I saw the bird from Farmer's turnpike! I can't believe I forgot to post the street!!! Near where the wallkill crosses route 44/55!
Sorry! Chrissy Guarino On Saturday, February 28, 2015, Chrissy G <chrissy.guar...@gmail.com> wrote: > I found the Gyrfalcon this morning on the Wallkill River in Gardiner NY. > I stopped to look at some Canada Geese in the open water, found one Snow > Goose, a few Mallards and a Bald Eagle. A bit upstream on the ice, I found > the Gyr eating what looks like a duck. I watched it for about 15 minutes > and a Bald Eagle flew over it and it flew away. I even took a terrible > photo through my binocs with my cell phone, > > I could see it circle the large island in the river so I have a feeling it > didn't go far. It's the only open water in the area which has some > waterfowl, so perhaps the Gyr will feed here for a while. There aren't > many good places to pull off the roads in this area so please be respectful > of people who live here and don't block roadways. > > Gardiner has a few eateries and businesses so please patronize them and > show them that birders are great visitors! > > Christine Guarino > New Paltz, NY > > -- > Chrissy > Fats in the Cats! <http://www.fatsinthecats.com> > JBNHS <http://www.jbnhs.org> > -- Chrissy Fats in the Cats! <http://www.fatsinthecats.com> JBNHS <http://www.jbnhs.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/ --
