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

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

How about a Ferruginous Hawk.

The dark brown helmet, and blotchy spots on the side view of a belly band say immature Red-tailed Hawk to me. Rich Guthrie New Baltimore The Greene County NY -- Richard Guthrie

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What a laugh! Mystery solved! Nancy Kern

Well, the skeptics were right about the bird 😊 but this was NOT a set up or prank by my friend. She sent me the message below about an hour ago: Mystery Solved.

Here’s a screenshot of the original Facebook post of this bird and my friend’s comment.

Yes definitely Galway NY. She is a long time birder and I know this isn’t a prank photo. That’s why I asked for help. I will send you a screenshot of her original Facebook post but it’s a

It doesn’t look legit Rich

Made a pass through Williams Lane and other roads near King Dairy in Northumberland yesterday, late afternoon. The new snow had covered any manure spreads and the only snow bunting I found flew over

I was thinking the same thing. Looks like an escaped Ruppells.

That doesn’t look like any North American vulture species. Are you sure your friend took this in Galway? -- Zach Schwartz-Weinstein 203 500 7774

A friend took this picture on Sunday of a large bird sitting in a tree near her home in Galway. We agree it looks like a Vulture but what about all that white? Could it be partially leucistic