I spotted one male Bufflehead among 40 plus common goldeneyes and several of both species of mergansers. This was from the dirt section of N River Rd in Ft Edward. There may have been more. I didn’t h

Saw at least 9 short-eared owls around 4:45 this afternoon on Plum Rd in Fort Edward, north of the farm theater. They were north of the rise just past the theater and easily visible, calling and flyin

Thanks to Richard and Sunny I saw several Lapland Longspurs mixed in with Snow Buntings and Horned Larks on the east side of Stonebridge Rd. See the dropped pin for the exact location. Susan Beaudoin

Thanks to David DiSiena, I am looking at a greater white fronted goose. It is in the town of Schaghticoke just across the bridge from Stillwater. Go past River Road heading east from the bridge. There

Between three and 400 snow buntings flying around King Road and Williams Road in Eastern Saratoga County. Also about it dozen Horned Larks on Williams Road. Susan Beaudoin

This morning my sister and I observed the previously reported immature Glaucous Gull amongst a large group of more common gulls from the first pull out on Crescent Cohoes Rd along the Mohawk River. Ye

Had about a dozen white-winged crossbills in SNHP before and after stop 6 at the SNHP. They were flying from pine to pine in an easterly direction. The last I saw them they were headed across the fiel

There is currently a flock of between 50 and 60 Snow Geesemixed in with a much larger flock of Canada geese in a field in the town of Stillwater. They are just west of the intersection of Route 70 and

At least ten pine grosbeaks were in the crab apple trees behind Our Lady of the Annunciation Catholic Church across from Queensbury Middle School on Aviation Rd. They took off around 2:00. I also chec

I spent an hour looking unsuccessfully for it yesterday. I parked at the south entrance to the National Park and walked west. On the north side of 32, near Durham road is an access gate to SNHP land t

Just now had four surf scooters near the entrance to Manning Cove Road on the west side of Saratoga Lake. They were fairly close to shore, visible with the naked eye and easily identifiable with a sco

Thanks to Naomi’s sharp eyes, the Thursday group had quite a surprise. We started from Lions Park in Niskayuna and walked west. Just before the Ferry Road bridge, Naomi spotted an unusual looking spar

The gravel road and picnic graveyard area were very busy this morning. I encountered the same mixed flock several times.The most obvious birds were red eyed vireos, at least five of them foraging toge

My son-in-law photographed a Blue Grosbeak at our feeders this morning. It stayed about 5 minutes, feeding with a titmouse. Very unfortunately, I was not at home. I’ve been staring at the feeder for h

I walked the yellow trail this morning in search of the previously reported clay-colored sparrow without success. This was a lovely place to walk with lots of nice birds. The best was a cuckoo – not s

Thanks to directions from Neal Reilly who first located the bird, I found a golden-winged warbler on Dodge Road in the town of Whitehall. The location is a little over a mile in When coming from Route

There is currently a dunlin in breeding plumage at Wrights Loop. It is on the side closer to the river with four semipalmated plovers and a dozen or so least sandpipers. There are also several solitar

While looking at a map, I realized that Knickerbocker Rd circles back to Mechanicville. IThe directions I gave were coming from Rt 67. The house with the large lawn is the last house before the road b

David D Siana found an olive sided flycatcher on Knickerbocker Road this morning. It is still present. We were able to clearly see the white rump patch of a juvenile as well as the “ vests”. If you re

At Louise E Keir WMA in Ravena this afternoon I heard both hooded and worm-eating warblers. I was able to locate the worm-eating and watch it sing in a large tree just behind the beginning of the ston