Monthly Archives: January 2020

With only 33 hours left in January, I birded the Bashakill this afternoon. I was hoping to get a new county bird for the month since it looked as though my chances of beating my previous record had passed. I … Continue reading →

Since I’ve been running a lot lately I decided to stay in the valley this morning and hope for something new to show up here. It was only 11 degrees this morning and I was hoping the cold would concentrate … Continue reading →

This morning I headed to upper Westchester County with six target species in mind. My first destination was George’s Island Park. I’ve never birded here before, but I had seen a report from my friend Bruce Nott that included several … Continue reading →

Lance Verderame spent the weekend birding Long Island picking up new birds for his Big Year. He had a great weekend, finding many new species. I decided I would head down today, having had other obligations early in the weekend.  … Continue reading →

This morning I headed to Westchester County to try for some new year birds and new county birds. It was a beautiful day and everything went as planned. I met Tom and Gail at Edith G. Read Nature Sanctuary and … Continue reading →

Today was supposed to be a bit of a down day. I was really exhausted from my 460 mile round trip to the Finger Lakes yesterday and I just couldn’t get moving this morning. I had planned to go through … Continue reading →

Well January just gets me jumping. I enjoy getting out and seeing how many birds I can find and start the year off with a bang. That  in mind, I decided to head to the Finger Lakes Region to try … Continue reading →

I spent the morning in Orange County again this morning. I had seen that a couple of species were being seen that I had yet to run into and wanted to try for them again. I was quite pleased when … Continue reading →

This weekend, Scott Baldinger, Arlene Borko and I scoured the county for winter waterfowl.  While I will have to look it up to be sure, for me it was the best count we’ve experienced in many years. I attribute this … Continue reading →

Earlier this week I learned of a SUMMER TANAGER that was coming to a feeding station at a private residence in Dutchess County.  Due to the location and possible conflicts in the community, the exact location was not being released. … Continue reading →