Lots of migrant activity in Colonie the past couple of days with the warm weather. I had a fox sparrow and ruby-crowned kinglet singing in the yard Wednesday, a brown thrasher at West Albany pocket pa

I managed to snag a picture of a group of black vultures on Morrison Avenue in Troy, interested in some road kill on the right of this photo. They were all in the trees at 9:35 AM; by 9:50 they were c

One of the highlights this morning at Vischer Ferry Preserve was a Virginia Rail calling frequently near the Whipple Bridge and crossing the path. Also, along the towpath were a few Palm Warblers, Swa

I hit a few spots around central saratoga county today -- nothing new for the year at bog meadow trail, but there were multiple swamp sparrows singing on territory, and several ruby-crowned kinglets,

At our yard we had a Hermit Thrush this evening, and first of year Chipping Sparrows yesterday. Scott Stoner, Loudonville NY Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

4 Vesper Sparrow along south side of Staats Island Road in Schodack. Dozen Rusty Blackbirds near south end of Papscanee Island. Note Papscanee Island trail is blocked completely by downed tree at abou

We were just walking at Normanskill Farms. Very fruitful lunchtime walk. We saw vesper sparrows and savannah sparrow as well as song and house sparrows. Also killdeer, kestrel, red tail hawk, golden-c

Earlier this afternoon, I saw a Caspian Tern from Waterfront park on Saratoga Lake as I looked south using a scope. The bright red-orange bill was clearly visible. It was on a rocky outcrop with sever

Hey Thursday birders! Looks like rain will hold off until the afternoon tomorrow, so let's meet at 8:00 at Normanskill Farm to look for sparrows and other field birds. https://www.google.com/maps/plac

I saw a Red-necked Grebe this morning through a scope from the Round Lake Boat Launch on Rt. 9 along with 2 Great Egrets. From the board walk at the Preserve also found a Northern Shoveler. John H.

A new article continues the conversation (note that it is a preprint, not yet peer-reviewed): https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.04.06.487399v1 Bruce

A pair each of Vesper and Savannah Sparrow at old town landfill behind Nassau town highway Garage on CR16.

2 pileated in wood lot near parking; phoebes at various places high in trees. Wood duck pair at Beaver Tree pond, male at Skeeter Pool, and another in Fox Marsh. Also, harrier fly over. Robert S. Past

3 sapsuckers on our cedar in backyard in Albany. Sapsuckers, tree sparrows, white throated sparrows and song sparrows at Pine Bush Discovery Center. Robert S. Pastel

The trails are all open, and passable. Despite the mostly continuous rain, 8 of us from Academy for Lifelong Learning picked up 29 species. Two note worthy birds were Ruby-crowned Kinglet, and White T

I did a walk around some of the Wilkinson trail this morning after the rain ended. nothing really new, but there were multiple sapsuckers, pheobes, field sparrows and hermit thrushes. peepers and wood

There was a fair amount of activity at Normanskill Farm in Albany this morning, both before and during the rainfall. Sparrow diversity has increased slightly, with Vesper, Field, and Swamp Sparrow joi

A very loud, and not familiar, bird call was issuing forth from the trees in the backyard this AM, so I took out the camera and tried to find the source. All of that song was coming from this little g

Despite the widespread flooding at Vischer Ferry Preserve yesterday and today, there was a reasonably dry towpath trail going west from the main entrance. So, with 15 birders, including several novice

We walked the Bog Meadow Brook Nature Trail, round trip, this morning which was not overly wet. We had at least four Rusty Blackbirds at close range near the pond. A Golden-crowned Kinglet was heard a