Monthly Archives: July 2019

I birded the Bashakill this morning. I am refraining from going up county for a while, as there is just nothing around. The Bashakill wasn’t too much different. Yellow-billed Cuckoos being the best birds.  That said, bears were rather entertaining!  … Continue reading →

As I predicted a few days ago, little has happened. We’re not alone in the dearth of birds occurring. Even Long Island has had few shorebirds for the month of July. July is the month that the most adult shorebirds … Continue reading →

Today was definitely the flip side of yesterday.  I  birded all my usual locations and found little of note. For all practical purposes, all of yesterdays shorebirds were gone.  The only spot at all productive was Hurleyville Swamp. I had … Continue reading →

The storms late yesterday and overnight delivered!  I birded four locations this morning, most of the time with Karen Miller. Here is a breakdown of highlights by location. Apollo Plaza: 12 Killdeer, 1 Green Heron, 4 Osprey. (Karen would later … Continue reading →

You haven’t heard me mention Hurleyville Swamp much on my blog. Back in the day, it was an excellent location for shorebirds, its main draw for me.  Many years ago, something changed there.  The water on the north side of … Continue reading →

With the extreme heat and the crazy week I’ve had, I have a hard time deciding what to do. Fortunately, texts from friends have made up my mind recently. This morning, a text from Scott had me heading to the … Continue reading →

I got in very late last night, so I was sleeping in this morning. Once up, it was slow going.  I was just finishing breakfast when I got a text from Joyce Depew (Thanks Joyce!)informing me she was looking at … Continue reading →

A rather dapper Hooded Merganser chick on the pond just before the Mongaup Reservoir Wednesday. Its hot today, 93 degrees at the moment. Its humid, 98 %! All that along with my ongoing nightmare with my Email hacking (maybe finally … Continue reading →

The last couple of days, with some nice storms to replenish our water supply and put down some birds have been a bit more productive.  Yesterday morning I headed to Apollo Plaza to see if the first shorebirds of the … Continue reading →

Try as I might to keep the momentum going this month, the doldrums have me in a choke hold.  I can’t find the remaining breeding birds I still need ie things like Cooper’s Hawk and Brown Creeper. Along with that, … Continue reading →