Monthly Archives: December 2012

Back in the day when there was an influx of Common Redpolls in the county, I got lots of them at my feeders. One winter I had 52 spend exactly 60 days at the feeders. The last several years however, … Continue reading →

This year was considerably different from last year, and of course no two years are the same. We had fewer birds in the county overall and there were some notable misses in the years list of birds. Only 222 species … Continue reading →

This morning I was able to get out for about an hour prior to the snow starting. There are two distinct hot spots at the Bashakill. Scott Baldinger’s feeders have an amazing assemblage of birds. I had 3 Common Redpolls, … Continue reading →

Today, Lance Verderame and I completed our sector of the Monticello Christmas Count area. We had a pretty good day with 31 species seen in our area, 621 individuals. Clean up at Kiamesha Lake at the end of the day … Continue reading →

I snuck away from the holiday preparations this morning for a couple of hours birding. I wanted to check out the hot spots for tomorrows Christmas Bird Count. I had some nice surprises. Yankee Lake was mostly frozen, but 11 … Continue reading →

While out scoping my Christmas Bird Count area again this morning, I realized what a difference a week can make. So many new birds have come in to my sector and others that were common only a week ago could … Continue reading →

This morning I spent about an hour scanning the large numbers of waterfowl in the fields and on the river in Woodbourne. Continuing tremendous numbers of waterfowl, especially Canada Geese and Mallard Ducks keep me hopeful that something good will … Continue reading →

I was birding in Woodbourne this morning, sorting through the hundreds of waterfowl in the fields and on the river. The birds remained about the same as Friday, but were split between fields on the east and west sides of … Continue reading →

Today, 12/15/12, I joined Bill and Jayne Fiero to cover their sector of the Eastern Orange Christmas Count. This was my fifth year accompanying them. We had a good day tallying 40 species. Highlights included: a single Snow Goose, Yellow-bellied … Continue reading →

This morning I covered several locations where waterfowl have been concentrating as the smaller lakes freeze over. At Kiamesha Lake I found over 400 Common Mergansers. It was difficult to count as they would loaf for a short time then … Continue reading →