American Tree Sparrow, Blackbirds, and (relative) Feeder Inactivity

Filed under: Chat — Chad November 28, 2006 @ 1:05 pm

Greetings,
The past few weeks have seen little in the way of new arrivals at the feeders. The one exception was a single American Tree Sparrow (1st of season) on Thanksgiving Day. The other recent event of note was the visitation of thousands of blackbirds to the neighborhood during several large migration events. 95% of the […]

Hudson River Birding (11/02/2006)

Filed under: Chat — Chad November 3, 2006 @ 12:05 am

Greetings,
I had a chance to bird the Hudson River today for about two hours, unfortunately, not much was happening. The best birds were an adult Male Bufflehead off of Cheviot park, and a single Fox Sparrow at the Tivoli Bays Wildlife Management Area.
At least I got out…
Good birding,
Chad