Max count of Purple Finches seen together at feeders at Pruyn Audubon Sanctuary in Chappaqua, Westchester County this afternoon was 43, with 9 full-color males among the crowd. Largest flock seen together here in 20+ years.
Related but elsewhere observation was a lone Pine Siskin seen flying S over Hook Mountain, Rockland County this past Wednesday morning. 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/ --