I checked this area today and didn’t see it but I could have just been unlucky. Tim is good birder and a reliable source. Kathy Schneider Begin forwarded message: From: "omoo3 via groups.io" <omoo3=ya

It has been fun to watch the spring migration via our feeders here in Stuyvesant Falls. In addition to the “regulars,” we have had White-crowned Sparrows, Indigo Buntings, Baltimore Orioles, Rose-brea

This afternoon I found a single Snow Goose in a flock of 300 Canada Geese in the partially cut cornfield behind the Hudson Restore at the junction of Routes 9H and 66. Also a couple of Northern Harrie

With the advent of cold weather, our old house always sees an influx of mice. Bill and I have a deal—I set the traps and monitor them and he disposes of the bodies. It got two last night and after rem

The Columbia County Thursday morning group found a nice assortment of waterfowl in and around Copake Lake this morning. Highlights included many Ring-necked Ducks, Bufflehead, Ruddy Duck, both Common

Janet, I am the hmbc conservation committee chair. Let me look into this a bit and I’ll get back to you off list. Kathryn Schneider

A small but enthusiastic band of birders explored Nutten Hooke last Saturday. On the river we viewed a distant adult Bald Eagle, heard a Belted Kingfisher, and watched a deer swim across to Greene Cou

The trail along the marsh at Nutten Hook is flooded. I encourage participants in Saturday’s field trip to wear rubber boots. It’s pretty wet out there. Kathy Schneider

I saw this on cayuga birds and thought others might want to weigh in. I did. Kathryn Schneider Begin forwarded message: From: "Rising, Gerald" <insrisg@...> Subject: Re:[cayugabirds-l] cayugab

You won’t want to miss the New York State Ornithological Association’s annual meeting and birders conference, October 5-7, 2018, at the RIT Inn and Conference Center, 5257 West Henrietta Road, in Henr

Three in Stuyvesant Falls viewed from Overlook Park on the west side of the bridge between 2015 and 2030. Kathryn Schneider

Marian Sole and Mike Nicosia led a joint HMBC/Alan Devoe Bird Club field trip today to the far corners of Region 8 in Columbia County. Six of us started out in a steady rain that soon stopped and we s

On Sunday, nine hearty souls from Albany, Columbia, and Rensselaer Counties gave their rain gear a workout while birding the Powell Sanctuary in a steady 40 degree rain. Not one of these troopers bail

After the Thursday group's owl and raptor fest at the airport, I decided to check Wire Road in Livingston. In the wind and sun I enjoyed terrific views of 3 Northern Harriers, including one gray male,

Winter Weekend in the Central Adirondacks! Saturday & Sunday, February 10-11, 2018 Cold weather got you down? Join us February 10-11 for a birding weekend in the central Adirondacks and see some birds

I found a female Snowy Owl sitting on a fence in a field on Wire Road in Livingston this morning. It was viewed for some time by our birding group from Columbia County while if sat on a fence near a p

Marian Sole and I birded Cohoes Flats at Clark Avenue and saw the Black-bellied Plovers, Greater Yellowlegs, Pectoral Sandpipers, and many Killdeer reported earlier by Zack. Afterwards we continue on

Six birders, including three from Columbia County, braved threatening skies, cool temperatures, and a cold north wind to search for fall migrants at Nutten Hooke in the Town of Stuyvesant. The wind ma

Like many birders I spent yesterday morning at Cohoes viewing the shorebirds on the flats from many different access points. We had great views of Lesser and Greater Yellowlegs, the Short-billed Dowit

A small but enthusiastic group of birders ventured into eastern Columbia County to sample the birds at the Alan Devoe Bird Club’s Powell Sanctuary. Most of the morning was overcast and raptors were sp