Today, 6/3/11, I kayaked the Channel at the Bashakill from Westbrookville to the Pine Boat Launch. It took me about four and half hours and was quite rewarding. I wasn't sure how the birds had fared overall since our floods a couple of weeks ago. Here are the highlights of my trip:
American Bittern - 2 Least Bittern - 2 Common Moorhen - 14 Wood Duck - 42 Great Blue Heron - 16 Sora - 1 Pied-billed Grebe - 1 Black Duck - 2 I failed to hear or see Virginia Rail, but know they are doing well as a result of our evening survey on 5/31 for "Canada Bird Studies - Marsh Monitoring Program". It seems that the marsh birds are doing well overall. John Haas -- 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/ --
