I am temporarily staying just a few miles from the pond, figured I
would check this out, possibly see a Great Blue Heron.
This is what I found.
A beautiful ride, a really tiny pond,
And no bird at this time.
On Oct 23, 2009, at 5:00 PM, Jim Osterlund
wrote:
> Lots of pond up there, but
Lots of pond up there, but this one seems to fit the distance callout;
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Re: possible exotic (ibis in Saratoga County) - Friday, 23 October, 2009
and to think I went all the way to New Delhi to see this species,
earlier this year... (it was considered a fairly good sighting at end
of March there within city limits, albeit in a good, birdy green-
space).
Curt McDermott just called me(Friday 3:30pm) to say that the Nelson's
Sparrow is still at the Southlands Horse Farm in Rhinebeck. That is 7
days now.
I would love to hear what people are thinking as to the race of this
bird, inland or coastal I have a few shots bad shots of it on my
Wow! That's a fairly exotic species (principal range is Northern India) and
would have most of us scrabbling for a field guide. I've no idea how common
they are in zoological collections.
I second Hugh's suggestion that somebody in the area take a look at the bird
just to make sure the ID is
A strong east wind provided for some excellent sea birding this
morning at RMSP Field 2. Good numbers of the large gulls, Gannets, and
Laughing Gulls were feeding fairly close inshore. I was pleasantly
surprised to see five Cory's Shearwaters feeding with the gulls and
Gannets. In
Hi NY Birders,
I realize this is whacky, but I just received a call about a potential
RED-NAPED IBIS in Saratoga Co which was seen this morning by a non-
birder. The bird was seen in a pond south of Corinth, NY. Take Main
Street in Corinth south 4 miles and look for a pond on the right hand
There is no open season on idiots, so he must have been poaching idiots.
Seriously though, he was most assuredly a bow hunter and will have as little or
less disturbance to the birds than the birders do, and his license fees help
pay for the management site that is available for all the public
