4/10/17 Long Lake (Hamilton Co.) and Tupper Lake (Franklin Co.) (High 70s for temps today!)
10 first-of-the-season species today: *Sandhill Crane - pair in the marsh where they nested last year in Tupper Lake *Wilson's Snipe - calling from a Tupper Lake marsh *Osprey - sitting in the nest they used last year (along Route 30 in Long Lake) - which is in a dead snag in completely iced-over Minnow Pond! (Their nest was originally a Great Blue Heron's nest.) *Tree Swallow - Tupper Lake *Winter Wren - singing along Sabattis Circle Road in Long Lake *Hermit Thrush - several calling outside our home at dawn *Purple Finch - outside our home *Chipping Sparrow - outside our home *Vesper Sparrow - 3 (2 along Sabattis Circle Road in Long Lake, and 1 along Route 30 in Tupper Lake) *Savannah Sparrow - 2 (with a Vesper Sparrow along Route 30 in Tupper Lake) A Bald Eagle was perched low over the water fishing near the causeway in Tupper Lake. There were more Eastern Phoebes in Tupper Lake today. Additional sparrow species (7 today): Amer. Tree, Fox, and Song Sparrows, and Dark-eyed Junco. Three Gray Jays were observed - 1 along Route 30 and 2 at the Round Lake Trailhead in Long Lake. Joan Collins President, NYS Ornithological Association Editor, New York Birders Long Lake, NY (315) 244-7127 cell (518) 624-5528 home http://www.adirondackavianexpeditions.com/ http://www.facebook.com/AdirondackAvian -- 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/ --
