Before the Harlem Piers park was constructed, when there was a live sewer outlet in the Hudson River at the west end of 125th street (very visible), Canvasbacks collected there every winter. I don't unfortunately have any numbers in my old notes, but there could often be several dozen. They disappeared when the sewer treatment plant came on line. Bob Paxton
On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 7:15 PM, Thomas Fiore <tom...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Thursday, 1st February, 2018 - > > 7 Canvasback (w/ 6 bright drakes) photographed on the Hudson River at > north section of “Harlem Piers” park, off upper Manhattan a short way north > of the western terminus of West 125th St. (were viewed in part from the n. > edge of that small park-space); around 3 p.m. - these have been previously > seen here also, & it has been a semi-regular site for modest no’s. in > mid-winter for the species, which has diminished drastically from NY County > (Manhattan) waters in the past 25 years or so. No other were ducks noted, > in a fairly brief visit. > > good ethics-minded birding to all, > > Tom Fiore > manhattan > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm > 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
