Inspired by the raptors at Shawangunk NWR last weekend and last night's snowfall, we spent a couple of mid-afternoon hours today at Croton P.P. It was quiet, the grassland featuring a lone Horned Lark flying around calling and then feeding on the snowy path. In the absence of ice, a single adult Bald Eagle perched on a piece of wood sticking out from the bay near the railroad bridge; it was buzzed by gulls and buzzed them in turn when it lifted off. Harbingers of season's change included two Grackles at the entrance feeder and a pair of Red-tailed Hawks mating, with the female subsequently tugging at some twigs near her perch. --Joe Wallace and Sharon AvRutick
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