I just found a Black Vulture roost of about 20 birds in a tree behind King Dairy, best viewed from Rt 40 (Wall St) where there are also some Horned Larks by the road. I also saw 8 more Black Vultures

Came home from a Hudson Crossing hike with my sister today to find a single Black-throated Green Warbler singing in my back yard. Had great looks and was able to easily identify this bird as an adult

Visited Hudson Crossing in Schuylerville today and found an Osprey tending to nest-building on one of the old bridge footings as viewed from the northern-most trail point overlooking the Schuyler Fall

A Merlin is back across from Stillwater Blockhouse Park! Hard to actually find and probably perched somewhere in the mess of spruce and pine where I'm sure it has nested in previous years. Not a bird

in between periods of rain, I birded portions of Five Rivers Env Ed Cntr in Delmar this morning; heard one fox sparrow near the beaver pond and found several more up north near the recharge/research p

This morning I found a drake and two hen RBME along the north end of the Tomhannock reservoir, and two hens at the Nortonville rd pull off.

There are currently 2 drake Northern Shovelers hanging around the marshy part of Lock 2. The best view of them is probably from the separate driveway/road on Rt 4, but the bridge into the lock is open

I may have not actually seen anything new here today based on other checklists but after birding other parts of Saratoga County recently I have to say this was some of the best birding in the past few

Denise and I birded Five Rivers EEC in Delmar today; no luck with the otters but American Black Ducks remain on the Beaver pond, Eastern Phoebes are actively vocalizing, and we saw our first Tree Swal

one of the last birds we saw flying past on on the grasslands turned out to be a great blue heron! Perhaps a signal to the owls that it's time to head north! Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smart

This morning at Five Rivers about 0730 while on the Larch trail in the tall pine section a Great Horned Owl flew directly over me and landed about 75 feet from my location. I do not know if they nest

Following David Di Siena's report of open water on the Tomhannock, I went yesterday afternoon. The waterfowl were of the usual variety and the best sighting was Great Blue Herons (5) and Double-creste

apologies for the delay (email on phone just got fixed...). yesterday afternoon Denise and I birded the Washington County grasslands, finding several each of rough-legged, red-tailed, northern harrier

My first of the season Eastern Phoebe showed up today. Last year, the first one arrived on March 27th; the date was March 30th back in 2017. Ellen P. West Charlton

Hey Thursday birders! Early migration is heating up and most of our waterways are open. Let's visit Vischer Ferry and check the towpath and maybe the woods. Meet at the Whipple Bridge at 8:00AM - note

This morning (March 22) I walked 3 miles at Five Rivers, finding 28 species. Eastern Phoebe was FOY for me, near the game farm rd Bridge between the Heron and Beaver ponds. while photographing otters

33 species in a 2 hour walk around the eastern side of vischer ferry preserve this morning. highlights were a dozen cedar waxwings and a half-dozen rusty blackbirds doing a very quiet whistly song as

Early this morning, on the Betar Byway in South Glens Falls, I saw a Red Bellied Woodpecker building a nest in the hole of an old tree.As he was leaving his home, who should swoop in but a family of E

I just came from the Halfmoon Town Park where I was shocked to find at least SEVEN American Woodcocks peenting and displaying, along with good silhouette views of their flight dance, and one right on

Not a sighted bird, but I was just listening to WEQX and they are now doing a short Bird Talk every Thursday at 11:30 am! Today was Red-winged Blackbird, with a description of what they look like, beh