I birded JBWR this morning beginning just after sunrise. Highlights included the continuing* EARED GREBE*, seen from the West Pond trail near bench 7 as it drifted South West in Pumpkin Channel/Bay. This Grebe was also seen late yesterday afternoon with Tom Burke and Gail Benson. An *AMERICAN BITTERN* flew south while I was at the Big John's overlook and I managed one quick (poor but diagnostic) photo as the bird flew into the light. Several *CANVASBACK DUCKS* were mixed in with the raft of Scaup and Ruddy Ducks on the West Pond.
Winter hardy birds included: *Great Egret*, seen from the West Pond Trail, flying into the marsh near the Osprey platform and then later seen feeding near the West Pond edges. 2 *Golden-crowned Kinglets *made their presence known in the South Gardens. Unlike the Captree CBC Catbirds, a rather uncooperative *Gray Catbird* gave brief looks in the North Gardens and a *Brown Thrasher* that I managed to get a look at after working the garden over on the East Pond for a bit. Merry Christmas! Andrew Baksh www.birdingdude.blogspot.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/ --
