[nysbirds-l] Newburgh Gull Viewing Areas
Hi All, The following is an excerpt from an e-mail to another birder who inquired about locations for gull viewing from Newburgh, Orange County. I thought others may find the info of use. Numbers of Gulls are certainly determined by the amount of ice. When there is no ice, there are only a few hundred gulls within viewing range of Newburgh (Orange County) or Beacon (Dutchess County). It is best when there is a substantial amount of ice on the river. Yesterday it was about 70% covered with flowing ice. Much like the Eagles, the Gulls ride the flows downriver then fly back up when they reach the Cornwall area. As a note, Weather temp, is not a good indicator of flow ice on the river. There are sometimes warmer days that have more ice than cold ones, possibly due to ice melt from areas above. Historically, it is best after 3PM, as the gulls spend most of the day at the dumps at the prison along 84 in Dutchess County, where the gulls are well hidden. The river viewing areas are from Front Street in Newburgh, in the area of Torches Restaurant then moving South along Front Street. The second area is at the bottom of Renwick Street, which is South of Front Street by maybe a half mile or so. At Renwick Street, cross the train tracks then turn right to where the sign points toward "Newburgh Crew Team" or something close to that. You will be about 100 feet south of the City of Newburgh Sewage Treatment Plant. There are picnic tables there that you can sit on under a pavillion that allows for hours of comfortable scanning. If the flow is such that all the ice is on the east side of the river, then crossing the bridge and trying the Beacon waterfront at the Beacon Train Station, can be better. Beacons ice does melt last and when all ice is gone from the river, the small bays in Beacon can be very productive, as they often still contain some ice. I provided a link to a good map which shows the Newburgh Waterfront well. In the event that the link is too long, I simply Googled "Map of City of Newburgh. Hope this helps. Good Birding , Curt McDermott http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en=map+of+city+of+Newburgh+NY=1=UTF-8==0x89dd2bf1836bd927:0xf745d68dec3c106e,Newburgh,+NY=us=X=M_4cUb3wC8m20QH64YCYAg=0CDAQ8gEwAA 6:53 AM -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Newburgh Gull Viewing Areas
Hi All, The following is an excerpt from an e-mail to another birder who inquired about locations for gull viewing from Newburgh, Orange County. I thought others may find the info of use. Numbers of Gulls are certainly determined by the amount of ice. When there is no ice, there are only a few hundred gulls within viewing range of Newburgh (Orange County) or Beacon (Dutchess County). It is best when there is a substantial amount of ice on the river. Yesterday it was about 70% covered with flowing ice. Much like the Eagles, the Gulls ride the flows downriver then fly back up when they reach the Cornwall area. As a note, Weather temp, is not a good indicator of flow ice on the river. There are sometimes warmer days that have more ice than cold ones, possibly due to ice melt from areas above. Historically, it is best after 3PM, as the gulls spend most of the day at the dumps at the prison along 84 in Dutchess County, where the gulls are well hidden. The river viewing areas are from Front Street in Newburgh, in the area of Torches Restaurant then moving South along Front Street. The second area is at the bottom of Renwick Street, which is South of Front Street by maybe a half mile or so. At Renwick Street, cross the train tracks then turn right to where the sign points toward Newburgh Crew Team or something close to that. You will be about 100 feet south of the City of Newburgh Sewage Treatment Plant. There are picnic tables there that you can sit on under a pavillion that allows for hours of comfortable scanning. If the flow is such that all the ice is on the east side of the river, then crossing the bridge and trying the Beacon waterfront at the Beacon Train Station, can be better. Beacons ice does melt last and when all ice is gone from the river, the small bays in Beacon can be very productive, as they often still contain some ice. I provided a link to a good map which shows the Newburgh Waterfront well. In the event that the link is too long, I simply Googled Map of City of Newburgh. Hope this helps. Good Birding , Curt McDermott http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=enq=map+of+city+of+Newburgh+NYum=1ie=UTF-8hq=hnear=0x89dd2bf1836bd927:0xf745d68dec3c106e,Newburgh,+NYgl=ussa=Xei=M_4cUb3wC8m20QH64YCYAgved=0CDAQ8gEwAA 6:53 AM -- 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/ --
