree the whole time I was there Gregg Recer gregg_recer@...

The juvenile stork came down to right in front of the fence and foraged for what ever was in that flooded area. Also a killer, great egret and a solitary sandpiper.

Bird still in a tree. Good scope views and binocs, in branches and distant for photos. Nancy Kern

Currently at 141 German Church Rd in a tree

Larry Steele reported a Wood stork today on German Church Road in Columbia County: https://ebird.org/checklist/S92796337 -- Zach Schwartz-Weinstein 203 500 7774

Naomi, Rich, et al, Would love to join you, as I'm back from a month at Marha's Vineyard, but the last week of that month was in the M.V. Hospital

8/4/21- Just passed a large group (a wake?) of Turkey Vultures circling west of Pawling Avenue just north of Winter Street Ext. Counted at least 17!!! Heidi Klinowski Troy

Nice! I haven't been to Nutten Hook in two years. The changes sound interesting. I think if we park in on an angle, we could get a dozen cars in at Swyer. People tend to park kind of sloppy. Naomi

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