Although Ravens have now become regular throughout Long Island, this morning was the first time I've found one right in a strip mall parking lot. This guy was calling and flying around in the Kohls shopping center on 25A in Rocky Point, basically acting like an overgrown Fish Crow
Mike Cooper Ridge, LI, NY Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 25, 2017, at 12:49 PM, Ken Feustel <feus...@optonline.net> wrote: > > Sue and I went in search of the previously reported Red Crossbills at the > OBPP in Commack. It was quickly apparent that we were not the only birders > that had this idea. The birds had been reported on the east side of the > preserve earlier but we did a loop of the overgrown field they had been seen > in with no result. We did pick up our FOS Pine Warblers and Osprey (flyover) > as well as Red-breasted Nuthatches (good numbers) and Golden-crowend > Kinglets. Reinforcements quickly arrived but we were unable to locate the > birds. As we were standing around discussing the issues of the day the pair > of Red Crossbills flew south over our heads and landed in a grove of > deciduous trees (Aspen?) in front of us, where they fed for some time. They > then headed north (a previously described behavior) and had not been > relocated at the time we left. I will post a few mediocre photos on my flickr > site. Congratulations to Vinnie Pellegrino on a great LI bird! > > Ken & Sue Feustel > http://www.flickr.com/photos/kfeustel/ > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > ABA > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
