Bribing blue jays this a.m. with black oil seeds and peanuts (to keep them from pecking at my sills). A couple of cardinals and a red-bellied woodpecker checked out the scene as well. It is

Denise and I birded the grasslands this afternoon, Wednesday Feb 12. We had 2 Rough-legged hawks, 1 kestrel, 1 harrier, 1 red-tail, 5 short-eared owls and 1 Geeat Horned owl, plus several flocks of a

While driving to work this morning, an adult Golden Eagle soared above Route 29 in Battenville, within close proximity of the Battenkill River. I stopped my car and the eagle was soaring in a tight

Yes, the Thursday morning forecast is once again dismal! Stay home, watch your feeders, make plans for Valentine's day, and be careful! Naomi

At the parking lot of the Mohawk Riverside Landing Park this morning, a Red-winged Blackbird perched up singing over the frozen wetland. Tom Williams Colonie

Hey Birders, due to the increasingly unpleasant forecast for Thursday morning (sleet, snow, freezing rain) I say we should all stay home and watch our bird feeders this week. Better luck next

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I did the Green Island - Cohoes - Crescent circuit around noon today. I got to Crescent Park a while after Gregg’s post on the Iceland Gull, but didn’t find any gulls there. My only notable

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