Good views this morning of the active Cliff Swallow nests on the Rt 9/9A Croton River bridge. Viewed from the Croton River shoreline within Van Cortlandt Manor. (The nests are on the upstream, eastern side of the bridge.) A Green Heron was also seen here along the Croton River shoreline.
Inside Croton Point Park this am: both Baltimore and Orchard Orioles, several singing House Wrens and Yellow Warblers, gnatcatchers apparently in every corner, and a lone American Redstart. Two kestrels seen on the landfill, male and female. Nearby at the Furnace Dock Rd power lines, east of Rt 9A, were singing Prairie and Blue-Winged Warblers. (Conservation note: discussions have been underway the last few months between Westchester County park staff, the county Dept of Env. Facilities which manages the capped landfill, local Audubon chapters and other environmental reps for better habitat management at Croton Point Park. More details on initial management changes proposed for this year are available.) Anne Swaim Saw Mill River Audubon www.sawmillriveraudubon.org -- 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/ --
