Monthly Archives: December 2014

I started the year with no particular plans. I had just completed my personal best year in 2013 and was quite exhausted from all the travel. I decided that I would just chase lifers and new county, state and ABA … Continue reading →

This morning I headed to Ulster County to try for a couple of birds I had seen in my ebird Daily Needs Alert. The day proved to be productive, with one special surprise. I first stopped at the fields near … Continue reading →

Today, Karen Miller, Lance Verderame and I covered my usual Christmas Count Sector of the Monticello Christmas Count. The day started rainy and dark. It was relatively warm with temps in the low 40’s. This was a different experience than … Continue reading →

Another amazing day! This morning I saw Doug Gochfeld’s post about a Couch’s Kingbird in Manhatten. I had seen the post last night, but the thing came through as hieroglyphics to me. I never gave it another thought this morning … Continue reading →

This morning I was out scoping for our upcoming Christmas Count here in Sullivan. I visited Sackett Lake once again as it is in my area and has been quite productive lately. Today was no exception. Five WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, nine … Continue reading →

Today, Bill and Jayne Fiero and I conducted the Eastern Orange Christmas Count for Bill’s regularly designated area. This was the sixth time in the last ten years that I have participated with Bill and Jayne. We had a good … Continue reading →

Bill Fiero and I covered Bill’s area of the Southern Orange Christmas Count area. We had a good day, though I thought numbers of species was on the low side. Highlights of the 32 species seen were Red-shouldered Hawk, Rough-legged … Continue reading →

This morning I started out by scoping my upcoming Christmas Bird Count Area. Things ended up being just the opposite of the usual circumstances, but it was a great morning none the less. I started on Rubin Road and Sackett … Continue reading →

Bill Fiero and I headed to Long Island again today to try for some of the ducks they’ve been seeing there. We had a number of target birds and found everything but Monk Parakeet. Our first stop was Grant Park. … Continue reading →

This morning, Lance Verderame and I traveled to Westchester County to try to find the Black-headed Gull for Lance. It would have been a lifer for him. Following pretty consistent behavior over the last 9 days, the gull was not … Continue reading →