Unfortunately, the Hooded Crow did NOT appear for me from 1:30 PM thru 5:00 PM today. (However, I did add 21 species to my Richmond County list.) At least 5 juvenile BONAPARTE'S GULLS were present on the beach and 4 ROYAL TERNS flew by at one point. I found it interesting that a FIELD SPARROW was singing in this habitat as well.
John J. Collins Raritan, NJ jjcb...@verizon.net "God desires that all the world be pure in his sight. The earth should not be injured. The earth should not be destroyed." (Hildegard von Bingen) From: bounce-37740390-3714...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-37740390-3714...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of rtmand...@aol.com Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2011 1:20 PM To: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu Subject: [nysbirds-l] Hooded Crow continues - 6/26/11 The Hooded Crow continued to put in appearances this morning in the vicinity of the previously mentioned fisherman's parking lot. Although it was somewhat skidish, it was seen repeatedly in and around the dead pine on the right side of the gravel parking lot. A conversation with a park attendant who cleans the beach behind the lot revealed that he has seen the bird frequently scavenging dead fish and garbage all along the beach. Upon learning this my wife and I walked the beach and were rewarded with a lengthy view of the bird flying out over the water, almost to the far shore line before it turned and returned to the wooded region adjacent to the gravel parking lot. Best of luck if you go. This bird is attracting quite a bit of attention with birders that I talked with traveling from as far away as Ohio and Illinois. Bob McGrath -- NYSbirds-L List Info: <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive <http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html> Please submit your observations to <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/> eBird! -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
