At 745 am this morning perched on the Rte 9 north exit off ramp for croton point park were 14 black vultures. That's the most I've seen up here. While the local TV count can sometimes well exceed 100, seems the BV population may be growing.
L. Trachtenberg Ossining Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 27, 2016, at 8:56 PM, Matthew Wills <matthewwi...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > Highlights of a glorious, barely winter day today at Croton Point Park. We > walked from the train station to the Point and back, 11:30-3:15. > > At least one adult Bald Eagle -- 3 sightings of an adult bird over span of > walk may have been more than one individual -- and one sub-adult (being > shadowed by a Red-tailed Hawk). > > Two Black Vultures. Unexpected. > > A Common Raven. Even more unexpected. Bird was snacking on the ground, then > cleaning its bill and puffing up like a pufferfish on a nearby perch. > > Northern Harrier male over the landfill. > > Red-Shouldered Hawk perched by bridge. > > > Matthew > > Backyard & Beyond (6th anniversary!) > http://matthewwills.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Highlights of a glorious, barely winter day today at Croton > Point Park. We walked from train station to the Point and back, 11:30-3:15. > > > > At least one adult Bald Eagle -- 3 sightings of an adult over span of walk > may > have been more than one individual -- and one sub-adult (being shadowed by a > Red-tail Hawk). > > > > Two Black Vultures. > > > > A Common Raven. Bird was snacking on the ground, then > cleaning its bill and puffing up like a pufferfish on a nearby perch. > > > > Northern Harrier male over the landfill. > > > > Red-Shouldered Hawk perched by bridge. > > > > Matthew > > -- > > 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/ > > -- -- 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/ --
