Small Group of Juncos in Old Field Trail, FOS for me. Also within an hour walk: Downy 3 Red-bellied Hairy-male 7 Mallards 1 Kingfisher Raven Chickadees ( one flying next to my ear) Golden-crowned king

Saw 2 Black-throated Greens, Yellow-rump in Orchard, and possible Pine. ( of course mid- day is not a preferred birding time LOL) Barb Beebe

Today around 2ish- down on Volmankill Trail ( north side of creek where 3 benches are- great place to see migrants). I heard other migrants but didn't have equipment to scale the trees for a better lo

Noon today, Debra and I spotted a Great Horned Owl Fledgling sitting in the western part of Heron Pond up in the tree where the Great Blue and Egrets have perched this past month. A kingfisher was try

We found Greater (3) and Lesser Yellowlegs (8) continue at Wright's Loop with a Solitary Sandpiper thrown in Also, American Redstarts, Warbling Vireo, pair of Sapsuckers, eagle returning as we left. A

Highlights were; Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Hermit Thrush Brown Thrasher singing its heart out in front of us Happy Birding, Barb Beebe

Wright's Loop: Today 10:15 to 11:45am FOY: 5 Pectoral Sandpiper ( flew off at times toward river then back) Lesser Yellowlegs Greater Yellowlegs Blue-gray Gnatcatchers-2 Green-winged teals Others: Bal

Five Rivers 11:20-12:45, 53 degrees, partly cloudy to sun :-) FOY Eastern Meadowlark ( flying- before fence line as you look out east from bobolink platform) Eastern Towhees 5 Louisiana Waterthrushes-

Yesterday, April 18th, 4:40- 5:45 pm 5 FOYs: Eastern Phoebe Pine Warbler -2 Northern Flicker Brown-headed Cowbird American Tree Sparrows -2 14 other usual suspects, from the drive into where we mostly

Delmar by-pass road, route 32, at 8:30 am 5 geese just in flight 2 snow amidst Canada. Happy Birding Barb Beebe Delmar, NY

While birding today 2:15-3:45 pm high 30s, Sunny also: Eastern Screech Owl (1) Eastern Phoebe (1) Black-capped Chickadees ( 3) Dark-eyed Juncos (9) Hairy Woodpecker (1) Downy Woodpecker (10 American R

Today Around 3pm, west area of Fox Marsh Also: 2:15-4:15 pm, reportedly 64 degrees Red-tailed Hawk -1 Mallards-9 flying out of the fields Chickadees ( too many to count) Pileated Woodpecker -1 Blue Ja

New sightings -FOY at Five Rivers this morning, both in the same tree- east of marsh in treeline off Turkey Trail. List of 30 plus, highlights included: Screech Owl Rose- breasted Grosbeaks Bobolinks

Today, first Common Redpoll male at 1:15 pm at our feeders, at 2:30 the male was feeding a seed to a female :-) Barb Beebe

I respectfully retract the May 2nd Five Rivers Northern Parula sightings ( Sorry- Now believe a type of vireo). Barb Beebe Delmar, NY

To add to Tom's Five Rivers List of Friday, May 2 at 5:45 pm , a Baltimore Oriole was behind the Visitor Center's, in the tree line by the overlook pavilion busy eating and 1 Northern Parula just nort

We try to follow in Tom and Colleen Williams' footsteps- even if a few days later :-) At 2pm, today, we saw 2 Upland Sandpipers where initially detailed- on MacPhail Road off West Ames Road just outsi

First time ever at our modest feeder, saves me heading to Five Rivers to find the Eastern Towhee :-) Also within 15 minutes we had 11 species including the male Towhee Chipping Sparrows:2 White-Throat

At Five Rivers, we saw 27 species within one hour 5:30-6:30 pm including FOY Green Heron ( brilliant orange legs) at Goose Pond and 3 Northern Flickers Other highlights: Eastern Meadowlark, Pair -flyi

Today around 1pm, the turkey was running down the Service Road Loop, as we were birding Five RIvers six research ponds. As a 20 year plus Five Rivers Naturalist Asst Volunteer- very exciting to see a