On my early morning hike today at Sunken Meadow State Park I came across a few early spring migrants. Highlights are below.
15+Wood duck- backwater of Sunken Meadow Creek 5 Bufflehead 2 Osprey 1 Great-horned Owl- flushed along Inner Marsh trail 2 Belted Kingfishers 2 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3 Eastern Phoebe- FOY birds for me 5 Fish Crow 1 Winter wren- along Inner Marsh trail; also singing loudly 25 Golden-crowned Kinglets 1 Hermit Thruh 1 Gray Catbird 3 Eastern towhee 10 American Goldfinch Vinny Pellegrino www.flickr.com/pellegrinov East Northport, NY "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you've imagined." -Henry David Thoreau -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --