Re: [nysbirds-l] Shawangunk Grasslands NWR Trail closing

2018-06-16 Thread clay spencer
Just to add to Curt's comment. The entire Blue Trail (northern) loop should be passable. And yes, the singing male can be easily heard from both the platform & gazebo, and should be visible with scope when it's up on its favorite perches, the taller sprigs of flowering bushes (multiflora

Re: [nysbirds-l] Shawangunk Grasslands NWR Trail closing

2018-06-16 Thread clay spencer
Just to add to Curt's comment. The entire Blue Trail (northern) loop should be passable. And yes, the singing male can be easily heard from both the platform & gazebo, and should be visible with scope when it's up on its favorite perches, the taller sprigs of flowering bushes (multiflora

[nysbirds-l] Shawangunk Grasslands NWR

2012-03-31 Thread Bruce Horwith
Yesterday, I birded this refuge for the first time and it was well worth the visit, even though I was too late to pick up some of the wintering birds such as short-eared owl that commonly occur there. Best birds were: 10-20 EASTERN MEADOWLARKS 1 EASTERN PHOEBE 1 BLACK VULTURE among 10-20 TVs a

[nysbirds-l] Shawangunk Grasslands NWR

2012-03-31 Thread Bruce Horwith
Yesterday, I birded this refuge for the first time and it was well worth the visit, even though I was too late to pick up some of the wintering birds such as short-eared owl that commonly occur there. Best birds were: 10-20 EASTERN MEADOWLARKS 1 EASTERN PHOEBE 1 BLACK VULTURE among 10-20 TVs a