Bob Adamo and I were convinced that spring was here in a big way by the species, plummages and behavior we saw. And we started and ended in a big way.
Middle Rd, Riverhead: Turkey Vulture, 12 Wild Turkeys, 4 displaying, spread tails, blue head, Red-Tailed Hawk EPCAL: Kestrels m/f, Northern Harriers, 16 Wild Turkeys with males displaying, Eastern Meadowlarks singing, Savannah Sparrows, Eastern Bluebird, Red-Tailed Hawks, Eastern Phoebe FOS for us, Killdeer, Tree Swallows Calverton Pond Nature Conservancy: Ring-Necked Ducks, Red-Bellied Woodpecker Shirley, Rt27: Turkey Vultures, 2 Wertheim NWR: Great Egret, Double Crested Cormorant, 2 Carmen River Boat Ramp: Osprey Forge River: Belted Kingfisher, Ruddy Duck - browner with bluer bills, Lesser Scaup, Ring-Necked Duck, Double Crested Cormorant Riverhead, Lower Traffic Circle: Mature Bald Eagle, flying north/west along Peconic River River Rd: Red-Tailed Hawk, Killdeer Tom Moran Shoreham, NY -- 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/ --
