Greetings,
As some of you may know we have had our LISTS page up, but not really running since the inception of the site. Finally we got some content started on what could turn out to be a very fun section to Chat Happens. To get things going I added my Year List for 2008. Here […]

While birders are a grateful bunch, often appreciating what birds and experiences they have observed than what they have not, we often look over checklists and flip through field guides and come across that one species’ name or image that just makes us cringe. These nemesis birds come in all shapes and sizes, and no […]

Greetings,
Upon leaving work I met up with Betsi for a little bit of birding across the Hudson River in Greene County this evening just before dark. We made several quick stops throughout the Coxsackie area looking for Northern Shrike, white-winged gull species, and winter raptors. We were successful on most of our attempts.
Our first attempt […]

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Our first Feature Article is now up to view. It is of a Product Review which will now be a Monthly Column. The first product reviewed is the Nikon Monarch 8×42 ATB Binocular. I would highly encourage everybody to read it, but if you have time, try navigating your way to the review via our […]

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Sometimes just as in life, birding is a big trade off. With the day off from work, I awoke with plans filling my head of a leisurely morning cleaning my room with frequent looks outside for new species on the year at my feeders, all from the comfort of my house. Well, as I looked […]

American Crow. Today I awoke to the caws of an American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) outside my window giving me my first bird species of the year. Having the day off from work I had a very relaxing day sitting around the house and found a total of 12 species at my feeders. All of which […]