There is a flock of 25-30 Snow Buntings in a field on Rowe Road in Feura Bush, just southwest of the one lane bridge. John Kent Selkirk

First pair of Purple Finches of winter at my feeders today. Nancy Kern

Six Bluebirds sitting in a tree near the next boxes. Two Song Sparrows under the feeders today. Clear skies, Alan Glenville

currently 1 probable 1st yr iceland and a pure white 2nd yr glaucous in a large group of gulls at the edge of the ice just upstream of the crescent power station. -- gregg recer malta NY

Hey Thursday birders! Sorry I'm running late this week. Let's meet at the Mechanicville Price Chopper at 9:00am to look along the river, on the Saratoga and/or Rensselaer and Washington Co banks.

Brief stops this afternoon at two sites in Cohoes - Cohoes Flats (Clark Ave.) had one adult Bald Eagle and several Common Mergansers along with the Great Balck-backed Gulls, Mallards, and Canada

The next Hudson-Mohawk Bird Club board meeting will be held this Monday, 1/17 at 6:30 p.m. via Zoom. All HMBC members are welcome to attend; meeting information follows below: Tristan

On our return, Sunday, from the Mountain Bluebird, Mark and I observed a dark morph Rough-legged Hawk soaring above the Greene County Sheriff's Office on 9 W. Alison Van Keuren

Brrrr, on the walk around the preserve found 1 chickadee, 1 goldfinch, 1 white throated Sparrow, one downy woodpecker, and one flyover bald eagle. Plus the precursor to the wolf moon, with

I’ve had the same experience. I live in Schodack Landing, near Valatie and have been awaiting their return. When they show up here, they’re bronzed grackles. They’re very noisy, too, but

I'm surrounded by farmland in Stuyvesant and have many field species. Yesterday I noticed 40-50 grackles at my feeders, unusual this time of year. Then went outside to see 400-500 of them covering my

DYI, please see the below release and survey from the Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy about the Nature Bus. - Scott Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

While driving around some of the agricultural areas near Schaghticoke in northern Rensselaer County today, Robert and I found a Golden Eagle perched in a tree on Hayes Road. After a short while it

Naomi et. al. I’m sure you have sone good intel but just to add a little, my wife and saw two Snowy Owls this afternoon 1. NE of intersection of 197/42. Near top of tree on far side of field 2.

Hey Thursday birders! Looks like we'll luck out with the mildest temperatures of the week, light winds, and only a slight chance of snow showers. Short-eared Owls have been seen at both Black House

I birded the Washington County grasslands this afternoon; raptors few but did end up with 1 Kestrel, 1 Rough-legged Hawk, 3 Short-eared Owls (distant), and 1 Snowy Owl, on the roof of a building on a

At 3:45, 3 northern pintails and one lesser scalp among lots of the usual three suspects. One belted kingfisher also. Alan Mapes Saratoga

Pleasant walk near Discovery Center. First bird, a hermit thrush. Later, the two nuthatches, a golden crowned kinglet, downy and harry woodpeckers, tufted titmice, chickadees, juncos, blue jays, at

At 3 pm on Wall Road, .7 mile south of King, large flock of horned larks with a half dozen snow buntings and at least one Lapland longspur. They are on a manure spread on the east side. Across the

There was a large mixed flock of Snow Buntings and Horned Larks close to the road on Rt. 40 between Williams Lane and Goff Rd. at 11:30 this morning. - Jeff