Several friends suggested I post this NJ sighting to the NY list. A Crested Caracara was found yesterday afternoon by Vincent Nichnadowicz in a farm field in West Windsor, Mercer County, NJ. I got great views of it this morning, and when I left it was hunkered down in the middle of the field (there was a lot of activity at the time, cars leaving the synagogue across the street). Yesterday, the bird flew in the mid-afternoon, but was eventually re-located in the area. Photographs show no bands on the bird. Here is more discussion on provenance on the ABA Rare Birds Blog<http://bit.ly/RMd9JD>. Photo on my Flickr site. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/queensgirl/>
If you scroll down, there is a Google map of the location posted by Paul Guris. You can also check JerseyBirds <http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NJ01>for updated info. It's a bit of a trek to get there, but it's a great bird. Donna *Donna L. Schulman Forest Hills, NY + North Brunswick, NJ [email protected] Queensgirl Blog: http://queensgirl30.wordpress.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/queensgirl/ <http://www.flickr.com/photos/queensgirl>* ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sam Galick <[email protected]> Date: Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 8:16 AM Subject: [JERSEYBI] Crested Caracara continues, Mercer County To: [email protected] Bob Dodelson just called, he has the caracara in the same spot as yesterday at The Grove Farm. -- Sam Galick Cape May, NJ [email protected] http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgalick/ Paul Guris [email protected] via<http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&ctx=mail&answer=1311182> lists.princeton.edu 1:44 PM (22 hours ago) to JERSEYBI A bit more info on directions on the Caracar, still being seen at 1:40. The bird is at the Grover Farm across from the Congregation Beth Chaim. The bird was in the alfalfa field and is currently in the big dead tree on the farm. For mapping, you can use the following: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.27747,+-74.60164&hl=en&sll=41.117935,-77.604698&sspn=4.833005,10.876465&t=h&z=16 You can also use the address of the synagogue which is 329 Village Road E, West Windsor Twp, NJ. -PAG List archives: https://lists.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=jerseybi How to report NJ bird sightings: <http://www.njbrc.net/reportto.html> -- 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/[email protected]/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/ --
