Hey Thursday birders! The heat has broken and reverse migration has begun - let's meet at Cohoes Flats then check Falls Park, etc for returning shorebirds. Meet at the end of Clark Ave behind the U-Ha

Cohoes Flats was active about an hour ago...1 Black-bellied Plover, 4 Semi-palmated plovers, 1 Pectoral Sandpiper, 14 Lesser Yellowlegs, along with other “usuals.” Dan Leonard Scotia

I spent a couple of hours watching the feeders in hopes that the adult male Rufous Hummingbird that Daniel S. found and photographed in Delmar this morning (reported on eBird) would return. I had no l

walked the towpath west from Whipple Bridge to ferry drive this morning before it got too hot. least bittern called once in the same vicinity reported before, but I couldn't get a look. there were als

Forecast is mid to upper 90s. Keep cool, keep hydrated, and put some water outside for our wild friends! Citizen science opportunities during the summer birding doldrums: Summer Wild Turkey sighting s

I have heard that there is an escaped trumpeter swan in the area. I saw this lone swan on n the Hudson north of Henry Hudson Park. Is this it?

In May, a family of Canada Geese (parents and 3squibs) walked into the yard and claimed my pond. One baby disappeared after 3 days, a second failed to thrive and died a couple weeks ago. Six days ago

In case you haven’t heard yet there’s a family of Least Bitterns at Vischer Ferry. Head west on the towpath to the area of the first bench. Listen for the KAK-Kak-kak-kak-kak calls or scan the base of

I was checking the level in my LP tanks this morning and seem to have fledged a couple youngsters. From the speed at which they took off out of the nest, I think they'll be OK. I'm pretty sure I've ID

Ignore that last message! For real, let's try Vischer Ferry. Meet at the Whipple Bridge parking lot at 8:00am. Haven't been there in a while so I don't know how the bug situation is. (confession: I re

Naomi

Hi all, Friend saw this swan (Trumpeter?) wandering around Moh-He-Con-Nuck Nature Preserve in Glenmont for the past three days. I attached two mobile phone photos of the bird. I've been meaning to che

Too darn hot! Better luck next week. Hope you're all by a pool, lake, mountaintop or at least under the AC! Naomi

Jackson I shared a bunch a couple of months ago about doing the World Series of Birding. One of the things that was different about this particular year for the WSB is that HBO decided to devote an ep

Hey Thursday birders! Let's walk along the Zim Smith trail, starting from Coons Crossing Rd. Meet at 8:00am. https://www.google.com/maps/dir//42.9193241,-73.7464617/@42.9197169,-73.7475128,581m/data=!

Muddling through the July Doldrums, I suggest and recommend that you consider a visit to Silvia O Conti NWR (Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (fws.gov))

The July 2022 board meeting of the Hudson-Mohawk Bird Club will be held this Monday, 7/11, at 6:30 p.m. via Zoom. All club members are welcome to attend. Thanks. Tristan Lowery President, Hudson-Mohaw

A Hillsdale farmer I know called me about a strange duck they couldn't i.d. I went over and got photos from my car. The W-w Scoter is an adult male, who appears healthy and with about a dozen C. Geese

Hey Thursday birders! It's been a quiet week for eBird reports so it's been difficult to choose a destination... Let's meet at Ann Lee Pond at 8:00am. We can check the woods and orchards there, and mo

At least one of the captive Trumpeter Swans that escaped from my neighbor's property this spring is still being seen around Henry Hudson Park in Selkirk and possibly around Staats Island Road in Schod