[nysbirds-l] interesting Beach Birds Feb. 26, 2015
Peter Post and I (Ardith Bondi) drove Jones Beach Ocean Parkway looking for ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS. We found one dark morph between Gilgo Beach and Oak Beach, as has been reported a few times, which caught something and went out on the bay ice to eat it. No good photos, but some good looks. Passed a NORTHERN HARRIER carrying a mouse, and saw another mouse run in front of some Gilgo homes, so there is definitely hawk food around. While at Gilgo, an adult BALD EAGLE flew over us, flying west. Later, as we were checking the lawns by the Nickerson Beach parking lot, we came upon a flock of about a dozen REDPOLLS feeding in the pine(?) trees along the road (Donna Lane) leading west to the next parking area. Ardith -- 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] interesting Beach Birds Feb. 26, 2015
Peter Post and I (Ardith Bondi) drove Jones Beach Ocean Parkway looking for ROUGH-LEGGED HAWKS. We found one dark morph between Gilgo Beach and Oak Beach, as has been reported a few times, which caught something and went out on the bay ice to eat it. No good photos, but some good looks. Passed a NORTHERN HARRIER carrying a mouse, and saw another mouse run in front of some Gilgo homes, so there is definitely hawk food around. While at Gilgo, an adult BALD EAGLE flew over us, flying west. Later, as we were checking the lawns by the Nickerson Beach parking lot, we came upon a flock of about a dozen REDPOLLS feeding in the pine(?) trees along the road (Donna Lane) leading west to the next parking area. Ardith -- 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/ --
