A relatively balmy day made for pleasant and productive birding on the
south fork today. Things started well with 3 * WILD TURKEYS * foraging along
the north shoulder of Montauk Highway, spotted as I drove, about a mile
west of Montauk Village. When I arrived at Montauk Pt. State Park, I was
greete
A few hundred large gulls (most Herring with smaller numbers of Ring-bills)
continue on the upper Niagara River in Buffalo from the source of the
Niagara River at Lake Erie upriver to roughly the foot of Ontario Street in
Buffalo's Riverside. A trip to the area this afternoon (1/30) turned up 2
Ice
Four members of the Hudson River Audubon Society tackled the snow covered
trails of Thompson Pond Preserve in northern Dutchess County to find a variety
of raptors. The trail heading south had a narrow path packed down by previous
visitors and was doable. Birds along the way included Common Rav
1/30/11 Long Lake (northern Hamilton County)
At 5 p.m. yesterday (1/29/11), a Barred Owl flew by our kitchen window. I
ran to the window and found the bird perched by the house, intently looking
under the porch (a full story under this section). It dropped down, out of
my sight, but returned to
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from the link above, see info on the threatened 4 Sparrow Marsh ( south
Brooklyn by Floyd Bennett ) habitat loss po
There the "Foxy" sparrow perched on the pine branch ready to drop into the
melee at the base of the feeder.White-throated sparrows, Song Sparrows,
Titmice, Chickadees, a male Cardinal ( don't they impress as a "scared cat"
ready to flee at the slightest) an Eastern Towhee (yipes still surviving).
