[nysbirds-l] Hudson River Bald Eagles
I journeyed up to Hudson, NY, on Amtrak Saturday and returned to NYC today. I saw six bald eagles on the way up, eight on the way down, mostly juveniles, but several mature birds as well, all north of Peekskill and particularly between Rhinecliff and Hudson, where there was a lot of ice on the river, particularly Sunday. Could easily be some duplicates here, since the same roost had three birds Saturday, two Sunday. My viewing out the window was very unscientific and sporadic, but does suggest the presence of the birds up there this winter. While up north, we walked down Ice House Road to Nutten Hook in Stuyvesant, Columbia Co., where we had seven sightings of eagles, three perched on the other side of the river, one on the ice in the middle of the river with two crows probably eager for leftovers, and the others around the Hook itself. One perching mature bird over route 9J was close enough for us to hear the loud flap of its wings as it launched itself into the air. Matthew http://matthewwills.com/ -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[nysbirds-l] Hudson River Bald Eagles
I journeyed up to Hudson, NY, on Amtrak Saturday and returned to NYC today. I saw six bald eagles on the way up, eight on the way down, mostly juveniles, but several mature birds as well, all north of Peekskill and particularly between Rhinecliff and Hudson, where there was a lot of ice on the river, particularly Sunday. Could easily be some duplicates here, since the same roost had three birds Saturday, two Sunday. My viewing out the window was very unscientific and sporadic, but does suggest the presence of the birds up there this winter. While up north, we walked down Ice House Road to Nutten Hook in Stuyvesant, Columbia Co., where we had seven sightings of eagles, three perched on the other side of the river, one on the ice in the middle of the river with two crows probably eager for leftovers, and the others around the Hook itself. One perching mature bird over route 9J was close enough for us to hear the loud flap of its wings as it launched itself into the air. Matthew http://matthewwills.com/ -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES 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://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
