http://www.petercolenphotography.com/Sandy-Hook-04-27-14-A-few-from/i-V9vmHGf
This is not New York State, but these birds were heading towards NY. Mimi Hue and I drove to different spots in New Jersey. The most productive area was Sandy Hook where the hawk migration was taking place. This is a hawk-watching point. We saw at least 50 Sharpies, many falcons, Turkey Vultures, Osprey and either 1 or 2 bald eagles, also Coopers Hawks. The sharpies were crashing into underbrush trying to get at very small birds. We were too far away to see what those little birds were, but they came flying out every so often. Mimi first saw a Piping Plover that turned into a mating sequence. We saw a group of Turkey Vultures and I noticed that one was a Bald Eagle juvenile, seemingly just flying with them. It looked like it was playing with one in a non-agressive way. Cheers, Peter Colen -- petercolenphotography.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/ --
