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Saturday, two days after Thanksgiving, started with a predawn dark ride up the Thruway from Saugerties to Coxsackie where the Coxsackie Boat Launch, the Coxsackie Creek Grassland Preserve, and Will from The Nightjar awaited me.  Well, actually I arrived early so I hit the boat launch as the sun first started to lighten the sky [...]

So, just like the previous weekend I headed down to visit my folks this past Sunday and, en route, did some birding. For some reason I couldn’t get excited about the birds I was seeing. Maybe I birded too much this weekend, maybe I’m just too stressed about moving next weekend, and maybe I need [...]

There are many routes to take from the southern end of Albany to the western part of Saugerties. The fastest is straight down the New York State Thruway to Route 32 to Route 212. But the best birds you’ll see taking that route are Turkey Vultures, Red-tailed Hawks and American Crows unless you get lucky. [...]