[nysbirds-l] Edith read / croton Point / black rock
A few Westchester stops held some good birds on Sunday. At Edith Read Scaup (Large rafts), American wigeon, common loon (did not see any grebes), old squaw, red breasted mergs, and on one of the small rock islands, six or so shorebirds Dunlin (almost positive pretty far out), both sharpie and Cooper's hawks, and red winged blackbirds and grackles were signs of spring, then at croton boat ramp M+F canvasback five feet from shoreline, ruddy duck, 4 redhead duck (continuing), a great horned owl seen in the Park and a screech at Blackrock; also there my first of year wood ducks (12+), some coot, goldeneye (3 drake), ring necked duck, hooded and common mergansers, and best were a squawking pileated WP flying through, an adult bald eagle bathing in the croton river in the afternoon sun (where were the photographers), and especially getting in some birding w Kyle "beast" Bardwell. Finally there are still plenty of Eagles around the Hudson. While visiting a friend at Skyview Rehab Center on Rte. 9A in Croton which has spectacular river views (so it's the place to stay for birders in need of re-hab services) -- in the hour I was there we had at least 6 BE, 6 TV, 2 BV, 2 Red tails, 1 raven and then brief glimpse of what could have been the golden eagle that's been seen in the area -- many birders in the room but we were trying to visit with our friend and keep our eyes off the river -- no really. L. Trachtenberg Ossining Sent from my iPhone -- 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/ --
[nysbirds-l] Edith read / croton Point / black rock
A few Westchester stops held some good birds on Sunday. At Edith Read Scaup (Large rafts), American wigeon, common loon (did not see any grebes), old squaw, red breasted mergs, and on one of the small rock islands, six or so shorebirds Dunlin (almost positive pretty far out), both sharpie and Cooper's hawks, and red winged blackbirds and grackles were signs of spring, then at croton boat ramp M+F canvasback five feet from shoreline, ruddy duck, 4 redhead duck (continuing), a great horned owl seen in the Park and a screech at Blackrock; also there my first of year wood ducks (12+), some coot, goldeneye (3 drake), ring necked duck, hooded and common mergansers, and best were a squawking pileated WP flying through, an adult bald eagle bathing in the croton river in the afternoon sun (where were the photographers), and especially getting in some birding w Kyle beast Bardwell. Finally there are still plenty of Eagles around the Hudson. While visiting a friend at Skyview Rehab Center on Rte. 9A in Croton which has spectacular river views (so it's the place to stay for birders in need of re-hab services) -- in the hour I was there we had at least 6 BE, 6 TV, 2 BV, 2 Red tails, 1 raven and then brief glimpse of what could have been the golden eagle that's been seen in the area -- many birders in the room but we were trying to visit with our friend and keep our eyes off the river -- no really. L. Trachtenberg Ossining Sent from my iPhone -- 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/ --
