Greetings,
With a quick bout of roadside birding along two of my (new) favorite haunts, I was able to pick up my First of Season (FOS), WILSON’S SNIPE and TREE SWALLOW.
The snipe were in the expected field at the juncture of Miller Road and Route 27B in Churchtown (Columbia County, NY). This field in the past […]

Beautiful Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox Tails….Red Tails? Yes, apparently Fenway was home to a nesting pair of Red-tailed Hawks, that was until one of the hawks took a swipe at one of the young tourists visiting the historic MLB park. For more on this unthinkable event, click here.

Greetings,
After working a straight 9.5 hrs at work today, I
didn’t really have birds on the brain too much as I
planned on a relaxing evening at home. However as I
made my way up the sidewalk outside my house I heard
the distinctive song of an EASTERN PHOEBE nearby. With
a few seconds of searching I was able to […]

As April 1st rolled in, so did greater signs of the change that is the spring. Here in upstate NY the temperatures have reached the mid 60s, which is a far cry from yesterday when they were in the 30s and snow was around in light showers. There is also a sense of something to […]