Hello all, A visit to Croton Point Park early this afternoon with Luke Tiller, Mike Warner, Ken Mirman and Catherine Hamilton yielded the previously reported RED-HEADED WOODPECKER near the parking lot adjacent to the model airplane field and ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER by the campground parking lot.
Waterfowl was strangely sparse today at Croton, with not much more than some Bufflehead by the Train Station. Viewing from the "beach" area below the campground parking lot was a bit better -- more Bufflehead, some Common Goldeneye and Ruddy Ducks, and a large group of Common Mergansers (40+). A handful of Bald Eagles also around, though the river has largely thawed. Also notable, while crossing the Bear Mountain Bridge we encountered a group of vultures on the west side. Many were in the air, and I was able to pick out at least 4 BLACK VULTURES among the 7 or so Turkey Vultures circling. Then I noticed a group of around 15 vultures perched close together in a group of trees, but I was unable to identify them all to species as we drove by. Good birding, Benjamin Van Doren White Plains, NY warblings.wordpress.com -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
