Avian flu found in Northern NY
April 30, 2022
Public asked to report cases of sick or dead birds, both wild and domestic
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April 30, 2022
Public asked to report cases of sick or dead birds, both wild and domestic
March 2, 2022
'Best year of the century so far' for white-winged and red crossbills in the Adirondacks
February 12, 2022
For reasons I have never understood, the call of nuthatches always makes me smile.
September 3, 2021
Extremely common and widespread, song sparrows breed all across North America, and they vary significantly in coloration
August 2, 2021
Longtime bird enthusiast takes stock of sobering population declines at his home in the Adirondacks and beyond
June 20, 2021
The chickadee has been caught more than 18 times by bird bander Gary Lee in Inlet since he originally banded it in 2009.
February 1, 2021
The first time I saw an evening grosbeak I experienced a neck-snapping déjà vu as I visualized a brilliantly yellow 1956 Ford Thunderbird with a black convertible top that a neighbor used to park immediately outside my bedroom window.
November 26, 2020
BIRDWATCH By John Thaxton On the way down to Elizabethtown for a Christmas Bird Count, I suddenly found myself slamming on my brakes really hard in order to avoid running over 15 or so wild turkeys wandering around aimlessly on Route 9N—they looked like a group of overly serious philosophers contemplating a profound existential enigma,…
By Mike Lynch
July 15, 2020
Fishing Brook has the feel of a brook deep in the backcountry. The air is often thick with bugs and the sounds of birds. Beaver dams clog the waterway, creating meadows. Yellow wildflowers—swamp candles—light up the shorelines. Brook trout swim in the shadows.
April 3, 2020
New York is undergoing its third Breeding Bird Atlas, a five-year citizen science project that helps track our avian neighbors across the state.