Yesterday, then today, I came across two different color banded Ring-billed Gulls. One in a parking lot in Catskill. The other at the Coxsackie Boat Launch. Yesterday's [Blue band on Left Leg with the

Pine grosbeaks have been absent from my yard and neighborhood for a couple days now. Common redpolls are still plentiful (Over 35) on my feeders today. The finch irruption at home has been so memorabl

At about 1 pm today I wandered Waterford Harbor and Confluence Point on Peebles Island in the midst of touring Cohoes area and then the Hudson for waterfowl and was rewarded with just one American Wig

Greetings, This late afternoon we were greeted with an ear-full of cedar waxwings, round of robins and murmuration of starlings in the apple orchard! Then a hairy woodpecker couple and a Downy. Heard

Blueberry Hill West, (trailhead 5) contiguous red and yellow trail, flyover. Also cardinals, house finch, titmouse, chickadee, song and white-throated sparrows all singing! Scott Stoner, Loudonville S

Here's some photos of the hawk migration at Derby Hill @ lake Ontario. (Broad tailed Hawk)

20 different birds in my yard by 8:35 a.m. including 2 Red-winged Blackbirds, Red-breasted and White-breasted Nuthatch, Carolina Wren, Song Sparrow, & Mockingbird. Hey Common Redpolls - I've got feede

Her name is "Broken Feather"

Mike W

Continuing flock of about 40 Red-winged Blackbirds hanging out on Normanside Drive off of New Scotland. They've been there off and on all winter. Feeders nearby. Today they were singing. Nearby were t

FYI, an update from the Finch Network and a heads up that Matt will be our May program speaker! https://finchnetwork.org/winter-finch-forecast-update-the-return-begins Scott Stoner, HMBC program chair

Yesterday Chris and I were surprised to see at least 4 Northern Flickers while walking around Washington Park in the afternoon. I wondered if these might be early migrators or winter hardies? We had 1

following up on Ron H's report, Cathy G and I took a spin this afternoon through some of the farm roads south of SR 29 and east of saratoga lake down to US 4. We had one large flock of roughly 150 hor

Outside the entrance we saw an immature eagle (5 others along the way, 2 across the Hudson at the blockhouse which scared many of the ducks away). As we walked we saw a barred owl, it was there severa

The pleasant surprise on Statts Island Road this afternoon was the presence of two Killdeer. Alison Van Keuren

HMBC Program Notice Taking in Flycatchers Monday, March 1, 2021, 6:30PM via Zoom meeting Hello HMBC Members: This is a reminder that the HMBC March program will be held via a Zoom meeting on Monday Ma

> > shoulder. They were spooked a couple of times by cars passing and initially came back to same spot, then they took off and I thought that they were done, only to see them swing back to the roadie

Chris and I walked along the Mohawk-Hudson Bike Trail from Lion's Park in Niskayuna this morning. The trail is cleared for some distance so easy walking. We saw at least 9 Common Redpolls feeding in a

I have a Sharp-shinned Hawk nesting nearby -- have to chase him away from feeders regularly. Yesterday, he was parked 15 feet from my front door devouring a Mourning Dove (I think). He didn't mind me

Yesterday afternoon (Feb 21) Denise and I enjoyed watching 7 Short-eared Owls at the Washington County grasslands, along with Rough-legged and Red-tailed Hawks. Scott Stoner, Loudonville Sent from my