Try listening to a recording of a fledgling Great Horned Owl. Your description, the time interval, and repetitiveness sound right for a young GHOW. Steve Steve Chorvas Saugerties, NY

Ask the writer to take a careful look around her porch for an active nest. Mallards are notorious for nesting in odd locations, including under porches, in window wells, chimneys, etc. Sounds like the

I am forwarding the message below to the listserve on behalf of Bruce Robertson, an avian ecologist at Bard College (Dutchess County). If interested, or if you have any questions, please respond direc

Doesn't look like there is a direct way to reply to just the original sender. "Reply" and "Reply ALL" sends the message out to the entire list. Is that something the moderators can change in the setti

Hummingbirds started arriving at feeders just south of the Hudson-Mohawk Region in Ulster County on 23 April. A few more have been reported since, and I had one male visiting a feeder yesterday. I am

Friday, 03 July 2015 Yesterday afternoon I was in a small clearing surrounded by mature forest at roughly 2000' elevation in the Town of Hunter, Greene County. For most of the hour that I was in the c

Plateau Mountain, Greene County Wednesday, 03 June and Saturday, 06 June 2015 Last week I conducted two annual breeding bird surveys on the summit of Plateau Mountain for the Vermont Center for Ecostu

Plateau Mountain, Greene County Sunday, 01 June and Saturday, 07 June 2014 I recently conducted two annual breeding bird surveys on the summit of Plateau Mountain for the Vermont Center for Ecostudies

I Agree. The nest description, color and number of eggs, location, and time of year, all fit well for Carolina Wren. Steve M. Chorvas Saugerties, NY

For several years, including this year, I have had a Brown Creeper regularly visiting a suet feeder, though the creeper(s) seem to prefer a peanut butter mix that I spread into the rough bark of a Whi

The American Ornithologists Union (AOU) spit Black Scoter into two species several years back ("Black" and "Common"), and as I recall, initially listed the species as "American" in their 51st suppleme

Hi Mark, Will is correct, the bird in your photo is an adult male American Goldfinch. Evening Grosbeak would have an entirely different set of field marks inconsistent with the bird in your photo. It

Plateau Mountain, Greene County Monday, 03 June and Wednesday, 05 June 2013 This year I conducted two early morning breeding bird surveys on the summit of Plateau Mountain in the Catskills for the Ver

07 June 2012 Elka Park, Greene County This afternoon, Henry Halama and I heard a Northern Saw-whet Owl vocalizing at 1:45 p.m. along Roaring Kill Road in Elka Park. This location is not far from Plate

Friday, 01 June 2012 Plateau Mountain, Greene County Early Friday morning I conducted an annual Vermont Center for Ecostudies Mountain Birdwatch survey for Bicknell's Thrush and additional high-elevat

Wednesday, 15 June 2011 Hunter Mountain, Greene County (and surrounding area) This past Wednesday I conducted an annual Vermont Center for Ecostudies Mountain Birdwatch survey for Bicknell's Thrush (a

Hi Ken, The first image appears to me to be an adult female Baltimore Oriole. The second image of a bird in a nest is a good candidate for vireo. Note that the nest is suspended from the rim, which el

Hi Mary, Nice photos. The nest in your photo appears to me to be a Ruffed Grouse nest (though I can not completely rule out Wild Turkey from the photo). Mallards are notorious for selecting odd nest s

Marne, As Larry indicated, the caterpillar you observed and photographed at Vischers Ferry NHP is a PANDORUS SPHINX (Eumorpha pandorus). A striking caterpillar that appears in four color variations (g

Bill Robinson reported a Surf Scoter in the Hudson River off of Malden (northern Ulster County) yesterday. Apparently the bird was last seen heading north into Greene/Columbia County waters. Here is B