Approximately 40 birders showed up for today’s walk on Hunter Island. Highlights were Great Horned Owls, American Oystercatchers, Horned Grebes in partial breeding plumage. It was a beautiful day to be in the woods and along the shore.
Great Horned Owl (4) American Oystercatcher (2) Horned Grebes (2) Red-throated Loon Red- breasted Merganser (4) Black-capped Chickadee Eastern Phoebe (4) Northern Cardinal (2) Sharp-shinned Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Red-throated Loon Osprey Tree Swallow Song Sparrow (several) White-thoated Sparrow (several) Great Egret Double-crested Cormorant Tufted Titmouse Common Grackle (several) Red-winged Blackbird Northern Flicker (4) Golden-crowned Kinglet (2) Red-bellied Woodpecker (4) Bufflehead (6) American Robin (several) Blue Jay (4) Jack Rothman ciyislandbirds.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
