Monthly Archives: April 2023

This morning I birded the Bashakill early. I was hoping for some great birds to have been put down by the overnight storm. If you follow my blog, you know that I’m an avid fan of bad weather. This almost … Continue reading →

Poor conditions for migration continued throughout the week right up until Thursday night. While conditions that night were not ideal, as we often find with backed up migration birds will move as soon as a window of opportunity opens. Thats … Continue reading →

Anyone who was out Sunday couldn’t miss the fact that there was considerable movement Saturday night. Many new arrivals came in throughout the Hudson Valley and Sullivan County. Here in the county many new birds arrived at the Bashakill. The … Continue reading →

For starters, today was “Earth Day”! In celebration of that fact, my friend Mark Spina and I joined the Bashakill Area Association in its annual cleanup of the Bashakill. This was our twenty something year of doing so and as … Continue reading →

For the second of three days I had limited time to bird today. I maximized my time by spending it at Morningside Park again this afternoon. With the ongoing blue-phase Snow Goose and the continuing pair of Purple Martins, there … Continue reading →

I had a busy day today with some business to take care of and birding in between. I birded the Bashakill first thing, but it was sleeting, snowing and windy with temps in the mid forties. It was a bust. … Continue reading →

I had high hopes for today. The southwest winds over the last twenty-four hours seemed likely to bring in some new migrants. That didn’t happen at all in Sullivan County. I covered most of the water this morning and then … Continue reading →

The beautiful summer like weather we experienced this week did little for migration in our area. Winds in the central portion of country sent migrants northward in that area and the winds then hit a high that sent them our … Continue reading →

I’ve been so busy I haven’t had a chance to post. I thought that since the weekend is upon us I’d update you all as to what has happened over the week. First and foremost, it was a beautiful week. … Continue reading →

I had a little time to get out this morning so I headed up county to check the water. The water wasn’t very productive, offering many of the same species we’ve been seeing. Sullivan County Community College however was quite … Continue reading →