The Ring-necked Pheasant seems to be a sticker for some as to counting in CBCs. We count Starlings. Is there a difference? With fish we count carp. With trees we count the London plane. With reptiles

I found a Ring-Necked Pheasant at the intersection of Fitzgerald Dr. and Blackhouse Rd. last Friday. Maybe the same bird? Ellen P. West Charlton

> > Goldfoot Road and Simpson Ave, Round Lake, Saratoga, New York, US > Jan 14, 2021 8:15 AM - 8:41 AM > Protocol: Traveling > 0.1 mile(s) > Checklist Comments: John H and I decided to follow

Our rule of thumb with pheasants on the NJ World Series of Birding was to hold a hand out toward it. If the bird came toward you, don't count it; if it walked away, check it off. Not

Well, all Ring-necked pheasants in North America are descendents of artificially introduced birds, but the species is established and countable in New York. For ABA purposes, this pheasant is

So, are we not allowed to "count" them? I was pretty excited to see one. I'm embarrassed if everyone knows they are artificially introduced and therefore nothing to get excited about.

Well look what I found, this link shows that the pheasants are released in the Washington County State Forest, which I presume to be that trail on Blackhouse Rd as our hotspot holds that same name,

I believe the state releases them there for hunters. (Or so a ranger told me once when he saw me walking along the new trail and mistook my scope for a firearm.) -- Zach Schwartz-Weinstein 203 500

Found a Ring-necked Pheasant walking across the front lawn of house #323 on Blackhouse Rd. at the F. E. Grslnds at 3:27 p.m. today. As of 4:35 p.m., no Short-eared Owls were showing up for the 10 car

I checked this morning and didn't see the bird, but it was early in the day and there was a lot of traffic, so i couldn't stop and was birding at 55 mph.-- Zach Schwartz-Weinstein 203 500 7774

Yesterday, 13 January, at 2:40 PM, I spotted a Snowy Owl at 317-377 Helderberg Trail in East Berne. The bird was on top of a power pole, part of a power line that crosses a large field occupied by a

One lone redpoll this mid-afternoon at the fence alongside Chris's Coffee, 378 Old Niskayuna Rd. - Scott Stoner, Loudonville

These two along with hooded mergs, blacks, mallards, Canada’s and common mergs. Alan Mapes Saratoga

Today I found 9 Common Redpolls in a birch with great views at the Committal Service Shelter #2 at the Saratoga National Cemetery, including some nice rosy males. Earlier I walked the trail from the

Saw at least 9 short-eared owls around 4:45 this afternoon on Plum Rd in Fort Edward, north of the farm theater. They were north of the rise just past the theater and easily visible, calling and

I saw a very similar Canada Goose on Columbia Co. Rt. 21 on a cornfield west of Kinderhook yesterday, about 4-4:30 pm. Has extra white on the face but is a good-sized C. Goose. Nancy Kern

Doris and I saw two Short-eared Owls from the theater parking area off Plum Road yesterday at 4:15 p.m. Thanks Naomi! Jeff Schoonmaker

Appointments for those 65 and older are now available- sooner we are vaccinated sooner we can resume birding in groups. http://covid19vaccine.health.ny.gov/ Robert S. Pastel

7 northern harrier, 2 bald eagles, 2 American kestrels and a red-tailed hawk in the area of the Little Theater on Plum Rd. -Scott Stoner and Denise Hackert-Stoner, Loudonville Sent from my Verizon,

I was able to locate a shrike on Fitzpatrick dr; I presume the same one reported here in ebird several days ago. it was on the west side of the road just a few hundred yards from the blackhouse