Well another year has come to an end, another year of birding and at 12:00am on January 1, 2009, while most people may be celebrating the new year, I will be somewhat subdued as I watch my year to date totals on E-bird revert to 0.
Still a new year means every bird is new, all [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Birding 2008 a Review
Posted in Albany, Albany County, Birding, Birding Blogs, Birding Links, Birds, Nature, New York, New York State on December 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Christmas Quiz Answer
Posted in Birding, Birding Blogs, Birding Links, Birds, Nature on December 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
And now for the answer to the Christmas Quiz:
Q: What Species of Accipiter is Endemic to North America?
A: Sharp-shinned Hawk (and I will make my case why!)
First off we can throw Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) out of the picture as it is widespread in the Northern Hemisphere. Now I’ve also seen references to both Cooper’s Hawk and [...]
Southern Rensselaer County CBC, December 27, 2008
Posted in Albany, Albany County, Birding, Birding Blogs, Birding Links, Birds, Christmas Bird Counts, Nature, New York, New York State, Rensselaer County on December 29, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Jory Langer (The Quiz Master at 10,000 Birds) and I covered Ssection “A” of the Southern Rensselaer County CBC. Our section (which ironically is entirelyy in Albany County) covered the area from Henry Hudson Park in Bethlehem to Menands and includes all of downtown Albany and lots of the Hudson River.
I met Jory at 6am [...]
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