*PS to Larry Trachtenberg's good note about Lower Hudson eagles & Teatown's Hudson River EagleFest happening Sat Feb 9, 9:00am-4:00pm (snow date Sun Feb 10)*
*To find out more about Teatown's EagleFest visit: https://www.teatown.org/events/eaglefest/ <https://www.teatown.org/events/eaglefest/>* Admission price is for entry to Croton Point Park, EagleFest headquarters, where there are huge heated tents and a day-long schedule of live raptor shows & other presentations as well as hourly guided bird walks, all included in admission. Schedule here: https://www.teatown.org/eaglefest-schedule/ Over 25 environmental organizations with info/ed tables will be there as well as food vendors. *The key eagle viewing spots that Larry mentioned are all free entry and Teatown has made an online map of 23 eagle viewing spots, many with heated warming tents, including:* * Croton boat ramp (AKA Echo Canoe Launch) (walking distance from Croton-Harmon Metro North Station) Sponsored by Saw Mill River Audubon * George's Island County Park Sponsored by Saw Mill River Audubon * New Croton Dam Sponsored by Bedford Audubon Free parking in Croton Point Park and just outside the park entrance ("Lot A") and free shuttle buses between Metro North RR station, boat ramp and Croton Point Park. (1.25 mi walk from station to EagleFest headquarters in the park.) *Here's the online map of viewing spots:* https://www.teatown.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/EF-viewing-sites-2019-compressed-1.pdf Anne Swaim, Executive Director Saw Mill River Audubon www.sawmillriveraudubon.org On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 7:57 AM Larry Trachtenberg <trachtenb...@amsllp.com> wrote: > Eagles are back in the Hudson Valley. This morning there were 5 at > Ossining train station, 2 between Ossining and Scarborough (station) and 5 > more between Scarborough and Philips Manor. One perched the rest on ice or > flying low over it. I would imagine far more north of Ossining > > Saturday 2/9 is the 14th(?) annual Eaglefest with the majority of > festivities at Croton Point Park (organized walks, birds of prey > demonstrations and other stuff). There are also spotters with scopes at > various other concentrated spots e.g. George’s Island Park (Montrose), > Steamboat Pier (Verplanck), the Croton Dam (amazing for its stone > architecture alone). > > I realize readers of this site are not surprised by eagles in the Hudson > valley so close to NYC but you all have friends, family, colleagues who may > not be aware and there are still oohs and aahs to be had when an ice floe > comes around the point at George’s Island with 8-9 eagles jockeying for > position. So may it stay cold (not Minnesota cold) and maybe suggest to > folks to check out Eaglefest > > L. Trachtenberg > Ossining > > Sent from my iPhone > -- > > 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/ > > -- -- 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/ --
