Monthly Archives: December 2019

2019 Year in Review! 2019 was another year to remember! It had two distinct faces and some highs and lows that left their mark on us. The year started off with some incredible birds. First and perhaps foremost was the … Continue reading →

Winter can be tough birding in Sullivan County. Some years we’re lucky with a Winter Finch irruption, not this winter. Some years we do really well with winter grassland birds, Rough-legged Hawk, Northern Shrike, Snow Bunting, Horned Lark and Lapland … Continue reading →

Last evening I read a post that John Gluth had found a Townsend’s Warbler in Nassau County, Long Island!  The bird was found at a small park, Phillip B. Healey Beach. The bird had been found earlier in the day, … Continue reading →

Today I worked my way through the valley. I wanted to see if the Snow Goose continued in the Phillipsport Marsh, and it did. From there I went to the Rondout Reservoir. I figured that since some new birds had … Continue reading →

As of late this afternoon, Karen Miller reports that the Snow Goose at the Phillipsport Marsh along Rt. 209 continues!

Today, Karen Miller and I covered my sector of the Monticello CBC. It roughly goes from Rubin Road on the east side to the Rio/Mongaup Reservoirs on the west side. We had a decent day. We ended with 28 species, … Continue reading →

I enjoyed another nice walk this morning on the Linear Park towpath. I started behind the Blue Sky Trailer Park and hiked all the way to Phillipsport Road. I then hiked back along Rt. 209 to the parking area. It … Continue reading →

I forgot to mention earlier that on Saturday I joined Bill and Jayne Fiero and their friend Patricia to do the Eastern Orange CBC. We did Bill’s usual area as I have done for about a dozen years now (minus … Continue reading →

As you may have detected from my silence, little has happened over the last week. Once the excitement of the King Eider was past, things remained status quo. Around Sullivan County the deep freeze and high winds failed to bring … Continue reading →

This morning I met Matt Zeitler and Bruce Nott back at Sterling Lake in Sterling Forest to try for some photos of the King Eider. Matt had posted early that the bird was still present. We had much better looks … Continue reading →