I spent this Sunday with friends going along the shores of the Hudson River between Bear Mountain and Anthony’s Nose. The series of cold snaps have brought a caravan of ice floes gently traveling down the Hudson River and back up with the tides. The number of Bald Eagles around Iona Island keeps increasing every year and have brought crowds of curious onlookers. The eagles swoop down scattering the Common Mergansers and dot the ice like sentries on slow trains. Mine Dock Park is a quiet picnic area at the base of Fort Montgomery in the shadow of the Bear Mountain Bridge where the ice packs into a narrows. We were incredibly close to two eagles perched at either end of a floe, glancing around trying to look majestically serious but coming off as two tuxedoed gentlemen on a merry-go-round.
Stay warm, Alan Drogin > On Jan 30, 2019, at 9:03 AM, Anne Swaim annesw...@gmail.com [ebirdsnyc] > <ebirdsnyc-nore...@yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > > And following up on Andrew Baksh's note, more details below about Teatown's > Hudson River EagleFest on Saturday, February 9, 9:00am-4:00pm with snowdate > Sunday, February 10. > > A bird walk this past Monday, Jan 28, in Croton Point Park had sightings of > 27 eagles over two hours. This cold will likely move even more south to the > Lower Hudson. > >> To find out more about Teatown's EagleFest visit: >> https://www.teatown.org/events/eaglefest/ >> <https://www.teatown.org/events/eaglefest/> >> Admission price is for entry to Croton Point Park, EagleFest headquarters, >> where there are huge heated tents and a day-long schedule of live raptor >> shows & other presentations as well as hourly guided bird walks, all >> included in admission. >> Schedule here: https://www.teatown.org/eaglefest-schedule/ >> <https://www.teatown.org/eaglefest-schedule/> >> Over 25 environmental organizations with info/ed tables will be there as >> well as food vendors. >> >> Free parking in Croton Point Park and just outside the park entrance ("Lot >> A") and free shuttle buses between Croton-Harmon Metro North RR station, >> Croton boat ramp and Croton Point Park. (1.25 mi walk from RR station to >> EagleFest headquarters in Croton Point Park.) >> >> The key eagle viewing spots on the Hudson and nearby waters are all free >> entry and Teatown has made an online map of 23 eagle viewing spots here: >> https://www.teatown.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/EF-viewing-sites-2019-compressed-1.pdf >> >> <https://www.teatown.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/EF-viewing-sites-2019-compressed-1.pdf> >> >> >> Many eagle viewing spots have with heated warming tents, including: >> * Croton boat ramp (AKA Echo Canoe Launch) (walking distance from >> Croton-Harmon Metro North Station) >> Sponsored by Saw Mill River Audubon >> * George's Island County Park >> Sponsored by Saw Mill River Audubon >> * New Croton Dam >> Sponsored by Bedford Audubon >> >> Anne Swaim, Executive Director >> Saw Mill River Audubon >> www.sawmillriveraudubon.org <http://www.sawmillriveraudubon.org/> >> >> > > > __._,_.___ > Posted by: Anne Swaim <annesw...@gmail.com <mailto:annesw...@gmail.com>> > Reply via web post > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/ebirdsnyc/conversations/messages/18934;_ylc=X3oDMTJyc2xnZjR1BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEzMzM2MzUwBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2NTc4NwRtc2dJZAMxODkzNARzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNycGx5BHN0aW1lAzE1NDg4NTcwODA-?act=reply&messageNum=18934> > • Reply to sender > <mailto:annesw...@gmail.com?subject=Re%3A%20Fwd%3A%20%5Bnysbirds-l%5D%20Bald%20Eagles> > • Reply to group > <mailto:ebirds...@yahoogroups.com?subject=Re%3A%20Fwd%3A%20%5Bnysbirds-l%5D%20Bald%20Eagles> > • Start a New Topic > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/ebirdsnyc/conversations/newtopic;_ylc=X3oDMTJmZzZxbnFrBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEzMzM2MzUwBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2NTc4NwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNudHBjBHN0aW1lAzE1NDg4NTcwODA-> > • Messages in this topic > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/ebirdsnyc/conversations/topics/18933;_ylc=X3oDMTM3aWRzNjBlBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEzMzM2MzUwBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2NTc4NwRtc2dJZAMxODkzNARzZWMDZnRyBHNsawN2dHBjBHN0aW1lAzE1NDg4NTcwODAEdHBjSWQDMTg5MzM-> > (2) > Have you tried the highest rated email app? > <https://yho.com/1wwmgg>With 4.5 stars in iTunes, the Yahoo Mail app is the > highest rated email app on the market. What are you waiting for? Now you can > access all your inboxes (Gmail, Outlook, AOL and more) in one place. Never > delete an email again with 1000GB of free cloud storage. > ebirdsnyc: bird sightings from the NYC area > VISIT YOUR GROUP > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/ebirdsnyc/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmM2IxcDFoBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEzMzM2MzUwBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2NTc4NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE1NDg4NTcwODA-> > > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo;_ylc=X3oDMTJlNmc2YW8xBF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzEzMzM2MzUwBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2NTc4NwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3RpbWUDMTU0ODg1NzA4MA-->• > Privacy <https://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/groups/details.html> • > Unsubscribe > <mailto:ebirdsnyc-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com?subject=Unsubscribe> • Terms of > Use <https://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/> > SPONSORED LINKS > > > > . > > > __,_._,___ -- 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/ --
