Always one of the high points on my annual calendar is the first visible spring migration. The first moth night is up there too, but that doesn't look like it's happening too soon. But warm enough today to open up the Alley Creek Hawk Watch, with some much needed (after the last month's weather) migrants to enjoy. That featured a Bald Eagle, an unexpected for here adult Red-shouldered Hawk, 3 Red-tailed Hawks, and 5 Turkey Vultures. Granted all species that can be seen in winter, but they look better when heralding the advance of spring.
Also around were a pair of Killdeer. I hadn't been out trudging through the snow here before today, so I don't know if they're arrivals or had wintered locally (they do that on Alley Creek some years). Steve Walter Bayside, NY -- 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/ --
