The Saturday morning Birdwalk began at 11:00 and we birded until 3:15. It was a spectacular day. The broad winged hawks started moving early and we had the good fortune to see them flying single file and then start to kettle up and rise on a thermal until they were almost out of sight. Quite a sight! An immature Bald Eagle, Osprey and Cooper's hawks also passed overhead. It was hard to decide if we should count hawks or look for warblers so we did a little of both. With the morning winds from the north we had excellent birds!
Broad winged hawks-250+ Bald eagle-1 Cooper's hawk-5 Red tailed hawk -5 Osprey-1 Canada warbler-1 Magnolia-6 Chestnut sided- immature + mature-6 American redstarts-13 Black & white-7 Northern Parula-1 Common yellowthroat-2 Black throated blue-1 Scarlet tanager-5 Solitary sandpiper-2 Wood ducks-4 Mallards-2 American goldfinch-8 Rose breasted grosbeak - immature-1 Cedar waxwings-14 Chimney swifts-25+ Eastern wood peewee-2 Yellow bellied flycatcher-1 Red eyed vireo-6 Yellow throated vireo-1 Ruby throated hummingbird-4 Cardinal-1 Bluejay-15 Mourning dove-4 Great horned owl- immature -1 Wood thrush-1 Gray Catbird-6 American Robin- many Indigo bunting-1 Red bellied woodpecker-2 Northern flicker-3 Good Birding, Debbie Becker BirdingAroundNYC.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/ --