Sunday afternoon was great. Doing my favorite activity (birding) at my favorite location (Five Rivers...
Mallards, though common, are often overlooked. Many birders consider them a “trash” bird, that is,...
So I woke up this morning and checked my email. An Ivory Gull in Piermont!...
Welcome to the first feeder watch! Where birds get free food and you get pictures...
When I finished work yesterday I raced to the winter entrance of Papscanee Island. Papscanee...
After leaving Point Lookout behind Will and I decided to head up to a pond...
After the Adirondacks on Saturday and an out-of-place oriole on Sunday why not my first...
About two weeks ago word went out on the New York listservs that a Bullock’s...
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