Northview Diary

  Northern Mockingbird Eighteen hours of birding, spread over two days and two Christmas Bird Counts.  What an adventure! For the Schenect...

Got to spend the day today participating in the Johnstown Christmas bird count. It was different in many ways, as I joined an area educator...

Yesterday was the annual Johnstown NY Christmas Bird Count . Our family has participated almost since its beginning in 1982, and myself f...

This is an unedited shot from the river the other day There IS a river under there. And geese....and a train over on the other bank. Howev...

The Great Sacandaga on a calm day One Particular One of the sweet spots. Nothing here this year though Trout ponds at Hale ...

A bad hair day in the swamps We had perhaps the nicest weather ever seen on the count, and since it was after Christmas the traffic was...

We saw domestic birds Plastic birds..... this guy had me fooled until I put the binoculars on him Drastic birds A yellow ...

We visit the Hales Mills Station every year. Usually get some good birds there and always get to see these great trout.

Even in fog and gloom there is beauty....

Is done for the year. We had pretty awful weather, and after worrying about not having anyone to participate due to the odd day that was ...