History, Natural History & the Arts
New York State Environmental Conservation Officers (ECOs) recently rescued six baby opossums on Long Island, and a whitetail fawn that fell down an abandoned well in Dutchess County.
They also released a previously rescued Bald Eagle along the Mohawk River in Montgomery County. [Read more…] about Recent Wildlife Rescues Around New York State
On February 17, New York State Environmental Conservation Officers (ECOs) Ableson and Baldwin responded to a call from the New York City Police Department Harbor Unit regarding an injured bald eagle recovered from a sheet of ice floating beneath the George Washington Bridge.
The NYPD safely captured the bird, wrapped it in a blanket, and placed it on their police vessel. [Read more…] about Bald Eagle Rescued from Beneath George Washington Bridge
Since it was first introduced into New York State in January 2022, Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has been documented in captive birds in multiple counties and detected in free-ranging wild birds and mammals throughout the state.
Wild bird mortalities from HPAI increase in late fall and peak over the winter months, then typically decrease in the late spring and summer months. At this point, it is widespread in wild birds and even suspected to be present in counties where it has not yet been detected. [Read more…] about Stay Alert for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
If you see a bald eagle soaring above Lake George, it is safe to assume that it is descended from one of the scores released in New York State in the 1970s and 80s.
There was nothing inevitable about the return of the bald eagle to the Adirondacks. [Read more…] about Return of the Bald Eagle: A Conservation Success Story
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Officers (ECOs) made two notable wildlife rescues recently, including a eastern timber rattlesnake in Delaware County, and a bald eagle in Schenectady County. [Read more…] about Bald Eagle Rescued From Erie Canal Lock; Rattlesnake Rescued from Home
While doing rounds to check on loon nests in northern Franklin County, NY, a volunteer from the Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation noticed something amiss with a bald eagle nest. An adult eagle was perched on a dead branch and the nest was gone.
After a closer look, she found a dead eaglet on the ground and saw the adults circling overhead. [Read more…] about Bald Eagle Family Struggles With Nest Collapses
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Officers (ECOs) made several wildlife rescues recently, including seven mallard ducklings from a storm drain and a juvenile bald eagle which had fallen from its nest. The also charged a Jefferson County man with felony aggravated cruelty to animals and criminal possession of a weapon. What follows are the reports provided by the Department. [Read more…] about Recent Wildlife Rescues; Man Guilty of Felony Cruelty
The Nature of the Place: On the Flora and Fauna of the Adirondacks (North Country Books, 2025) is Adirondack nature writer Edward Kanze’s invitation to slow down, smell the roses, and get to know fellow creatures with more longstanding claims to this landscape than we have.
Theirs is the real internet Kanze argues, a web of life that weaves together an almost infinite number of threads into a fabric that’s a wonder to behold and something close to a miracle in a largely hostile universe. [Read more…] about Ed Kanze’s Nature of the Place Reflects on Adirondack Flora and Fauna
In February 2025, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) wildlife staff received a report of a Bald Eagle banded in New York that was photographed alive and well in the state of Georgia. This bird was rescued as a hatch-year male from the nearshore waters of Lake Erie in Chautauqua County in May of 2021, likely having fledged from a nearby clifftop nest. [Read more…] about A Banded Bald Eagle Makes An Epic Journey
On Saturday, February 22, New York State Environmental Conservation Officers (ECOs) Franz and Radomski responded to reports of an sickly bald eagle on a trail near Croton Gorge in the town of Cortlandt in Westchester County, NY. [Read more…] about Rescued Bald Eagle with Avian Influenza Euthanized
New York State Environmental Conservation Officers (ECOs) recently rescued two injured raptors, including a hawk believed to have been hit by a vehicle on Long Island and an eagle unable to fly near Schenectady. [Read more…] about Conservation Officers Rescue Injured Hawk, Bald Eagle
On Saturday, September 28, New York State Environmental Conservation Officer Boyes received a report of an injured bald eagle having difficulty flying on a property in Middletown, Orange County, NY. [Read more…] about Injured Bald Eagle Rescued in Orange County
On August 28, 2024 Environmental Conservation Officer (ECO) Evan Laczi received a call from the New York State Thruway Authority requesting assistance with removing an injured bald eagle from the Thruway in the town of LeRoy in Genesee County, NY. [Read more…] about Injured Bald Eagle Rescued from the Thruway
Each fall, migrating birds can be seen flying south to their wintering grounds. This is the ideal time of year for New York residents and visitors to head to Bird Conservation Areas across the state for great bird watching opportunities. With birds on the move, your favorite birding site can change within a few days with different species traveling through. [Read more…] about Fall Bird Migration is Underway: Here’s Where To Watch
New York Almanack regularly reports on wildlife rescues that take place around the state. Recently New York State Environmental Conservation Officers (ECOs) rescued a number of wild animals from around New York State, including a peregrine falcon in Manhattan, a whitetail deer fawn in the Catskills, ducklings from a storm drain on Long Island, a rattlesnake in Letchworth State Park and a bald eagle at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Graycliff in Erie County. [Read more…] about Wildlife Rescues: A Rattler, Falcon, Fawn, Ducklings & Eagle
New York State Environmental Conservation Officers (ECOs) made several recent wildlife rescues around the state, including a bald eagle in Erie County, a rattlesnake at a Lake George hotel, and a nuisance black bear in Washington County. [Read more…] about Recent Wildlife Rescues by NYS Conservation Officers
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Environmental Conservation Officers (ECOs) recently rescued to bald eagles in Washington and Livingston Counties, NY. [Read more…] about Bald Eagles Rescued in Washington, Livingston Counties
On the morning of Tuesday, April 2, New York State Environmental Conservation Officer ECO Lawrence Pabes responded to Great Neck, Long Island, for a report of an injured eagle in a resident’s backyard. [Read more…] about Injured Eagle Recovering on Long Island
On Friday, December 15, New York State Environmental Conservation Officer Emilio Zullo received a report of a bald eagle in distress in the hamlet of East Marion in the town of Southold, Suffolk County. [Read more…] about Injured Bald Eagle Rescued on Long Island
The Upper Delaware River region is one of the largest wintering habitats for bald eagles in the northeast United States because of abundant clean water and large, undisturbed stands of trees.
Protected lands in Pike and Wayne Counties in Pennsylvania and Sullivan and Delaware Counties in New York provide a safe haven for these migratory birds, as well as breeding eagles that live here year-round. [Read more…] about Watching Eagles In The Delaware River Highlands
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