Join the GBBC starting tomorrow morning (Feb. 12) through Monday evening. Go to: www.birdcount.org to join and to monitor the count progress..

Seems that Redpolls are showing up in lots of places lately. I had a flighty flock at the Coxsackie Boat Launch this afternoon. There were a few Snow Buntings joining them. And a Snow Goose in with 25

A neighbor sent me photos of a Short-eared Owl battling two Northern Harriers at the Coxsackie Grasslands in Greene County today. Also, there were 5 Bald Eagles perched in one backyard tree along the

Check out this discussion with excellent photos of the different redpolls: http://www.jeaniron.ca/2015/redpollsRP.htm Rich Guthrie

I've used a baby monitors for for years to pick up outside sounds and songs. They work very well. In fact I've put several on different channels to get a "around-sound" stereo effect. That way I know

I say go for it. Fits the pix in Sibley and in Crossley, but keep the Correcto-type handy. Rich

Doing the waterfowl count today, I saw two Canada Geese with substantial layer of oil on their feathers. I will send a report to DEC tomorrow. Keep an eye out for any other victims of an oil spill on

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Awww - gowan That EGGO was a wild fly in (origin uncertain) until it was taken down by an eagle. Those things should be entered in CBCs and the data taken for what they're worth. Feral populations sta

Too bad we didn't have an Atlas project or eBird back in the '70s and 80s. I can recall seeing broods of Ring-necked Pheasant chicks down in the Coxsackie flats on numerous occasions back then. But si

I saw yet another report of an all-white Red-tailed Hawk. This one in Ulster County - away from where one that had been previously reported. So. Are all-white Red-tails increasing in number and distri

Greetings; Reporting a nice day out and about in The Greene County (and a lil bit of Albany County) today, Jan. 1st. with some half-hardies lingering, plus a few other nice birds: 35 Species with thes

A pleasant surprise yesterday while doing my sector of the S. Rensselaer CBC: I was walking out of a pine grove when I happened to notice a few white droppings in the fresh snow. I paused to look up i

Check out this helpful video produced by Richard Littauer of Vermont (richard.littauer@...) A video walkthrough on entering daily CBC totals. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXtQEbL49

I’ll be around and willing to do the traditional section west of the river, but alone. If that works, I’m in. Rich Guthrie

Heads up. Give those flyover geese skeins a close second look. A birder in western Massachusetts photographed a Barnacle Goose slipping by in the middle of one of those flocks. A few years ago one of

Today, I saw a small flock of Pine Grosbeaks feeding in ornamental crabapple trees along the entrance drive at Christ the King Center on Barton Road in Greenwich, Washington County.

Gary Chapin found 2 Bohemian Waxwings at the Hague Town Park this morning. Rich Guthrie New Baltimore The Greene coup New York

If it's still around, be sure to check out the Barn Swallow that has been seen there this morning. Super late. A photo would be nice. Rich Guthrie

The Sage Thrasher is being seen well. Although it drops down into the grasses or deeper into the shrubs and becomes kinda invisible. Patience. Rich Guthrie