A pleasant walk out to the lighthouse late this afternoon - through a rather intense snow squall that soon turned out to be a pleasant sunsnow shower:
Observer: Richard Guthrie Location: Saugerties Lighthouse, Ulster County Observation date: 2/12/11 Time: 3:30 - 5:00 PM Number of species: 7 Mute Swan 2 out on the ice down by the house south of the lighthouse Common Merganser 3 flew up the river Bald Eagle 1 adult female - carrying a large stick for the nest Northern Harrier 1 adult male flew up the river - kept on going Black-capped Chickadee 3 very tame - has someone been feeding them? Winter Wren 1 skulking around and under the boardwalk over the partly open creek; Red-winged Blackbird 1 adult male flew in and "teed" up - went through all the motions, but did not break out in song This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org) Richard Guthrie New Baltimore The Greene County gael...@capital.net http://blog.timesunion.com/birding -- 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/ --
