Seeing it from a moving train? That's quite a stretch. Virtually no chance. Once the train has stopped at the station? Even less likely. Get out and walk!
The area is very easy to find. I posted these coordinates yesterday (the green arrow if you feed this into Google maps). 41.184524, -73.879591 Croton Harmon Station is hard to miss. Just exit off route 9/9A. Google maps. Just go south down the driveway, called "Veteran's Plaza" on Google. All of the tracks are to the west. Pass the area where the hundreds of cars will be parked (mostly on your left, the east). As you go south, the asphalt narrows. That's good; it makes it easy to find the location where the bird was. It is easy to park down there. Put Google Maps on "Satellite" and magnify it to the 100 foot scale. The south end of the maintenance building that has been mentioned is at 41.1856, -73.88016 The gravel pile (not in the Google photo) is about 20 feet south. I'm trying to be objective, as I know the area so well, but, really, you can't miss it -- the area, that is. Bob Lewis Sleepy Hollow NY --- On Wed, 9/7/11, Richard Guthrie <gael...@capital.net> wrote: From: Richard Guthrie <gael...@capital.net> Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] Wheatear Question To: "'Fred Baumgarten'" <fred...@sbcglobal.net>, NYSBirds-L@cornell.edu Date: Wednesday, September 7, 2011, 8:52 PM To add to Fred’s question: Would it be possible to see the Wheatear from a through Amtrak or Metro-north train as it is stopped at the station without getting off? Knowing in advance might help a thru-traveler know where to pre-position on the train to have a shot at the bird. Rich Guthrie - who was on an Albany bound Amtrak train around 10 this morning and didn’t see the bird : ( Not that I had much in the way of hopes of spotting it. But who knows; someone else might be able to. From: bounce-38013754-8863...@list.cornell.edu [mailto:bounce-38013754-8863...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Fred Baumgarten Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 8:37 PM To: NYSBirds-L@cornell.edu Subject: [nysbirds-l] Wheatear Question For those of us unfamiliar with the area and the station, can someone tell me, is it obvious where to go to look for the Northern Wheatear? Do you follow signs to the Croton-Harmon MetroNorth RR station? Drive to the south end of the parking lot? Will the "rock pile" and the "shed" be easily seen? I plan on going tomorrow morning. Thanks!! --Fred-- Fred Baumgarten Sharon, CT/Westchester, NY And points in between fred...@sbcglobal.net -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- 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/ --
