Some highlights from the second half of 2013...
Great Egrets, Cohoes Flats spillway- August 22nd
Sanderling, Cohoes Flats- August 25th
HMBC group observing Common Nighthawks at Albany Pine Bush Discovery Center- late August
(image courtesy of John Hershey)
Merlin, Cohoes Flats- August 26th
Semipalmated Plovers, Cohoes Flats- August 26th
Little Blue Heron, Vischer Ferry Nature and Historic Preserve- Sept. 1st
American Golden Plover, Cohoes Flats- Oct. 7th
Yellow-billed Cuckoo, banded at Albany Pine Bush- Karner Barrens East- Oct. 8th!
Snow Geese, including dark-morphs, Dead Creek WMA, Vermont- Oct. 14th
Bonaparte's Gull, Cohoes Flats- Oct. 17th
Bonaparte's Gull swimming (two were present), Cohoes Flats- Oct. 17th
Brant, Ring-necked Duck, American Coot- Mohawk River, Latham- Oct. 21st
Brant, Mohawk River, Latham- Oct. 21st
Six Surf Scoters, and a female Black Scoter (trailing bird), Mohawk River, Latham- Oct. 21st
Wilson's Snipe, Five Rivers EEC, Delmar- Oct. 26th
Long-tailed Ducks with Common Mergansers, Basic Creek Reservoir, Westerlo- Oct. 29th
Long-tailed Ducks, Mohawk River Lock 7, Niskayuna- Nov. 3rd
They're back! Sandhill Cranes, The Crossings of Colonie- Nov. 29th
Cackling Geese, Halfmoon Lighthouse Park, Halfmoon, NY- Dec. 3rd
Eastern Screech Owl (gray), sunning in nest box, near Black Creek Marsh, Voorheesville- Dec. 12th
Snowy Owl, RPI, Troy, NY- Dec. 14th (iPhone version)
Snowy Owl, RPI, Troy, NY- Dec. 14th
(image courtesy of Naomi Lloyd)
Cooper's Hawk w/ Rock Pigeon breakfast, American Crow on deck, Kmart, Colonie, NY- Dec. 20th
Snowy Owls, adult & immature, Albany International Airport, Latham- Dec. 29th
Short-eared Owl, Albany International Airport, Latham- Dec. 31st
