10/3/10 - Lenoir Preserve Hawkwatch, Yonkers, NY
Time: 9:30am to 12:30pm
Observers: Andrew Block, Doug Bloom, Orlando Hidalgo, and BRSS group
several Canada Geese
7 Double-crested Cormorants
1 Black Vulture
6+ Turkey Vultures
3 Ospreys
5 Bald Eagles
1 Northern Harrier
4+ Sharp-shinned Hawks
3+
The male Summer Tanager found yesterday was still present at Ft.
Tilden this morning. It has been in the brushy area north of the ball
fields.
Seth Ausubel
Forest Hills, NY
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Maintenance, Ramble, Tupelo, Upper Lobe, Tanner Spring, Sparrow Ridge areas
Alice Deutsch, Sally Weiner, Keelin Miller, Irene Warschauer, Ardith
Bondi and others met along the way.
Reported by Ardith Bondi
Mallard
Cooper's Hawk
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied
Date: 10/3/2010
Location: Fort Tilden, Queens County
This afternoon, while looking for the previously reported Summer Tanager in the
brushy area between the ballfield and the road, I had a very brief look at a
Connecticut Warbler feeding on the ground. It quickly vanished, unfortunately,
while
En-route to Jones Beach St Pk, Nassau Co., I stopped at the Robert Moses St/Pk
Hawk Watch from about 0930 to 1130 AM. N. Harrier, then Osprey, were the most
numerous species during that time, followed by Kestrel, Merlin, a few
Peregrines, and a couple of both, Sharp-shinned & Cooper's Hawk. A
Seth and I (Michelle) will be visiting NYC at the end of October. It is
business trip so we will only have one day to play. We have never been to NY
and can't think of a better way to play than seeing birds we don't have in the
Pacific NW. Where is the best place to go/see?? We don't need to