The Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch was quite active while I there, from 10:0am to 12:40pm, spending most of its time in the large tree in the yard or on the ground around the feeders or fighting off House Sparrows on the bird bath. It seemed to be in the area most of the time, though there were long periods, especially after 11:30am, when it would fly to the back of the large tree and was not visible from the driveway. By the time I left, it was significantly less active, with very little time on the ground (where you get the best photographs).
The local television crew arrived around 11:20, and you can see the report here: http://www.wwnytv.com/news/local/Feedback-Bird-Watchers-141632383.html The height of the crowd was at 11am, but that was because people were coming and going. I never felt like there was an overwhelming number of people. Nancy Loomis, the homeowner, was very gracious, and allowed us the use of the bathroom facilities in her large garage, and even coffee! (I cannot guarantee that this will be available tomorrow, since she said she needs to go back to work.) Nancy and her sister, Janet Akin, were wonderful hosts. The large garage has a large driveway in front, so there is parking. The feeders and yard are nicely visible from the driveway. (If you use Google Maps, be warned that they mis-locate the address, the house is about 12-minutes further down the road.) Thank you, Nancy and Janet for identifying the bird and allowing us to see and photograph it! Donna *Donna L. Schulman Forest Hills, NY + North Brunswick, NJ queensgir...@gmail.com Queensgirl Blog: http://queensgirl30.wordpress.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/queensgirl/ <http://www.flickr.com/photos/queensgirl>* On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Gerry Smith <gosh...@gisco.net> wrote: > ** > Bird and about 30 birders present 11AM Gerry Smith > *From:* Joan E. Collins <joan.coll...@frontier.com> > *Sent:* March 06, 2012 9:02 AM > *To:* NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu ; northern_ny_bi...@yahoogroups.com > *Subject:* [nysbirds-l] Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch update > > 3/6/12**** > > ** ** > > Janet Akin, sister of Nancy Loomis (homeowner), reported that the > Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch showed up at 6:26 a.m. this morning. Nancy sent me > a message that a TV crew from Channel 7 out of Watertown is on the way to > her house! Little does the rosy finch know how famous it is becoming! > Locust Grove must be experiencing a boon in tourism!**** > > ** ** > > Nancy also mentioned “what a nice bunch of guys” visited yesterday, and > today, she mentioned it has been great to meet everyone visiting. She > particularly enjoyed reading Corey Finger’s blog (I’ll list the link below > for members of Northern NY Birds):**** > > ** ** > > http://10000birds.com/gray-crowned-rosy-finch-in-new-york.htm**** > > ** ** > > Beautiful photos Corey! Thank you for writing such an interesting blog – > I found it wonderful to read more about the bird’s behavior, and its > behavior around the other feeder species. Thanks to Benjamin and Seth for > identifying the bird’s subspecies.**** > > ** ** > > Joan Collins**** > > Long Lake, NY**** > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and > Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail > Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird*<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/> > *!* > -- > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and > Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail > Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird*<http://ebird.org/content/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/ --
