Re: [nysbirds-l] Northern Harrier nesting at Jones Beach?

2015-07-13 Thread Robert Paxton
Hi Ardith and fellow NY birders, A pair of Harriers at Jones Beach is nowadays a good find, but they bred regularly on the south shore marshes not long ago. We had a pair regularly just east of Gilgo Beach up to the 1980s, and we used to watch the male drop a mouse to the female who rose up

Re: [nysbirds-l] Northern Harrier nesting at Jones Beach?

2015-07-13 Thread Robert Paxton
Hi Ardith and fellow NY birders, A pair of Harriers at Jones Beach is nowadays a good find, but they bred regularly on the south shore marshes not long ago. We had a pair regularly just east of Gilgo Beach up to the 1980s, and we used to watch the male drop a mouse to the female who rose up

[nysbirds-l] Northern Harrier nesting at Jones Beach?

2015-07-12 Thread Ardith Bondi
I know, I know, it's not a Phalarope. But, yesterday, as I was setting up my gear in the Teddy Roosevelt Nature Center parking lot, I heard a harrier call out behind me. When I turned around, there was a lot of commotion, and other birds flew off quite upset. I grabbed my camera as the Gray

[nysbirds-l] Northern Harrier nesting at Jones Beach?

2015-07-12 Thread Ardith Bondi
I know, I know, it's not a Phalarope. But, yesterday, as I was setting up my gear in the Teddy Roosevelt Nature Center parking lot, I heard a harrier call out behind me. When I turned around, there was a lot of commotion, and other birds flew off quite upset. I grabbed my camera as the Gray