US-New York-Valatie-2200 Pine Drive - 42.416x-73.683 Aug 29, 2017 3:35 PM Stationary 4 minutes All birds reported? Yes Comments: Overcast 4 Mallard 1 Great Blue Heron 5 Cedar Waxwing

I will be leading a morning bird walk around the Mohawk Gateway Overlook this coming Saturday, Sept 2nd, 7:30 to 10:00 in partnership with the Amsterdam Recreation Department. I did this area with

> Farm to Market Road, Saratoga, New York, US > Aug 24, 2017 4:30 PM > Protocol: Incidental > Comments: Driving home after looking around Hudson River birding spots. Saw Kestrel sitting on wire. >

> Lake Desolation SF, Saratoga, New York, US > Aug 26, 2017 11:20 AM - 1:45 PM > Protocol: Traveling > 8.0 mile(s) > Comments: Lindsey and I drove along Lake Desolation/Fox Hill Road and stopped

Eichybush Rd. Grassland, Kinderhook Aug 26, 2017 12:41 PM Traveling 3.00 miles 21 minutes All birds reported? Yes Comments: Temperature 72 F Sunny Breeze lots of purple loosestrife and

Saw a single nighthawk last night before nightfall. I've been looking for them lately, but haven't seen them. When I saw the single individual, I went into an open area and watched for about a half

I spent about 90 minutes this morning walking on Swamp Rd. in the Town of Saratoga looking mostly for butterflies. I saw only 2 vehicles (pick-up trucks) on the road during this time. Both drivers

After reading a number of reports expressing disappointment with potential shorebird habitat in the area, I went to google maps. I located and visited expansive tidal mudflats over two days to the

Schodack Island State Park / mudflats Aug 24, 2017 2:56 PM Traveling 2.00 miles 60 Minutes All birds reported? Yes Comments: 1 hr after low tide / partly cloudy Submitted from eBird for iOS, version

Birdline summaryfor week ending August 23: 11 reports; 58species reported Best of the week: SHORT-BILLEDDOWITCHER: Cohoes Flats 8/17 COMMON NIGHTHAWK:Colonie 8/19 (32); Pine Bush 8/22

Nancy Kern Rich Guthrie emailed emailed me that a Red-necked Grebe has been reported in the Stockport Creek so I am deleting the Horned Grebe from my report. I will try to re-find this grebe and get

US-New York-Valatie-2200 Pine Drive - 42.416x-73.683 Aug 23, 2017 2:38 PM Stationary 15 minutes All birds reported? Yes Comments: Temperature 77 F overcast breeze 97 Canada Goose -- Many

Eichybush Rd. Grassland, Kinderhook Aug 23, 2017 3:28 PM Traveling 3.00 miles 30 minutes All birds reported? Yes Comments: Temperature 78 F sunny 1 Turkey Vulture 10 Rock Pigeon (Feral

Kinderhook NY (42.386, -73.727) Aug 23, 2017 4:45 PM Traveling 1.00 miles 20 minutes All birds reported? Yes Comments: Temperature 78 F sunny at a large dairy farm with manure piles and pools

Bill is having some computer issues, so he asked me to let you all know that tomorrow's meeting place will be at Clark Street off Ontario in Cohoes, behind the UHaul lot, at 8:00am. There has been

Four birders braved threatening skies on Tuesday evening, looking for migrating nighthawks ahead of the approaching storms. We counted only six, as individuals and two group of two. The best bird

At Cohoes Flats, 1 Lesser Yellowlegs and at least 1 killdeer. They're doing more work on the path, this time with bigger rocks. At Falls View, no shorebirds but plenty of habitat. -- Zach

Thirty-two Common Nighthawks in one loose group heading SSE over Colonie at 7:10 this evening. Get outside if you can and watch the sky. Tom Williams Colonie

....and they build hydro-electric power plants? -- Richard Guthrie

Corrected report. I never understand why my mistakes get entered when I have removed them before I save the report. ??? Nancy Kern