one first year bird on the ice in large group just west of the crescent Bridge. visible from the fishing access on the opposite side. was totally blocked when we were looking from crescent Park.

As I looked over the list of upcoming HMBC field trips in FEATHERS, I remembered that our neighbor club, the Alan Devoe Bird Club, has a busy schedule of walks for the new year. Many of them dovetail

I am forwarding the message below to the listserve on behalf of Bruce Robertson, an avian ecologist at Bard College (Dutchess County). If interested, or if you have any questions, please respond

HM Birds members - Please note that we have limited space for storing files (photos, for the most part) on our Groups.io account, and it is running out. You shouldn’t be storing anything there that

It's pretty quiet birdwise and the weekend rain killed a lot of ice on the Mohawk. So for lack of a better idea, let's meet at the Mechanicville Price Chopper at 9:00am and check out along the Hudson.

Program -- NYSDEC Grassland Bird Studies and Conservation in NYS When 3 Feb 2020 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Location William K. Sanford (Colonie) Library Speaker: Paul Novak of NYSDEC for details please see

I have been at Hannacroix Creek Preserve in New Baltimore for twenty minutes. So far I've seen Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Hermit Thrush, and Gray Catbird, and heard a singing Winter Wren. John Kent Selkirk

Observed very well on Dowmont Road off Route 197 in Fort Edward at approximately 2 pm today. A very, very dark Ruffy! Scott Varney Salem NY

> Westline Rd. & Western Ave., Charlton, Saratoga, New York, US > Jan 21, 2020 12:05 PM - 12:35 PM > Protocol: Traveling > 4.0 mile(s) > Checklist Comments: Wally and I drove down from the end of

> West River Road, Saratoga, New York, US > Jan 23, 2020 11:55 AM - 12:25 PM > Protocol: Traveling > 0.5 mile(s) > Checklist Comments: John H and I had looked around the quadrants defined by Wall

ps. group of nearly 70 wild turkeys on Williams ln now -- gregg recer malta NY

Cathy Graichen and I out here in Northumberland right now. found about 150 horned larks in several places including w. river Rd near welcome stock farm. 2 Lapland longspurs in that group. one adult

Field birds were putting on a show yesterday in Northumberland mostly at the Welcome Stock Dairy Farm on River Rd. a little north of the intersection with Rt. 32. Ron H. and I saw about 300 each of

Yesterday around noon I found a group of at least 30 snow buntings in the same farm fields next to the bike path west of Ferry Rd. Sparrows were active also with song, white-throated and probably

After striking out last week, the Thursday group had somewhat better luck this time. We started on the Northumberland side checking manure spreads around King Farm where we found a single flyover Snow

On today's walk we saw a pair of Pileated Woodpeckers. Clear skies, Alan Glenville

I walked the Mohawk-Hudson bike path from Lions Park towards Lock 7 in Niskayuna this morning. At the Ferry Rd. bridge a short stretch of the Lisha Kill was open just wide enough for a Great Blue

Bill and I were the only birders last week and got skunked on grasslands birds, despite others finding good stuff later that day and in the week. So let's try the Washington/Saratoga grasslands again

The Southern Rensselaer Christmas Bird Count was conducted Saturday December 29 2019. Thirty participants in nine field parties tallied 63 species and 13,786 birds. This is the third-highest number

If nothing else makes your friend feel better, there's this...It's a great decoy! Scott Salem, NY Sent from my Verizon Motorola Smartphone