On Tuesday evening, our group of approximately 15 observers counted 15 Common Nighthawks, all from 7:00pm- 8:00pm. A few made very close approaches at low altitude, offering very good looks. This

Hey Thursday birders- welcome to the end (I hope) of summer! It's tough to think of where to go this week - Cohoes is still under an entire river and the Hudson is high too, mosquitos are vicious and

Yesterday morning shortly after sunrise, I found an adult Little Blue Heron foraging east of the tracks on Staats Island Road. I forgot to alert this list. My apologies.-- Zach

apologies for the delay...last Friday Aug 20 I birded Five Rivers Env Ed Cntr in Delmar, focusing on the beaver and heron pond areas. Highlights included Virginia Rail, Common Raven, Double-crested

Denise and I paddled Round Lake and its outlet, the Anthony Kill, in Saratoga Co. Biridng highlights included an adult Bald Eagle, Osprey, and Great Blue and Green Herons. Scott Stoner,

Update: Rich Guthrie ID'd them as Black Terns. Still pretty nice for RensCo! Naomi

Squinting through the rain and mist I made out at least 6 Terns feeding on Nassau Lake. Not Caspian or Black, too big for Least, too small for Royal, pretty sure not Sooty. So, Common or Forster's?

Tuesday, August 24 - Thursday, August 26, COUNTING COMMON NIGHTHAWKS (Albany County; evenings) Coordinators: Tom and Colleen Williams twill0526@... The Common Nighthawk is an aerial insectivore that

Last fall that would happen on our property; they were bronzed grackles. Incredibly noisy but fascinating. They would usually come through twice a day. Some red-winged blackbirds and brown-headed

A dozen silently feeding over Slingerlands plaza tonight between 6:45 and 7:10pm. Eric

The remains of Hurricane Fred will be visiting us this week bringing an inch and a half or more of rain tonight and tomorrow. When it passes by, keep your eyes to the skies and to the water for

I found an adult Black-crowned Night-Heron late this morning at Lock 2 of the Champlain Canal in Mechanicville. It was perched on a rock below the dam very near the parking lot after crossing the

A large flock of grackles just flew in and filled all of our trees. After a brief conversation (apparently), they all departed. No idea how many, but for me too many to count.

this morning Denise and I had a brief stopover of about 50 mostly young brown-headed cowbirds and, separately, one American Redstart in our backyard.-Scott Stoner, Loudonville NY Sent from my Verizon,

Denise and I visited Five Rivers EEC in Delmar this evening; highlights included chimney swift, Great Horned Owl, a.great blue heron, and one Common Nighthawk flying northeast around 7:30 pm. We also

Sixteen Common Nighthawks just flew over heading toward the SE while I was walking in my Albany neighborhood near McCormack Rd and Meadow Lane. They were not making any discernable sound. Earlier in

A juvenile Little Blue Heron continues at Champlain Canal Lock 2 this morning. It is with a Great Egret and a Great Blue Heron at the north tip of Quack Island. John Kent Selkirk

Thank you

Thanks for both responses.

It looks like The disease was confined to the states south of us and has run its course. I suspect that it was related to the cicada hatch. There haven’t been reports of disease related deaths for