Hi, All, Almost no reports to follow up this week, so we'll have to find some birds on our own. Shorebird migration should be picking up, and while the water level at Cohoes Flats is unknown, we can

> Shenantaha Creek Park, Saratoga, New York, US > Aug 9, 2017 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM > Protocol: Traveling > 1.0 mile(s) > Comments: We went to Shenantaha Creek Park this morning so Carla could run and

I've discovered a very convenient location right on the Hudson in Albany. It's called Springers Marina at 5 Broadway. The marina is south of the Albany Yacht Club, on the opposite shore. There's

Here's the great egret flying into a tree high above the Goose Pond. I saw it later perched in the Sunfish Pond. It remained there for about an hour. https://flic.kr/p/WgQavP

The Sunfish Pond at Five Rivers is featuring two green herons, a belted kingfisher, and a great egret. There's also a great blue heron on the edge of the north side of the Goose Pond. Louis J.

There is an immature Snowy Egret as well as two Great Egrets this morning at Champlain Canal Lock 2, south of Mechanicville. They are currently on the Saratoga County side, northwest of the lock. John

3047 Main Street, Valatie, New York, US (42.413, -73.674) Aug 05, 2017 3:16 PM Stationary 5 minutes All birds reported? Yes Comments: Temperature 75 F Rain cloudy 11 Mallard 2 Hooded

US-New York-Kinderhook-184 Best Road - 42.399x-73.717 Aug 05, 2017 2:25 PM Traveling 2.00 miles 26 minutes All birds reported? Yes Comments: Temperature 71 F humid sunny 2 Red-tailed Hawk

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US-New York-Stuyvesant-396 Schoolhouse Rd - 42.438x-73.746 Aug 05, 2017 12:50 PM Traveling 3.00 miles 33 minutes All birds reported? Yes Comments: Temperature 84 F cloudy windy lots of

US-New York-Valatie-3366 New York 9H - 42.427x-73.689 Aug 05, 2017 12:16 PM Stationary 5 minutes All birds reported? Yes Comments: Temperature 77 F some sun clouds windy 2 Fish Crow -- Calling

There are no white Egrets at Cohoes Flats this morning, and the only shorebirds present are 4-5 lesser yellowlegs and a single least Sandpiper. Perhaps more birds will come in if the water level

There was a Snowy Egret at Cohoes Flats this evening. Unfortunately, it took off and flew around the corner of Peebles Island State Park and out of sight before I could get a photo. John Shea

Birdline summaryfor week ending August 2: 7 reports; 52species reported Best of the week: LEAST BITTERN:Stillwater 8/1 (2) SNOWY EGRET: Lock2 8/1, 8/2 RED CROSSBILL:Bolton 7/27

Tom W, Lindsey D, and I all looked for the egret/heron at Lock 2 this morning without success. Great egret numbers seem down a bit, so it may have moved elsewhere, or it could be hiding somewhere.

Rich's call for more detail made me look more closely at photos that I took of the bird in flight. Though not as clearly focused, I couldn't miss the yellow feet and must change my identification to

Can anyone get a good series of photos of this (these)bird(s)? Immature Little Blue Heron and Snowy Egret appear very similar. There are inconsistencies that would rule out Little Blue Heron in the

Date: Wednesday, August 2, 2017, 2:33 PM Hi, All,         Back from a month on Martha's Vineyard and raring to add to my regional year list. My thanks to Naomi Lloyd for taking

Went to Lock 2 in search of the Little Blue Heron and thought I had found it next to a much larger Great Egret. When it took off I was seeing bright yellow feet. It landed closer to us and when it

> Lock 2 Mechanicville, Saratoga, New York, US > Aug 1, 2017 11:50 AM - 12:20 PM > Protocol: Traveling > 0.2 mile(s) > Comments: Came down to check out the Egret situation, having seen 7 two days