Yesterday morning Colleen and I heard some distinctively warbler call notes in the yard. We tracked it down and watched a Chestnut-sided Warbler moving through the trees. Early this morning we did a l

Green Heron (juvenile), Solitary Sandpiper, Belted Kingfisher (female), and a Killdeer. Some photos below:

The Hudson-Mohawk Bird Club has cancelled upcoming field trips, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent guidelines and restrictions from the CDC, the NYS Department of Health and local age

A few minutes ago, I had a Baird’s Sandpiper mixed in with several semipalmated and least sandpipers on a rock at the edge of Cohoes Flats. A group of peeps flew by from the west and the flock on the

Today, while visiting one of the locations where we have been “atlasing” nearby, Robert and I looked up ~ 40 feet to a branch of a black-cherry(?) tree to visualize what we suspected, an intact but em

Good morning, Yesterday Chris and I stumbled upon a black-billed cuckoo late morning at Grafton Lakes State Park. We heard a cuckoo like sound and were able to watch the bird foraging in vegetation ne

I am soon moving to the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia and will gladly mail a couple books to anyone that might be able to put them to use. “Adirondack Birding” by Mike Peterson and Gary Lee “Birdwatch

> > Saratoga National Historical Park, Saratoga, New York, US > Aug 10, 2020 8:16 AM - 12:11 PM > Protocol: Traveling > 4.8 mile(s) > Checklist Comments: I did my exercise walk as soon as I arrived f

This morning, Chris and I walked the trails at MHLC Bozen Kill Preserve in Altamont. We heard a warbler near the intersection of the White and BlueTrails, not far from the parking lot, and to our grea

Denise and I put in near the mouth of Stockport Creek and paddled out to and around Stockport Middle Ground Island. Highlights were an Osprey, 1 adult and 2 imm Bald Eagles, and an opportunity to obse

Shorebird activity continues to ramp up in our region. Early this morning (6:00am) Zach S-W observed three Black-bellied Plovers at Cohoes Flats. Colleen and I had just arrived when they took flight,

Posting for Zack: The flock took off and flew away at about 6:40 AM Rich -- Richard Guthrie

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This morning at Cohoes Flats, Zach and I found a Semipalmated Plover, a Lesser Yellowlegs, and a couple of Least Sandpipers. More notable was the number of Great Egrets. I had a very conservative coun

Had some more Red Crossbills, this time at the Corkscrew Rail Trail! I don't think they are hanging around there as much as the Rensselaer Plateau-y spots. If anybody is out Stephentown, NY way I tota

At 4:30 PM (7/22), the pelican was not visible from the City of Hudson "Furgary" boatclub.

I spent all morning hiking all the trails at Albert Family Community Forest in Renss. Co. Had another flyover "jip jip jip"ing Red Crossbill. While hiking the white trail I got to a clearing at almost

no luck with the reported pelican right now viewing from the derelict fishing village in Hudson (Google maps labels it furgary fishing village). Gregg Recer gregg_recer@... -- gregg recer malta NY

A short-billed dowitcher continues (or maybe it’s a different bird) this morning at Cohoes Flats. It was feeding in a tiny pool on the rocks with a Least Sandpiper and some Killdeer and is now resting

Saw the White Pelican this afternoon in Hudson with Rich Guthrie, Bill Cook and Will Yandick. Seen from the north end fishing shacks and community gardens along the railroad tracks. The pelican was si