Scanning through 20 or so terns and gulls, I’m fairly confident that there are some if not several Arctic Terns in the group. They all are very distant but viewable from the pull out at Reilly Cove. S

The female Ruby-throat arrived today. (The male has been here for a week). Rich Guthrie NewBaltimore

Looks like a electric utility line upgrade project. Although the layout doesn’t go into the preserve, expect noisy machinery operations this spring.

With 8 species added today, we have a tally of 99 species - with a few waiting some details to be certain the entry was correctly identified or not a typo error in the checklist. If someone went out l

With N. Shrike and Killdeer, we now have two more species to the weekend list. Rich Guthrie

Wow. Going into day 4 of this long holiday weekend, we are at 90 species reported!!! And there are several more species under review. Missing so far are some species that have been reported recently,

I overlooked a few checklists... So, with E. Screech Owl, Hermit Thrush, and Field Sparrow reports, we now have 78 species ! with a few more under review or not yet reported. All this subject to a rer

As of mid-morning, Sunday, day 2-1/2 of the 4-day weekend wrap-up, we have ----------> 76 species for the 11 county Region list; and counting. We're still have a few not reported so far - unless I mis

With the addition of Greater Scaup, Red Crossbills, Ruffed Grouse, Fish Crow, Brown Creeper, Great-horned Owl, and Snow Bunting, we are now at 70 Species for our 11 county region. There are a few repo

From the reports so far, we have 63 species in our eleven county region, and perhaps a few more that are under review. These include some nice rarities such as the Gr. White-fronted Goose and Cackling

So far as I can tell, we are at 37 species reported in our 11 county region for this 4-day weekend winter wrap-up (which is also Cornell's Great Backyard Bird Count weekend). There's a lot of expected

Can you guess how many different species are out there now? Go ahead - give it a go. So - Spring is just around the corner and a few early migrants are showing up. But how many different species are w

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A few hours of random stop and go roadside birding with a wee bit of southern Albany County (Coeymans Landing) —- 35 species. highlights: 2 Hermit Thrushes (miles apart); 1 Fox Sparrow; 1 Yellow-rumpe

I’m forwarding this from Andy Mason. I’ve seen this advisory on another site as well. Bottom line: Watch for any dead or distressed birds but handle with caution - or better yet not at all. Rich Guthr

Fish eating birds have an advantage in winter - provided they can find open water. Fish are very lethargic in the near freezing temperature water which makes them a lot slower and easier to catch. I p

A very good list. With all the variety of species seen today, I wonder what a regional composite list total for today could be. How close to one hundred? Rich

Thanks and same to you!

Sorry, I can't make it.

There was a Great horned Owl on a treetop adjacent to I-90 at the Corporate Woods exit at dusk this evening. Rich Guthrie NewBaltimore