Rockland Lake SP; Hook Mt. 28 October Joe Giunta and I (Sy Schiff) birded the Hawk Watch this morning in Summer like weather. The two hours produced a dozen raptors of five species, 5 BLACK and 20 TURKEY VULTURES; but no Ravens. The foliage is lovely and just past peak on top. Nicer below..
We started and ended looking for the EURASIAN WIGEON. The wigeon has relocated from the small pond north of the north parking lot (last seen Tuesday by locals). This morning 40 GADWALL were in the pond. After coming down from the top we revisited it without success. A chance remark directed us to the south end of Rockland Lake (the south parking lot) where we FOUND THE WIGEON in a mixed flock of widely scattered puddle ducks. Sy -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
