A friend sent this to me for an ID and I am stumped. At first I thought maybe a Vesper Sparrow because of the light patch on the shoulder, but at closer inspection it looks like that is rally on the

I ran the Hudson River (Greene County) section of the annual waterfowl count today from 8 AM until the snow started at 2 PM. The stretch covered was from Coeymans Landing in southern Albany County to

I was perhaps a little too terse in my post, as I was emailing from the car on my phone. The area in Saratoga County roughly centered on the segment of SR 32 that runs between Bacon Hill and

thanks to John h for posting earlier. still a big flock of snow buntings near wall and king intersection. I estimated about 400. also many horned larks. no obvious longspurs, but most viewing pretty

Thanks for the info, John. As an addition, I was up by Lake George on Tuesday and found the lake open all the way up past Hague. I checked a few viewing opportunities and found few waterfowl and

Partly influenced by Naomi's plans and the promise of new snow on the ground, I headed for Northumberland this morning mostly in search of field birds. I drove by many of the dairy and horse farms

Hey folks! I am not dead! Let's meet at Brown's Beach on Saratoga Lake at 9:00am. We can check the lake to see if the warmer temps have opened water and brought ducks, then move up to the

So far this morning at Henry Hudson Park in Selkirk I have seen a Yellow-rumped Warbler, a Rusty Blackbird, and at least one, probably two, Ruby-crowned Kinglets. John Kent Selkirk

Stopped at the Fish Creek Marina, Stafford’s Bridge Road, Saratoga at noon time. Creek is mostly open, with perhaps 300 waterfowl present. A male canvasback was among the many mallards and American

Thursday looks like it will be cold but clear, so let's take a run upriver. We can check for waterfowl at the usual places and if time permits look for winter field birds in Fort Edward or

I saw them there for years. Nancy Kern

location: Johnathan Dickinson State Park, fl

Although rare (endangered, with only 4,000 pairs left), since they never travel far from the scrub areas they live, were actually easy to find, at least on the day I was there. A few were all around

Twenty-five birders in seven field parties found a total of 60 species yesterday, 1/4/20. It was a rather soggy day, with light rain and fog most of the day. There was no snow on the ground and

My apologies for duplicate post. Andy Mason --Andrew Mason13 Boylston St.Oneonta, NY 13820(607) 652-2162AndyMason@...

Susan, Kathryn-- This went out to the bird lists around the state and to our hawkwatch contacts today. Feel free to use on the web site and/or Facebook. It will also be in

Today ended the 39th consecutive season of monitoring migrating raptors at the Franklin Mt. Hawkwatch, near Oneonta in NY's northern Catskill Mountains. No birds were

2:30 PM: Snowy no, Peregrine no. John Kent Selkirk

Snowy-no. Peregrine-yes on the Slater as of 2pm. ? Chased it off. Eric

Just had an adult Bald Eagle fly over our yard in nice light...Scott and Denise, Loudonville