There is a Rough-legged Hawk over the fields on Wemple Road in Glenmont, just west of US 9W. John Kent Selkirk

The Language of Birds - with author Nathan Pieplow When 7 Feb 2022 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Location via Zoom - watch for email with link for more information please see hmbc.net a zoom link will be

I spotted a dark bird soaring over the field across the street. Binoculars showed it was a Raven, a first for home. Clear skies, Alan Glenville (western realm)

Sharpie or Cooper’s? Either way it drew quite a crowd outside the Ballston Spa post office. David Halm Burnt Hills

Hey Thursday birders! A miserable complex winter storm is headed our way, so we'll give this week a pass -- rain and just-above-freezing temps do not a happy birder make. Long-range forecast looks

I’m forwarding this from Andy Mason. I’ve seen this advisory on another site as well. Bottom line: Watch for any dead or distressed birds but handle with caution - or better yet not at all. Rich

Hello everyone, I wanted to pass the info below to as many in the birding community as I can reach. It was sent to me by Erik Kiviat, ED of Hudsonia,Ltd. Make sure to scroll down and read all the

Zach Schwartz-Weinstein just made the correct ID on last photo posted -- it's a Merlin, not a Sharpie. Thanks! Sean Cummings Stuyvesant

Hi Sean, this is a Merlin. The eyes are dark and the wings are far too long for an accipiter. Also the white tail bands are thin. -- Zach Schwartz-Weinstein 203 500 7774

I can't seem to escape Sharpies. Photographed a brazen little Sharpie yesterday on Eichybush Road in Stuyvesant. Such colors and patterns! If you zoom in, you can see one (very impressive) talon, but

While birding in Rensselaer County today, Robert and I observed a frosty leucistic Cedar Waxwing at the Tomhannock Reservoir. Additionally a Canada goose with variant plumage among an estimated 1200

The farm fields in the Valatia-Styvusant area have been very active the past couple days. Multiple mixed flocks oh SNBU and HOLA seen yesterday in 4 separate locations. Also saw several NOHA, 2

This afternoon, at the close of a two-day Project Feeder count, I tallied 116 individual birds comprised of 20 different species. Birders who are familiar with Cornell Lab’s Project Feeder Watch

Hey Thursday birders! Forecast is for 6F at 9am, so I'm thinking it's a good day to stay home and watch a feeder cam or two. See you next

There is a fresh deer carcass on the ice at the end of Flight Lock Road in Waterford. Attended an hour ago by a flock of crows, but it's worth watching to see who else shows up for dinner the next few

Hello again Friends! Since there have been a number of local birders heading to Maine, and many others not sure if they should make the trek, to find the Steller's Sea-eagle, I figure this

There's been one at Five Rivers EEC off and on, latter half of December and early January as well -Scott Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

We have had one wintering in our cedar trees in Knox! Thanks for posting this as it confirms that we aren’t crazy!

The 2 Great Horned Owls were hooting their duet again tonight outside my house (somewhere) just east of St Mary’s Cemetery in Troy around 8:15pm. I’ve heard them at least half a dozen times since

Slightly extralimital but perhaps of interest. This morning, Denise and I again visited the Piseco Lake area in Hamilton County NY seeking crossbills. We found Red Crossbills in several locations,