I did my annual Veteran’s Day Tomhannock Reservoir circumnavigation doing the customary counter-clockwise route with two traditional departures (sorties, if you will) out from the western shore of the

Sunday, November 13, VISCHER FERRY NATURE AND HISTORICAL PRESERVE (Saratoga County; morning) Coordinator: John Hershey 518-371-3114 hersheyj@... On this trip we’ll be looking for migrant waterfowl and

Yesterday I found a flock of 70 Horned Larks feeding and flying up from a large, seeded, dirt field on Clove Road in Schodack. Nancy Kern https://ebird.org/checklist/S122141944

Hey Thursday birders! Let's hope the cold weather has brought waterfowl down to us and check out Saratoga Lake. Meet at Brown's Beach at 8:00am and bundle up! https://www.google.com/maps/dir//42.98600

singles of all 3 scoters found along the Mohawk this morning: a female black scoter at ferry drive, and at the vischer ferry power plant there was an adult male white-winged and a female surf, both ab

Hi everyone, Monday's HMBC program is in-person at Five Rivers at 6:30 PM - and online. Hope to see you there or online! - Scott Stoner, Program Chair; Gregg Recer, Membership Chair HMBC Program Notic

Hello: Today, there was a pair of Black Vultures circling high over the Town of Colonie Mohawk River Park. I have noticed that they were removed from the NYSARC list in 2000. However, they are listed

Ten Evening Grosbeaks through the yard shortly after noon today in the Town of Providence, western Saratoga County. They stayed only 10 minutes or so. ☹️ Nancy

Saturday, November 5, COLLINS LAKE (Schenectady County; morning) Coordinator: Bill Lee 518-374-3426 bileej@... We will visit Collins Lake to view late migrating waterfowl from the beach and the east s

Currently at Basic Creek Reservoir in Westerlo there are at least three Black Scoters and two gorgeous male Long-tailed Ducks. Also hundreds of Ruddy and Ring-necked Ducks, Common and Hooded Merganser

Hey Thursday birders! It looks like the ducks are settling back after the hunting season, so let's meet at Vischer Ferry at 8:00am, at the Whipple Bridge. Naomi

Aloha! This is an in-person program with a Zoom option (link to zoom will be sent several days before the event). Monday Nov 7, 2022 6:30 PM Five Rivers EEC, Game Farm Rd., Delmar Program Description

Saturday, October 29, MOHAWK-HUDSON BIKE-HIKE TRAIL, LIONS PARK (Schenectady County; morning) Coordinator: Naomi Lloyd 518-596-5964 naomi_kestrel@... On this trip along the Mohawk River and its backwa

While driving through Knox on the main road at 11 a.m. this morning, we came across 2 male Ring-necked Pheasants close to the road. With no one behind us, we stopped for poor smartphone photos. In les

This morning, I found a dead raccoon on the side of the road at the edge of the property. A large shadow crossed over my head and I looked up to see an adult Bald Eagle about 40 feet off the ground. I

Surprised to have one Chipping Sparrow coming to the porch railing for sunflower chips today. Nancy Kern

Hey Thursday birders! The club field trip this weekend is the bikepath at Lions Park in Niskayuna, so let's meet there at 8:00 for a scouting expedition. I was considering checking out the Albany rese

Earlier this evening, I birded Alcove Reservoir in the Town of Coeymans in Albany County from the dam spillway on the southeastern shore, off County Route 111. After I'd been there for about fifteen m

Hello: I photographed this White-eyed Vireo at Vischer Ferry Nature & Historic Preserve in Saratoga County, New York on 10/24/22. It is listed in eBird as infrequent. Also, I photographed this Rusty B

I saw an American Golden-Plover and Pectoral Sandpiper at Cohoes Flats this afternoon that have been reported there recently. They were hanging out with some Killdeer. Both birds took off at one point