Today on the Hudson River - 1 each. Also Double-crested Cormorants, and a Bald Eagle sitting on a nest. Rich Guthrie

A bit of caution, as Alan points out with the question mark following Cackling Goose title to his post, Canada Geese come in many sizes. So it is not a sure bet to assign a smaller goose identificatio

The dark brown helmet, and blotchy spots on the side view of a belly band say immature Red-tailed Hawk to me. Rich Guthrie New Baltimore The Greene County NY

It doesn’t look legit Rich

Probably taken in August or so while the bird was molting - hence the odd color pattern and ratty pointy looking tail.

I ran the Hudson River (Greene County) section of the annual waterfowl count today from 8 AM until the snow started at 2 PM. The stretch covered was from Coeymans Landing in southern Albany County to

Thanks for the info, John. As an addition, I was up by Lake George on Tuesday and found the lake open all the way up past Hague. I checked a few viewing opportunities and found few waterfowl and nothi

There was one on the radar antenna on the USS Slater at about 11:30 this morning. Sorry for the delayed report. Rich Guthrie

There's lots of knowledge out there about site fidelity among birds - same individuals returning each spring for nesting, and identifiable individuals returning to the same wintering grounds. There ar

Thanks to Andy Mason of Delaware-Otsego Audubon Soc. for this information ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Andrew Mason andymason@... [osbirds] <osbirds@...> Date: Su

For those not enrolled on any of the local alerts: A female KING EIDER was found yesterday and relocated this morning (Dec. 15th) at Sterling Lake. It is viewable from the road near the Sterling Fores

Nice idea. My thinking is that given the skills and new media available to kids these days, it could be interesting to open a new category for entries in this contest - digital art - and see what happ

A female Amer. Goldfinch was still feeding two begging youngsters in my yard this morning, Oct. 5th.. They seemed to pay no attention to my feeders. But that will change.

Blue Jays and catbirds are still feeding young here in New Baltimore this morning. 2nd/3rd broods? Rich Guthrie

That pair has had a history of bad luck - if you can call it that. The previous nest tree was cut down (illegally). Good that the pair came back and claimed a new location. Let’s hope they come back a

Hi, Ellen, Fun call Down south, Cuckoo = "Rain Crow" In Germany = "Regenkrahe" translates to:" Rain Caller" Rich Guthrie

Forwarding on behalf of Bob Lewis ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Robert Lewis <rfermat@...> Date: Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 4:17 PM Subject: [nysbirds-l] Driving up I-87 tomorrow to Mon

It's a bit late for this year, but there are still some opportunities to enter breeding codes now. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: NYS Ornithological Association <admin@...> Date:

This evening there was a steady stream of swallows (mostly Tree Swallows with a few Bank Swallows) moving along down the Hudson River in The Greene County. Yes,even though there are plenty of insects

We, the birding community and the general public, are entitled to unfettered access to the Coxsackie Creek Grasslands Preserve which is at the cul-de-sac end of Houghtaling Road in New Baltimore/Coxsa