Has anyone else had this problem. The squirrels in my yard have taken a liking to the the nector I prepare for my Hummer feeders. They climb up and tip the feeders so the sugar water runs out one of t

Spotted a Savanah sparrow along Cary Rd. in Ft. Edward on drive thru yesterday. http://www.kenharperphotos.com/Sparrows/Savannah/i-r8Nwv5T/A Also many, many Red-winged Blackbirds like this one calling

Has anyone seen any hummingbirds yet this year. They should be starting to arrive in the area. I put my feeders out today but haven't seen any birds yet. Did have 3 we did have 3 White-collar sparrows

Some of you have probably seen this but I ran across it today and thought it might interest some. It is part of the US Fish and Wildlife Forensic Lab site. They have this set up so you put in pattern

I am sorry to report that the Snowy Owl died at the Vet's last night. It was very week and malnourished. They are sending it to the state Pathologist at Five Rivers and Trish said she will let me know

I got an email from the North Country Wild Care person that came and picked up the Snowy Owl yesterday. she said that it is at the Vet now and basically in ICU. The owl weighs less than 2 lbs (when I

I just came back down from Ft. Miller/Ft. Edward area where I observed the Snow Owl sitting in grass on opposite side of road from horse training track. I observed it for quite a while as it sat facin

Saw 8 Snow Geese in Ft. Miller today. Four on Rt. 4 and four on Green Street. Ken Harper

There is a pair of Bald Eagles that have been adding nesting materials to an Osprey nest that is on a platform. The nest was first built last year by the Osprey on a crossbar on wire pole. the power c

I know this is outside the area but wanted to pass along my experience in going to Massena to see the Great Gray Owls. I know that many of you have already seen them either in Montreal or Massena but

I went over to Howland Park Drive in Halfmoon this afternoon in search of the Northern Shrike reported by Ron Harrower. I found it sitting in a tree on a vacant lot in the new housing development ther

I birded along the Mohawk for a couple of hours on New Years Day. Originally went looking for White-winged Gulls and possible waterfowl but found neither. Found several local eagles including a pair s

Hope this isn't a dup post but I tried posting before and it hasn't showed up yet. I photographed this Yellow-crowned Night Heron on Towpath Road in Kingsbury yesterday afternoon. http://www.kenharper

Photographed this Immature Yellow-crowned Night Heron on Towpath Rd in Kingsbury yesterday afternoon. Only the second time I have seen one of these in this area. The first was the one on the path off

There are at least two owlets in the Screech Owl nest hole at Five Rivers. I was able to get some photos yesterday and when I got them home I discovered a small lump with one eye visible hiding behind

I was at Magee for 4 days, just came back on Friday. If they had 88 species there on Friday it was just the beginning of good migration there. While I was there the numbers and variety were way down c

There were three Lesser Yellowlegs foraging in the shallow water in the field at corner of Wrights Loop yesterday. Links to 2 photos: http://www.kenharperphotos.com/Shorebirds/Lesser-Yellowlegs/i-Wfx3

There is a new Osprey nest on West River Road near the bridge at the Canal Lock House. They started building on the crosspieces of a power line pole and the National Grid guys came in the other day an

The Eagle pair that had built a nest on East River Road in Ft. Miller seems to have failed at their first try for having a family. Judging the timeframe there should be chicks in the nest now had they

A photographer friend that had gone over today to photograph the RN Grebe on Buckingham Pond text me and told me that it didn't show any signs of feeding while he was there for about 90 minutes. That