Two pair, two males and two females, of Bluebirds out by the boxes this morning. Clear skies, Alan Glenville

I did a mini-hawkwatch at the Thacher Park overlook today for 3-1/2 hours. The wind was pretty steady from the WNW with a few light snow flurries. Things were pretty quiet for the first 90 minutes - j

David Halm reported three Greater White-Fronted Geese at Collins Lake, Scotia this AM. Still present around 1:30PM today. Dan Leonard Scotia

I did my annual Veteran’s Day Tomhannock Reservoir circumnavigation doing the customary counter-clockwise route with two traditional departures from the reservoir for the sole purpose of padding our l

The next Hudson-Mohawk Bird Club board meeting will be held this Monday, 11/15 at 6:30 p.m. via Zoom. All HMBC members are welcome to attend; meeting information follows below: Join Zoom Meeting https

Several pine siskins along the yellow trail at the Albany Pine Bush Preserve this morning, also one by the Karner Barrens East parking lot -- Zach Schwartz-Weinstein 203 500 7774

Chris and I were hiking on the the yellow trail at the Great Dune Albany Pine Bush today and we saw three Fox sparrows where this trail meets the blue trail. Gorgeous day! Cindy and Chris Edwardson Al

By the way, the weather looks better for Thursday than Sunday, if you were thinking of doing the Sunday trip. Naomi

Hey Thursday birders! This Sunday 11/14 I'll be leading the annual circumnavigation of the Tomhannock Reservoir. If you want to miss the crowd, I'd like to scout it out Thursday. Meet at 8:00 at the f

Greetings, today we wandered into Dyken Pond Environmental Center, walked the 800 feet to Dyken Pond, and found a loon! Made the 2 mile gravel road in worthwhile! Sue and Dennis Rokos

10 + American pipits off Wilkerson trail near British lines. 1:45 pm Saturday Robert S. Pastel

There is a Horned Grebe at Basic Creek Reservoir in Westerlo this morning. Full list at https://ebird.org/checklist/S97185748 John Kent Selkirk

A flock of American Pipets flew over Elm Avenue park in Delmar this morning. They landed in ballfield for awhile before flying off Cindy Edwardson Albany

Hey Thursday birders! Could it be... winter is knocking at the door? At least the frost should have killed the mosquitos for the year! Let's check Vischer Ferry for migrating waterfowl and sparrows. M

HMBC program reminder - Workshop on Birding by Ear. Details and Zoom link below. - Scott Stoner, Program Chair; Gregg Recer, Membership Chair. -----Original Message----- From: scottjstoner <scottjston

1 pair of ww scoters in the company of a female bufflehead visible now from the boat launch on rt 9. -- gregg recer malta NY

FOS fox sparrow in our yard in malta this afternoon. Historical fall timing of first seen here has ranged from 10/19 - 11/15, so this is pretty much right in the middle. -- gregg recer malta NY

Small Group of Juncos in Old Field Trail, FOS for me. Also within an hour walk: Downy 3 Red-bellied Hairy-male 7 Mallards 1 Kingfisher Raven Chickadees ( one flying next to my ear) Golden-crowned king

Thank you for the responses thus far; if anyone else wishes to identify a challenge, please reply directly to me this evening. Thanks, Scott -----Original Message----- From: scottjstoner@... To: hmbir

To better tailor the Monday's workshop, John C. Robinson, our speaker for Monday's program , asks people to identify in advance: - what is your single most important challenge about identifying birds