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!
Matthew
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