Monthly Archives: September 2013

Thanks to Matt Zeitler’s determination, and his having the birds schedule down to a science, I was able to finally get to see them on my third try. I met Matt on Missionland Road about an hour before their scheduled … Continue reading →

I got a call from Rob Stone this morning 9/25 informing me he had found a Connecticut Warbler on the above trail. I headed right down and together he, Curt McDermott and I tried to relocate the bird over the … Continue reading →

A good day of birding overall. Morningside Park had Least Sandpipers, Pectoral Sandpiper, Killdeer, Green-winged Teal, Belted Kingfisher, American Pipit, Double-crested Cormorant, Great Blue Heron and more. The Hawk watch was better today with good numbers of some species. Osprey … Continue reading →

Today I manned the Summitville Hawk Watch for the first time this season. I wasn’t expecting much as the forecast was for light winds out of the south. Due to some further business I had to take care of, I … Continue reading →

Having just returned from an eventful trip to Colorado, today was mostly taking care of business. That said, I couldn’t resist heading over to Morningside Park to try for Pectoral Sandpipers that had been found earlier in the week by … Continue reading →

The best made plans don’t always go as expected. Today we awoke to steady rain. We made our way to RMNP, but the weather wasn’t to cooperative. Our plans to search for ptarmigan went right out the window when we … Continue reading →

Well you guessed it, I’m on the road again. Renee Davis, Marge Gorton and I left New York on Saturday heading for Colorado. We will be spending the next couple of weeks touring the Rocky Mountain state. We arrived in … Continue reading →

This morning I birded the Bashakill with Mary. We first hit the Orchard and then the Nature Trail. We had some nice birds. At the Orchard the bird of the day was a beautiful fall male Bay-breasted Warbler. Activity was … Continue reading →

Scott Baldinger, Maha Katnani, Aimee LaBarr, Liz Jamison and I birded the Nature Trail this morning. There were significant changes overnight. The intense north west winds brought many new birds and took out many birds seen yesterday. Warbler numbers were … Continue reading →

This morning, Scott Baldinger, Debbie Powell, Lee Hunter, Marlene and I birded the Bashakill. We started at Haven Road, did the Orchard and Stop Sign Trail, went on to the Nature Trail and Horseshoe Trail. I stopped at 12N, but … Continue reading →