Sunday, January 5, 2014

August-December 2013...summary & highlights



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




1 comment:

  1. That's a pretty good year. Here's to more and even better birds!

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