Really sorry to everyone who asked me specifics about this bird. I’ve been without email for a few days. The fire Tower Road that I’m talking about is off of Route 43 in Rensselaer County. If you sear

Alison Van Keuren and I had a Mourning Warbler singing repeatedly Fire Tower Rd extension today. Very difficult to see but sang repeatedly at mid morning. Will post the recording on ebird when I figur

So if there was anything weird yesterday it wasn’t there today. There were a couple House Finches, though they were singing a regular HOFI song. Further up the road, near the curve, there were two Whi

So have not been able to post about this till now but I had a weird sighting this morning at the northern end of Papscanee (at the American Oil Road entrance). Got out of the car and immediately heard

Rich White and I had a Turkey Vulture on Eleanor Drive in southern Rensselaer County today. Also 2 Red-winged Blackbirds and a bunch of Snow Buntings on Clove Rd Steve Mesick East Greenbush

We had a Hermit Thrush on the rail trail near Aqueduct Park in Schenectady yesterday as well. Steve Mesick

In preparation for a Rensselaer County big day that Jackson wants to do later in May I went out for some nocturnal birding yesterday morning. I had both Barredred and Great Horned Owls but the highlig

Just south of Fort Miller today a small group of Snow Geese with two dark morphs among them. Also Wrights Loop is revving up with eight species of waterfowl today.

Jackson and I had an unusual day yesterday doing our sector of the Saratoga CBC. Numbers overall were down, which we thought a little surprising given the mild weather. But some good birds included 2

I have not had any, but a friend in Sand Lake had Evening Grosbeaks at his feeders this past weekend. Steve Mesick, East Greenbush

I could not make it Sunday but after seeing some favorable radar Sunday night I did a follow up to the Peebles trip on Monday with a friend and had 3 mixed flocks with multiple warblers. No Cape Mays

Hey Rob, we have Black-throated Blues that sing a song very close to the Cerulean near our place in the White Mountains of NH. In fact it appears to be a local dialect, as I would say probably half th

There were at least two Great Egrets at Vischer Ferry. Also Northern Shovelers, both Teals but no bitterns or rails yet. Steve Mesick, East Greenbush

A friend and I walked the loop at the Stewart Preserve in Rensselaer County today and had a singing Winter Wren (only once), and a pair of Red-shouldered Hawks circling and calling back and forth, wit

Stopped by Wright’s loop on my way to an appointment hoping for an unusual goose but picked through 400+ Canada’s with no other geese, but along with a few Mallards and Black Ducks there were over 20

A delayed report, (sorry pretty booked the last two days) but at Vischer Ferry (and other places in our sector of the Troy CBC, we had several good birds. Most notably, at one tiny spot with some open

Late post again, but in addition to the Snowy Owl 2 days ago at Wire there were Horned Larks there as well, and on adjacent Blue Hill Rd there were multiple small flocks of Horned Larks and a solitary

Forgot to post this but Jackson and I had a great sighting of a Ruffed Grouse perched in a tree at eye level for several minutes this weekend at Schodack Island State Park. Finally flew off to the sou

Nice views of a Canada Warbler, Purple Finch, and heard Blackburnian and Winter Wren yesterday in the Cherry Plain SP region. Steve Mesick

Hello everyone, We had a very mixed day in the World Series of Birding last Saturday. It was a very early date for the event and it showed with some pretty poor migration on the previous two days and