Your list is considerably longer than ours, but we were hastened along by an
over-abundance of horse flies. Perhaps it was the timing of our visit which was late morning with an impending threat of storm. Our highlight was a prolonged sighting of an immature bald eagle displayed nicely against the clouds. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of deidam623 Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 8:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [MidHudsonBirds] 06/08/10 - Peach Hill Decided to go to Peach Hill after work today, even though I got there at about 5:30 pm. Despite only two hours of quality light for photography, I had a great birding day. My highlight of the hike was two male orchard orioles, a first sighting for me. I managed to get a decent photo of one of them, but they were chasing each other all over the place. Here is my sighting list (27 total species): ============================================ - Turkey Vulture - Red-Tailed Hawk - Mourning Dove - Ruby-Throated Hummingbird - Belted Kingfisher - Downy Woodpecker - Northern Flicker - Eastern Kingbird - Blue Jay - American Crow - House Wren - Eastern Bluebird - Gray Catbird - Northern Mockingbird - Brown Thrasher - Cedar Waxwing - Blue-Winged Warbler - Yellow Warbler - Common Yellowthroat - Eastern Towhee - Song Sparrow - Northern Cardinal - Rose-Breasted Grosbeak - Red-Winged Blackbird - Orchard Oriole (2 of them!) - Baltimore Oriole - American Goldfinch Photos to follow. :) No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.829 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2926 - Release Date: 06/08/10 14:35:00 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
