http://www.flickr.com/photos/danikabelle/6556898629/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/danikabelle/6556898537/in/photostream/ For those not on the Mid-Hudson Birds List Serv. The photos were taken by David Rankin (see bottom of e-mail), not me. Will RaupAlbany, NY
From: Will Raup <hoaryredp...@hotmail.com> To: NYSBIRDS-L <nysbirds-l@cornell.edu> Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 4:11 PM Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] FW: [MidHudsonBirds] GRAY-CROWNED ROSY-FINCH Black Dome Mt near Windham, NY Photo is up on the Midhudsonbirds yahoo site (need to be a member). Initial photo looks good. Will Raup Albany, NY From: hoaryredp...@hotmail.com To: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu Subject: [nysbirds-l] FW: [MidHudsonBirds] GRAY-CROWNED ROSY-FINCH Black Dome Mt near Windham, NY Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:01:45 -0500 Interesting. Will Raup Albany, NY To: midhudsonbi...@yahoogroups.com From: davidtran...@yahoo.com Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:56:45 +0000 Subject: [MidHudsonBirds] GRAY-CROWNED ROSY-FINCH Black Dome Mt near Windham, NY While hiking today in the Blackhead mountains, a friend asked me "what's this bird that just flew off the trail?" The bird in question was a finch sized bird with an unmistakable brownish pink hue, gray and black crown and bright pink of the belly and wings; a Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch! I was speechless for a moment, thinking at any second it would fly off, and surely no one would believe me! After watching it for a few minutes, I was able to WALK DIRECTLY UNDER THE BIRD, which was perched only 15' off the ground, and get to a place where I could take a picture that showed enough detail to be identifiable. It appears to be an adult of the interior race, and seemed to be waiting until we left so it could go back to feeding on the ground on the trail. I'll upload a few pictures to the group as soon as I can. The bird was near the peak of Black Dome, about 3800' in elevation. It stayed (silent) in the same area for about 15 minutes as we watched and photographed it. The photos, while not great, are diagnostic. The exact coordinates it was observed at are: 42 degrees 16.191'N, 74 degrees 07.361'. David Rankin Accord, NY Also, if anyone could forward this to the NY listserv, that'd be great. __._,_.___ Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New Topic Messages in this topic (1) Recent Activity: Visit Your Group To visit the Mid-Hudson Birds web site go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MidHudsonBirds Post message: midhudsonbi...@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: midhudsonbirds-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe: midhudsonbirds-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com List owner: midhudsonbirds-ow...@yahoogroups.com MARKETPLACE Stay on top of your group activity without leaving the page you're on - Get the Yahoo! Toolbar now. Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use . __,_._,___ -- 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 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 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/ --