[nysbirds-l] Croton Point 2/5
I'll second Joe Giuta's email about Croton Point: it was very quiet yesterday in this unseasonable mildness. We saw one mature and one juvenile Bald Eagle during the afternoon in Croton Bay. A lone juvenile Red-tailed hawk and a too quickly glimpsed falcon rounded out the raptors. We did have a little more land bird/passerine activity along the southeastern edge of the park: Mourning Dove, Carolina Wren, Golden-Crowned Kinglet, White-Breasted Nuthatch, Brown Creeper, Black-Capped Chickadee, Belted Kingfisher, Red-Bellied Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Northern Mockingbird, Fish Crow, American Crow, House Finch, Song Sparrow, Starling. Croton Point Park is an excellent field trip for car-free NYC residents: the Metro-North express gets to the Croton-Harmon station in 43 minutes ($18 roundtrip), and the park is accessible across the bridge spanning the rail yard. Now, all we need is some ice on the river!Matthewhttp://matthewwills.com/ -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! --
[nysbirds-l] Croton Point 2/5
I'll second Joe Giuta's email about Croton Point: it was very quiet yesterday in this unseasonable mildness. We saw one mature and one juvenile Bald Eagle during the afternoon in Croton Bay. A lone juvenile Red-tailed hawk and a too quickly glimpsed falcon rounded out the raptors. We did have a little more land bird/passerine activity along the southeastern edge of the park:Mourning Dove,Carolina Wren, Golden-Crowned Kinglet, White-Breasted Nuthatch, Brown Creeper, Black-Capped Chickadee, Belted Kingfisher, Red-Bellied Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Northern Mockingbird, Fish Crow, American Crow,House Finch, Song Sparrow, Starling.Croton Point Park is an excellent field trip for car-free NYC residents: the Metro-North express gets to the Croton-Harmon station in 43 minutes ($18 roundtrip), and the park is accessible across the bridge spanning the rail yard. Now, all we need is some ice on the river!Matthewhttp://matthewwills.com/ -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! --
