Led an NYC Audubon hike on Staten Island yesterday, in conjunction with the Greenbelt Conservancy. We hiked up "Moses Mountain", a large pile of serpentine and other stone rubble from the construction of various Robert Moses highway projects. It affords a wonderful 360° view of the surrounding Greenbelt forests and Fresh Kills in the distance. In spite of the stiff south-westerly winds we had a pretty nice mix of raptor sightings, including an adult Bald Eagle, several Turkey Vultures, an American Kestrel, a Peregrine, several Red-tailed Hawks, a Broad-winged Hawk, and several Osprey. Surprisingly we had very few Accipiters, with just one Cooper's Hawk flyover. We rounded out the raptor sightings with a Merlin buzzing pigeons back at the Staten Island Ferry Terminal. Several Brant were bobbing nearby as well, having recently returned. Good Birding! Gabriel WillowNYC Audubon --
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