I found a Common Gallinule this morning at Vischer Ferry Preserve in the "back pond", the one along the west side of the main path that leads from the Whipple Bridge to the river. It was visible from

I walked the length of the Bog Meadow Brook Trail in Saratoga Springs this morning mainly looking for butterflies and wildflowers. I was surprised to spot a dark bird feeding on the mud that turned ou

This morning I walked the usual 3-mile western loop at Vischer Ferry plus a short stretch east on the towpath. Long overdue for me was the first Least Bittern of the year, calling frequently from the

I spent the morning between 6:00 and 11:00 am at Vischer Ferry Preserve, walking the western loop and the round trip from Ferry Drive to Lock 19. About 2 weeks ago or less I was listening intently for

Vischer Ferry was not a warbler hotspot this morning as I had hoped but I did have some first-of-the-year birds and other highlights. I heard a "fitz-bew" from the Whipple Bridge for the only Willow F

I had a pretty good morning at Vischer Ferry Preserve walking the 3.5 mile loop and looking for new arrivals. I had 6 FOY species: Eastern Kingbird, Cedar Waxwing, Yellow-throated Vireo, Common Yellow

I walked the 3.5 mile western loop at Vischer Ferry Preserve this morning and saw or heard a few new arrivals including Least Flycatcher (1), Wood Thrush (3), Gray Catbird (8), Warbling Vireo (4), Ros

I walked around the ponds at Vischer Ferry Preserve this afternoon. The overall number of ducks there has dwindled quite a bit from a few weeks ago, but there are still a pretty good variety of specie

The HMBC field trips for April have been cancelled, as you may know, including Vischer Ferry Preserve. I've been visiting there almost daily for the exercise and for the ducks. I've never seen the pla

Field birds were putting on a show yesterday in Northumberland mostly at the Welcome Stock Dairy Farm on River Rd. a little north of the intersection with Rt. 32. Ron H. and I saw about 300 each of Ho

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 but

I drove past some of the dairy and horse farms in Northumberland this morning in search of field birds. Snow was on the ground but there were few if any fresh manure spreads. Nevertheless I eventually

It was my pleasure this morning to be the coordinator for the HMBC Vischer Ferry Preserve field trip. It was not exactly the best day for a field trip at Vischer Ferry because nearly all trails at the

This morning I went to the Albany Pine Bush - Karner Barrens East to check out the warblers on the yellow trail. I had been there yesterday and Thursday as well and wanted to find as many warbler spec

It isn't exactly good news, but this editorial today in the NY Times by John Fitzpatrick (director of the Cornell Lab) and Peter Marra may be of interest to some on this forum. https://www.nytimes.com

We had a small group of 7 birders for the HMBC Cohoes Flats/Peebles Island field trip yesterday morning. This trip is scheduled in hopes of coinciding with the unpredictable waves of migrant shorebird

The Sunday morning HMBC field trip to Fox Hill Road in the remote northwest corner of Saratoga County was a big success with a full capacity of 15 enthusiastic participants. We met at Saratoga County

I spent about 3 hours at Vischer Ferry Preserve this morning starting at 7:00 and walking to the spruce circle and back. Most of the birds present are the summer residents but there were a few migrant

At about 7:30 am I started hearing what sounded like a Mourning Warbler at Vischer Ferry Preserve along the main path just on the south side of the dead end trail that goes west. I continued to hear t

After reading Jeff's post about the affinity of Tennessee Warblers and apple blossoms, I decided to check out some of the orchards in the Clifton Park area early this morning. I didn't have any luck a